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Could someone please ID this plant that has mounded up nicely in my low tech setup? Someone local I bought some RCS from gave me some of this in the shrimp bag for padding for ‘em. It’s quite overgrown and I wanted to get some ideas of what to do with it. I was thinking of using something like...

Can anyone tell me what this is on my moneywort and how to get rid of it? 6gal Fluval Edge w stock filtration plus a Purigen bag, stock lighting, been running for over a year. Stock: 5 neon tetra 2 otos 3 ghost shrimp 3 larger assassin snails, modest population of tiny ones come and go. pH...

Re: snail shells left behind after assassin snail eats them. Is there any negative effect of the snail shells remaining in aquarium? My assassins have taken out a lot of snails and my black substrate is littered with white shells. Will they calcify the water or anything like that? Sent from my...

You may have heard of "fainting goats"... I have a planted Fluval Edge with Java moss and fern, anubias nana and some mystery plant that grows like crazy with the stock light kit and no ferts, that I constantly have to trim. I've had the setup for almost a year with zero casualties and I enjoy...

I have 2 assassin snails. They have killed all the problem snails I had that are of any size. Now, they have been stuck together for about 3 weeks. They move about some, but they are attached together constantly. Can anyone say what's going on here? Sent from my iPhone using Aquarium Advice

I'm planning out my 3rd aquarium. My current 2 are small planted tanks, a 5 gallon Marineland and a 6 gallon Fluval Edge. I love both of them, the 5 gal especially because it has taught me so much in the 2 years I've had it. But both tanks reside in my kids rooms. I want one too! And I want to...

I planted my first tank on Friday, I have 6 gal Fluval edge, no fish, but today I saw about 7 snails. Since I have no fish, can anyone suggest the most appropriate/effective method of getting rid of them? They are too small for me to tell anything about them as far as shape. Thanks! Sent...

The LFS gave me this plant, it was little and the guy didn't know what it was, (and I was spending lots of money) so no charge and no ID. I've got it floating in my old betta bowl from before I knew to give a betta a decent tank. I'm preparing to have my first low-tech planted tank. But it's a...

This is my boy Blue, a Christmas present for my daughter in 2011, so he's been in the family for little over 2.5 years. He lays on the bottom all the time. I bought him at Walmart and kept him in a 1 gal tank with no heater and no filter, just doing weekly 100% water changes, until about a...