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Hi there! So right now I have four freshwater tanks on the go and was just given an old 55g tank (for free!) - so I decided, why not use it as my first salt water tank. Now, I don't really know much about setting up a salt water (though I've got a couple good books) and this tank needs some...

At the moment I have the fifteen-ish, 1 month old fry in a 10 gallon. I figure I should move them soon so they wont be stunted? How big should the tank be?

I want to breed swordtails and just got a 20 gallon tank cycled. How many could I put in there without being overstocked? So far there is just a single red-cherry shrimp in there. Thanks!

Recently got a neon sword and I've had her for about a week so far. She had the dark spot when I got her and I don't know how soon she might have her fry? (also added a picture of my platy - do you think she's pregnant?) Thanks!

So I got a bunch of free gravel from a friend of mine who was changing their aquariums around. I got enough for a 40 gallon tank but I only have a 20 gallon. I'm using this as material to help kick-start my cycling process with good bacteria - can I keep the excess gravel? For how long before...

So I had some fry born kind of unexpectedly. Right now they're separated in a breeding box in the main tank but I've done some reading and I know I have to move them soon. My problem is - where. I have a completely empty old 30 gallon. But I don't have a heater/filter/light for it and I can't...

I really can't figure out what's going on with my cycling. I add ammonia - test it to make sure it's the right level then check it every day. After a while it reads zero (or close to zero) so I also check Nitrates and Nitrites - but both of them read zero too, like the ammonia just evaporated...

I have a ten gallon tank with 3 sword-tails, 1 platy and a red cherry shrimp. When I initially bought the swordtails I thought I got two females and one male to have a good balance but as it turns out one of the 'females' was just a late blooming male I think. So now I have two males and one...

As I'm cycling my new planted tank I notice that I got some hitch-hikers. Are these snails okay to leave in my tank or are they going to hurt my plants? Thanks!

I've never had swordtails before and it seems like my females are getting very big, especially the one in the picture. Is it possible she's pregnant? Thank you! [Sorry the pictures are awful, they're just from my phone]

I finally finished cycling my tank! It took a month and a half but I'm so happy to have it done and have a healthy place to keep my fish. I decided to get some platies but I'm not really too sure how to know if they are male or female. I tried googling it but was still not completely sure. I...

This is my first time cycling a tank. I started cycling on the 11th of April. My ammonia dropped quickly and was going to zero in 24 hours by the 24th. But my Nitrites and NitrAtes were off the charts. I did a water change to bring them down and continued to dose my aquarium with 2-4 ppm of...

I'm planning on having some plants in my tank and was wondering if I could start cycling now and add plants in as I cycle or is it better to wait until it's done? Or should I wait to cycle my tank until I have plants? Sorry if this is confusing! Thank you!

(Apologies if this is in the wrong place) I hope to start my first planted tank in the next couple of days and I was wondering what kind of lights will I need? What kind of wattage? Do they need to be UV? My tank will be 10 gallons and I'll probably have anubias and java moss or similar...