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Well its just a snail tank for now, but I have a few guppies in there. Even after a few days without a water change the ph dips low and the nitrates dont even register 5. It is a cycled tank, ammonia 0 nitrites 0. I picked up some liquid calcium today so we'll see if that helps. I have been...

Need more help! I took the driftwood out of the tank and did a 30% water change. The ph went up to 7.6 but just 10 hours later it is 7.2 Is this normal even after the driftwood is taken out? I read somewhere that snails will take nutrients out of the water and cause the ph to dip, and I have...

The ph in my tank is plummeting, and the only new addition is a terra cotta pot. I also have driftwood in the tank but it was in there for a month or more before the ph went down. Does it take a while for the driftwood to kick in?? Or is it the pot making the ph go down so much?? Also, do...

Check www.applesnail.net They have alot of info there.

I would like to get a couple columbian sharks. I would like some colorful action in the middle/top of my tank also, and was thinking about yellow labs. Anyone have any experience with these or any Malawi Cichlids in with sharks/catfish? TIA

Try www.applesnail.net I feed mine collard greens, turnip greens, green beans, spirulina tablets & weekend feeders. They need plenty of calcium and hard alkaline water.

Heres another of my babies

Not sure how everyone is getting theirs to show up thumbnail size... these are small pics 47kb 48kb What a sweet face huh?

Gosh, we really dont have any specifics yet... Would like to find out if its something I can handle first. Hubby would be constructing it and I would be maintaining it. Probably 3x6 by 2 or 3 feet deep. I found out how to figure out gallons.. and got some info on setting one up with cinder...

Anyone have any experience with these or have any websites to share that would help a beginner? I have searched and Im not finding anything for indoors. Would I be looking at alot of maintainence? How does one clean it, do water changes? I have a python hose for my 55gal. What about a...

I put 4 nylon stockings inside each other and then filled it with peat moss. Then I ran it under hot water and squished the color out of it probably a couple hundred times. Its still coming out very brown but I gave up. I let it soak for a few hours.. should I try it for a few days and see what...

Hello all, Newby here. I have a 55 I set up around Thanksgiving. Our well water PH is over 8. I have tried the PH down (which works but I want to avoid) I have a good size piece of driftwood in there, and I tried the peat moss. Even with the water slightly brown its still reading very high. Id...