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I've had this goldfish for less than a month. Tank is 55 gallons, fully cycled with fluval 406 canister filter and an aquaclear 30 for water aeration. Tank parameters are .25/0/10-20 Ammonia has never read less than .25, ever. Maintenance is weekly 50% WC with several miniscule water...

I am wanting to do goldfish, and I have a 30 gallon ready to go. I am wanting 3 fancy goldfish, just going to get cheap little derps from the local place. How fast will they outgrow a 30? My father has a 55 gallon, but I'd need to drive down to get it, reseal it, and get a new stand. He...

I'm looking to do a 120 gallon in between the livingroom and dining room area, so all four sides would be exposed for viewing. I enjoy the minimalist set ups for goldfish like this and this but because the tank will not be against a wall, and you will be able to view it from all four sides, I...

I'm looking to do a 120 gallon in between the livingroom and dining room area, so all four sides would be exposed for viewing. I enjoy the minimalist set ups for goldfish like this and this but because the tank will not be against a wall, and you will be able to view it from all four sides, I...

I have a female dumbo betta in a 5.5 gallon tank. Heated 79, moderately planted, currently in fish-in cycles week 4. She is a super spunky fish, which is what I was attracted to in the store, however she NEVER. STOPS. GLASS SURFING! It's driving me bonkers! None of my previous fish did this...

My fish have slowly been dying one by one. They will get large distended bellies and slowly die, one by one. THey seem fine for quite a while, then get slow, then really start to die. Not a massive die off all at once. Some of them conversely, will get caved in looking bellies in the end and...

Bought these swords/crypts/mysteryplants at petco two years ago. No tag or name. They have been about 5 inches tall since I bought them. They are light green in color and quite hardy. In a low light 10 gallon setup. It is the plant all the way to the right of the photo. (it looks like there...

Setting up this thread to document different ways and tips to do aquariums on a minimal budget. I will probably edit this a lot! Buy used when you can. Craigslist is great for finding tanks and other hardware at a fraction of the cost. Find a good fish community (forums, clubs, etc.) and...

I am looking for a good low-tech substrate. I don't do ferts or CO2. In the past I have used dirt with a cap (with good results), but I am wanting to use something less messy for rearranging. What would you recommend?

Does anyone know the name of the tall plants in my 10 gallon? (the ones skimming the surface). Also the red stemmed plant in the foreground

I have regular and this weired shaped java fern in my tank. Both have black blemishes across there leaves. What could be causing this?

I have one 10 gallon and one 20 gallon long. These have been up and running for about a year. All but 3 of the plants were traded to me as babies from another member. The 10 gallon has run-of-the-mill florescent lighting, the 20 gallon lighting I got with the tank off of craiglist, but I...

we found a baby zebra danio in the moss ball 1 gallon unfiltered bowl. An egg must have ridden in with the moss clippings and the baby survived off of bio film (I guess 'cause I wasn't feeding it!) At first we were not sure what kind of fish it was as it appeared to only have one iridescent...

I recently picked up a perfectly good fluval chi 5 gallon aquarium off he curb. My questions is would this kind of filter be ok for RCshrimp? I love the look and thought that since the intake is so high in the aquarium it might be ok. Has anyone done this before? They currently are in a 5...

Low-Tech tanks can be lovely and much less daunting to a beginner to planted tanks. I like to share and learn from other people and this is a great way to do so. The idea in this thread is to post a picture of your low tech tank(s), explain the setup (equipment, lighting, substrate, ferts...

Recently acquired four corydora to my tank. Two mature false juliis from someone moving (in beautiful health), and two peppered from petsmart (in ok health, but perked up nicely) They are in a planted tank with sand. Since coming home a while ago I have noticed one of the julii's seems to...

These two long thin leaved plants with stripy-ness on them.One is about four inches tall, the other about two. They were VERY small when I got them, so not sure if they will get bigger. Here is another close up of the bigger one... On these, I need to know what the center paler plant is...

I recently took some java fern pieces that were floating around in my 29 gallon and tied them to a piece of driftwood and some rocks. They were all little pieces I found almost dead (all leaves were dead but rhizome was good) in a second-hand tank I bought. I started tying them to driftwood...

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I've been very curious as to when home test kits became available to the home aquarist, as so many people here tout them as religion. So I've been searching online and haven't found much except this man's personal account. Which state that they still were not available in the 1970's. Has...

Receivedtwo of these from a local sir. What kind are they, and will they "school" with peppered? Petsmart has the peppered for $1 right now..

So the question came up about how many people here use a quarantine tank? If you don't what do you do to prevent new disease from entering your aquarium with new fish?

I finally have some baby Red Cherry Shrimp!!!!! SO excited :) :) I bought them from a local hobbiest who was thinning her population. I was pretty sure the only female I saw berried had dropped her eggs (she did drop a lot for sure) but apparently a couple survived!!!! I've seen 2 so far in...

Hello All! I have a black/dalmatian Molly. She is fat, healthy and companions with 2 other dalmation mollies and 9 zebra danios in a well established, planted, 29 gallon tank. She is acting normal (she's always been a bit shy) but today while watching her she seems to be defecating...sand...

Hello All! So here is the dilemma. My husband (against my wishes and advice) bought a fiddler crab. I did NOT have a set up for it, so we had to do a fish/tank shuffle. A major one. However, I am not satisfied with the results, so I need your help. Here is my stock: Tanks: 29 gallon...