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Hi-- So here's the thing. My tank, up until recently has been amazing. Plant growth has been great, and the fish have been seemingly fine. However, about 4 days ago, a couple of my angels died and since, about 7 more fish have died. They all looked completely healthy except the angel...

Hi Again-- I have had my 75 gal planted tank now since Jan and after doing a water change this afternoon, I think there may be a VERY SLOW, but present, leak in my tank. What do I do? Obviously, I am concerned about having to remove all the fish, etc from the tank cause I don't want to...

Wow--you live and you learn. I mistakenly quickly purchased to sets of plants - varegaed acorus and red arrowhead, both of which I found out later were not "true aquatic" plants, but instead are terranium plants. And of course, you can't return them. So my question is, is there ANY...

Hi There All -- Just a couple of questions. Want to gather a list of really useful websites to aid in planted tank research. I have a couple already, but I wanted to see if there are anymore that others in this forum recommend. Also, has anyone ever successfully maintained Copperleaf...

Hi... Haven't been on in a couple months. Have been way busy...urgh. Anyways, just to refresh, I have a 75gal planted and everything has been goin pretty well. My old beard algae prob went away simply by NOT doing a water change EVERY week, but every OTHER week. Also, I turned the light...

Ok, Here's a new one. My 75 gal planted tank is experiencing algae problems. Oy. Beard algae. However, my black mollies just had babies and now my concern is what will happen to them if I do a massive water change in attempt to combat the algae. Is that a bad idea to do right away? SHould...

Howdy from NYC-- Now I know that algae eaters won't eat beard algae, however, I was wondering what type of algae eaters are good for planted tanks anyway? I have a 75 gal planted and want to purchase some algae eaters to eat around. Also, I am starting to experience a beard algae problem...

Hi There... I have a Java fern plant in my 75 gal planted and I have a question. On the underside of it's leaves, there are sprouting several brown, hanging stringy things. Is that a form of algae I should be concerned with? Is it algae at all? Or is the plant just rooting itself? It...

Hi there.... I am an idiot. A couple of days ago, I had a beautiful Albino Angel die of fungus. I was hoping that it didn't affect any of my other fish, as they were totally fine it seemed. However, yesterday, I found that one of my large swordtails now has fungus on it's mouth. URRRRRGGGH...

I am an idiot. A couple of days ago, I had a beautiful Albino Angel die of fungus. I was hoping that it didn't affect any of my other fish, as they were totally fine it seemed. However, yesterday, I found that one of my large swordtails now has fungus on it's mouth. URRRRRGGGH! My...

Hi There... I just bought 8 glass cats from my lfs for my 75 gall. planted, community tank. My water is great. However, one of the cats already died. I have other community fish in the tank already. All peaceful. However, the glass cats aren't eating. I tried flakes and bloodworms...

Hi There... Looking to purchase my last piece of planted tank "necessities" - a CO2 Reactor. However, I was wondering if someone can recommend a relatively inexpensive "tank-less" reactor. I was at the LFS recently and they had a "Carbo-something" reactor that generates CO2 by electrolysis...

Hi There... I just got my new Jalli 48" 230watt lighting fixture for my 75 gall planted tank. Looks great, however, I have 2 questions: -It came with 2 daylight lamps, and 2 ACTINIC lamps. I am not sure what exactly ACTINIC bulbs are. Could anyone lend insight? Do I need to have those on...

Hi! I recently purchased a new light fixture on Ebay for my 75 gallon planted tank. I bought a brand new 240 watt, 48", JALLI brand hood. It comes with a self cooling fan as well. My question is, is Jalli a respected brand in aquaria? I am a relative newbie with planted tanks and my...

Hi There.... In my 75 gallon planted tank I have 3 pregnant livebearers - 1 guppy, 1 black balloon belly molly, and a platy. My question is, is it better just to leave them in the tank and leave their fry to Darwinism ;) OR should I use a separate fish net breeder. AND, if so, when is it the...

Hi... Haven't been on in a bit. Been busy. Anyways, my tank is doin well. So far in my 75 gal freshwater tank: -all water has cycled and is doing extremely well. -live plants are thriving. still waiting on getting a stronger light though to really have a good planted tank. Research on...

Hi again, I wanted to ask some advice. So far in my tank I have: 6 Red-eye tetras 4 yellow tetras 2 guppies 1 albino cory cat 1 spotted cory cat 1 pleco 4 neon tetras AND Live plants! The tank is in great shape so far. It has fully cycled, the fish all seem to be settled in. The...

Hi There.... I just(a couple of days ago) bought a small albino cat and after placing it in my aquarium, it swims around like crazy! I mean it is skimming the surface, all around the bottom, and all around the glass. I would't have been concerned, however, he does this all the time! Is...

Hi there... I just recently returned from a week away from my 75 gal tank(had a vacation trip) and when I returned, I saw the following: -some plants still healthy. Mostly the Water Onion plants, however, there were brown spots on alot of leaves of my other plants. Does that mean they are...

Hi again! I am SLOWLY setting up my tank and I wanted to know what the best next few steps are. So far, I have: -Treated the 75 gallon tank with Stress Coat and Stress Zyme. -Set up the Epheim filter and have it running(should it run 24 hours a day by the way?) for a few days. -Added 10 small...

How's it goin? OK, I am the dude who was lookin for advice in setting up my 75 gallon aquarium and now it has finally arrived and I am stoked(excited). So far, I have: -rinsed the gravel(once) and put it in the tank -filled the tank with water. My question is, what steps should I...

Hi there... So here is the deal. My partner and I have just purchased this big glass box and I want to know what to do with it. JUST KIDDING! We just bought a 75 Gallon tank with all the trimmings(filter, heater, kit, gravel, hood, light, etc.) - no fish yet of course - and I wanted to know...