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I've read in several threads on various forums that a shovel full of topsoil from your yard contains more nitrifying bacteria that you'll ever grow in your filter. Just read an article that supports that idea...though not directly related to the nitrogen cycle. I'm not making any scientific...

So I'm pretty sure our blue balloon rams laid eggs. I noticed this morning that one of them was sequestering itself in a part of the tank it usually doesn't hang out in. I also noticed it was (uncharacteristically) very aggressive towards ANYTHING that got near it. Looked closer..... Looks like...

I am finding lots of conflicting information about how large giant danios get. Profile pages list them at 6 in, while youtube, and forum posts list them more like 4 in. Anyone have personal experience that can help clarify? I'm thinking of adding some to my tank, but would be hesitant to...

Without having a meter to actually measure the amount of light at different points in your tank, how do you know if your in the high/medium/low range? For example I have a 65 gal tank (36" wide 24" tall 19" deep) with a single finnex planted + 24/7. What range does that put me in? Sent from...

My lfs has these, labeled "pink sunkissed". Googling that trashes me to Victoria secret body mist and fabric patterns. Can anyone tell me a scientific name, or even a better common name? Id like to research them. Sent from my LG-H631 using Tapatalk

I made a change to my tank today that I would like to show off a bit. I tinted the exterior glass on the back and sides with 35% vlt tint. I had some laying around I had bought to put on my car, until I decided that it was a pain to do yourself. Nice flat, square (or rectangle) glass is much...

Any one know what would make pH go up? My tank was started on Dec. 26, fish in cycle on a 60 gal. 9 zebra danio and 5 serpae tetra. pH has been a steady 8.0 the entire time, and that's about what my tap pH is. Ammo sits about .25 or less. Pwc as needed. Testing with liquid api. Nitrite and...

Can I get some help IDing this white stuff that showed up a couple of days ago. If you look really close they almost look like dandelion seeds. They are only on the glass. I am attaching pics. Couldn't get it to focus well zoomed in. Tank is a 60 gal. Started Dec 26. Fish in cycle. Ammo kept...

These little guys have just about cleaned up anything and everything in my tank they could eat, so I dropped in an algae wafer. I looked back over at the tank a little bit later and saw this.... Just thought I would share.

How long did it take you to get burnt out with fish keeping and what did you do to combat it? We started in May, and I am getting a little tired of the water changes and constant vigilance. We traded out some of our fish and got different ones (F8 puffers) and that has helped some, but man I am...

When puffer fish (Figure 8 to be exact) eat snails, such as pond snails, do they (or should they) actually crush and eat the shell? Or is it just good enough to chew on the shell a bit while they suck the snail out of his shell? We just got some F8 puffers a couple days ago and fed them snails...

What a sad day. I killed our 6 glowlight tetras. We are setting up a ten gallon for my wife. We used them to do a fish in cycle (and completed it around the beginning of the month). The tank has been stable all month. As my wife is deciding what fish she wants in the tank (the tetras came from...

Did I just go crazy, or does Walmart (and most likely other places) sell a filter that costs $1000-2000? Walmart.com: Bio-Fil Wet/Dry Complete Aquarium Filtration System: Fish I was looking through their stuff online, just curious what they sell, and came across this. I have never heard of...

Hey, over the past couple weeks I noticed some dark green (now almost black) spots starting on most of my rocks and wood. I didn't think much of it, especially because I just had a little battle with diatoms. I noticed tonight that they are getting larger, darker and raised up a bit, like moss...

So this is random, and my wife things I am a total weirdo for doing this, but I think I got some footage of my apple snails copulating (she just asked what I was doing while I typed that, and rolled her eyes at me when I answered). And does anyone know how long after the copulation till I...

If I am getting a lot of brown algae build up in my aquarium it is likely diatoms, correct? Diatoms feed off of silica, right? I think I might be in trouble. A couple months ago a switched from gravel to sand. I wanted to use pool filter sand, so I went to Home Depot to buy some. No one there...

How long does a fish in cycle usually take with seeded filter material from another tank? We are cycling a 10 gal tank for my wife. It has an AC filter and my 20 gal has an AC, so I pulled several of the biomax thingys from my filter and swapped them with new ones from hers. We put our 6...

How do you remove a pre-filter sponge on an aquaclear 50 without losing any of the waste that collects on it? We recently removed our UGF's and gravel in favor of sand and an aquaclear 50...and it killed two of our loaches. 1 day after I set it up my wife noticed two of our baby loaches...

We have a tequila sunrise male guppy that appears to have something wrong with the scales on his tail and adjacent body. his scales kind of look raised up, and it kind of looks like a fuzzy growth, except his coloring hasn't changed. I can't give you tank parameters, because we don't have a...

I would like to ask for your help in gathering information about Undergravel Filters. Before you respond to this post with "Those are worthless and outdated, get a powerfilter/HOB/Canister filter" please read this entire post. I have seen ALOT of posts and threads that bash on UGF's and...

My tank sits on a table, at the end of a little alcove where my study desk is. The alcove has a window, that I cover with blinds 99% of the time. This morning I opened the blinds to enjoy a little sunshine, and discovered that my tank sits in just the right spot to refract the light and throw a...

I was just curious if there are any other members from Utah?

I was just curious if wisteria usually puts out new roots like this? Its been in the tank for about a week and a half, maybe two weeks. Also could some one ID the other plant (tall, columnar one). I know I have amazon sword and a grass (mondo I think) but I can't remember the name of the other...

I was just curious what everyone's favorite centerpiece fish for their FW tanks is? and why? What made you choose that fish? What did you enjoy most about having that fish? If you were starting a new tank, would you choose that same centerpiece fish? Or would you go with something else? (and...

I am thinking of adding some java moss to our tank. I would like some live plants and really like the looks of java moss. From the reading I have done it would be an easy way to break into the realm of planted tanks. I have several large lava rocks in the tank already, that I would attach the...