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Getting back into the hobby after a bit. Trying to do some lighting research, but I always kind of feel lost. I read up the pinned topics at the top, but the beginner lighting guide doesn't even mention LED lights. Right now I have a 20 gallon high tank. The tank is stocked and is also...

Trying to get some ideas and do research for future additions to my 20 gallon high. Right now I have 6 platies -- or 5 platies and 1 molly. It's a long story. It's a planted tank with a piece of mopani wood. The substrate is sand (or at least crushed gravel -- it's this stuff...

Use the loo and grab a drink, as this might wind up being a long read. After being out of the fish game for a bit, I was able to convince the girlfriend to let me set up a tank in our new house, however, she capped me at 20 gallons. A little lame, but I figured after awhile she'd give into the...

So, here's the back story: My friend bought a pleco from his LFS (isn't that how these always start out) to put in his tank to help with algae. While he didn't completely outgrow the tank, my friend foresaw that he would eventually and asked if I would take him in. I knew that it was most...

After about a year of running my 29 gallon tank with the stock 17 watt light fixture, I finally decided to upgrade! On a budget, I went with 2 24" Aqueon T5 Dual Lamp (long story as to why I bought the 24" and not the 30"). This is now giving me 56 watts of lighting. My plants are thriving...

Well, it looks like I've finally had a sighting of ich. At first I wasn't sure, but now I'm fairly positive that's what I'm dealing with. The good news is it currently only looks like one fish is actually being affected. I've been reading up on the best way to treat the tank and I've see...

I'm still in the process of cycling my tank. I've been testing for ammonia everyday or every other day at least. It took awhile for the ammonia to rise enough for me to even get a reading on it, but now it looks like the levels are starting to rise enough for me to have to remove even more...

So, right now I have two tanks: a 5 gallon housing 1 betta and a 29 gallon planted tank with 5 platys. I've seen several people successfully house a betta in a community tank, but I know all cases are unique. I would ideally like to move the betta to the larger tank as it would be a little...

My order of plants came in this afternoon and I just finished getting them all in the tank. There were one or two plants already in, but pretty much everything was planted today. It took a little while to get everything where I wanted it, but I think it looks pretty good. In time, I think it...

I ordered some plants and they arrived this morning. I will be planting them very soon. Two of the plants are bunch plants (Anacharis and Cabomba). I've read a few different way people plant these. I think the recommended way to plant them is each stem in its own hole. I can only think how...

What is the plant on the right? I'm pretty sure this is the plant that my girlfriend bought a couple of months ago for out 5 gallon tank that houses our betta. The reason I ask is because I am concerned about the color. The plant have really grown well. Today when I was cleaning the tank, I...

After having a 5 gallon tank with a single betta, I wanted to add something that would really stand out and that we would enjoy, so I bought a 29 gallon aquarium and stand. The tank has been running for 3 days and this weekend we thought we would go and pick up a few fish and plants to get...