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Hi all, I am finally at a point after moving where I can look at starting up some tanks again. However; we're now on well water and it's a whole new world. We run our water through a softener but our TDS is pretty high. Here's the results from a recent professional analysis we had done...

Hi all, I was hoping for some advice on whether my water parameters would be reasonable to keep shell dwellers. We're on well water, and our water goes through a softener. Here's the results from a recent professional analysis we had done: TDS: 507 Ca mg/L: 0.241 Hardness mg/L: 0.602 pH: 7.6...

For my nieces' birthday I'm building a Frozen themed betta tank. This will be my first non-natural tank, and I'm trying to build something as low maintenance as I can. Equipment 10 gallon standard glass aquarium Marineland LED hood Aquaclear 20 filter Hydor 50W submersible heater Exciting...

MTS is taking hold, got a Fluval Egde 6 gallon to set up a second nano tank. I'm happy with my scape in my 29 gallon and my betta is happy in his nano, so this is my new project! Hopefully it will be better planned and executed than my previous two tanks. (As in I won't feel the need to redo...

I thought everything in my established tank was going well, and added some new fish on Tues. I noticed my cories going to the surface a lot and tested my water, and I had 1.0 ppm ammonia!! So frustrating. I did a 50% change and dosed prime for the tank volume tonight. Here's the tank stats...

Hi ya'll! I've got a quick question about treating cyano in my 2.5 gallon nano. It started off with a very tiny spot back when I dry started the tank, and I thought it was gone. However, in the last few weeks it's cropped up again. The tank currently gets some indirect sun and our days are...

Just had to post an update pic on my 29 gallon. I tore down and redid my tank scape about a year ago and I finally feel happy with how the growth looks. Ever since I added cherry shrimp my Java moss is pristinely clean. I took a chance on bacopa and I really like the contrast of the leaf...

Just picked up a $5 10 gallon tank from a neighbor's garage sale. It was used to house a lizard of some kind, any particular cleaning tips? I did water test it, seemed fine to me. Some crusting around the bottom. I know some things can stay in the silicone, did I waste $5 by getting this...

I was thinking of picking up a prefilter for my 29 gallon so I don't have to worry about shrimp getting vacuumed up. I came across this on aquabid: http://www.aquabid.com/cgi-bin/auction/auction.cgi?filteration&1391442601 And I was wondering if anyone has used this type of prefilter before...

Hi all! My 29 gallon has gone through several iterations in the last two years as I've learned more about the hobby. I'm finally happy with the direction my tank is headed, and I'm trying to finalize my stocking plan to work towards. All the fish I really love that are appropriate for my tank...

I just found a yellow betta at Petsmart!! He has some black marks on his body, but he has a light colored chin and light eyes and is awesome! I love the yellow bettas I've seen online but had given up on getting one due to cost and rarity. I just couldn't pay the crazy shipping costs to get...

When doing my WC tonight, I realized that some of my crypts have started to develop holes in the leaves or ragged edges. Not sure what's causing it, I haven't changed anything about the tank except starting to try to bring up the amount of Excel that I'm dosing slowly. 29g tank Finnex Fugeray...

I recently set up a little 2.5 gallon to house some neo shrimp (I am trying to get some red rili) but it currently has a lot of tannins. The tank is dirted with a black sand cap so I think it's just leaching tannins from the soil. How long do I need to wait to add shrimp? The filter was...

I have my shrimp nano fully set up now, and I'll be ready for shrimp in a week or two. I know I want neocaridina shrimp, and I think rili is the color morph that I'd like to get. Any good/bad experiences with sellers of this type of shrimp? I've been surfing on aquabid looking at the current...

I'm thinking about trying to get an easily replenishable live food source going for my Threadfins (and my future spotted Blue Eyes, when I get them!). I've never fed live foods before, and the research I've done shows an overwhelming array of types available. Seems like baby brine shrimp are...

So my Emporer tetras have apparently decided they like my tank and are reproducing. I count 4 fry 1/2 and larger as of today in the tank. I really had no desire to breed them, so I'm going to take my adults and get some credit at my LFS. But what do I do with the fry?? They're just eating...

Hi, I have a dwarf Honey Gourami that I believe got attacked by one of the platies in my tank. I'd like to set up a hospital tank for him but I have nothing else besides my main tank cycled. If I get a cheap 10 or 5 gal aquarium and an AC 20 would it be possible to cycle my QT tank by just...

Has anyone thought about doing a "stocking small tanks" sticky/article? Since I've been on these forums I feel like I've seen over and over again people asking about fish for small aquariums. New aquarists seem to be drawn to them for obvious reasons, you'd think small would be easier and a...

Hi, I was looking for advice on whether any apistos would do well in a community tank (neon tetras, honey gourami, pygmy corys, white cloud minnows, algae eating goby). I also have moderately hard water where I live. My LFS just got some in, and I'm trying to decide how to finish out my...

I'm feeling so indecisive! I'm rescapeing my tank this weekend and regaining part of my fish (my friend is taking my danios and possibly my white cloud minnows). The stock I'll be left with is this: 8 neon tetra 1 dwarf honey gourami 4 cory pygmaeus/ habrosus 1 algae eating goby (sicydium...

So about a week after putting my new light on my 29g tank I've got BGA growing on the moss that is closest to the light in the tank. : ( I'm pretty confident in what it is, as it's bright blue green and slimy looking. Seems like my best bet according to what I'm reading here is to do an...

Hi! I'm considering changing my substrate in my 29 gallon from fine gravel to either sand or eco-complete/flourite. I'm mostly unsure whether the change to a "plant" substrate would be worth it for my set up. I've got a tropical setup with a low tech moderately planted thing going on. I just...

Hi all! So I have about $200 allocated to spend on upgrading my tank, and I'm at a loss as to what to do next. I've had it up and running for about a year, and for about 10 months with no issues. Here's the current setup: 29g standard footprint T5 normal single 18w light Aquaclear 70 filter...

Hi! I'm a little stumped as to what's wrong with my Anubias plants. I have a low tech lightly planted 29 g tropical aquarium. Lighting - single T5 18watt No CO2, flourish excel added kinda randomly Root tab like fertilizer applied to appropriate plants, flourish comprehensive dosed weekly to...

I figured this would be the best place to put this since algae is, technically, a plant. :) I'm trying to set up a small algae farm (separate from my main tank!!) to feed my algae eating goby from and I'm having very little luck. Really, I can grow algae in horse tanks and dog dishes and all...