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I have had my tank up and running for about 3 months now, and I bought CaribSea white substrate for my tank (about 125 lbs). I have about 20 peacock cichlids and a couple of syndodontis (one of which has been in my tank about a week). After less than a month my substrate started turning black...

Howdy folks, I finally got up and running and now I have - you got it - another question :?: . I put 8 Danios and 5 Tiger Barbs in my tank to get the process started, and I immediately started testing (actually even before I put the fish in) to keep track of the ammonia, nitrite and nitrate...

I just posted this in DIY but wanted to get some responses to this here as this is my first aquarium. In a nutshell, I plan to have Peacock Cichlids in my 135g tank with a few (10-15) live plants. How much lighting should I buy? I want to order from AHSupply but I don't want to get too much...

Well, I am almost finished with my home-made canopy (I forgot to take pictures this weekend but I will have some up soon, and will make the plans available to anyone who wants them), and I am ready to purchase the lights for them. The canopy is a 72-5/8" long (inside dimensions) to allow the...

:D Well, after my usual analysis paralysis I finally got the stand [mostly] done and used the old light "canopy" I bought from the guy who sold me the tank. I filled it with 135 lbs. of CaribSea crushed coral, several Holey Rocks, five bunches of anacris (sp?), and three fake plants for...

Is there a convenient method of keeping an aquarium full automatically? Is there a top-off system that can pull water from a standby source and keep the tank full? TIA.

:?: Hello all, this is my first post, and I am the owner of a 135g Oceanic aquarium I bought last weekend (used) and am currently building the stand for it (I found a lot of good DIY plans for stands here!). I would like to ask what y'all would suggest for use as gravel for my tank. I have a...