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I loose about 1/4th of my water ever 2 weeks. What's going on? Sent from my iPhone using Aquarium Advice

I'm trying to keep healthy plants in my tank. I have 5 swords and A ton of lettuce Lilly's. I've been using liquid fert but it's going to run out. I don't have c02 in the tank bc I'm scared of something going wrong and my expensive fish dieng and 2 it's too expensive for me to buy right now...

So I need some help picking plants I hear my fish are plant eaters so I need some advice picking a plant for them They tend to try to dig up the roots but I grew them on the rocks so that's a huge fail for them! Ha! But I want to add more now and I need some advice as to which ones to pick...

So it has been 4 months and I have not changed my filter media. I think it's about time I do it Can someone walk me through the process step by step so I don't kill my healthy bacteria please Aka what I need to replace. What I don't. I have 2 ehiem canister filters

I recently started my first real job and I want to set up a little aquarium maybe for a few tetras just bc clearly I love fish. From setting up my Malawi cichlid tank I can clearly see how much there is too it. I was looking at kits and either no old and fish jump out, filters are attached to...

So weird my Malawi cichlids create these. It's the second one. Not sure how when or why. Anyone that can explain it?

When I started my tank the banana plant was only roots with a temp of 80 degrees and and a ph of 8.0. They grew phenomenally. Than as of lately I added 5 yellow labs and 5 socolofi and they are Babies. Not even an inch yet and a guarami for now. I tested the water and it's perfect. I have an...

He got stuck in the rock cave I set up looking for food. Woke up this morning and he must have wiggled himself to near death loosing almost his whole top

Looking to find a breeder for Cynotilapia afra. I want a 1:4 male to female ratio. I live in New York so message me or respond to this with a price for the fish and shipping and we'll continue from there. Thank you :)

I have a 90 gal tank I'm almost done with my cycle for me ehiem 2217 and when that's running I'm going to than clean my 2213 and than add that too. I already have in mind 2 yellow labs and 2 socolofi fish. Any other ideas? Pref African cichlids because of my high ph

From research the types I like are OB peacock and the yellow labs. I have a 90 gal tank and haven't picked any fish yet to fill it with. I was hoping for some suggestions for combos of fish that have crazy colors

It's week 5 and for the last 2 weeks the ammonia goes from 4ppm to 1 in 12 hours. Twice a day I fill the tank with ammonia. I have 2 banana plants and 2 anubas plants. When I check my api test the nitrites are sky high and the nitrates stay at 5ppm How is my nitrites not getting any higher ...

3 weeks into my cycle and almost done. I added seachem flourish tabs yesterday and potassium today for my plants but now I'm noticing that I'm getting signs of an algae bloom. My tank is begging to have a green glow. What should I do or do I just let it play it's course as my tank is being set up

So I keep testing my nitrates and for the first hour it's yellow. It isn't until about 8 hours later that the color begins to darken into 180ppm. Is that normal? I shake bottle one for 30 sec add the drops than shake the test tube and the bottle 2 for 30 seconds than add than shake the test tube...

Everyday more and more of this stuff appears. I don't know what it is? I keep vacuuming it up but it keeps pooling. Is it going to be bad for my fish? There's none in there

What's the best co 2 system for its price? I've spent so much money on this new fish tank so I can't get one of these OD expensive ones and I don't want a do it yourself one because I'm not that handy. Anyone can help me out with some ideas? I just ordered seachem flourish tabs and potassium...

I have a 90 gal tank with a sand substrate. I have 2 banana plants and 2 amazon spears. They are growing amazingly now. Faster than I could have imagined. Will they remain healthy as they grow or am I going to have to start doing other things to keep them healthy? I have a 10k and 6500k lights...

Anyone know where I can buy one of these bad boys? My LFS used to sell them all the time back in the day

What's everyone's fav site?

So I have a fresh water tank. See pic below of how it looks for now. I have a huge piece if drift wood in adding and I want to add some rock that looks like coral. All the ones I've seen looks way to fake and I was hoping you guys could steer me in the right direction to finding realistic coral...

N my new tank I will have a tiger oscar, a jack dempsy, It's a 90 gal tank Can I add these 3? Snow White socolofi Fire eel Blue peacock chichlod

I want one!!! But I'm just not rich enough to pay that much for a fish :( I'm still learning and that's way to much for me

It's day 2 now and the cloudy water still has not settled. Any suggestions? It's a 90 gallon fresh water tank. Still starting it up tho there's no fish in the tank

Have my ehiem 600 filter, 90 gallon tank, heater, Hydor air pump, and lighting ( see picture ) I have live sand at the bottom of my tank ( I know this limits me to how many plants :( couldn't afford the good stuff ) I bought a 26 inch driftwood piece and want to attach some moss too it and...

Love the 3d backgrounds but I think there way over priced