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Good news is that there is now a betta fish in the 18 gallon! Bad news is that this week my creeping charlie, golden jenny, and the floating brazillian pennywort all seem to not be doing so hot. The leaves on each have some yellowing, and the golden jenny is now a dark puce color with rust-hued...

So in the next week or so I'll hopefully be adding a few corycats and one betta to my 18 gallon planted tank, which has FINALLY cycled. I've read a lot on which food is supposedly best for each fish, but of course there's always a lot of discrepancy and opinions, and now I'm not really sure...

Hi guys. So I think my fishless nitrogen cycle is almost complete! Which is a relief since this means things didn't totally crash and burn when I moved this past Saturday. This almost means that fish will soon be an actual Thing, and my last (for now) question is: Do I need an air...

Hey there. So my 18 gallon, planted tank is in its second month of attempted cycling ( :\ ). On Monday I thought I was about to 'See the Light' as my Nitrites were at .25ppm FINALLY, and after a small water change the nitrates were down to 10ppm. ...And then when I tested everything this...

Hey guys, got a couple of questions for you (posted one in a different forum but thought I'd expand to General Discussion for faster responses): 1. Can you do a water change on a still cycling, fishless, planted tank? 2. If one fears that their cycle has stalled (as in ammonia won't go down...

Hey guys, question for you: So my planted 18 gallon has been cycling for almost three weeks now and isn't done, though that's not my current concern. Rather, there's a good amount of hair algae and diatoms covering everything, and I feel like I am literally watching my plants die. Is it ok to...

Hey guys. So my tank was set up Saturday (plants came in Friday), and since Monday I've noticed that my Hygrophila corymbosa appears to be...melting? Just about all of the more mature, bigger leaves have fallen off, which I just read is fairly normal especially if the plant was not grown...

Hey guys, new here. So I'm setting up my first tank, just awaiting the plants etc, but I've found myself with a lot of questions about filter media and now I'm semi-frantically trying to get the right answers. I have an 18 gallon tall aquarium and the filter is a Marina Slim S20 filter. It'll...