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I have a lovely case of green water. I have a 30 G med lo-tech planted tank with LED lights. I have java fern and chain sword, both of which are growing well. My lights are on for about 12 hours a day. I just put them on a timer, and 12 hours is actually shorter a photo period than I before...

When stocking a community tank, is it acceptable to put more than one type of school at the various levels (top, mid, bottom) or should one strive for a single school at each level and then some centerpiece fish?

I don't know what to get next. :fish2: In my cycled 30 gal I have 5 white skirt tetras, 1 zebra danio and 1 panda cory. Both the danio and the cory had friends, but a bad batch of danios and water that was too hard for the corys took them out. In my QT tank I have 6 pearl danios ready to add...

As I proceed further into having a planted tank, I read somewhere that one should not use activated carbon media with a planted tank. The reasoning was that it filters out some of the nutrients the plants would use. What is the general consensus and experience regarding this? Thanks!

So one of my white fin Tetras started swimming funny this morning and is now panting and lying on the bottom of the tank. At first it looked like a swim bladder problem. I have fed pees but I'm not sure he's able to get to them before the other fish gobble them down. This fish has always had...

Do Swordtails need schools or others of their kind or are they happy as singlets? My daughter fell in love with a black and blue swordtail at our LFS. I told her I'd research it and see if it would fit into the plan. It's quite pretty but it would need to be a specimen fish rather than a...

Another one of my panda cories died yesterday. That brings my new-fish death toll to 6 out of 17 fish. 1 out of 3 seems like a high death rate to me! Is this an indicator that I should find a new source for my fish or am I being silly expecting all the fish to actually survive the...

Here's a stocking plan I came up with on AqAdvisor for my 30G long. I'm still not sure whether to go with the pleco or a pictus catfish, though. I'm also mulling swapping out the bolivian ram for second krib. Please let me know if you see any potential problems! Thanks!

Can I keep two female Kribs together without any males in a community tank? Any ideas how that will affect their color and behavior?

Now that the usually pushy Danio is hiding and acting slower than usual (if he dies that would be 3 dead Danios in 4 weeks) I've decided to switch to RO water to gradually bring (and keep) my PH down. It's at 8.2 usually. I discovered I can get RO water at my grocery store for $.40 a gallon so...

So the panda cory I posted about earlier this week passed on to the great fish tank in the sky. Since it's only 2 weeks since I bought it I took it back to the fish store to get store credit for it. So while they were testing my water, the woman was kinda crabby about the PH and hardness of my...

What am I dealing with here? Almost 7 weeks ago I bought a shoal of zebra and leopard danios and put them in my cycled 30 Gal with 6 white skirt tetras. One of the Tetras mysteriously died about 2 weeks in. Water quality tested fine at that point. At about 5 weeks, the smallest of my...

I've had 5 panda cories in my 10 gal QT tank for 2 weeks now. 4 of them are darting about, zipping up and down, being generally adorable and energetic. The 5th one is just laying on the bottom. Occasionally it'll move, but it's not energetic like the others. Is this normal or is #5 not...

So I've done some more reading and now I'm not so sure about the American Flag Fish for my 30G.... there seems to be a lot of contradictory info about them on the interwebs and I'm not sure they would be appropriate for a relative noob like me.... I do like their reputation for algae control...

This weekend I will be purchasing the next round of tankmates for my 30 long. I'm leaning towards 3 or 4 the American Flagfish. I currently have 7 Danios (longfin type) and 6 white fin tetra. Would they be an appropriate choice? Any advice? Does sex matter or ratio of male to female...

It would be from 6 LED's spread across the 36 inch length of my 30G long tank. Would that be considered Low- Med- or High light? Or does it depend on how long I keep them on each day? Thanks!

One of my new white fin tetras just died. I've had them for a week in my cycled 30 long. First obvious sign of distress was this AM when it started swimming vertically, with labored breathing. It's gills looked a tad swollen/splayed, but not any different in color. It stayed mid-level in...

FYI - There are many dead links in the "Read This First..../...CO2" thread. Particularly those that reference 'www.csd.net' http://www.aquariumadvice.com/forums/f24/need-to-know-about-co2-heres-the-info-41278.html My attempts to read up on the topic before asking silly questions are being...

I'm considering getting my nerd on and doing a DIY LED light build. I'm finding lots of LED's in the right K range, but I'm wondering how many Lumens I should shoot for? Obviously WPG doesn't work as an accurate guestimator with LED's since they are much lower power. Brightness wise, what's...

My Zebra Danio has a red thing extending out from behind his anal fin - it kinda looks like a stuck red poop.... otherwise he seems to be acting fine. I just fed him some pea incase he's constipated... Should I treat for intestinal parasite?

I was wondering can I feed my Zebra Danio and white skirt tetra parsley? I've fed them thawed frozen peas which they love. I have some fresh parsley left over from preparing dinner tonite and I was wondering if they would like it or it if would be ill advised? Any thoughts?

I have a 30 long with a T-8 daylight bulb. I'm looking to add some easy-to-care-for low light plants. If anybody is trimming and wants to sell me some appropriate and affordable plants, PM me! Thanks! Christine

I have a 30 long FW with a 36" single flourescent fixture. The current bulb is a 36" Aqua Glo. I don't particularly like the quality/color (too eerily purple) of the the light so I'm looking to replace it. I want to put in some low-light plants so I'm looking for light bulb recommendations -...

My cycling is progressing - so now I'm planning the fish moving and acquisition phases! YAY! First question - do I need to acclimate my existing two fish or can I just move them from my 10 gal into my new 30? Second question: my two existing fish are a white skirt tetra and a zebra danio. I...

I've been looking into driftwood as a way to bring down my PH. This research has left me with some questions that I haven't been able to find answers to - I'm under the impression that it's the tannins released from the driftwood that cause the drop in PH. However all the advice I've seen say...