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Evidently all Home Depot sand isn't the same. I'm getting things together to switch tanks from 55 to 75 gallon. I went to the same Home Depot where I had previously gotten the pool filter sand I used in my 55. I noticed that it was a lot finer grain than before and was also more brown in color...

About 2 weeks ago I added some frogbit to my tank since I like the look of some floating type plants. I have clown loaches in there too and now almost all of the frogbit is gone. I assume they are the little munchers? Thanks

About 6 weeks ago I acquired 4 small clown loaches, each about 2-1/2" long. They have all been doing great until recently. Up until about a week ago, they have all been very active and were eating great. I would drop in some algae waffers and bottom feeder pellets and they would be all over...

Question to those of you have heavily planted and or decorated tanks. What do you do about vacuuming the bottom of the tank? I have sand as my substrate and am heavily decorated with rocks, fake plants, live plants, etc and I find it really difficult to vacuum around all that stuff in there. I...

About 2 months ago, I had an outbreak of what I assumed was Diatoms. It hung around for maybe a month. I was continually cleaning off the glass and plant leaves to try to keep it at bay until it cleared up, which it finally pretty much did. I've noticed in the past couple of days that it appears...

I've got 2 blood Parrots in my 55 gallon community tank. One is around 4" and the other is roughly 3" tip to tip. The two are normally pretty docile and only chase each other around every now and again. Over the past couple of days I've noticed the larger of the two is acting way more aggresive...

After two months of 0 ammonia and 0 nitrites, I suddenly have been getting ammonia showing back up. It was .25 yesterday and .5 today. I did a 75% water change this afternoon to get some clean water back in the tank. About a month ago I saw that my PH was dropping also. It was consistently 6.8...

I've googled, searched, etc. and get differing answers to the correct way to do this. What is the general train of thought here? Hold test tube directly against the white card background. Hold test tube slightly away from the white background. I've been holding mine directly against the white...

I've been struggling with what my API liquid test kit show as high Nitrates. When I test I come up with 80ppm. Tap water results show 30. Seems like no matter what I do I can't get the reading down to a reasonable one. I've actually done back to back testing to make sure I was being careful and...

I have a reading of 30 nitrates straight from my tap. It is well water also. With that being said, I struggle with high nitrates in my tank. The tank is cycled and I get constant 0's on ammonia and nitrite. My usual test results for nitrate in tank water are between 40 and 80 with 80 being the...

About 2 weeks ago I added 6 Zebra loaches to my 55 gal. commnity tank. I very rarely see them. Is it normal for them to be so shy? I've also got 6 peppered corys in there and I will occassionaly see a couple of loaches schooling along with them. The corys are always on the go. :fish2: I don't...

Wanted to see what opinions are for where to put donor media in an Aqua Clear 70. Everything is stacked up in the media tray so I didn't know the best area in that stack to get things good and seeded. Right now I have it between the foam and bio-media bag. I didn't use the carbon bag at all...

Not sure if something is stalling me out or what. This is on a 55 gal community tank I got going on Dec. 27th. It is running 2 Aqua Clear 70 filters that were seeded from one of my other established tanks. After a couple of days, I went ahead and added 6 peppered cories. Tested for another week...

I've got two Aqua Clear 70 filters running on my 55 gal tank. When I do water changes all the water siphons out of the filters. I've tried to pour some tank water back in, but it just continues to siphon out. It takes me roughly 1/2 hour to do a 50% water change. Question is how long can the...

This past weekend I started up a new 55 gal community tank. Water testing shows good and of course no Ammonia or Nitrites yet. Last night I added an existing cycled HOB filter from my other tank which is a 26 gal. That filter is a Marineland Bio Wheel 150. The new filter on the 55 is a Aqua...

Just set up a 55 gal over the weekend. It was a package deal and came with the bio wheel 350 filter. Is it normal for them to be so loud? You can really hear the motor running and the water noise is really annoying. I already have a 150 on another tank and it is quiet. I set this up in our...

About 3 weeks ago I had a major fish die off for no apparent reason. Out of 18 fish I lost everything except for my one peppered cory. Water consistently tests OK with 0 Ammonia, 0 Nitrites and only about 40 on Nitrates, so I assume it is cycled. I do 25% water changes 2 to 3 times per week...

Right now I have a 26 gal tank that is cycled and running along very nicely. My lovely wife has gotten me a 55 gal that I will be starting up right after Christmas. :dance: I plan to relocate the 26 and put the 55 in its place. The 26 has two filters running on it now. One is a Marineland 150...

Added 3 Platys to my 26 gal bow front tank a few days ago. They hang out a lot at the top of the tank behind the filter outlets where the water is calm. I'm running 2 filters, so I was wondering if there is possibly to much current for them? They do swim around in all areas of the tank, but at...

This is my stock now in a 26 gal. bow front tank: 7 zebra danios 3 platys 3 black skirt tetras 1 peppered cory Tank is cycled and running along just fine. Am I already overstocked or could more go in? Would like to add a couple more cory's or maybe a dwarf gourami. Safe? Thanks for any input...