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I am still new to the fish hobby here, and so i went and bought my girlfriend a 55 gallon tank aswell. Fishless cycled it and all is well. she bought a guarmi or however you spell it but i would like to know what else she can put with the little guy to fill the tank somewhat. seems like 55...

i have a established cycled cichlid tank (south american) i would like to change my substrate from rock to sand, what i would like to know is it safe to just change it ??? or how long should i wait ... right now in there i have a electric blue JD, a Yellow Lab, a convict and a firemouth... oh...

well from what i have been reading and told by others, i to have a 55 gall tank and made it planted. you want atleasst 1 watt per gallon. i had to go to petsmart and purchase a t5 ho light ballast and bulbs. needless to say in a few days i see a difference in my plants and also in my tank...

from what i have learned in my short time in tanks, i had a amonia spike so i added ammo lock, it clouded my tank like a champ took 2 weeks to fully clear up. it is the addative (chemicals) that made it cloudy. after that i did pwc daily and that cleared it right up and my ammonia levels came...

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well what do you think....cause i am not sure how much planting i should do considering my fish will get alot bigger.... and of course now i have enough light in my planted tank.....

well what do you think....cause i am not sure how much planting i should do considering my fish will get alot bigger.... and of course now i have enough light in my planted tank.....

its ok i have more then enough lighting now as i picked up a new t5 ballast for 50 bucks and the 2 bulbs for 30 bucks.... wowsers and all brand new... petsmart is marking down the GLO line by hagen as they are coming with a new package design and are just unloading all the old packaged items...

talking to a few members on here about lighting for a planted tank.... i happened to go into pet smart and long behold they are having a clearence sale on all lights and bulbs. i picked up a NEW T5 fixture with bulbs for 75 cdn dollars. wowsers... the ballast alone had a tag on it for 189.99...

Hi all i am fromm the niagara region and well i haven't been to a big al's as of yet. I usually go to a couple a local fish stores that treat me great. I am planning onn checcking out big als tho to see what its all about and from what i have been reading skip hamilton and drive right on up...

well i have been reading and well if i don't get enough natural sunlight then my plants will not really thrive in this tank. so i went to petsmart just to take a gander and they had the flora glo bulbs (cdn funds) from 22.97 marked down to 4.97. so i thought meh this is what i need.... they...

my 20 gallon went all milky looking i freaked especially being new to fish... i ran water tests and levels were fine, i did pwc daily for a week then it was cleared all up...

well here we go, i added some more freshwater plants and the fish seem to be loving them aswell as i do. here are some pics as to what i have done. pls offer any and all advice.

well as for now i have the 55 gallon coming with heater, thermo, and filter all the stuff you listed but the sand. also i think i would go all out and do a reef tank if i do go the salty route. do i need a diff style of filter for a salty tank???

ok here is the deal i have a 20 gallon freshwater sitting empty ( no fish anyways) water is cycled and done. i have a 55 gallon coming soon. My girlfriend loves the colours of the salties and loves the look of the salties. I am new at tanks and fish, should i try to do a saltwater tank??? if...

welcome to AA and yes my first fish a betta i named lil red, i lost to something i am not sure but i put white clouds with him which i read was ok and in days they were all dead ... i went back to the aqua store i bought them from and they said well ours seem healthy ... ... i don't go there...

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welcome to AA and semi retired work wise, and coming out of retirement fishy wise ...

Welcome to AA and yes i agree with everyone else i have only been into fish for 3 months and i find that every aquatic store has their own different opinions as to what goes with what and what to put into what tank, that is how i found this site. Do alot of reading and research on fish and what...

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i had high levels at first to waiting for my tank to cycle properly, i took advice from here @ AA and it worked everything is great, i did a partial water change daily adding stress coat and zyme according to instructions on labels, and all is fine and no fish loss. oh and welcome to AA

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my first planted build *video* here in this video i have a EBJD, FIREMOUTH, YELLOW LAB, CONVICT. they are all young except for the firemouth but they all seem to get along .... for now ... let me know what you think, i also did the video with my BB YouTube - ‪my planted tank‬‏

wow congrats on the fish store and the booming business, sounds llike you are both having fun ... all the best to you both. get that website done and ship to canada ok.