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Hello I wanted to know if using flourish excel and osmocote diy root tabs will harm RCS since they have small amount of copper and copper is bad for them? Also how often should i use flourish excel on a 1.4 wpg tank? I was thinking 1-2 times a week. Sent from my LG-D801 using Aquarium Advice...

I want to know if it would be a good idea to have a 20g high with neon tetras, guppies and Red cherry shrimp. I have 3 Cory cats but I could give them to a friend because I want the tank to have a plant carpet and I don't know if Cory cats would like that much. So what would be a good stocking...

I bought this crypt at Petsmart that were labeled as crypt wentii. I think they look like crypt parva. Can you'll identify it please? Sent from my LG-P659 using Aquarium Advice mobile app

I want to change my filter from a top fin 40 to an aquaclear 70. The problem is that the AC has 3 stages of media and the top fin only has a cartridge and I don't want to re-cycle my aquarium because it's already stocked. My question is that if I could rip the cartridge apart and put the white...

I have a 20 Gallon Aquarium with a 6.0 ph and I wanted to raise the ph to 6.8-7.2 because I have mystery snails and plan on getting rcs and I read they need ph around 6.8-7.6 for shell and healthy molting. Will sea shells raise the ph? Sent from my LG-P659 using Aquarium Advice mobile app

I wanted to know what plants I could use to fill in some of the background? Right now I'm growing 3 Aponogetons ulvaceus to put in the background and I wanted to know what I could put in between them? Also once the Aponogetons grow some more I'll move them back and put the amazon sword compact...

I wanted to know if copper sulfate is bad for cherry shrimp because it is in the ingredients for wardley's shrimp pellets? Sent from my LG-P659 using Aquarium Advice mobile app

I wanted to know if I should get driftwood for my aquarium because I have low ph (6.0) and I read that driftwood also lowers ph. I have neon tetra, cory catfish, and a betta. Plants I have are Amazon Sword, java fern "windelov" , dwarf sagittaria, Aponogeton ulvaceus, water onion, ludwigia...

I bought some Petsmart bulbs and I wanted to know from your experience if they are good? Also on the picture I assume the two big bulbs are the Aponogetons and the one I'm between them is the onion plant but of the ones on top which is the water Lily? Also should I bury them like the package...

My tank is going through a mini cycle and the ph keeps dropping to 6.0. The ph from tap water is 7.6. I do a water change in the morning and the ph goes up to 6.4-6.6 then the next morning it goes back to 6.0. Sent from my LG-P659 using Aquarium Advice mobile app

I think my aquarium is going through a mini cycle because I was moving plants and gravel a lot and now the water has been milky white for 4-5 days. How long should a mini cycle last? Sent from my LG-P659 using Aquarium Advice mobile app

Which would be better for a 20 gallon aquarium? 1 male betta 5 cory catfish 5 neon tetras 5 zebra danios Or 1 male betta 5 cory catfish 8-10 neon tetras Sent from my LG-P659 using Aquarium Advice mobile app

I am planning to cover the entire substrate of my 20 gallon high aquarium with dwarf sagittaria and wanted to know if cory cats and mystery snails will still be able to find food in it and if they will be happy with it? Sent from my LG-P659 using Aquarium Advice mobile app

I bought water wisteria from petsmart about a week ago. Now new leaves are growing but they look different than the ones the plant came with. Does anyone know why? Sent from my LG-P659 using Aquarium Advice mobile app

Is k important in planted tanks? Sent from my LG-P659 using Aquarium Advice mobile app

I got a 20 gallon tall aquarium that came with t8 15 watt fluorescent bulb, can I grow any plants with it? Will adding co2 help plants grow if I don't have enough light? Sent from my LG-P659 using Aquarium Advice mobile app

My 20 gallon aquarium came with a 15 watt 18" long fluorescent bulb so that is .75 watts per gallon the problem is that I have water wisteria and Amazon sword which need medium lighting and I can't find any fluorescent tubes that are higher than 15 watts that are 18" long. Right now i'm using my...

I want to have a heavy planted tank but I don't quite get about the Co2 and O2 thing. Will an air stone decrease Co2 for plants? Can too much Co2 kill fish? (Btw i have windelov java fern, water wisteria, amazon sword 'compact', and java moss) Sent from my LG-P659 using Aquarium Advice mobile app

Will a box filter be good for a 20 gallon high aquarium? Sent from my LG-P659 using Aquarium Advice mobile app

I bought amazon sword and water wisteria in capsules and wanted to know if anyone knows if Petsmart plants are grown immersed or emmersed? Sent from my LG-P659 using Aquarium Advice mobile app

I have a 20 gallon tall with 1 betta, 5 neon tetras, 2 brilliant rasboras, 3 emerald green cory, 1 peppered cory, and 1 sterba's cory. Could I get 2 more peppered and 2 sterba's Cory so they won't get lonely? I want to get rid of the rasboras too so I can have more space but my lfs won't take...

I round this batch of eggs in a jelly like pouch in my elodea plant in my aquarium I don't know what they are from can you'll I'd them? You have to look real closely in the pic they are in the middle of the stem. I have Guppies Neon tetras Emerald green cory cats Ghost shrimp Sent from my...

I want to fully stock my 20 Gallon high tank. Would this be a good idea? 5 neon tetras 5 male guppies 4 or 5 cory catfish 5-10 ghost shrimp Sent from my LG-P659 using Aquarium Advice mobile app

I upgraded my 10 gal to a 20 gal tall and wanted to know some stocking ideas. So far I got 5 neon tetras. Would a total of 10 neon and 5 male guppies be alright? I also want to know about some bottom feeders other than cory catfish because I have gravel and I heard it can harm them.

Which would be more stressful for my guppy that should give birth soon: leave her in the tank where she occasionally gets chased by another guppy or isolate her in a breeder net?