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Hi all, a friend of mine just gave me an old cube tank that she's had for years empty. It looks to be in great shape despite being a little dirty. However, I have quite a few questions about set up since I've never had one before. First of all, is this a biocube? It measures about 19.5 x 17 x...

Hi everyone. Today I tried removing one of those stick on thermometers from the outside of my aquarium. It left a big sticky mess, so I decided to use some oops remover to get it off. Well, turns out it clouds acrylic!! Once I realized I was destroying my tank, I stopped using it, so now not...

I have some things I no longer need because I tore down my saltwater tanks. New Life Spectrum Marine Formula (pellets) 2.83 oz. Opened, but pretty much completely full, only used a few times. $2.50 I have another NLS Marine Formula 2.83 oz but this one is about half full. Both expire in Dec...

Okay, this may sound silly, but is it okay by USPS to be shipping live fish/water? I will potentially be shipping some fish/plants within a few months and I wanted to know what's the deal with this. I can't seem to find the answer anywhere. Do I need to specially mark the box? Tell the postal...

Okay so yesterday I went and picked up someone's old supposedly 35 gallon hexagonal saltwater tank. Well I bring it home, and man that thing is massive. How can it only be 35 gallons?? So I've been trying to find a calculator online to determine the gallons but I'm getting two different...

Hi everyone. I would love some suggestions on a light for my 10 gallon reef. I only want to keep easy corals like zoas. What lighting does xenia require? I'd love to have one of those as well. Currently I have two zoa frags. I have been using this light: Odyssea Power Compact Light but just a...

Okay first time ever posting in the saltwater section. I'm a completely freshwater person. So be gentle. I know practically nothing about saltwater. So if I do take the plunge, lots of research will be in store. I am not too happy with my current 10 gallon freshwater tank and was wondering how...

This is terrible! My angelfish has been bloated for a few days now and I couldn't figure out why. Until when I looked at her today, I see a red worm sticking out of her!! I have a 29 gal planted tank. Can someone please help me out? I have no idea how to treat this and after doing research...

I got christmas moss over a month ago and tied it onto this rock cave thing in my ten gal tank. So far, all it has done is sit there and now it is beginning to die. I have two ten watt CFLs for lighting and I dose no ferts or CO2. My temp is always between 76 and 78. I ordered seachem flourish...

It's not the plants that are going on vacation, but me, and for five days. I was wondering if the plants are going to be all right for five days without any light. My lights don't have a timer and I don't want to keep the lights on for five days straight because I fear an algae bloom... I know...

So I've been soaking these dead oak tree branches I found outside. They've been in this big plastic tub filled with water for a few weeks now. I finally was grossed out with the water looking so dirty and green (with mosquito larvae in it! ew) and dumped it and put in fresh water. Turns out all...

I'm growing quite a bit of BBA in my tank, and I was wondering if there was some way I could get rid of it. It doesn't wipe off easily and nothing seems to want to eat it in my tank... It's a ten gallon tank with 2 10 watt CFL bulbs in the hood. Doesn't seem like it'd be too much lighting...

So I've got a fully cycled ten gallon tank. Currently in it I have 10 ghost shrimp (give or take a few) and two platys. I was wondering if I could add more, and if so, what are some good choices? Nano fish are very cool, but there just isn't much variety to choose from in my area. I was...

I wanted to know what shrimp I could get in my ten gallon tank. Currently the only inhabitants I have are two platys. I was planning on getting about six or so ghost shrimp, but then read quite a bit of information on here that they will eat platys?? In this case, I do not want to get any...

So I recently got a new ten gallon tank that came with the standard hood and of course the standard incandescent bulbs. I really don't like them and they produce so much heat that they're heating up the water and they often smell like they're burning (probably not a good thing...). I really want...

I've never had any fish give birth before. My swordtails are pretty big already, but this one's belly seems to be significantly bigger than normal... I'm definitely inexperienced in this area, and I wanted an opinion. Pregnant or not?

So one of my male swordtails seems to be flapping and is leaning slightly to his side. He's not swimming around, just flapping there in the top corner of the tank. I assume this could be swim bladder disease? Unfortunetly I only have test strips, no liquid test set, but it says my parameters...

Just wanted some advice about overstocking. My current setup is this in my 29 gal rectangle aquarium: 3 long-finned danios (1 zebra, two leopards) 2 black neon tetras 6 sword tails (4 lyre-tails, two "regular") 1 little platy who, over the years, has never seemed to grow and is only about an...