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Has anyone sucessfully kept a blackworm culture? I can't find too much about it other than one video of a 10 gallon tank, which is way more than I want haha.

We have acquired this very injured Oscar. He and his tank mate were dumped at a LPS after their tank broke and being stressed and forced in to a small space, the tank mate attacked him. I don't know how long they've been there, less than a week and a half. Last night the manager on duty refused...

I need to use aquarium salt for a sick fish (fin rot). I need to use a tank that already has substrate (carib sea mini gravel). I was planning on adding cories to this tank but clearly I can't now. After the fish is well and removed or I get an alternate tank for the sick fish I would still like...

A week ago today I got 5 play babies from a LFS. They were $0.25 each so I couldn't resist! They were merely 3/4" long and have grown now to about an inch or so. I counted 4 females and 1 male. I wanted them so bad because they weren't your average platy. Three are speckled like dalmatian mollys...

Are there any plants that are resistant to the munchings of herbivores? I have silver dollars and they came close to polishing off my moss. Are there any plants that are less tasty?

How often can I feed live foods to my fish? I have blackworms already and have a package of microworms, banana worms, and vinegar eels on order. I mostly got them because the new little glass eel I have won't eat anything I give him but I'm wondering if all my fish would enjoy live food...

Anyone have any idea what the heck this is? It was swimming around in a LFS tank and I asked what it was. The manager had no idea, but said that it came in with a shipment of fish today. He said I could have it for free to save him the hassle of trying to figure out what it is. It's about 3-3.5"...

I'm thinking of stocking either a 20 high or a 55 with all nano fish. Obviously, a 55 would give me more options so I'm heavily leaning that way. What type of stocking and how many would you do? This might include shrimp if I could keep them alive. Lol How many different shrimp could I put...

I've seen a couple within the past couple months then today I saw two within five minutes, though, I had to stir up the gravel to find the second. They are hair sized, clearish white. They seem to be swimming and they wiggle back and forth like an "s." I think my frog is eating them... I haven't...

Anyone have any experience with them? I haven't been able to find much online at all.

Anyone know anything about threadfin rainbowfish? I got a pair today from a LPS and neither made it through acclimation.**I also got 10 pygmy cories, 9 are doing well in the QT tank but one was dead by the time I got home (40 minute ride). Did i acclimate them too fast? I put them in a small cup...

It all started when we say an amazing 55 gallon with plants and fish for $60 on CL. We wrnt ahead and DIYed a stand but the guy stopped answering our texts! So here we were with a 55 stand but no tank. We scoured CL and came across a 60 gal for $50.went to pick it up and as it turns out it was...

What is the best best sponge filter media? Im making 3 sponges for my new 75g and was thinking of putting maybe poly fill inside in addition to the sponge outside. Thoughts? Ideas?

We recently purchased a 75 gallon for $50! Now we just need stocking ideas. I don't typically get hung up on themes of fish orgin so as long as they all require the same basic water params they are okay. I want to set it up as a planted tank. Probably low tech to begin with then possibly higher...

I'm trying to figure out what my pH is. So far I've used strips, the API liquid test kit, the Seachem pH alert thing that stays in the tank (x3), and a electronic meter. This is what they read: Strips: 6.8 API liquid: regular pH turns aqua indicating 7.2ish, high range turns yellow (not on the...

A couple days ago I posted trying to figure out why my BN pleco was laying so many eggs. Come to find out, of wasn't pleco eggs. Some suggested nerite snail eggs and while I do agree, the tank had been snail free for over a week and completely cleaned out. I put the "egg" And some pleco poop...

I got a baby albino bn pleco Saturday. Sunday after a water change in the QT tank she layed a gazillion (ish) eggs. They are everywhere. After reading about them more, I think I triggered her to breed with the water change. Do females tend to lay a gazillion eggs often or am I right in thinking...

So I have no carpentry skills but my fiance is pretty handy. He has the tools we would need to build a stand so I am just trying to work out lumber needs and an actual plan as to where to place the supports and whatnot. The idea came from the videos by the diyKing on YouTube. This is basically...

I picked up this piece of drift wood from a l extremely clean lake. I am currently letting it dry and sanding all the bark off then I plan on boiling it and letting it soak. I'm still researching various methods of preparation. In the mean time I'm trying to figure out what kind of wood it is...

Somewhere, some time I read an article about quarantining new plants and using no lights the first week, 10 hours the second week, ad 12 hours the third week with a full dose of certs the second two weeks. Does anyone have any routines like this for new plants?

How can I tell the difference? I bought 4 Nerites today and when I got home realized 2 were Olive and 2 were black. Is the black one a nerite?

My tank has been established for over a month. This past week has been crazy at work and I had a special needs foster dog for a few days. This pulled me away from the tank for a bit and I didn't have time to do any water changes, though I did add Prime every 4i hours. Wednesday my ammonia was...

I would like to build a two tiered aquarium rack for only two to three tanks. I am a short person (5') so I want it to be pretty short so I can reach any corners of the tank and I'd like to make sure there Is enough space for me to work on the second tier and that the whole thing is strong...

Would a sponge filter sufficient as the only filtration? I was planning on DIYing several since they are so cheap to make. I'm sure it depends on the size of the air pump I use which brings me to my next question. Should I do like any other filter and use a pump that is rated for double my tank...

I jist got a used Whisper 20 power filtered with another tank. I am planning on adding this to my 10 gallon. I got a DIY carbon bag and a small sponge with it. Can I just take out the carbon and fill the entire space with sponge? I already have some clean Aqua Clear filter foam that fits perfectly.