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Hey everyone, I've been slowly and steadily getting some great results since I've come back to the hobby about a year ago. I have a pretty healthy-looking planted 35-gallon cube tank. My platties had a bunch of babies, so its a tiny bit overstocked at the moment cuz most of them survived.. LOL...

Thanks Again It's good to hear confirmation that I'm on the right track. I did talk myself into treating the tank already, but your reply just doubly says it needs to be done. Really appreciate the advice - thank you both very much. Andrew

Thanks so much for your reply. It was my hunch they were snail eggs. I'm not going to disturb them, a few more snails in the tank is just fine by me. ;-)

Thanks Thanks for the information Colin - means a lot you spend the time to help me. I got a good shot of one of the Rams today and it seems to be improving, which I'm a bit confused about, but here it is: https://ibb.co/0nGJzXG Honestly, as it's not getting worse I'm reluctant to dose the...

Friends -- can anyone help identify this? In my tank I have: Blue Rams, Corydoras, Platties, Tetras, & quite a few snails. The platties just had fry and are hiding in the plants, but they are livebearers so I don't think it has anything to do with them. Any advice on what these are?

Hey everyone. I have an issue with some German Blue Rams I recently added to my aquarium. They have some white spots on them now that look a lot like Ich to me. https://ibb.co/1vT9TXx I first notice this three days ago and there are more spots, but not as many as I'd expect from regular Ich...

This is all coming together for me -- I'm really thankful for the explanations. I did have some cloudiness that has (as of last night) dissipated, which makes sense as the ammonia has been consumed. I managed to find Dr. Tim's Ammonia Chloride online at my LFS, so I'll pick some up and start...

I honestly don't know what I'd do without this forum. I'm still a bit surprised at the ammonia "spike" I got in the first place as I don't have any plants, I just confirmed that my water source uses only Chlorine, and I rinsed the substrate sand before I put it in the tank. No matter -- its now...

My understanding was that ammonia was in the Cycle -- it was at zero before I started putting Cycle in. Maybe this is incorrect?

Hey, I know this has been discussed to death, but I've got an issue I need some advice about. I've done some reading, and I've been trying to do a "fishless cycle". Firstly, I bought a big bottle of Nutrafin Cycle (which I've used before with fish back in the day). I've been dosing the tank...

Colin, Thanks so much for the interpretation! You've made this so clear for me. I really appreciate the fish recommendations too -- I was hoping to put in some platties -- but as they are livebearers -- I think I'll stick to tetras. Means a lot that you took the time - thank you. Andrew

Thank you! Thanks for the advice. I'll be hitting up my LFS next week, so I'll ask them what they do as they are on the same water supply as I am. Also thanks for the list of fish species and the water they need - this is extremely helpful!! And to answer the GH/KH question - I have test...

Hey friends, so here's my first dilemma, or is it a dilemma at all?? The scenario is this: So my tap water is considered hard GH and is consistently above a pH of 8 out of the tap.. (8.2 - 8.4 to be precise). I've been doing some research and trying to mess with GH and pH seems like a...

Hey Everyone - So I'm a total nerd, and was wondering if anyone has successfully set up a live feed for their home aquarium? I mean - I know it's possible - the technology exists, but I'm curious if anyone is doing it and what kind of equipment they are using to do it. How do you deal with...

My triumphant return to the hobby with a cube

Hey Everyone -- it's literally been years since I've been on this forum, but I've taken the plunge again and trying my hand at fish-keeping again. I've made a lot of mistakes and spent a lot of money with a lot of failed attempts. I'm a little older, a little wiser, and I'm armed with a lot more...

Cool. It now makes perfect sense. Thanks so much for the help.

Awesome. One more question everyone. I understand populating the new filter with the beneficial bacteria, but how will I know when its cycled.. Theory is I should never have any Ammonia/Nitrite readings without fish in there? Am I understanding correctly? Thanks so much for all your help so far.

Thanks for the heads-up about the Eclipse filter... I got this tank for free, so I didn't really research the filter. We will see how it goes.

what is a gsp?

Hello everyone, As I reported in a different thread I have a 12 gallon tank that is new. I wonder if anyone has some advice for me as how to cycle it. Here was my thought... I have a totally cycled 30-gallon tank already with two power filters running 24/7. Both filters are complete with...

I'll probably upgrade eventually... but not right away... and my experience with getting fish that will outgrow a tank, they'll outgrow it way before I'm ready to upgrade. Its too bad too, I was really diggin' putting Barbs in there, but they would NOT play nice with the fish in my 30-gallon...

Hello All: I got my hands on a 12-gallon Eclipse aquarium and need some advice as to how to stock it? I'm hoping to find some semi-aggressive to aggressive fish to put in there. My main tank (30-gallon) is a peaceful community and was hoping to get away from that a little with this tank. I know...

From your links, I'm sure they are... Zebra Nerite Snails. Thanks for posting them.