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OK so my tank is about 2.5 months old now and I cannot seem to get rid of the hair algae or what I hope is diatoms, I did have a massive cyano outbreak and treated with chemiclean just once and it seemed to take care of the cyano, however these huge brown spots are now taking over and the hair...

Please help me identify this red algae, also should I try and get rid of it? This tank is about 2 months old. What is the best method of removing this if that is the proper course of action?

So it's a new tank, newly cycled, and just got my first inhabitants. I got one six line wrasse, one occelaris clownfish, 3 small hermit crabs, 2 turbo snails. So today is my first feeding, I cut one third off of one cube of frozen mysis and thawed it and placed it into the tank, and WHOOSH! The...

I am new to saltwater, decided to convert my 36G Bowfront to salt. So I bought a sea clone protein skimmer, a 750 hydro koralia PH. Today I bought 40 lbs of caribe sea live sand, and 44 lbs of live rock , and water to fill. Here are the build pics so far, will post more later. What do you...

I have 2 bristlenose plecos need a new home in fort worth texas that need a new home tomorrow (Saturday Jan 14). I am converting to saltwater and plecos don't like that. :). Anyway, I will meet you in fort worth area, no shipping. If nobody wants them they go back to petco, I have had them about...

Any ideas as to what kind of snail? Is this a pest or something good to have? Sorry for the bad iPhone pic.

Ok so, I did about a 90% PWC mainly because it had been 2 weeks since my last and the water was a bit green. Anyway all went well, however my water has a lot of chloramine in it that when it gets thru the nitrogen cycle is coming out as about 100 ppm of nitrate about 48 hrs later. This tank has...

I was cleaning out my filter in tank water and after I poured out the water I found this in the bucket? To me this looks like a small leech, I have seen large leeches in panama, but nothing this small. Any ideas? Does anyone have these in there planted tanks?

just wanted to let you know, that I used the aquarium iPad app to post a classified forum post, and the prefix option didn't work as planned. I got a popup that said "choose prefix" but the rest of the popup was blank and therefore I couldn't choose anything. So you will see a...

Need some dwarf baby tears for a couple of tanks. Please PM me cost and size of patch your selling. Can pay via paypal.

I have noticed on several pictures of tanks, and of the kind in the ADA competitions that the filters used on these tanks do not produce any bubbles when putting water back into the tank. Is this necessary? I have a HOB filter and have (possibly incorrectly) thought that in order for enough...

Looking for some used co2 gear, don't have much money to spend. Please send me a pm. I live I. Fort worth Texas, will pay via paypal.

I have some hair algae that has started to grow in my planted 10G. I have a HOB filter and DIY Co2. What is the best way to get rid of this?

So I am trying to figure out some lighting, and was looking for 8000K spiral CFL, well I have not been able to find any, I can However find the 6700 at home depot, and I found some 10000K online. So which is better? I have multiple species of plant, and will have about 3 wpg or q little less.

I did a 50% PWC after testing my water. Ph 7.6, ammonia 0, nitrite 0, nitrate 20 ppm. I have had these zebra danio for about 4 days, I also got some neon tetras at the same time, I had lost a couple of tetras since i got them, which is pretty normal I think, they are such weak fish. I had not...

Ok so I have some Anacharis that I got from sweet aquatics, it wasn't very green when it arrived, but looked like it was I. Good condition. Anyway as you can see in the pics it is growing quite well, it has some very long roots coming down from where the new growth is. Should I cut it just below...

I didn't know that these plants would pearl. ROFLMAO HAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHA

Just got new plants in the mail today, what is the best way to add them to my tank? Should I just open the bags and just chuck'em in? Should I go ahead and stick them in the substrate, or float them?

Ok so I put so e plants in my tank started it cycling, and then came upon some anacharis plants so I added them, my original plants are ok, but the Anacharis seem to be either dying or just melting away (see pic). I have DIY Co2, and two CFL at 13 watts each of 5000k lighting, it is a 10 gallon...

Ok so I am fish less cycling a tank, after about two weeks I see ph 7.6, ammo <.25, nitrite 1.0, nitrate 5 , so my question is do I need to d a PWC to get the nitrites down? Will my cycle stall if I don't? I have pure ammonia, should i just ignore the nitrites, and keep adding ammonia? Here is...

Has anyone had good success with any seller o. Aqua bid, I am looking to buy some crystal red shrimp and don't want to pay the 10 bucks each from the LFS. Please tell me the names of the sellers you have had good luck with.

I bought a mystery snail, brought him home, and put him in the tank, he didn't do anything for two days, then today he started moving around, climbed to the top of the tank to get some air and now I noticed that he is just floating around in the tank, the fish are kind of pecking at him, of...

Here is a link to my 36 G Bow Front. It is almost fully stocked, just have some shrimp to add yet. Below is the list. 2 neon blue dwarf gourami 2 honey (gold) gourami 2 flame dwarf gourami 7 tetras (neon & cardinal) 1 Dalmatian Molly 1 Mickey mouse platy 1 mystery snail A link to a vimeo...

I bought these two Molly a couple of days ago from the large chain store, acclimated them, and put them in. They seemed to be doing well and then I awoke this morning to both of them dead. I have one other dalmatian Molly that has been in this tank for about a month. I tested my water and it...

So I am doing a fish less cycle on a 10G tank with a few plants. I have Co2 in for the plants, and it looks like my cycle is going well, my ammonia was down to .25 from 3 and my nitrite was about 1.0 and my nitrate was just starting to read something more than zero. So my question is, this is a...