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Planning on building my own freshwater aquarium and need some advice. Basically im gonna build a headboard type aquarium to stand behind my bed. I would like it to be about a 1.5 feet high, about 6-8 inches wide and probably the length of the bed so 4-5 feet. Im wondering what you would...

I'm going to be building an aquarium for my new place and need some input. I want the aquarium to be about 6-7 inches wide, about 1-2 feet high and probably 4-5 feet long. The idea is to make it long and skinny so i can rest maybe behind my bead like a headboard. Besides all of that, i'm...

I have one of those top fin filters where the cartridge just slides in and its looking dirty! The water in the filter is overflowing, ive tried rinsing the filter in tank water and it doesn't seem to work. Any ideas to stop the overflow?

For christmas my brother wants to bring me on a fish shopping spree for my 29 gallon tank. He really wants to buy one or two super awesome expensive fish but i dont know what to get because i already have 5 tiger barbs and 4 cory's. Ideas?! He's thinking an eel or something

Just bought a catfish, its black with spots all over it. It gets pretty fat and about 6 inches i believe, its also armored and has some spikes going down its side. The guy at the store said it was a dora catfish or something, cant find that anywhere online! Anyone got a clue?

Just changed out 50% of the gravel, half old/half new. Will this work? how long should i wait to do the other half?

I have a tank with 4 barbs and 4 danios, danios got ich so i took them all out, put them in a bucket of tank water and they eventually all died. I took the filter out, put it in a bag of tank water while i treated the tank of barbs for a week and a half and they show no signs and seem to be...

I have a 29 gallon tank and my plan is to get 1 firemouth and 8-10 tiger barbs. would this be ok?? the lady at the lfs suggested i get 2 firemouths.

I have a 29 gallon tank and my plan is to get 1 firemouth and 6-9 tiger barbs. would this be ok?? the lady at the lfs suggested i get 2 firemouths.

My 29 gallon tank just finished cycling and i put 5 tiger barbs in it, from a thread i previously posted a few weeks ago i reached the conclusion of putting 8-10 tiger barbs and 1 firemouth cichlid. At the lfs today i was told that the firemouth should have a friend or it would get nipped at by...

It seemed my nitrites and nitrates showed up the same week, is this good? and what shall i do now? do i do a giant water change or am i suppose to wait till my nitrates spike? thanks!

water showed nitrites and nitrates when is my cycle complete and should i do a water change?

7 weeks later my 29 gallon tank is cycled..now what!? Do i do a giant water change? Also while staring at my empty tank over those 7 weeks i realized i want a more natural look and would like to swap out my gravel, will this kill my cycle? i was thinking about taking most of the gravel out and...

Ive had my tank set up for 3 weeks, put 3 danios in after the first and 2 more a few days later. The 2nd week one danio died but the others seem healthy as can be, did a master liquid test and still am showing no nitrites and high ammonia. The guy at the lfs said to do a water change another guy...

Ive decided what im going to put into my 29 gallon tank but i need one more fish idea. Right now i have 5 danios which i think im gonna need to get rid of so they dont get eaten. Ive decided on putting in around 8 tiger barbs and a red tailed shark. The local pet store i go to seems to be much...

Im pretty sure my new tank is close to being cycled, i know it takes awhile to cycle but i've had mine a couple weeks and am already getting nitrate levels but ill be bringing in a water sample to my lps to make sure! I added 2 zebra danios after the first week and 3 leopards a few days later...