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I'd like to change my username here for privacy reasons since deleting an account isn't an option! If it could be changed to RnLGG or anything random that would be greatly appreciated! Sorry if this isn't the right place to be asking - it's been a good few years since I've been here. :')

After moving into a new bedroom and moving my fish tank to the hall, my chinese algae eater who was at least 4 years old died (There could have been multiple reasons as to why, but I am unsure at this current time!). The CAE used to have odessa barbs as tankmates, but they all seemed to kill...

The bigger tank you can get, the better. The smallest tank I'd keep one in is a 33g tank, but this will really limit what you can put in there. I myself have a chinese algae eater in a 35g tank with an assortment of barbs. The barbs are too fast for the chinese algae eater to bother. I'd...

Thanks you two, +1 to both of you. The bulbs between 5000-10,000K give off a neutral white light, which is what I was looking for. Anything lower is red/yellow, anything higher is blue/violet. I've got nothing in my tank with specific needs for having those, and I think the white light is more...

Alright, I looked at all of Hagen's light bulbs, and I think the "Life-Glo 2" best matches what you guys said I should aim for; It has 6700K. I looked in on the old bulb I have, it's 18000K, just a little too high! I've got no knowledge about lighting, but does the Kelvin go down as the bulb...

I have a 35-gallon Hagen tank I got from a friend around six months ago, and I've never changed the light bulb in it. At first I thought the light was just a low-power one, it was a kind of purple colour. I eventually decided to take the bulb out and find out what type it was. Turns out it was...

Right now I've got seven odessa barbs in my thirty five gallon long tank. I've had the barbs for a good few months now, and before when I only had about five of them, one barb was always picked on. I never really saw it happen, but the barb had nipped fins and was much thinner than the other...

Well, I forgot to ask this a day or two ago, but here's my question: Is there anything fancy I have to do to the rocks I have to make them aquarium safe? I got them in one of those places with huge quantities of rocks that come straight from the quarry. I've scrubbed the rocks a few times, and...

Wow, so it's just for rocks like lava rock and other sharp rocks and when you have a large amount of weight in one spot that you'd use egg crates.

Yeah, I was careful when I chose the rocks, and the structure is solid, thank you both for the help!

The rocks are flat with no sharp edges, so no chance of it breaking the glass. And you say to put it against the glass? I'm planning on stacking them into a cave structure, and the ones that support the structure are going to be touching the glass for support, is that what you mean?

I just bought rocks for my 35 gallon tank, 25 pounds of it. What weight can a fish tank support before you'd need to place something under the rocks to even out the load?

Pond snails got into my tank a while ago from water lettuce I got from a friend's pond. My plants are really starting to die now so I should give this a shot!

Close-ups of some of my fish!

I've never kept female bettas, but I've kept a good few male ones before. I'd think you could put 2-3 females in there, but put in some hiding places. Remember, the females don't always get along together, but there is no way to find out if they will harm each other, it's just the betta's...

Yes, I've seen that before, it's a good thread! On second thought, I would not want to put the Chinese Algae Eater in danger, it's his tank anyways. Thank you.

I've had my 34 gallon tank set up for a bit, but it's really empty at the moment. Right now I have a Chinese Algae Eater, I think he's around 3" right now, a betta, and a couple of minnows. A friend of mine has a tank full of Electric Blue Crayfish and is offering to give me one, so my question...

Information is often mixed about the Chinese Algae Eaters, it's best to find out from people who own them, and I saw somewhere that they could be aggressive to each other, and you've proved that, thank you!

I'm finally going to be able to set up my 34 gallon long tank! Right now in my 10 gallon tank I have a Chinese Algae Eater, a Betta, and a few minnows. I'm fully aware of how aggressive the Chinese Algae Eater could end up being. So I was wondering, could I have two Chinese Algae Eaters in the...

Okay, thanks for all the comments guys! I'm looking forward to setting up this tank in the future!

Thanks! Hopefully I can set this tank up in the future, probably won't be for a few months though, I'm going to be working on the 34g as soon as I get it running.