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Sooo I bought this 300w Aqueon Pro heater for my 75g cichlid tank, and I am a little confused here. I placed it in the aquarium yesterday, 24 hours ago. Unplugged. Trying to acclimate the internal thermostat on the heater to the tank water, I have read this is recommended. Set the heater to...

Acquired 75g tank - Help Requested (Urgent?) Recently was given a 75g FW tank from a family member, who bought a house and the sellers left it. Its been ~10 years since I've had a FW tank (long time member here though!) and Im a little rusty. (if the tank looks turbulent, I had JUST completed...

In the past 3 weeks, Ive two confirmed Columnaris deaths, and two unconfirmed deaths. Im pretty sure a Black Molly I bought from Petco introduced it, as it died 2 days after I bought it and was missing its tail with white fuzzy growth on its body :facepalm: Anyway, I lost a cory over the...

My 46g tank is in my bedroom and when the light kicked on this morning (timer), I noticed one of my cories swimming mid/top level alone - he never does this. I watched him for a while and could see from a distance his face was kind of white-ish :eek: When I went to inspect, I noticed his...

I bought 2 Black Molly's the other day. Noticed yesterday it looked like the one was getting nipped at. I found the culprit - a red platy Ive had for a few years. For some reason, he keeps nipping at only one of the Molly's (but the other one doesnt get any harassment). :confused: Anyways, I...

I dont know if you folks knew this, I didnt (oops!) but I just got back from my local Wal-Mart. I was browsing the fish supplies looking for some new plastic plants when I saw "Aquatech" filter cartridges. The picture on the front of the box showed a power filter that looked JUST Like my...

I just wanted to report because I know it a common question on the forums.. On November 9th, I set up my new 46g bow-front. I transferred all of the plants, decorations, fish, and 1 power filter from my 29g tank. I changed the filter cartridge on the power filter before I transferred it too - I...

So what does an aquarium keeper do when their filter cartridge gets so dirty that rinsing it with tank water and vigorously shaking it to get the gunk off does nothing? My Penguin has been bypassing the filter for a few days now (i.e. the water is flowing over the TOP of the cartridge and...

Disclaimer: This is NOT a sweeping generalization about pet store employees across the board. It is, however, about the occasional bonehead you encounter at the pet store that you'd like to correct so bad but they are so blissfully ignorant in their own pseudo-reality, theres no hope left for...

You would think I would know this after knowing the cycle process in and out, after having aquaria since I was 9 years old!! I shut down my very well established, 2 year running, 29g f/w tank and transferred the plants and decorations to the new 46g tank. I also transferred my Penguin 200b...

Last week, I shut down my 29g tank, transferred over ALL of the plants and decorations and my bio-wheel filter to my new 46 bow front. I also took a cup of gravel from the old tank, and set it in the corner of the new one so bacteria could seed the new sand bed. I tested the water yesterday...

Im looking for suggestions to add some fishmates to my tank (see signature). My tank is freshwater with mostly docile non-aggressive types. I'd really like to add some color and/or some schooling fish. I seem to be stuck in the rut of 'generic tropical fish' like platy's, danios, gouramis...

46g Bow front with stand, light, glass top, and a "box of extras" (3 power filters, heater, etc)... Getting ready for overnight leak test: Of course, it passed the leak test! woot woot! Now on to moving it to its new place and getting it level. This is not good!: Got it all leveled. Time...

My emperor 280 is noisy despite throwing parts at it. Im about to throw IT out a window... I have a spare Aquaclear 70 that Ive never set up... Seeing that Ive been a longtime Marineland power filter user, Im not familiar with the Aquaclear at all. Just a general question and...

I bought a 46 bow front setup on craigslist - the seller gave me a BOX of 3 filters. One was an Emperor 280 and the other 2 look to be identical aqua-clears. Well, being a long-time user of the Penguin's with the bio-wheel, I set up the Emperor 280. At first it was nice and quiet, like my...

Ive had my 29g Freshwater setup for 2-3 years now. Today I got a great deal on a 46 bow front with a nice oak stand. I'd really like to break away from the boring ol' black gravel and plastic plants and do something completely different with this tank. I'll be transferring my fish from my 29g...

I had a Marineland Stealth heater in my 30g FW tank... it was recalled last year, so I contacted Marineland and they sent me a new (not under the recall) replacement. It worked well for months until.... I got home today and noticed a dead sword tail floating in the tank :( Open the lid to net...

So after YEARS of having FW tanks, I finally had an issue with my pleco. Had him for about a year, common pleco, he hasnt grown. It actually look like he shrunk! I usually give him an algae wafer 1-2x weekly. Lately I noticed hes been hanging on the glass a lot, looks like hes scavenging...

I have a Marineland Penguin 330 on my 29g FW tank. I have had the tank set up for a year in January. Ive had tanks my whole life, including my last tank, a 55g FW setup. I used Penguins on that tank too.. I do a 30% water change every Tuesday. I replaced the filter cartridge 2.5 weeks ago...

I noticed today my silver dollar fish has a cloudy eye and looks slightly swollen!! The other silver dollar has no cloudiness, nor do any of my other community. I performed a 50% water change Wednesday. I do 33% water changes 2x weekly, but I missed 1 water change so I made up on Wednesday...

Today I stopped at a LFS thats slightly not-local (its about 25 minutes away).. I havent been to this specific LFS in a few years. Well, I went in today and some young (and quite handsome btw) 20 something clerk starts following me around asking me questions about my setup, suggestions etc...

2 days ago, I noticed that my honey gourami was sitting in the corner during feeding time, and not eating. I made note. Yesterday, I cant find the honey gourami! :o I look and hes laying on the gravel on the side like hes dead. I get the net to bring him to his grave (i.e. the toilet) and...

Ive had a very small outbreak of ICH for the past week ... trying to keep it under control with salt and heat but Im afraid my corys and pleco are getting too stressed out :( I went to my LFS today and bought API's "Quick Cure". Besides my corys and 1 pleco, everybody else is hardy (i.e...

Ive used the search feature and found tons of useful tips and threads on AA :D Noticed yday that my neon tetra and 1 of my corys had a questionable white spot. Get home from work today, the corys both have 2-3 icks spots each, and my neon tetra has 3. :bad-words: I took the tank temp from 77...

I bought 2 honey gouramis from my LFS last week. I picked out the 2 smallest ones, as I have a 29g tank and wanted to watch them grow. I noticed yday that both of the honey gouramis turned blue or purple-ish from their heads about back to their mid back. They werent like this last week!! I...