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How long does it take chlorine/chloramine to get out of water left sitting around?

I've got way high ammonia and super low pH...... I put some ammonia filter pads in addition to the normal media, am feeding my fish very little, and am using pH increase. Should I do a water change, or does everything need to cycle itself to the proper levels? I suspect that ammonia and pH are...

Got a bunch of schooling fish today to add to the rest of my little guys and the little danios and white clouds fit right in to the main school, but these three extra little tetras try to fit in and get chased away by the bigger dominant danios of the school, the reason i got more fish for the...

My bala shark has always been pretty skiddish, but lately hes been very panicky and flips out if you move fast near the tank. I mean flips out, swims into stuff at high speed and im worried he'll loose an eye, i mean its like hes gonne give himself brain damage. Some of my other fish are like...

Is accidentally putting 2-4 times more water conditioner (ammo lock) in the tank harmful to my fish? I almost never use teaspoons to measure it, and when giving a good squirt I make sure I'm always safe not sorry, however with all this water conditioner im putting in my tank its never crossed my...

My animal science class at school has a huge pacu in a 80 gallon that needs a new home. If anybody owns a huge tank or knows of anything let me know. My instant messenger is ripsamtorrey. Or pm me.

Is it true your fish can become lighter in color if you leave the lights on for longer than usual?

After dark I went downstairs, turned on the light to my 63, and i saw my pleco and my bala shark become startled after laying on their stomachs on the gravel. Is this how many fish sleep? I also have another pleco that is very skiddish and likes to hang out in this one top corner under the auto...

My 2 white loaches in my 55 gal. like to swim really fast against the front of the glass from side to side and up and down, they almost always stay in the front of the tank. It seems like normal behaivor, however i can't quite remember if they've always done it since i first bought them or not...

Can you keep more than 2 oscars in a tank? PS. Theres a pacu in my animal science class thats so big we feed it dead mice.

What are some of the most impressive (badass) freshwater fish you know of

what is the best way to start my tanks fishless cycle?

Starting a new 50 gal, I want to have a sand substrate however I want the tank to be planted or at least would like that option in the future, any suggestions on what kind of sand or what to do about substrate plant food? Im going to use the stock- corner overflow filter that came built in to...

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Hey, I havn't been around here in awhile. My tank is doing alright, there is a lot of algae though. My liverock had mostly died due to neglect and poor planning so I think that is the reason for all the algae. Anyways, at least I got such a good deal on my liverock that I payed as much as I...

Man my tank is taking awhile to cycle. I never put in the shrimp in the first place cause I never really thought about it. When is it too late to add the dead shrimp in the tank with it still helping speed up the cycle? How much does the method of putting dead shrimp in the tank before cycle...

Its only 10 gallons and I'm gonna make the best of it. I'm thinking I want to go with a community tank, but I need some ideas.

I am extremely inexperienced with cichlids (means I've never had any) and I am doing a 10 gallon for my room. Are there any types of cichlids that are small enough to live happily in a 10 gallon tank? I am going for multiple fish so I wouldn't want just one fish in the tank.

Since my tank has been cycling lately I have been having a crapload of brown algae... Could this have anything to do with lighting (8 hours/day) or maybie I don't have enough circulation? The algae seems to particularly like the sand bed, its not like everything is covered in it but it looks...

My tank has cleared and I was wondering if it is important for the sand to be an even depth throughout the tank? Thanks

DAMN! I just found out the air pump I got for free with my aquarium that was a renassanse 700 is worth almost 100 bux!! THAT means (hopefully) I can buy a berlin air-lift which is about 30 bucks and use the renassanse I got and have skimmer system worth well over 100 bucks, and hopefully that...

I've got 2 NO's that I'd like to be VHO, what do I do?

Just figured I'd give an update, what looked like a giant milkshake is begginging to clear and my tank is actually looking pretty nice. I thought I did a pretty bad job aquascaping with the LR but with the sand in it looks nice. The biggest challenge was fitting it all in to the tank. The tank...

There aren't any places around here that sell southdown, and the reef grade dry sands that all the pet stores sell are about a buck a pound. What would it be like if I didn't have a DSB, but had a sandbed of like 1 or 2 inches?

I've had 2 bala sharks for awhile now, and I had been wondering if balas pair up? How would I know if they did?