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I need to thin my greenery. $1 a plant + $5 for a small flat rate box. Plants may have algae, duckweed, snails, or other critters. Treat accordingly. Cardamine Lyrata - Medium to high-light plant. Grows really tall with circular leaves. I've got about 15 stems. $1 for 3 stems. Crypt Lutea...

I wandered into Petsmart today and found they're starting to carry more prepackaged aquatic plants! They had a few sword species, dwarf hairgrass, telanthera rosefolia, microsword, bacopa carolinia, and a few others in small pouches by the tube plants. They look to be grown emersed and they're...

I've got a few questions, so please bear with me. A little background first: I've been interested in intentionally breeding something more challenging than guppies and I like the look of the rams. I picked up what I thought was a pair of GBRs a few months ago, but they turned out to both be...

I recently started a high-tech planted tank and I need to start testing some basic nutrient levels to tune my fertilizer regimen. Apparently no one makes a test kit aimed specifically at planted tanks. I had some extra time at work while waiting for a report to run so I sent API the following...

I've got some plants that I need to get rid of. $1 per portion plus $6 shipping for a USPS small flat rate box and packaging supplies. I can put a lot of portions in a box. Water sprite - I'd call it a low-med light plant. Some is long stems, some is smaller floating plants with roots...

I've wanted to try a high-light planted tank for a while, but I needed to upgrade my lighting first. After looking at lighting options, I really wanted LEDs. I like the idea of not replacing bulbs, but I wasn't prepared to spend a couple hundred dollars on a light fixture for a small tank. I...

Exactly how sensitive are discus? I'm under the impression that a discus tank would be as much or more work than a saltwater tank. Are RO water, buffer mixing, and constant water changes really necessary to maintain healthy discus? I've also heard that GBRs are sensitive, yet they're doing...

Can blue rams coexist with a male betta? One of my LFSs just got some gorgeous blue rams. I'd like to know if I can put a pair of rams in a 40B with a betta.

I haven't added anything new to my tanks for at least a month, yet the other day, I was watching my 20H and I saw this strange snail: I've got ramshorns, an assassin, and maybe some MTS in the tank, but this isn't either of those snails. It's about a half inch long. The body is...

I redid my wife's aquarium this weekend and added sand and plants. I didn't bother to wash the sand since a previous bag I'd gotten was really clean. This bag wasn't. I didn't want to leave the fish in the bucket any longer than necessary, so I was looking for a quicker way to clear up the...

I took advantage of a day off work finally got around to setting up my 40B that's been sitting empty in my basement for the last few months. Petco dangled the tank in front of me with their $1 per gallon sale and I took it, hook, line, and sinker. I painted the back of the tank using Rustoleum...

This is why you can't keep that goldfish in your 10g! This fish was caught in France. "It might look like an enormously generous fairground prize. But no goldfish bowl in the world could contain this catch. The orange koi carp weighs 30lb - the same as an average three-year-old girl -...

About three weeks ago, I deforested my 20L and removed about 80% of the water sprite, half the java moss, and several stems of anacharis. I couldn't bring myself to throw the cuttings away, so I put them in a spare 20H on the kitchen counter with a few inches of water with the intention of...

Disclaimer: Not schilling for Petco, just trying to save my fellow AA members a buck. Petco is having a $1 per gallon sale on tanks. It's in-store only with your Petco card. It might be limited to 55g max, but I'm not sure.

I found an egg on the front glass of my 20L a few days ago. This morning I could actually see the little fish move around. I suspect it's from my panda corys and my wife is really excited about it. She was actually yelling at guppies that were getting too close to the egg. Does anyone have...

Everyone swore by Ebo Jagers, then the company was sold and the quality went to crap. Then Marineland Stealth Pros were the go-to heater, now I've seen several failures recently. What's left? I think one of my heaters is about ready to go on the fritz, so I'm looking at replacements. I'm...

After a long, drawn-out battle, my wife and I have purchased a house. Now I need to start thinking about how I'm going to move my fish. At the moment, the plans are to rent our apartment through the end of May, fix up the house a bit, and move over gradually. Here's my thought process so far...

This morning I had to take my AC70 apart to get my black khulis out again (stupid fish) and I found five mystery fry! They're about 3/16" long and orangey-pink in color. I had to replace the filter last Friday due to an accident and the fry aren't very good at swimming yet, so they aren't even...

So I was doing a water change today and I found two clutches of mystery snail eggs on the underside of my hood. I did a little research and found that they'll hatch on their own in a couple weeks and the babies will drop into the tank. Now that's all well and good. My question is what do I...

I've been casually looking to upgrade my 29g to something in the 125g -180g range with the intent of setting it up when my wife and I move out of out apartment, which hopefully is going to happen in the next 6-8 months. My brother decided to speed things up by finding a tank for me. My brother...

Over the weekend I was gifted with a 10ft long tank made of eurobraced 1" thick glass. The catch is that the front and one side are cracked. The front is only cracked about 10" or so in one corner. If I can get glass reasonably cheap for the side, I'd like to shorten the tank by a foot...

I set up a 20L about two weeks ago. I added a few plants, a couple of MTS, and a piece of sponge from the filter on my other tank. I've been looking at the tank for the last few days and I can't believe how much life is in it already! There are hundreds of these little red tube worms. I...

I've got a spare tank that I'm going to set up, but I'm not really sure what I'd like to stock it with. I've already got a 29g with rainbows, swordtails, and some larger catfish and my wife has a 5g with a betta and some neons. I'm looking for something a little different to put in the 20L...

I think I've got a bad case of anchor worms! I brought home some dwarf neon rainbows from a trusted LFS and now I've got worms! I'd never seen anchor worms before, so I thought the fish had an injury. From now on, I'll be QTing all my fish. I upped the salt content in the water 1tsp per 4-5...

I've recently switched my 29g from gravel over to sand and I'm looking for Malaysian trumpet snails to stir up my sand. My problem is that they seem to be hard to find. I got one from a LFS. As soon as he hit the sand he started digging. I also picked up a tub of snails from Petsmart. They...