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I picked up some moss growing along a creek in iowa 5 months ago. as it grew it looked just like java moss and i kinda assume at the time it was the same stuff. Now that i have down a little research i think it must be some other moss. Am I right that java moss doesn't grow wild in iowa?

I got 3 female guppies and a male about 2 1/2 months ago. The females were with males at the store and i was told they were probably prego. 2 1/2 months later the females have been huge for over a month but have not seen any fry. The tank is well planted 10 gal tank and have lots of places for...

Looked close at some of my ramshorn snails and saw something strange. At first it looked like they had shorted antennas coming out of there shells. Very close examinations show what look like tentaculs or worms coming out and kinda hitting the glass sometimes. They stay attached to the snail...

What is the experience of using standard screw in compact fluorescent bulbs as aquarium lights? Today I added a 26w (100w equivalent of the old incandescent bulbs) screw in bulb to the side of my tank to see what the effect will be on the plants. I also have a standard t8 on top of the 10 gal...

I have some aquarium plants in a plastic container, thought i can make them grow by putting them in the window sill with ferts. They appear to be dying, i am guess its due to lack of CO2. Monywort, Vallisneria and others. What should be done to help plants grow in a small plastic container (btw...

I have a couple of freshwater tanks a 10 gal and 20 gal but am basically new to the aquarium world. i do love inverts including shrimps, snail crabs, insects etc reading this forum it appears that its relatively easy to have a slat water 10 gal tank with just inverts? is that true? al