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A few months ago, after reading in numerous places that planted tanks did not require-and in fact benefited from-not cleaning deep into the gravel to get out the mulm, I started to do so. The problem is that now there are snails everywhere. Should I clean the gravel or not? I believe they...

A couple of my guppies have gotten dropsy lately and I was wondering what the cause might be? They both got fat right away and showed pointy scales and within a few days in which they stopped eating they died. I heard that it was noncommunicable, and both times I tried to feed them peas but...

I was thinking of getting a Marineland Crescent 5 Gallon. I was wondering what people might think of putting a single cichlid in it. I have some mbuna right now and their sizes range from 3-6 inches (Cynotilapia Afra, yellow lab, Acei). I know that its behavior would not necessarily be the...

Is it common for an entire batch to have crooked spines? According to genetics I would have thought that only a half to three quarters at most would have spine deformities since neither the father nor the mother had any noticeable deformities. Only one was really bad but I still hope to breed...

Whenever I go to the LFS they tell me that hardness is important for a planted tank. They are selling Reverse Osmosis water and I was wondering how important you might think this is? Currently, my newest plants are at least two months old which means that they can survive in my tank. They are...

My guppy is pretty fat, not obscenely so but enough to make him look quite unhealthy. Just behind the gills is where he is widest. I am not sure what the cause might be. Earlier today I was thinking that perhaps I overfed him or that he was constipated so I tried thawed sweet peas. While...

Quick question, do aquarium plants primarily take in CO2 through their leaves or through their roots? Also does the Seachem Flourish Excel form of carbon follow the same method? I am aware that terrestrial plants facilitate gas exchange through both leaves and roots but am unsure about the...

My female guppy has been lying down on the ground (now at the bottom of my breeder net) for about the last 48 hours, ever since she gave birth to 4 (unless a couple were eaten; thats not what I think happened) babies. She is still large, and seems to be even larger than before the birthing if...

So what I did for my lights was I got an extention cord (2.50) and hooked up two plug in adapters that allow you to screw light bulbs into (2.50EA) and I got a four pack of 100 watt equivalent compact flourescent bulbs (10) that gave off 1600 lumens at 5000K (daylight) each. When plugged in the...

So what I did for my lights was I got an extention cord (2.50) and hooked up two plug in adapters that allow you to screw light bulbs into (2.50EA) and I got a four pack of 100 watt equivalent compact flourescent bulbs (10) that gave off 1600 lumens at 5000K (daylight) each. When plugged in the...

I was looking around for some way to get aquarium lights cheap when I went to Home Depot. Luckily the light salesperson owned several aquariums and was quite knowledgeable. I ended up getting a simple extention cord with two adapters that plugged into this and then I screwed the two lightbulbs...

I'm unsure whether this should be classified under breeding as it has not yet happened, however it does have to do with selective breeding in the future. I wanted to start selectively breeding guppies mainly because of their variability in color and pattern. Breeding them seems to have so many...