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I feel awful for my sick little blue Platy.... She has been sick since I brought her home from the pet store 3 months ago. It started with Ich and then internal parasites. About a month ago I moved her from the main tank to a quarantine tank when all the other fish had improved. Meanwhile...

My situation is: June through September my GH is at 100-160 ppm or mg/l (7-8 DH?) and KH around 130 with PH at 7.8 October through May my GH is 25-30 ppm or mg/l (1-2 DH?) and KH around 30 with PH at 7 There is no Limestone or Aragonite sand anywhere to be found but I can find Dolomite in...

I have no idea what to do.... I talked with my city's water quality lab and the sent me out the parameters throughout the year. This is what I have.... June - September (average) GH 100-160/KH 130/PH 7.5 October - May (average) GH 25-30/KH 32/PH 7.0 What am I supposto do from October to...

I have my 5.5 gal Betta tank all set up with a 50w heater. It has been going from 81 in the day to 78 at night. Is this too much fluxuation for my future Betta?

I really dont think there is but I thought I'd ask. I bought the 1 gal at a thrift store because it had a good pump and a 50w submersible heater in it that I can use in another tank, possibly the 5 if theres something I can put in there....

If any of you have read my other threads you know that I had somewhat of a fish disaster. The last two fish I brought home had Ich and through the heat method I've had two deaths and some very unhappy looking fish. All the remaining fish are fine now, no sign of stress or disease, numbers are...

I am new to this and unfortunately didn't know enough about keeping fish before I found this site and learned about cycling.... I have ordered a master test kit through Big Als but it won't be here until next monday. Heres what I did.... 2 1/2 months ago I started up a 29 and let it run for...

I had to move my stand/tank to a spot where the floor is uneven. My stand is just 6 cinder blocks stacked 2 high in 3 rows with a sealed 3/4 inch piece of mdf on top. My tank is a 45 gal. I set the cinder blocks directly on the floor (linoleum). I cut out 10 pieces of cardboard to the exact...

I have a 45 gal tank and I would like to keep African cichlids. Should I go with the Aqua Clear 200 (200 gph) or the 300 (300 gph?) I have read that more filtration is good but I don't know if the 300 is overkill.... What media do I use in the filter? I know it has a carbon pack and an...

I have 2 Blue Platys, 2 Red Wag Platys and 2 Sunset Platys. When I got them I didn't think about males or females (first fish) but I was reading about how to tell the difference (males have a more tubular anal fin, females have a more fan shaped). Is this correct? If so, both Blues are...

Hello! I am setting up a 45 gal tank. The bottom measures 36 x 12. I would like to have africal cichlids so I plan on using alot of rock. I already have the egg crate and I know from reading other threads that this is a good thing. The tank will be in a semi-high traffic area and I have read...

Hello, I have a 45 gal tank I would like to set up but I have no stand. I have read about the cinder block and 2x4 ideas but I'm wondering.... Would it would be safe to omit the 2x4's and have the tank sitting directly on top of the cinder blocks? I was thinking of laying them " lllll "...