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Okay, nothing is munch-proof. I know that. However, my angel has weed whacked his way through everything that's green and over 5 inches tall. Swords, rotala, cabomba, val....gone. He ignores the tiger lotus and the lower plants like crypts and ferns. I'm willing to buy more plants but only to a...

Hi all. This is my first post in the pond area. I used to hang around the freshwater aquarium forum, but over the summer I put in a small pond. This is my first winter. The pond is, I'd say, around 60 gallons. I was able to sink it half-in the ground. Our soil was way rockier than I'd...

I have never seen this before. The clown loach suspended itself mid-tank and the angelfish wandered over and began nibbling at the loach's side. After a few seconds, the loach went back to the bottom.

I have never seen a fish so good at the sad puppy dog look! My rams stare me down and I can see how easy it would be to overfeed them if I fell for their act. They definitely know what they're doing. It's that cute little blue mustache...

I normally try to buy local and support small businesses. My LFS has pretty nice stock and reasonable prices. The problem? They've started selling puppies. As much as I hate to buy from the big chain stores, I don't think I can support a business that keeps the puppy mills in business. The...

I have a 29g that I just got going a few weeks ago. I started with a honey gourami, 2 black skirts (to be joined by a few from my other tank after quarantine) and a school of 8 cardinals. The gourami was calm and benign. Today I added some cories and the gourami went bananas. Those poor cories...

I noticed my son's betta has a mild looking tail fin rot today, or I assume it's fin rot. He's in a 5.5 gallon by himself with plants and a sand substrate. The only variable is this weird fuzz/mold/fungus on the driftwood. It's a new piece in this tank, but I had it for years in my 55g. It...

I have two pieces of driftwood in this tank that I like. I just put in the third, the tall one, in the middle to see how it looked. I really don't love it. I've been giving it an hour to see if I change my mind and in the meantime one of my rams moved right in. He/she seems happy there. Any...

Husband gave in and accepted my need for four tanks and bought me this for an early gift. Aside from the rock-hat that the stump is wearing to make it sink, I think it's coming along. Need more color. I have a red tiger lotus coming in the mail. Going to nuke that wisteria now that I'm cycled...

Blaaaaaargh!!!! I just had a family dinner with my aunt and uncle. Several years ago I helped them set up a 30g. They knew nothing then and didn't take my advice about getting it going. Refused to get any substrate, Fast forward to now. When I cat-sat for them I saw what was left: a...

What's going on here? It's been growing like a weed, and you can see it's sending out runners. I this normal behavior for older leaves? I have a second, younger one and a green one that both look fine. They are both under more shade than this one. 55g Fluorite Excel daily Liquid leaf ferts...

Just about finished cycling a 29. Going to put in tetra schools, cories, maybe an apisto. I haven't had a gourami for years. I started, when I was a tank newbie about 10 years ago, with some dwarf blues. When my 55 gallon tank exploded I had to stick everybody in a 12g I had running and within...

I'm cycling a 29g planted. I'd like to try an apisto pair. I've never done apistos. Breeding is not a priority. In my 55g I have black skirt tetras and Congo tetras. I was planning to move one school or the other to the 29. Don't know what else I would add. I don't want to overstock. Maybe a...

I've read and read about apistos. Doing my research on my own, but I'd like to hear about your personal experiences with your apistos. Which species do you prefer? Do you breed them or not? Who are their tankmates? Photos are welcome. I'm cycling a 29g. It'll be heavily planted. I'd like to try...

My ludwigia repens aren't so red anymore. The leaves on the bottom - the leaves that were on the plants when I bought them - are red, but as they grow they lose the red color. Meanwhile, as my rotala reaches higher and higher it's turning more red. 55 gallon planted tank Fluorite Coralife HO...

Couldn't figure out where my algae was coming from. Went downstairs last night for a midnight snack. There was my husband at his desk, programming by the light of my aquarium. He's a night owl and he's been working on an app for hours each night. Me: What are you doing? Him: Working. Me: Do...

Just completed substrating (is that a word? ;)) my 29g with some very kind help from Rivercats. I've harassed her enough so I thought I'd pose the question to the forum. I did an inch or so of organic potting soil and an Eco Complete cap. The whole thing seems a tad thick. Most of the info I...

Having never kept rams, I'm going about this slowly and with as much advice as I can get. This post is about aquascape/hardscape. I know I need driftwood and flat rocks. The photo is the right side of the 55-gallon. I need more driftwood and rocks on the other side (if I can find a piece of...

Looking for ideas. If you happen to have a photo of your apisto cave, I'd love to see it!

I'm starting a 29-gallon after the holidays. I'm on the lookout for canisters (sales in particular). I just bought my first one for my 55 a few months ago, a Penn Plax Cascade 1000. It was on sale at Petco and I love it. I know Fluval is a favorite, too. For a 29, with dwarf cichlids, what...

I like sand, and I may want cories. I can't set up and begin cycling until January so I have time to think. Is fluorite black sand a nightmare? Should I just go with Eco-complete? This will be a dwarf cichlid tank so I want heavy growth. 29-gallon. If it takes many weeks to cycle, it would give...

Having never done dwarf cichlids before, I'm researching this for a while before I even start setting up my tank. (Plus the Christmas tree is in the spot where it will go.) It's a 29 gallon, so it's tall. My research indicates that dwarfs don't like intense light. The fixture I bought has a...

And why? I just can't decide. I'm setting up a new tank after Christmas. I've got some time to think it over but I've only ever had a few, way before I knew what I was doing. I have pygmys (pygmies?) now and they're very cute.

The universe sent me a message today: LFS having a $.99 per gallon sale and Petco has a stand 50% off. Husband told me I could get one for my Christmas gift. Going with a 29 gallon. Never owned cichlids before but I'd like to do dwarfs. Love rams and apistos. I'd like to have one or both...

It's the Petco 6.6 bookshelf. It's cycled and ready for my son's betta, Jerkface. I've got some random Anubis and dinky java ferns in there now, along with ludwigia, a small red wendtii and a hunk of riccia. I don't love the driftwood but I'm stuck with it for now. In my other tanks I have a...