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Hey all, I've done basic troubleshooting and am running out of ideas. Been riding high nitrates for a bit, around 80ppm. I've checked the tap and it's got no nitrates. I checked my test kit against distilled water and it came up showing none either so the test kit is fine. I stopped dosing...

Moving in a different direction and this is quickly outgrowing my tank. Photo below is it from two weeks ago in my tank. The sword I'd say is about 16-18" leaves. My tank is 21" tall and it's almost to the top now. Both are in great shape. Very little algae if any and definitely has...

Hey all, I just ordered an Apex Lite and was curious if others here run one? I plan to use it for sunrise/sunset with my buildmyled dutch light initially. Going forward I'll use it as a ph controller to handle my co2 as well. Curious what others run with theirs. I see you can use it for...

Hi all, Can someone help me ID these eggs? My tank has guppies(obviously not them), zebra danios, peacock gudgeon pair, Bolivian Ram pair, bronze cories (unsexed), ottos (unsexed), nerite snails (these are not the same as their eggs), ramshorn snails, bamboo shrimp, and amano shrimp.

Hey all, I bought 3 young Apisto Cac's from a breeder. Long story short, two arrives with visible swelling and what I thought was damage from transport, but they both got worse and eventually died. Seemed like some sort of infection as they got popeye on the side of the visible damange. One...

I have my lights turn on at 2pm so they are on most of the night while I'm home from work to enjoy the fish and plants. I know you're supposed to dose the tank with ferts before lights go on so they are ready to be used. My question is, I leave for work at 8am, is that ok to dose the tank then...

Hi all, I haven't ever shipped a plant yet, but I'm willing to give it a shot. I have an Amazon Sword which I just don't think is going to work in my tank for what I have in mind. I don't want to just toss it since it's a nice plant. Below is a picture of it. I'll sell it for $7 plus...

Hi all, I received an order of 3 Apistos on Friday and they must have fought a bit in shipment. One has some scrapes on its lips and they are whitish colored and the other has scrapes over and on the side of its eye. I'm curious what you all think. Should this heal itself with daily water...

Hi all, I had some zebra danio fry, about 12 total now for 2 months or so and they were doing great and growing. Yesterday two of them were laying on the bottom of the tank and breathing heavy and they were dead this morning. I see another on the bottom now doing the same thing. I have no...

Hi all, One of my peacock gudgeons decided to be a dare devil and jumped from my tank and died unfortunately. My fault, I had to cut the plastic trim for a new spray bar and hadn't done it. None of my fish were notorious jumpers so I thought things would be fine. Now I know better! I'm...

I believe I had a similar post when I first picked up my rams, however one died and the other survived a bout of camallanus worms. Now that the survivor is healthy I want to make sure that it is a female, which I still think it is I picked up a new one from the store today who was just...

Hey all, I made a custom spray bar last night with black pvc and I'm curious if anyone else has done this how long it takes for the cement smell to go away? It's been 12 hours now and it's still fairly strong. I'm going to run water through it for an hour or two tonight when I get home which...

Hi all, So I have a 46 gallon planted bow front. When I changed it to planted I added a black vinyl background since I had it empty and could move it. In the two weeks since it's been running, the background has bubbled and started coming off. Any ideas on how to either fix it or add a new...

Hi all, I decided to upgrade my 306 to a 406 so I have my 306 for sale now. It was only used for 1 month so it's basically brand new. I've cleaned it out, feel free to rinse again when you get it. I used the pipes and fixtures that I had already so I am including brand new tubing, inlet and...

Hi all, I've had my aquarium up for about 2 months now, using seeded media from another. Water parameters are fine and I'm planted fairly heavy with eco complete. I've noticed lately that my water seems to have a lot of fine particles floating around. They are not micro bubbles. I run a...

Hi all, I'm trying to find apistogramma cacatuoides for sale, preferably a male/female pair. I'm not able to locate very many. Aquabid only has 2 on there now, and I really would rather red or orange, not the blue I see. I'm hoping someone else knows of another source maybe?

Hi all, I'm looking for 1 male Bolivian ram in an attempt to pair my female. I'd rather not buy from the local pet stores as I always see worms in them. Appreciate anyone who may have one available!

If anyone is selling Downoi (Pogostemon helferi) please let me know. I would like to buy some to carpet my tank. Thanks!:thumb:

Hi all, Anyone who has used Levamisole to treat Camallanus worms can you tell me when you saw the worms being passed? I ask because I'm close to 24 hours in with a water column treatment at the recommended dose and I still see them hanging from the back of my rams. Thanks in advance.

Hi all, I have a 46 Gallon Bow Front and I'm curious if I can keep more than just my 2 Bolivian Rams in it? Current stocking: 2 x Bolivian Rams 6 x Zebra Danios 6 x Guppies (all male, no babies) 4 x Bronze Cories 2 x Peacock Gudgeons 2 x Bamboo Shrimp 2 x Nerite Snails This tank will be...

Hi all, My Bolivian Rams are showing Camallanus which I know means the whole tank is infected now. I'm going to be treating with Levamisole which I know is ok for inverts. My question is the life cycle of the Camallanus. I read that they can move to inverts. I'm worried that once...

Hi all, So I have a 46 gallon bow front and I'm running a Fluval 306 and just purchased a Koralia Nano 240. I believe this should give me enough flow, but I'm now doing some reading and finding that the 306 may be under filtering my tank? It's rated at 303 gph, but I see after adding media...

Hi all, I recently got my new tank up and running and started moving some plants from another tank I've had established. I didn't pay complete attention when buying some plants and I'm curious now what I have in this plant on the right side of my tank. I want to be sure I'm feeding it what it...

Hi all, Today I finally put the finishing touches on my new 46 gallon bow front. Received my cichlid rocks and my pair of peacock gudgeons to complete my stocking. I had tanks as a kid, but this is my first as an adult and I quickly got obsessed with learning all I can and discovering all...

Hi all, I was hoping my first post would have been about my new tank, but I'm posting about my concern first. Background, I have a 46 gallon bow front up now for a month. Fishless cycled prior to introducing fish using media from my other tank. ammonia and nitrite are 0, nitrate is about 10ppm...