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How long after a WC can I check my water parameters and expect an accurate result? Sent from my iPhone using Aquarium Advice

I have these in my 55g and don't know their names. Bad I know. If anyone can help... Next- it's pinkish on top. Love this one!!! Next- is this Bacopa? Please ignore the algae on back. It's a slow going process to get rid of it. But I am getting there And finally(wow, this is...

My female Krib has a white area covering her nose and a white area on her side near her fins. She is hiding. But eating ok. All other fish in tank seem fine. No areas on any of them. It's not white dots(Ich) it's the whole top of her nose. The tank is a new 29. Cycled for over a month...

So I got a new tank a few months ago at a yard sale. 29g with hood for 20 bucks. The tank is cycled, fish and plants doing great. But the light from the hood is a different "spectrum" than I am used to seeing. I think this tank was used as a reptile tank. Is the light spectrum, if I am...

So I made an impulse purchase of Purple Cabomba during my last LFS trip. I really love it. I planted it in my 55g. It's been all of 3 days. But I have been doing some research, and pretty worried my tank is not suitable. Eeks. I hate watching plants die. I dose liquid carbon daily. Not in a...

So I have, what I think, is brown algae on some of my plants. What is the best way to get rid of it? Should I manually clean it off? With my hand? Is there a fish that will eat it? I have some Oto and a Brushnose Pleco in the tank. But they don't eat it. Is it hindering my plants growth...

Ok. So here is a stupid question, I am sure you have all answered before. Cycling a 29 gallon. 3 fish. 2 Kribensis and an albino brush nose Pleco. Going about 10 days. Daily water tests. Been going normal, spike in ammonia, water change. Ammonia still up next day, another water change. Rinse...

Hello, I picked up some new fish a few weeks ago and they had them labeled with some random generic name. Hoping someone can identify them with an actual scientific name. They are Rainbow fish of some kind. Small right now. Yellow find, black stripe on outside of fin, glowing green around the...

Hey all. I have been out if town, came home for a quick overnight in Sunday to find myself without power. Know I had power on Thurs. anyway, after much uh, horrid ness, with the power company, my power was restored on Tues. so it has been off anywhere from 2-4 days. Luckily all of my fish...

So I have Ich. In my 26g BF. just went through a mini cycle. Last night WT came back with Ammonia 0, NitrIte 0 and NitrAte 20. Fish looked great last, no problems. PH 7.8. Had been doing regular PWC to get Nitrites down. Last 2 tests have been normal This evening, white spots on almost...

My 55g has been set up for about 6 weeks now. Used seeded media, went through the cycle, added fish.( Quicker than I wanted but that's another story) any way. Had a mouth fungus issue. Treated with Mela/Pima for a week. All but one fish responded. The one unresponsive fish got much worse, has...

So I finally but the bullet and moved one if my fish to a QT. I am treating him with Furan 2. Once he is better, if he gets better, how long should I keep him the QT? 1 week post symptoms gone, 2 weeks?

Do these snails eat algae? Or just snails and debris?

About 1/3 of my fish in my 55g have a white blurb on either the top or bottom of their mouth. They are all eating, very active, very colorful. I have been treating, for 6 days with Melafix/Pimafix. It has stayed about the same, maybe a bit better. Tank is a 55g. Moderately planted. Dual T5HO...

I am finally at a point where I want to start thinking about restocking my 26g bowfront. The fish that used to be in it have been moved, save for one, into my new larger tank. Once the one holdout is better, fin issues I think from being beaten up, he will be moved as well. I am definitely...

Last night I did a big WC on my established planted tank. A 26g bowfront. It has been up and running for a year. It had been doing great until a month ago, when slowly I started noticing my Oto cats disappearing. Never found a body. But they are all gone. So last night was tank maintenance...

So I am toying with the idea of having a ready QT.what do you all do? Do you keep a filter on your stable tanks and switch it when needed? What size tank do you use? Does it have gravel? How long do you quarantine for? Now that I have multiple tanks, I am pretty much setting myself up for an...

Sorry lots of questions tonight. My new 55g is running T5HO with 6700k bulbs. It gets no outside light, or negligible amounts. Liquid Co2 and root tabs(will be monthly) and liquid ferts if needed. How long should I leave the lights on? 6 hrs? Should I split it into 2 periods?

Hey all. Got some plant cutting from a friend. But she did not know what they were. Hoping for someone that can ID them for me. Thanks!!!

Ok. Never done this before, but figured I would do a thread on my new 55g. It is going to be Rainbow centric and moderately planted. 55g, aqua clear 110 filter. My T5 HO will arrive tomorrow. So for now its running the basic T8 bulbs. Doing a small fish in cycle. Filter media has been...

Looking for some suggestion for foreground, low laying carpeting plants for my new 55g, and some mid ground plants, really just some advice. So feel free to jump in!!! Lighting: T5HO dual with 6700w bulbs. Liquid Co2( not capable of doing a "system", so liquid), will use root tabs as ferts...

Ok, so we all know the rule, 1in of fish per gallon(except goldfish) So how do you truly calculate that, with 3 in of substrate, and a moderately planted 55 g tank. How do I figure out how many is too many? Do plants take away from the inch per gallon? Right now I have 4 boesmani, 2 turquoise...

I think it's some kind of cichlid. I know the pic is bad.

So my love of fish has rubbed off on a few coworkers, and 3 of them gave gotten their own tanks. Well one of them bought a nice 55g tank for some goldfish. She told me over and over that she did not need to do water changes. The tank is " only a few weeks old". This week she started losing...

Hey all, Have a Betta, in a 5.5 gallon tank. Started about 3 weeks ago. Been checking levels daily. And daily I have a lot if ammonia. As if right now it's 1 ppm. So yes, I have been doing 75% WC daily, sometimes twice daily. Betta is acting fine, eating fine. Here is the question...