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For background info visit my prevoius thread here: http://www.aquariumadvice.com/viewtopic.php?t=85178 I got a new pleco a few days after the first one died. This one is from the same store (Petsmart) in the same tank, but not from the same batch. It is also a slightly different strain because...

I recently installed a new sink with a new faucet in my kitchen where I connect the Python. A couple days ago I went to hook up the Python to the new sink to do a PWC and I noticed that the adapter I have doesn't fit the new faucet. This was also the 2nd adapter I had to purchase because the...

When I woke up this morning I noticed a slightly discolored patch on the side of my gold nugget pleco. It is a whitish color but as far as I can tell it doesn't look fuzzy or anything so it doesn't really look like a fungus. He also appears to be acting normal, but of course normal for a pleco...

I fed some pellets to my fish and one of the rainbows got one stuck in its throat. He is now swimming around with his mouth open. Is this anything to worry about or should it just dissolve after a while?

I found these stuck to the glass of my aquarium tonight. They really look like eggs, but I don't know whose eggs they would be if they are. Right now in the tank I have 9 zebra danios, 2 boesemani rainbows (male and female but very young), 5 albino cories, and a gold nugget pleco that was just...

I have been wanting a gold nugget pleco for months, but when I only had the 20g tank I really didn't have enough room for one plus I never could find them anywhere. When I got the 55g, I knew I had to finally get one. I finally found one at a new Petsmart that opened up about 15 minutes away...

I picked up 2 new apple snails at my LFS Saturday, 1 for my 20g and 1 for my 55g. I noticed that the snail in my 55g has somewhat of a jagged shell which I didn't notice at first because I just let the guy at the store pick it out for me. If I added calcium to the tank to help him repair his...

I'm a little concerned about the output on my Aquaclear 70 filter. I have it turned down all the way, but the current that it creates is pretty high and I've noticed that it kind of pushes the fish down when they swim by it. Today one of my new rainbows kept swimming against the current as if he...

I went to the LFS yesterday and picked up some fish for my 55g now that it is finally cycled. I got a few zebra danios to finish out the school with the danios I already had in my other tank. I also picked up a pair of Boesemani Rainbows, a male and a female. Now I know these fish prefer to be...

I think my new tank is finally cycled but I do have a question. I finally got the ammonia and nitrite readings down to 0. My question though is that the nitrate had been reading around 40 for the past few days and it has suddenly dropped to 0 as well. I thought nitrate couldn't drop without a...

I am still in the middle of cycling my new 55g tank, but I am making some progress. Yesterday, the tank tested at 0ppm ammonia and around 5ppm nitrite so everything looked good. The nitrite level has been steadily rising while the ammonia was steadily dropping which is normal. Then I decided to...

I just wanted to thank TwoHobbies for the plant clippings he sent me. They look great and really fill out my tank. The shipping was quick and the plants were packaged very well. Thanks! :mrgreen:

Meet my new office betta, Skittles (named by my co-worker)! Skittles has a new home with a lid to hopefully cut down on his thoughts of suicide like my other bettas. I know this pic is terrible because I had to sneak it with my camera phone (we aren't allowed to have cameras at work), but what...

This isn't the first time I've cycled a tank obviously, but this is the first time I've used pure ammonia to do it. I dosed the tank with between 4 and 5 ppm ammonia on Tuesday. I also added some substrate (in an unused stocking) and an ornament from my already established tank to speed things a...

I will soon be getting some plant clippings for my tank and am wondering about how to plant them. If you have cust a stem cutting with no roots do you plant them like normal or just let them float until they develop roots or what? Do you have to tie them down? I'm kind of confused about this...

The driftwood in my tank has started to develop a whitish clear membrane on some of it's spots. I have read on some threads that this is normal for a new piece of driftwood, but I want to be sure since this isn't covering the entire piece. It has only started forming on a few small spots of the...

Ok so some of you probably read my other thread a couple weeks ago about how I came to work and my betta fish had disappeared. I got a new betta to replace him and now it has happened again in the same exact way! I came to work and he is not in the tank and not laying anywhere near the tank on...

I just set up my 55 gallon tank and want some suggestions for plants to go in it. Keep in mind this will be my first planted tank and I have never been very good at taking care of regular plants. I need something easy to take care of and hardy. I also need something low light. This is my hood...

I went to Ace Hardware and picked up the Ace Brand Janitorial Strength Ammonia that was suggested on this forum. I double checked the label to make sure no other chemicals were in the bottle and nothing was listed. I also shook the bottle to make sure no bubbles formed, and they didn't. (Apart...

Well I finally got the new (to me) 55 gallon tank set up. It's pretty much all done except for the planting. I think it will look much better once I get the plants in there, but what do you think so far? I'm very happy with it.

Well I finally got the 55 gallon tank set up! I did a fill test all night Saturday night with no leaks at all (in case you read my other thread where I was worried about used tank leakage). Everything is going great so far. I want to seed the cycle for the 55 gallon using some of the substrate...

Is all vine driftwood bad for aquariums or is it just grapevine? I just read this after I bought my driftwood of course and now I'm kind of worried because my driftwood is some type of vine root. I don't think it is grapevine, but then again I don't really know how to tell. It is a nice solid...

Check out this great piece of driftwood I got off eBay. It arrived today and looks even better in person than it does in the picture. The height is perfect to fit in my 55g tank and the diameter of the "trunk" is about 4 inches so it is nice and thick. It's going to make an amazing centerpiece...

Hi everyone. I will be setting up my 55g tank this weekend (that is, hopefully, if all goes well on the overnight fill test Friday). I've decided to go planted this time so I'm looking for some low light, easy maintenance plant clippings for the tank. I don't have anything valuable to trade, but...

Ok I've gotten paranoid about my tank and I really need a little reassurance. On Saturday, I filled it up outside and let it sit about an hour to make sure there were no leaks. I did not find anything. Then yesterday I let some vinegar soak on the glass to clean off the mineral deposits. There...