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Hi, so I am setting up an african cichlid tank. As many know, they prefer harder water in the 8.0ish range. Unfortunately for me, my tap is 7.4. Just recently after setting up the aquascape, the rocks I added raised the pH to 8.2. The perfect condition! Not knowing the rocks were going to raise...

Hello everyone! I have finally come around to starting my own aquascape! The tank is 20 gallons long. This is my first aquascape of any kind so I really am looking forward to your critiques. I want the aquascape to be iwagumi and I plan on the carpet plant being HC. I am open to anything though...

Hey! I am starting to aquascape and I need to get some rocks for the job. The thing is, there is no store around me that sells rocks, so I have to order on the internet. Most sites give me an option of how many pounds I want, but I have no idea the scale of the rocks and if they will fit in my...

Hello everyone, I have a blue-green algae breakout and I want to get rid of it. It was really bad until I lowered the light down to 4 hours a day. I read that you can use hydrogen peroxide, so I was wondering if any of you have had any experience with it. I have taken pictures of the progress...

Hi everyone. Recently I have found what I think is blue-green algae in my freshwater 10 gallon aquarium. I took some picture for hope that some of you can confirm it and offer me a solution on how to minimize/eliminate it. Here are some pictures of the tank. Any help would be...

Hello everyone! Today I realized that my corse gravel probably isn't the very best substrate to grow live plants in, so I finally figured that I would at least think about changing the substrate. Well, I see no easy way to do this because I do not have a holding tank for my 5 neons, 2 otos, and...

Hi everyone. I am trying to establish a think carpet of dwarf hairgrass in my 10 gallon tank. I currently have some dwarf hairgrass in there but it has been growing slowly even with DIY Co2, two different liquid fertilizers, and root tabs. I think it is because it is planted in gravel. Anyways...

Hello, I have recently added 5 neon tetras to my 10 gallon tank. Sometimes they swim around like normal fish but other times I see them "scaling" the glass. They will basically put their heads to the glass and swim up and down. I don't know if this is because they see their reflections and want...

Hello, today I purchased 5 neon tetras in my 10 gallon tank. when I was acclimating them using the bag method I realized something was wrong when the flame tetra was attacking the bag. When I added the neons the flame tetra then continued to chase/attack them. I am leaving them in the dark to...

Hello everyone! I have a ten gallon tank with only 1 Flame tetra. Yes, the other 4 have died because while I was away a disaster struck. The one flame tetra is really happy with all the room. In fact, his colors are better then when he was with the other flame tetras! I figure that I do not...

Hello, I have a 10 gallon tank and I am currently trying to produces a thick carpet of dwarf hairgrass. I know the basis of growing aquatic plants are lighting, substrate, and co2. I have the co2 and the substrate (well... my substrate is gravel but I decided to use root tabs to hopefully...

Hi everyone! Sorry to be bothering everyone with questions, but I promise this will be my last. I set up a DIY Co2 Generator and I have it running to a bubble counter --> check valve --> Diffuser. Anyways, I see the Co2 bubbles in the bubble counter, but I do not see it in the tank! I sealed...

Hi. I am starting to become very frustrated as to why my diy co2 setup is not producing co2. I'll tell you exactly what I do, so that you may be able to find my flaw. 1. Get 1 liter gatorade bottle. 2. Fill up 3/4 with lukewarm water. 3. Add 1 cup of sugar. 4. Add 1/2 tsp of baking soda and...

Hi everyone. Yesterday I set up an diy co2 system. It consists of a 1 liter bottle (brew) --> bubble counter (1 liter bottle) --> check valve ---> diffuser (extra fine airstone) It has been 17 hours with no signs of any Co2. Is it because the bubble counter bottle adds more pressure for the...

Hi everyone. In my ten gallon tank I would like for there to be a dence carpet of DHG. I have had DHG in the tank for 7 months and all I see are some runners. Then again, I have done absolutely nothing to it until now. Today I set up a DIY Co2 generator. It is still to early to tell how many...

Hello everybody. For the past few months I have really cut down on feeding my tank. Only once a week. now I have started up again and started to feed in larger quantities. Well, that was a mistake. I tested my water 2 days ago and it read .25-.50ppm of Ammonia. I did a 25% water change to lower...

Hello everyone! I currently have a ten gallon tank that has been up and running for around 4 months or so now. Ialready have 5 Von Rio tetras in it. I was wondering if there would be room for one or two platys. If I would get one should it be male or female? If I get two should I get both...

Hello everybody. I'm currently cycling (fishless) my 10 gallon tank. When it is done I'll stock it with 5 Flame Tetras, 2 Mystery Snails, 1 Platy, and 1 Ghost Shrimp. I was wondering in what order should I add them. Could I do them all at once, or should I do the Platy first and then everything...

Hello everybody! This is my first fishless cycle log. I'm using the "Add and Wait" method to cycle. LOG ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- GO HERE FOR AN EASY TO...

Hi I'm new to this site and I'm currently cycling a 10 gallon tank (fishless). I think I'll enjoy my stay here. Just some background info about me. I'm new to fish-keeping but I know all of the basics and then some. I could tell you about any fish that could possibly fit into a ten gallon. :)...

Hello everybody. I'm new to this site and busy cycling my 10 gallon tank. I will stock it with 5 Flame Tetras, 2 Mystery Snails, 1 Ghost Shrimp, and one Platy. Do you have any ideas what type of platy will look good with my Flame tetras? Here is the update on the cycle. First of all im doing...