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I was wondering what people put in them as filter media? There's floss and carbon, but since I don't want to constantly change out the carbon should I just use more floss or should I use a different media?

I decided to use two sponge filters in my 46 gallon, but I'm not sure what air pump I should use. I've never used a sponge filter before. I had an old Elite 800 and I connected it to them both, but its not able to put enough air out. Since I have two sponge filters should I get an air pump rated...

I'm thinking about using Bio-Spira to cycle my 46 Gallon. Do you think it's a good idea? I'm thinking about housing a group of angelfish (Quarter to Silver Dollar size) in it. If you have had an experience with it please share whether it worked or not.

Has anybody ever kept them before? I went to the LFS today and saw one in a tank with some cherry red shrimp. They looked amazing!! I was looking at some pictures online, but they don't look as good as they do in person. I really want to get some, but I didn't know anything about them. Any...

Can anybody tell me some differences between them in their appearence? I think I saw some at my LFS in pots. 8.99 Is that a good price? It was in those black pots and rock wool. Anyways, I don't have a picture of the plant, but I'm going to look through around for some enlarged pictures so I can...

I got some cloud water, but I'm not sure what it is. Can you identify this? And does anybody know if there is a way to make the redish green plant in the middle not keep slanting forward?

I was feeding my fish in my planted 10 gallon when I saw some tiny worm like things on the glass. At first I thought it was just some debris or something, but when I looked closer I saw it moving. I have no idea what it is. I tried taking a picture of it, but it so small. It's kind of clearish...

I'm looking for a new background plant for my 10 gallon any suggestions? I currently have Hygrophilia corymbosa "agustifolia" in the back, but the leaves get so long and the stems break the surface of the water every week. Even when I cut the stems in halves the stem seems to grow back rather...

I went to feed my fish today and noticed that my angel had some clear whitish colored feces. It's really thin. I'm not sure if you can see it to well in the picture. I've read that white stringy feces means like internal parasites and stuff like that and I'm starting to wonder if I should go buy...

A few days ago I noticed a few small holes in a leaf. I didn't think much of it, but today I looked more closely in the tank and noticed there were more holes. Here is a Picture of the leaves: What do I do?

When I changed to my new satellite lighting hood system I accidently dropped my old lighting hood into the water and it was partially submerged for like 2 seconds before I pulled the plug and removed the light from the water. I removed the bulbs and try to wipe away all the water I could. I let...

Can you trim Dwarf Hairgrass just like cutting grass? I just some from the LFS :).

What kind of plant is this? It's been in my tank for about a year or 2. The plant I cut this off of is much longer though.

Earlier today while I was feeding my Bicher a few guppies, I found out that my Convict can eat one of the smaller sized guppies, but barely. It's mouth is just barely big enough to swallow it. I was wondering if I could continue letting the Convict eat the guppies or keep him on smaller sized...

When you plant any kind of sword plants at the side do you move it away from the glass just far enough so the leaves are spread out and don't touch the glass or have them close so they are pressed up against it? Oh and I was wondering if there were any negative effects on having the plants...

I was looking at my 10 gallon a while ago and noticed that the new leaves of my hornwort plants have a purplish color on the bottom of it. Is that normal in hornwort or do I have some other kind of plant?

I read the minimum light threshold page in rexgrigg's site and now I'm skeptical that the lighting hood I want to get will be good enough for my 10 gallon. The lighting hood I want to get is the Current USA Satellite 20" 40 Watt Power Compact Fixture-Single Strip W/Lunar Light . I know if I use...

Kent Botanica Grow I was wondering if that includes the Macronutrients. I don't want to have the hassle of dosing 3 kinds of macronutrients and then dosing the micronutrients. If I use Kent Botanica Grow will I be able to avoid that?

Early today while I was walking through the LFS I decided to some fish to my nearly empty 46 gallon. I saw some small convict cichlids and decided to try them again. I bought a pair of them. One of them I think is a female since it's small and has a orange colored patch on her stomach. The other...

I went to the LFS to look around for some plants and since they didn't have any java moss in the the selling tanks, I asked them if they could trim off some from their show tank, they said they could and gave me quite a big piece for only 3.99. Problem now is that I don't know where to put it in...

Just got a new pleco except I'm not sure what kind it is. I was walking through the LFS and decided I would put a pleco into my 46 gallon to clean up the algae. I looked for some pleco's and found a tank full of them, about 3 inches for 2.99. When I looked closer there was this one pleco that...

For bettas, do you just add aged water into a tank, then add the bettas or do you cycle the tank?

What do you feed your Corydoras? I feed mine Algae Tablets and whatever leftover blood worms or brine shrimp on the gravel. I don't think they are getting much food since the Angelfish eat most of the blood worms and brine shrimp.

Just wondering who ever has bought something online and when you got it, it was either broken or defective.

I've seen some of those bulbs in the LFS, the 50/50 15 watt ones, and I was wondering if you could use 2 of those for a SW reef tank.