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I never thought I'd be asking this (my 55 gal has no additional lighting and I've always been proud of that) but what are some good and cheap lighting for a 10 gal? I would like to have plants in there, so maybe a medium light (is there such thing as medium?) so my choices of plants can vary. I...

I've kept fish for a while, and 'water change' is synonymous with me with 'gravel vac'. What about everyone else?

A few weeks ago, I added a female betta to my community 55 gal planted tank. When I got her, she had 'stress lines' already and since that time, they haven't gone away. She swims around fine, sticking close to the bottom mostly but I don't think she has any problem swimming. Just wondering if...

I'm rehoming my striped raphael catfish...I have him currently in a 55 gal tank and he is about 4 inches long. I thought a 55 gal could hold one forever, but apparently not. What is the minimum gallon size for a raphael catfish?

Yesterday I bought a female betta (along with a few other fishies) to add to my 55 gal planted community tank. I remembered hearing that they are compatible in community settings. BUT as I got home, I remembered also hearing that bettas dislike strong currents (i.e. filters?). I have already...

The starters: 55gal planted tank, (last I checked, 3 days ago)-ammonia 0 nitrites 0 nitrates 15. pH 7 temp 78. Contains 6 rummynose tetras, 1 cory, 1 tiny bristlenose, 1 upsidedown catfish, 3 glass catfish, 1 small striped raphael catfish. Two days ago, my tiny angelfish passed away after about...

I've had my angelfish for maybe 3 weeks now, and he/she has been quite hardy, sticking with me through 2 bouts of ammonia spikes. But now the parameters are perfect, but she's gone into hiding! She used to swim around with the other (low-level) fish but now it seems she just sits in this hole in...

This all began when I woke up this morning to find my largest sterbai cory dead. I just checked the ammonia levels and it is at .25, maybe more. What the heck?? I just went through this 2 weeks ago! I didn't change any water, just let itself cycle, which it did in a few days. What is going...

I have 3 sterbai cory in my 55 gal, with no really aggressive fish other than a tiny bristlenose who gets grumpy when feeding. I noticed today that one of my corys is missing their 'feet fins', the fins that they can prop themselves up on the gravel. I'm so confused, there is no (open) wounds...

Woo! After much research I think I am set in my stocking list for my planted 55 gal. If anyone has any advice or tips for the tank that would be much appreciated! (The underlined ones are the fish I have currently) 1x albino bristlenose pleco (2inches) 1x striped raphael catfish (2-3 inches)...

So this thread is going to start off a bit morbid, but here we go. As some of you may remember from long ago that I started a 55 gal planted tank a while back that was supposed to be a community tank. After fin rot and thanksgiving break I lost a lot of fish, leaving me with (1) tiny...

Hey all, I was wondering what you guys liked in automatic fish feeders. I have a 55 gal which is sparsely inhabited by 3 corys, a tiny bristlenose and 6 rummynose tetras. I am in college and I am leaving the area tomorrow until the 3rd of January (with trips back every so often maybe). When I...

my young albino bristlenose has turned red under his sucker, about where a chin would be. It looks like it could be internal bleeding but I'm not sure. It's very possible he could have sucked up something too big or sharp. Has anyone else ever dealt with this? I wish i could get a picture but...

As my tank slowly recovers from its bout of fin rot (of which almost all affected passed) I'm thinking about what to add next. I saw these gorgeous angel fish at my petco and I want to scoop at least one of them up before I can't anymore. They rarely have angelfish and the other store that...

I decided to consolidate my earlier threads into this one. This past week, I was losing panda corys like nobody's business due to (what I think is) fin rot. I lost 3 out of 6. Water parameters showed a really high level of nitrates (160ppm) so I've been doing water changes for the past 3 days...

I posted a while back on how I have been losing my small panda corys like nobody's business, well after some looking I have decided it is fin rot. A couple of the babies from the store came into my tank with it, I had just figured they were battered up from something but after viewing some...

Hi There, The other week I went and got some corys to add to my 55 gal tank. I got 6 corys, 3 were tiny baby pandas. They didn't look so good at the store, they weren't really swimming around but I got them anyway. Within a couple days, one died (he looked pretty battered up, his fins were torn...

Hey there, I was researching around on the internet to try and find the name of this plant I have in my tank. I found that it is called Aluminum plant and apparently it does not do well in aquariums. Figures, as I bought it at petco. But here's the thing. The plant is doing AMAZING in my tank...

About 3 weeks ago I noticed that in my planted tank (with no fish in it) there hatched a swarm of baby snails. A good amount died, and now the snails are probably teenagers. I had heard that they can take over your tank (I have no idea what kind they are) but I decided to keep them in there to...

Hello there, I'm new to the forum and have some questions about starting up a self-sustaining 55 gallon planted tank. I have started on it but have no fish in there just yet, I have been waiting on some driftwood to leech all its tannis (OMG takes forever) and waiting to see if the kinds of...