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5 gal Filter No heating No light (indirect sunlight) DIY co2 Some of the big green leaves get some sort of BBA/BGA or some sort of dark short string algae. :s

I just added my shrimps this month and just got my java moss. I have this tank less than 2 months. 5 gal Filter No heating No light (indirect sunlight) DIY co2 Some of the big green leaves get some sort of BBA/BGA or some sort of dark short string algae. :s

Hey there ^^ When I first got my tank (second handed) they had a lot of snails, and it was very ugly, so I tried lettuce leaves, fish food, and many other vegs. None of them worked to attract the snails. So I went and got an assassin snail/ninja snail The owner said it would only work for...

I've had it with my BBA (black beard algae/ brush algae) :rocket: SO I googled some stuff how to get rid of it. Some say lower the Kh and PH, add more CO2 and so on. But these things require chemicals (mostly) and I don't want to spend money on that. So I found out that TEA can get rid of the...

Hi there :p I set up my second tank (5gal) today. Everything is new, only some plants are from my 15gal tank and the filter was cycled long time ago, but been dry for months. I just wanted to ask if I add the dirt from my 15gal tank to my new tank to cycle it will I take the black beard algae...

Yestherday my first (mother of all) red chrry shrimp died, I found here at the bottom, so I removed her. Is there to worry? Or was it a natural death, I had her for like four months, they live 12-18 months (I read). So it's natural right? All other shrimps are alive and well. :B-fly:

Hey people, I need some advice on some new DIY CO2 diffusin methodes. Is this one good? Just a bottle, where CO2 builds up, will this brake down the CO2 slowly?? IF THIS IS NOT effective,,, I have tried to use this same bottle and stick it (the hole of the bottle on the side) into the...

Hello people Lately I was wondering if it's possible to have a good planted tank without a substrate. (You can see some pics of my tank at my tanks showcase and so on, btw) I don't keep on the lights for more thank 5 hours a day, but the room is always good lighted. Unfortunately I have no...

Hello people :) I was wondering about my fertz that I bought couple months ago. This picture shows my fertz (exactly the same, but I have only 4 left out of 6) I was wondering,,,, The box & manual say 1 ampul for 200 litres of water (68 gallons). I have a 54l (14gal) tank. If I use 1/4 of...

Heyz :) Last night I couldn't sleep becouse last 2 days my filter keeps making jet-like scratching sounds. I got angry and putted my older filter (150l/hour) which isn't suited for the tank but what ever. At least I got some sleep. My filter I putted in a bucket with water so the bacteria...

Heyz :wave: Here's my tank that I have for 5 days already, and it's already cycled. 4 cardinals :rolleyes: 15+ RCS :cat: 1 assassin snail :vamp: If you have any cool idea's for my tank, plants or fish recommends, please tell me... ;)

Hello people... :wave: Yestherday I tried out something new with my java moss. As I don't have any wire mesh or anything, only drift wood, but I won't bother attaching it to my wood, so I put it in pots that I got from buying plants, and Hopefully it will outgrow the pot from the holes so it...

Hey there. I need some cool fish for my new 14 gallon (54 litre), the L is 23inch. I already have: 4 Cardinal Tetra's 15+ Red Cherry Shrimps 1 SnailEating snail Any Idea's for fish? Maybe 5 more cardinals? I'd like to have something new also

Hey people, I haven't mentioned it but my old tank got broken,a llw ater came out etc. (2 months ago) Yestherday I bought a second-handed tank (15gal) The tank from those people was running for 3 years I think and their filter was changed since september 2009. So Yestherday I cleaned my tank...

Today I bought a 15 gallon (60 litre) tank (second handed) They had filter + heating + light, 5 platy's and 1 orange/yellow (18cm) 7 inches approx algae eater!! I was like WOW when I saw that one home. I think he's too big for a 23 inch tank (the tank is now cycling) while the fish are in a...

Hello Today I saw a strange thing crawling on my tank's window. It was slightly pink, and looked like worm. Could it be a snail that lost it's house? becouse it looked realy gross 8-O

Hey there. So 2 days ago I bought 2 new plants, inlucing the one on the picture (name, coudln't rememeber) and I also bought 2 cherry shrimps. So today I woke up & saw lot's of holes in the new plants. (esp the one on the picture.) Like the next picture, the shrimp is eating all day long...

Helloo After dozen of youtube video's & site's that I visited I decided to make my own DIY CO2 generator. I have a tube Airstone (for some reason they don't recommend it) 1.5Litre bottle Yeast Sugar Water fcours. Only thing missing is the Checkvalve. But that's my MAIN question. If I put my...

Hello :D Recently I discovered a wierd behavior (wierd to me atleast). I'm not an expert to begin with. I have 4 cardinals (dunno who's male//female) But they are like bullying eachother, or is that just playing (maybe love? xD) Fighting with their head. Sometimes they just smash into the...

Wierd title, hehe. I was wondering if it's harmful to my tank/fish to put my hand inside to cut plants, or remove stuff, like rotten parts... I first wash my hands with normal water, no soap!!! Does that harm it in some sort of way, ofcours my fish are scared... But hairgrass & fast growing...

I'm a newb, I got my hairgrass (2 pots) for 1 month or so... They just didn't set runners... I planted them right from the pot (removed the pot ofcours) Couple days later I split them up in groups. The next 2-3 weeks, I only saw like 1 runner... 8-O I was like dude... xD (I have 2 desklamp...

Hey there :-D I recently bought a new plant for my tank (5gal). In the shop the plant cost € 2.70, I bought 2 pots. But I can't find the name of the grass type... I googled a lot there is only dwarf grass and hair grass.. none look like mine... In the shop it was called: needlegrass here are 2...

Hello The las 2 days my only Zebra Danio (who lived for 3 weeks happy in my tank, 5 gal) Is now very unactive and has red spots near his head, he's constantly on the bodem breathing and not moving. I googled and I heard of a crooked spine, (I think it's very slightly bent, but not sure) Can...

First tank I started less than a month ago. Nothing special Give some advice for the future :p Thank you! 4 Cardinal Tetra's (1 died) 1 Zebra Danio (2 or 3 fish more coming soon) Tank: approx 4.2 gal (18 litres) 40x20x25 Custom made light (desk lamp :rolleyes:) I had an old tank, so I had to...

Hellooo A week ago I bought a plant called : HYGROPHILA DIFFORMIS Today I changed the plants position in my tank becouse it was a bit bad organized. And I noticed that the roots of the plant were growing from upper parts of the plant (not all plants, just 1) Some have tiny roots and 1 big...