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Hey guys. Finally refinished the stand of my new 55 gal tank. Now i get to start the super fun part of setting up and heavily planting. So I am trying to decide which canister filter I want. I have never used one before and trying to find the best one that isn't an arm and a leg. Hoping to find...

I made a previous post in another section but I should have posted here originally since I am in fact getting started on my first planted tank. I am going to turn my new 55 gal into a planted tank. I want to have a large community tank with some tetras, cories, maybe a dwarf gournami or two...

I made a previous post in another section but I should have posted here originally since I am in fact getting started on my first planted tank. I am going to turn my new 55 gal into a planted tank. I want to have a large community tank with some tetras, cories, maybe a dwarf gournami or two...

Hey guys. Just bought a beautiful 55 gal set up off of craigslist. It has a solid wood canopy on top but no light source since the plastic hood broke prior to me buying. Any suggestions on easy cost effective lighting ideas? If you know of a site or video that walks through instructions please...

I am picking up a 100gal tank in a few days and really want to venture into the live plants. To be honest though I am scared to death of the idea of potentially investing hundreds of dollars into a plants and killing them. My husband is also in the military so we move ever couple of years. So if...

I have been running my stocked tank for over a year now. I normally do water changes sunday, wednesday and friday. After talking to another hobbyist that had been keeping fish for 34 years he said I am doing to many water changes and recommended I cut back to once a month. I am about to upgrade...

So my beloved betta, Rama, passed away so my kind husband bought me 3 long finned danios, 3 salt and pepper Cory cats and an Otto. He wanted me to pick a bigger solo fish to make the tank brighter since the 7 others are just very neutral. Would a dwarf gourami work? I have heard they are prone...

We got 5 ghost shrimp yesterday and this morning I noticed a significant tear in my bettas fins. Could it have been the shrimp? There is nothing sharp in the tank so I am not sure what else could have caused it. Thanks.

I am sure like many betta owners theirs is also a PIG! I got some ghost shrimp to add a little life to the bottom of the tank. I fed them some hikari algae wafers and my Rama about ate himself to death. Any suggestion or products I can use to make supplementing the shrimp easier and safer for my...

Unfortunately I killed my filter that I worked so hard to grow. Is there anyone in the fort Campbell Clarksville area that would consider donating a used filter from a clean established tank? I am devasted that I killed it by adding tetracycline to heal my very sick betta. Or if anyone knows if...

Heard mixed reviews but will tetracycline kill my filter? I would really like to keep my betta in his tank set up because he does not do well in the qt tank. He stresses beyond belief. Would it be possible to do a full treatment of tetracycline without any loss of bacteria? Should I use maracyn...

Hi all, I got a crowntail two months ago. We have had issues with him since day one. His fins are getting worse and worse. We recently went on vacation and upon returning his beautiful tips on his fins are curling and splitting. I am not sure if he was over fed or what but he looks horribly...

I got Rama for my birthday from my hubby about a week and a half ago from Petsmart. He has fin rot but I think we have caught it early enough and he has not lost any fins so far but has some pin holes and about a quarter of an inch spilt in his back fin. I got some aquarium salt and did a 50%...

Got my betta about a week and a half ago. His fins tips had started turning black and after testing levels (which were normal) I did a water change just to be on the safe side. His fin color had not gotten worse so I am wondering if that is his true fin color. But now I just noticed that a...

I have had Rama for about 4-5 days. The day I got him I checked the nitrates one more time and they were 20ppm and I have heard that anything below 40ppm is good. His fin tips were originally red and last night I noticed they were black. They haven't curled and seem to be there normal length...

I have been checking levels daily over the past few days since it just cycled and I added a goregous Betta. Yesterday the ph was 7.4 and today when I checked it was 8.0-8.2! Completely flipping out because I know some fish especially bettas can be flinky and sensitive to ph. I did do a water...

Just got a betta a few days ago and I am having a hard time getting him interested in the frozen bloodworms. He is still puffing up his fins and very active through out the tank so I don' think it is illness. I am assuming he is just not hungry but how in the future do I let him know it is meal...

Finally have my tank cycled and added a goregous betta. Was trying to get a picture of him to send to my mom and realized that there is a ring the whole way around the top to the tank about 2 inches below current water line. When I was cycling I let the tank water evaporate quite a bit since I...

My 10 gal tank just completed cycling this past week. I have been dosing it with ammonia daily. The nitrates were 160ppm+ and after the large WC they dropped only to 80ppm-160ppm. Should I wait a few days to do another change or would it be okay to do another large WC? Should I do another 90% or...

My 10 gallon tank finally finished cycling! YAY! I have decided to get a male betta sometime next weekend. I didn't even think about the fake plastic plants I put in could hurt a bettas fins. So I will obviously be taking some of the plants out now and either replace them with silk or real. The...

My 10 gallon has finished cycling and I have not added any fish yet. I am a newbie and made I think a common mistake of not researching before I bought my tank and decor. I have been bouncing back and forth about fish I would like to add and I would really like salt and pepper corries. They like...

I have been cycling two tanks for a few weeks and I believe my one is finally done. When I checked it a few minutes ago the ammonia levels were at 0ppm, nitrite was 0ppm and nitrate was 160ppm+. I added a little ammonia to feed the bacteria. I plan on testing again in the morning to make sure...

There are most definitely two fish I LOVE bold elegant bettas and cute tiny pygmy cories. Would I be able to put these guys together or would I then be rescuing the cories from death? Cories first maybe and then a betta?

In the cycling process with both my 10 gallon tanks and was wondering the easiest safest way to do PWC? I am using a siphon and emptying the tank water into empty 1 gal water bottles so I know what percent I am taking out and able to put the conditioner into the bottled tap water prior to...

I think we are going to have a community tank with fancy guppies and other friendly fish. What are some types I should stay away from to protect my guppies beautiful fins? Also I heard corys are very friendly but would guppies pick at them?