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I meant style of silk plants (or fake plants) that would still look good in a marine tank.

Yeah... heck my colored gravel lost its color in my freshwater tank! Never again. Incidentally, I have my receipt so I think I'm going to exchange the silk plant I got for something that looks more marine appropriate. Any preferred styles?

Anyone else have an opinion on the safety of silk plants in saltwater tanks? Sent from my iPad using Aquarium Advice

So, I just got a nice silk plant (Marina Naturals) and on the back it said it was safe for all freshwater tanks ... But I got it for my saltwater tank. Is there any reason that a silk plant would be UNSAFE for my tank? Sent from my iPad using Aquarium Advice

My instructions are for a Whisper HOB filter. I'm not familiar with an internal power filter, sorry. Hopefully someone with experience with your filter will chime in.

If you're talking about a Hang On Back (HOB) Whisper style filter, then what you may be experiencing is your filter getting clogged up. It's normal though, and you should clean it once a week. I do mine with my weekly water change. Simply remove the filter from the filter tank, unclip it form...

For me it was my wife. She's allergic to everything with fur, but wanted a pet. She had to harass me for years to get the tank, but now that we have it I love it.

Have you been vacuuming. I have a small tank and whenever I do water changes alot of stuff get's stirred up. Maybe there's something nasty that get stirred up the fish are eating? Just a thought.

Agh... I had it backward. I forgot my mnemonics:NirtrAtes are okAy. My Nitrites are the ones at 0, my Nitrates are 30 ppm... well only 10ppm, now that I check my log. I added a new ornament and moved everything around. It worked, I think. My Orange Molly seemed to play fine with the new...

Yup, 0 Nitrates. Nitrites around 30 ppm. It's not heavily planted, but I do have a nice full bunch of Anarcharis in there. I know 10g is too small for the Mollies (now that I already have them, not before) and supposedly 10g is harder to maintain due to it's small size... but I'm pretty proud...

A friend of mine told me that when he introduces new fish he also adds a new ornament and moves everything in the tank around. The fish will then think they're in a new place, sort of, and pick new territories, making them less aggressive to the new fish. Does anyone else do this? Does this...

10 gallon. It's cycled. 0 Ammonia / Nitrates. Aside from a recent explosion of snails it's a clean tank. A week ago I treated for fungus, and effectively got rid of growth on my black balloon molly.

Yeah... she didn't make it. I think we're going to get more females, but this time put HIM in the breeder net, giving him time to acclimate to the new fish.

I got my tank second-hand from a previous owner, and when I changed the gravel I also saw all kinds of black gunk. I think it's just decomposed organic matter ... fish poo, dead plants, dead fish, etc... I cleaned out as much as I could which makes me feel better about it, although since it's...

BACKGROUND: We have 1 Panda Platy, 2 Turquoise Guppies, 1 male Balloon Molly (orange) and 1 female Balloon Molly (black). We also had a male Dalmation Molly, but took him back to a LFS because he had become aggressive, picking on the Orange Male Balloon Molly. After we go rid of the Dalmation...

UPDATE: It's working. He looks like he's getting better and is starting to act more like himself! Pheeww!

It's simple. Ammonia and Nitrites should be 0. pH depends on the fish, but nitrification doesn't take place below 6. People argue about Nitrates, but supposedly under 40 is better than over. Ammonia gets more complex when you consider the difference between the total ammonia (TAN: toxic free...

What do you mean by foam? Do you mean the bio bag itself?

I think it's Hole-in-Head. Not sure. My yellow male balloon Molly is acting very sick... getting thin, losing color, sitting on the bottom alot. I think there's discoloration on his head, but I can't really trust my ability to diagnose. So with the filter, should I pack the new carbon in the...

Removed carbon filter. Treating with API General Care. Added 1 TBSP of aquarium salt. I also but him in a breeder net to isolate him from the other male Molly who was picking on him. The fry in there seemed about old enough to come out... hopefully this will be a good litmus test for their...

The instructions for the medication I'm giving my fish says I should remove the activated carbon filter while doing the treatment. My research shows me that the carbon filter would remove the medication from the water. So in the meantime, should I save my old filter? I was under the...

1~My male yellow Balloon Molly, stared sitting at the bottom of the tank, near the heater and began to lose color over the past few hours. 2~ 7.8pH, .1ppm TAN / ~.002 free ammonia, 0ppm Nitrites, ~40ppm Nirtates. 3~ 10g tank, set up for some time, although I think it may have cycled after a move...

I almost picked up a Fiddler crab on a whim for my wife, who thought it was really cute. Did some research ans found that they are semi-aquatic and brackish... not a good fit for my little tank of live bearers. If I can't give a crab a good life in my tank, what other crustaceans can I try...

The Sensors have been pretty accurate. After following Caliban's advise I was able to really get things under control. Here are my results a week later, with no additional water changes: pH: 7.8 Ammonia ~.1ppm (TAN), Free Ammonia is effectively 0. Nitrites: 0 Nitrates: 40 ppm So, my ammonia...

Update: I did more testing and found than my TAN dropped alot, to .25ppm, and that puts me well in the green on the chart, even if though pH is too high (~8). Nirtites 0, Nitrates are lower too (~50, but I'm having a hard time gauging the color against to test sheet). My tap water tested at...