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Hi Everyone, Something very interesting happened to me yesterday that I believe worth sharing with everyone. I went to one of the few LFS's in my area and bought 3 Amano shrimps, 5 ember tetras and 2 pygmy cories (three separated bags in total). Before I left the store, I checked them for any...

Hi everyone, I want to consult about my issue regarding the exploding population of my dwarf crayfish. Its been about at least a month now when I bought a crayfish with eggs. Before that I have 2 orange and 1 brown/black crayfishes. The one that I bought is a dark brown dwarf crayfish. Now my...

Hi Everyone, I finally got my 75G tank set - with stand and lighting :cool:. With my new set-up, I also bought new fishes - checkered & cherry barbs and amber & neon tetras (I think I have enough bottom feeders) - and few plants - Magenta Water Hedge, few anubias (small and large), tiger lily...

Hi Everyone, Some of you might be aware that I am planning to upgrade my aquarium. I was originally looking for new set up - a tank with stand - from LFS. I was also originally looking for 75G. I decided later to see if I can find good deals in Craigslist because they usually sell aquarium set...

Hi Everyone, I want to share my experience of taking care of freshwater clams. I am a bottom-feeder lover. I want to collect rare and unique freshwater bottoms feeders (that includes invertebrates). Currently, I have kuhli loaches, cory catfishes, dwarf crayfishes (transparent and orange)...

Hi everyone, I want to ask everyone's opinion regarding buying a new tank. I am planning to buy a 75 gallon tank. At first, I was shooting for 55G. But after some research, I realized that 75G maybe better. Anyways, all I care is not the depth, but rather the width/length. This aquarium will be...

Hi everyone, I have been into aquarium plants for quite some time now. I have been successful in growing plants by research and trial & error. After getting into aquarium plants, I decided to try fertilizer. Before starting, I was in a dilemma because I have dwarf crayfishes, kuhli loaches, and...

Hi everyone, I am posting this thread to introduce my DIY project of culturing Tubifex worms. Many people know that Tubifex worms thrive in very disgusting environments such as sewers and creaks :eek:. In addition, they thrive by consuming manure and/or rotten flesh of dead animals :eek...

Hello again everyone, So, I had really high nitrite (I think it was off the chart). I tested my water using api master kit. My tank is still cycling. I think I'm in process 2 of the cycle when the ammonium/ammonia is getting lower and nitrite is increasing. I used biozyme to help the cycling...

Hello everyone, So, yeah, I'm having a dilemma here about these two substrates. I am currently have gravel on my aquarium. I am planning to change it to sand. In fact, I already have play sand (Natural Play Sand from Home Depot). I'm having doubts though. I have an Aquaclear 30 filter. If I...

Hello everyone, Since my first post was not responded well, I decide to only post this question instead. Based on this given info, is my aquarium overstocked? Fishes: 1 molly 1 platy 3 guppies 3 zebra danios 3 cory catfishes (peperred, emerald and albino) 6 khuli loaches Tank: 20 gallon 2...

Hello everyone, I'm a new owner of a freshwater aquarium. Most of the basic info about my tank is on my profile. I have lots of problems right now in my tank and I need professional and advance advices from you. This will be long. Please bear with me. I had a 10 gallon before. Had an ich...