Search results

why would you take a chance on harming your fish when there is a more humane way to do it ? i am no expert but alot of the regular people on here are. they are giving good advice based on many years of experience.

i have a 30 long with 2 small ac filters that has been going for 6 months. could i take a new ac filter and swap it with one of the ac filters on the 30 long and cycle the 10 gal faster ?

need advice on moving four adf's out of a 10 gal tank. they are about 6 months old. my options are a 55 community tank with corys, tetras, and ottos, or a 29 long with 5 small africans and 3 corys. the 55 has been up for a year. the 29 has been going for six months.

how much water change should i do each time i remove some sand? should i remove all the sand before i add new gravel?

i have a 55 gal community tank that has been set up for a year. i would like to change from sand to some type of gravel. any advice on how to do this with as little stress on fish as possible?

how many adf's can i put ina 10 gal. no other fish will be with them. have never kept adf's before. any special requirements for them ?

my ghost shrimp just laid eggs in a live plant. will they survive on their own in my community tank? do i need to separate or perhaps isolate them?

need a stocking suggestion for malawi cichlids in a 30 gal long. is it better to keep several of one type or several different different types.

i am on day 28 of fishless cycling. followed the usual procedure of adding and keeping ammonia around 4-5 ppm. at day 14 i got the nitrite spike. reduced ammonia to keep a lower level. now on day 28 nitrite went to 0, but still have ammonia level around .5 ppm. what are my next steps and when...

need advice on what to put between sponge and ceramic rings in my ac filters to polish water further. something that i could rinse out and not have to throw away.

someone posted a dilution formula to make it easier to get an accurate nitrate reading. those colors are hard to distiguish. any help would be appreciated.

i currently have a 10 gal setup with 1 male betta and 2 cory cat. the filter is an ac mini. i am setting up a new 30 long and would like to use 2 ac mini filters. one of the filters would be new and the other off of the 10 gal.if i put an internal filter to replace the ac on the 10 gal, how long...

i am thinking about getting a puffer fish. need some info on water parameters for them. are they all brackish water or not ? there seems to be alot of disagreement on the net about this. need some experienced advice about them.

am currently setting up 30 gal tank for convicts. need advice on gravel or sand and how many of each sex to stock.

need basic info on angel fish. what are good tank mates for angel fish ? what about minimum tank size for them ?

would like idea for single species tank for my 29 gal. am pretty experienced with freshwater. will be doing a fishless cycle.

i am using ap stress coat water conditioner. am conducting my test about 1 hour after pwc. lfs verified my test results, so my ap test kit is accurate. i decided to switch my conditioner to prime.

ammonia - almost 1 nitrites- 0 ph-7.0 nitrates- 10

forgot to tell that this a 55 gallon tank with fake plants and two ac filters.

started a fishless cycle 8 weeks ago. everything went perfect for 5 weeks. after nitrites went to 0 in week 5 ammonia has stayed at almost 1 for 3 weeks. i added 7 danios last week. been doing 20% changes twice a week but ammonia will not go below .5. what should i do next ?

what would cause nitrites to go to 0 before ammonia goes to 0 ? i used ammonia to start cycle. every thing went as expected. after after 4 weeks nitrites spiked then nitrites went to 0 but ammonia stayed at about 1-2. if i dose with ammonia it does not go away within a 24 hour period. am i...

i am doing a fishless cycle. nitrite showed up in about 10 days. kept up ammonia level at 2-3 all the time. nitrite spiked at day 30. one week later later nitrite went to 0 but i still have ammonia between 1-2. nitrate level is at 20. i have not added ammonia in 5 days. why do i still have...

how often do you change/clean the bio- max in my ac 20 filter. the filter is on a 10 gal community?

can i get more light out of standard fluorescent hood that came with aquarium. have f15 t8? ihave seen people talk about overdriving with a different ballast. is this possible with my set up?

i really appreciate all the good advice i received in setting up my new 10 gal and new 55 gal. did a fishless cycle on both and went perfectly. i have fish in the 10 and will be getting fish for 55 this weekend. i had fw tanks in my teenage years but family and jobs took up next 30 years. i am...