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hey all. I have 2 tanks that i have live plants in, and i had a few questions about them, and wanted to know how they look, as well as get some advice from experts. In my first 15gal tank, i have 1 20W light (original with tank)- and it has a few different types of plants. I have a set up a...

Hey all, i set up a diy co2 system, and for a diffuser i used an internal filter which i just rigged to chop up the co2. it does make some noise, but overall i don't mind. I attached a video so you can see the fine burst of bubbles that shoots out into the tank. The bursts of small bubbles are...

Hey all, this is my 15gal tank and after about 2 weeks I'm having some major algae issues. The lighting is what ever came with the set up, which is just one 20W light that attaches to the top of the hood. I have never really had issues the algae in this tank because it was only 20W but I'm...

Hey all, this is my 33 gal tank that i have had running and cycled for probably a year or so now. In it is one figure 8 puffer and 2 knight gobies. The fish are doing well but i am noticing a LOT of debris all over the plants and gravel and I'm not sure what the cause is. At first i thought it...

Hey all, i was curious on more information on plants acclimation to replanting. I noticed my vallisneria often drop many leaves and look terrible in my tank when i plant them, and it take over a month for them to acclimate and grow back strong. Is this normal?

Hey all, so this weekend i had a family friend that told me about a young kid that bought a red eye puffer (at least I'm pretty sure thats what it is)- and he was keeping it in a small generic fish bowl. Luckily i was able to convince him to let me buy it from him, as it looked really sick and i...

Hey all, just over a month ago i added some vals to my tank. They were tall, green, healthy mature plants and over the month they have slowly began to wither away and i don't know enough about plants to figure out why. I attached a picture to hopefully get some suggestions as to why I'm seeing...

Hey all, i bought some val about 3 weeks ago, and planted it my 33 gal tank. It was a rather mature plant, and i noticed that a large about of pieces of (4-5 inches) the plant were stuck to the filter. The plants themselves are over a foot long, and there are parts that look green and healthy...

Hey all, just wanted to get some opinions and feedback on my tank. What do you guys think?

i noticed today my plants have bubbles forming on them and even some have a stream of small bubbles that rise to the surface... i just started using diy CO2 for the first time in the last 2 weeks, i am assuming this is photosyntheses working. Does this mean my plants are getting what they need...

Hey all, added a pair of knight gobies to the tank yesterday, and i think they are stunning. Here are a couple pictures and a short video. I am enthused as they ate well today and are quite active even though they still are not used to the tank or myself. I had an issue during feeding time...

Hey all, I'm prepping for the arrival of 2 knight gobies to my 33 gal tank on thursday, and i want to make sure they have some nice hiding spots with the help of rocks to make caves... i have some old ones from an old cichlid tank, only issue is they are blue and I'm not sure if they look good...

Hey all, this topic often has much debate, and i wanted to get some more opinions. I have kept my figure 8's with black mollies and bumblebee gobys with no issues. And am curious if anyone else has tried anything else and what success or failures they have had.

Hey all, i just made a co2 set-up and i wanted to see if i did it right. I used an old protein powder tub that i washed out really well, and added 4 cups of sugar, and 1 tsp of yeast to. I used a hammer and nail to make a small opening in the lid and then cut the tubing at an angle to help me...

hey all, i want to get some nerite snails for my 33 gallon brackish tank. However my lfs sells them in freshwater. I know they like brackish, but how do i acclimatize them? any help would be awesome

Hey all, just tested my tank and it has maybe .25-.5 ppm of nitrite! not sure how. I dosed twice with prime and am not sure the cause or what to do. In the tank i have 2 angel fish, its a 29 gal. there are also a handful of MTS.... any ideas? i have not changed the filter recently. Should i...

In my 29gallon, i recently added 2 angelfish form my LFS. they are the only things in the tank, and they are still quite young, maybe 2-3 inches, from the very top to the very bottom of their fins. I noticed that they don't really hang around together. One seems to pick on the other one a bit...

Hey all, so i have a figure 8 puffer and i have a big container of Xtreme cichlid pellets, and i wanted to see if he ate them, and he ended up really enjoying them. These pellets are excellent quality and arguably the best available pellet along with NLS. Is okay for me to work them into the...

Hey all, so i have a big tub of Xtreme aquatic foods cichlid pellets and it as great food(said to be better than NLS) check them out if you with, i think they have a food comparison to all other major brand. Anyways, they are small pellets and i feed them to my cichlids, i have another tank with...

Hey all, recently i moved fish out of a 20 gal, and into a bigger tank, and the same day i went out and got new fish for old tank... this tank had been running smoothly for about a year with no issues. After i moved the fish, i took some of the rock out, and redecorated it, added some different...

Hey i did some aquascaping and i wanted to get some opinions or suggestions on how to make it better. Be brutally honest haha. Here is a video as well as some photos, let me know! thanks all

I decided to add a yeast, sugar and baking soda diy co2 system and i am having a bit of an issue. I made the set up 2 days ago and it is producing co2, but i think something is not working properly.... i have the hagen ladder diffuser and i read that it may not diffuse the co2 very well so i...

Hey all, i have a spare, fully cycled 20gal tank and it has sand substrate and lots of rock work.... would it be pushing it if i put one electric blue cichlid in there? I really like them but if i keep 1 by themselves with absolutely nothing else in the tank would that still be to small? just...

Hey all, in my experience with adding plants i have always noticed that when i add them, they always have a few leaves that begin to turn yellow and brown in spots and die. And some leaves even turn slimy... i have always just assumed this was normal due to the transportation from the store to...

Hey all, im here for advice...a while back i was working on aquascaping my tank, and i thought it was too busy so i changed it up and wanted some opinions.... soo i moved some things around and this is what i got. I was hoping for some comments or suggestion. Honest ones i would appreciate...