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Just received a nice little school of pygmy rasboras and ... they don't seem to be eating. I thought that they would eat dried flakes like the rest of the tank (danios & tetras) but they don't seem to leave the bottom of the tank during feeding and nothing makes it that far down. They also...

When I walked into the house this morning, I noticed that the water level in the tank was down a couple of inches. uh-oh. Immediately dropped groceries and tried to find the leak .... turns out there is water dripping down the power line out of the back of my Rena canister filter. I had half...

This was my original layout plan - but I think that there are some underlying issues with my design which are restricting further growth. After 3 months, I expected some fill out and some recurring algae issues continue to nag. I would really appreciate any observations or thoughts you might...

I found a couple of little guys similar to at the LFS. However, when I returned to get some more - they only had fish that looked like these . From what I remember, these fish were labelled the same as I remembered my first batch but they aren't nearly as pretty. Are they in fact the same...

I would like to get rid of some nagging BGA in my tank and hope that a couple of days in the 'dark' will eliminate it. I have pressurized CO2 running into the tank and wanted to know if I should leave it on the timer to continue during the 'day' or if I should shut it down for those few days. I...

I recently added an XP3 to my tank (48G bowfront) and it really threw up quite a current. Rather than use the valve to reduce the flow, I have directed the jets toward the back of the tank thinking that I didn't want to blow any plants over/away. However, after a week and a half of this - I...

I have and am rather attached to a large piece of malaysian driftwood in my 48g which, besides softening the water, lends a bit of color to the water. There is a slight yellow tint. I have just made the plunge and ordered an XP3 canister filter and wonder if it could help clear up the water...

I think everything is/was going smoothly and then ... some algae. My goal for the tank is a nicely planted, clean look without too much maintenance. I replanted the tank about 2.5wks ago with a nice bundle of med-light plants and have, even prior to this replanting, been doing weekly 50%...

Last week, I added a 'large' number of plants to my meager java ferns. (Anubias barteri & coffeefolia, Balansae, Wendtii (red & green), narrow leaf swords, some java moss, petite nanas, and 2 Tiger lotus) To help them stay happy, I also setup a pressurized CO2 system and purchased the range of...

As I start to add more plants, I want to be sure that I am staying conservative in analyzing the lighting which I am able to provide the plants and what they require. My tank is 48G and has a pc 96W 6700K for lighting (single bulb coralife). My biggest concern is sufficient lighting. With...

They died. Four days in a row .... like dominoes. The rest of my tank inhabitants are: 1 gold nugget pleco 4 otto 4 hatchets 6 red minor tetra 5 leopard danio, longfin 5 zebra danio, longfin and formerly ...4 lamp eye tetra None of the other fish, nor the lamp eyes until discovered dead...

I have had my 4 hatchets for almost a month now. They have about 13 other tetras & danios for company in my 48G tank and they appear healthy, for the most part, to my untrained eye. I'm concerned that they might not be getting enough food and am worried that I overfeed in order to keep the...

I've been trolling and searching trying to figure out what type of algae is looking to take over my tank. It's not as bas as all that, yet, but I'd like to stay on top of it and I'm not sure what exactly I'm dealing with .... then I'll ask for help with the 'dealing' :D My nitrates are high...

Apologies in advance for all of the pictures. After too much lurking here - I decided to make the plunge and add live plants to my tank, a 48G bowfront. I'm really excited and anxious to keep them alive and an integral part of a pretty tank. Perhaps I should have been daunted by my lack of...

I picked up a pair of algae eating shrimp from my lfs yesterday and am afraid that they are awol. It's possible that they're hiding but I have seen absolutely no trace of them since releasing them into the tank. In fact, I had an otto die last night and when I found him this morning ... I was...

I just received my dwarf sags today via UPS and I don't know what to do with them. This is going to sound silly but ... there are suppsed to be 10 of them and I received a cluster of them in a little pot thing. 8O Does each stalk count as a plant? Do I bury the whole pot thing in my...

I've been trying to cycle my tank for almost 3 months now and, despite having read lots of articles on cycling, am really confused and frustrated. I made the mistake of purchasing fish, 1 big pleco & couple of danios for a 40g, before learning about cycling. I bought the AP master test kit and...

My bf has a 45g which used to hold his oscars. However, about 3 mos ago, the last one died and the tank has been running empty since then. I got fed up with the tank sitting there - vacuumed the gravel and changed out ~60% of the water. I assumed (yeah, I know what that means) that since the...

In looking around & researching before diving in (pardon the pun) and adding live plants to my tank, I came across a site which had a great matrix of plants and characteristics but I forgot to bookmark it. Now I can't seem to find it anywhere. It organized plants by fresh/salt & level of care...