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I have had a 7 inch Plecostomus in a small aquarium with guppies. He has been fed Hikari alage wafers (one/day), all the algae he could find in the tank (not much), and most of a small zucchini every week or two. He did not seem thin, nor did he seem particularly in a hurry when food hit the...

While I was "cycling" my new 35 gallon tank I thought that I would do a comparison of some leading bacteria additives for establishing the bio-filter. I had a fair bit of NH3 in the tank, almost 5 ppm, and a fair amount of substrate sediment in the water column, which I figured the bugs could...

I was at the LFS, looking for some Seachem Stability, and the girl behind the counter said they didn't have Stability, carry Cycle but didn't really like it, and finally handed me some Microbe-Lift Special Blend, their "preferred bacteria solution". I had never heard of it but decided to give it...

Anyway, I am newish here, but have lurked, and maybe was active before. I don't recall... I do have one question: my tap water, which I age and condition, has a pH of about 7.8. My tanks are all in the upper 6 ranges, like 6.6, or 6.8. I put shell bits in to add some minerals to the water. Q...