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So, I tried doing that thing where you use Great Stuff expanding foam for the background on a tank, and then you "paint" it with cement. After it dries, though, it comes right off when I rub it with my finger. This is even after a few coats. I'm not sure what I'm doing wrong. Is this common...

I've seen a lot of people online use egg crate to hold great stuff, or just use great stuff as a background for their tank. Many have painted it with some sort of crafts cement, but some have stuck on plants and such. I'm wondering how people do that because I'd like to do it. People always just...

Hey guys, I have a really big rock that I want to put into my 55 gallon tank, but it's really heavy. I was wondering if you guys recommended a weight limit on rocks. This one is really nice, but I don't want to break anything just to get it in there.

So, I just got a 29 gallon tank (to upgrade our two frogs from their 10 gallon) and I was told these Zoo Med Hydroballs work very well is a way to make ponds and mold the landscape. After rinsing and soaking them, they're just in their ball shape. I'm not sure exactly how to use them, or what...

I've been cycling a tank for several weeks and the ammonia is doing very well, but the nitrites keep getting higher and there are still no nitrates. I don't have anything from a previous tank (this is my first tank of three that I intend to set up), and I'm not sure what else I might be able to...

So, I don't really have a real fish shop where I live so I was looking in the hardware section of another store for lights. I found the fluorescent lights but some of them didn't have all the information I was looking for. Some of them had the kelvin but some did not. Of those that did, and of...

So, I'm cleaning the used tank I bought and there is something about that glass that is bothering me. I'm using a vinegar/water mixture and it's working very well for most of the tank, but there are spots on the sides that look cloudy. When I get them wet, the cloudiness goes away but then...

I'm looking for something that will let plant roots grow strong. I want them to be anchored well because I want a hammers cobalt blue lobster and they apparently like to rearrange things. If I put a layer of soil down and covered it with gravel, will plants grow well in that and will the...

I've been looking at a lot of pictures and videos of sump tanks and I see a lot of them that have a section of plants. I've never seen anything written as to why they have plants in the sump tank, and it's making me very curious. Why do people put plants in the sump tank?

I had never even heard of a stocking calculator until yesterday, but immediately people were talking about how useless they are. It seems the reason people say they're useless is because they generally use the 1" per gallon rule, which even I (a newbie) know is nonsense. So, my question is: Can...

This spring we'll be digging a pond in the front yard for koi. It'll be around 3000 gallons (give or take a bit), but I have some questions about keeping it and the fish healthy. Firstly, there are a couple of pine trees near where the pond will go, will there be any negative biological effect...

Anyone know of any good fish stores near Elko, NV? I can't really find much of anything at all.

I've been planning a 55 gallon paludarium for a while and I'm getting kind of excited about it, looking forward to starting it, but still planning and learning. I've made a simple model of how I want to tank to be laid out. On the left, under the platform, I want to make that area kind of...

I'm planning a paludarium for a 55 gallon tank, and so far I've decided I want a Hammers Cobalt Blue Lobster, Ghost Shrimp, and newts of some sort (in addition to some fish about 3-4 inches long). Will newts be okay in an environment like this? Should I worry about something trying to kill them...

I found this forum through another fish site and there seems to be a ton of valuable information here so I joined. I don't have a tank (although my wife maintains a 10 gallon tank with some small goldfish) but I want to build a paludarium, and I have my eye on some specific animals for it...