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on my fishtanks i have the regular tube bulbs on them all and since the energy rate going up i am leading toward the compact fluorescent bulbs. do i have to buy all new fixtures for these or do they have the compact fluorescent bulbs for regular fixtures? thanks

I have a 20 gallon tank that has a large amount of algae all over it. the tank has 5 tetras, 3 rasboras and 2 small plecos-1 albino bristlenose and another rubber lip which are both .75 inch, and 3 small plattys. the tank has 30 w of light but i tried to delute it by covering one side because...

on my 55 gallon tank i have a glass topper that goes above the tank and under the light. it is in 3 sections and it usually gets some green and orange muck on it which i wash off but after that it gets kinda foggy and has some white fog on it. what can i use to clean that? i use water but it...

i noticed yesterday night that my bala shark's left eye is swollen and has blood on the bottom of it. and its only his one eye. what could have caused this and what precautions should i take for this? thanks

has anyone ever used these on their tanks? i have one of the mag cleaners but that cant get off all of it so for the harder stuff i use a razor blade now. i seen that they have a red one and a yellow one. the yellow one is metal and the red one is plastic. has anyone ever used the red ones? do...

the times before, i was told that hair algae is caused by low nitrates, however, my nitrates are around 10 and i still have brown hair algae all over. what is causing this and how can i get rid of it? it doesnt look like its killing the plants like the blue green algae but it makes my tank look...

how can i tell if i have a good bio low or if its too high or low? in my 20 gallon i have 4 black skirt tetras, 3 golden longfin danios a siamese algae eater and 2 red eye tetras. i think that is a medium or good bio load 55 gallon- 5 cories, 2 turqoise rainbows, 2 australian rainbows...

I think that my kh for my 20 gal planted is relatively low. it was at 5kh last time and my ph is still at 7.6 and hasnt dropped with a month of co2. is it true that it is supposed to drop? also how can i safely lower my ph or make my kh higher to try and get rid of this hair algae? should i stay...

well at first i thought it was tyhe filter that was making my filter output bad. now on my new aqua clear filter it still only comes out on two sides and not in a full stream. is this normal? in the intake tube i put a sponge on the bottom to keep the junk frm getting into the filter but is that...

well it all started two days ago when i was testing my tank after seeing the fish being near the top all the time, i tested it and it was good ammonia was a tad high (.50 and below) nitrites were 0. so i just did a water change for good measure. then yesterday my 1 bosemani rainbow was found...

after seeing my clown loach have ich i treated the tank with some aquarium salt which works well killing my ich at early stages. so i put some in then the next day i see my rainbows near the top of the tank. today i found one dead and now the other one of the same species is sitting at the top...

after getting a lot of blue green algae ive read that it is caused by bad filtration and my filter i have now really sucks ( it doesnt even put the water out in a full stream. its a topfin filter that came with the tank but what filter can i get to replace it that will put out a full stream all...

well after i manually removed most of my blue green aglae it appears that now i have hair algae. how can i get rid of this stuff, it is taking over and is all over my java moss and then attaches to everything else. i have a siamese algae eater which is supposed to eat it but hasnt yet. what else...

when i bought my 55 gallon tank used it came with a full strip light(48inches) and the bulb is standard one bulb. in the tank i have some very colorfull rainbows. to extentuate the colors of my rainbows what type of light will i need? im thinkign higher K, into the blues correct? i know that mid...

what is a good way to tell a good fish food by looking at ingredients and nutrition facts? what is good and wanted and what isnt? thanks

today at the new fish store i went to i got various rainbows and 2 siamese algae eaters. i seperated them because i read put them in either groups of 6 or just 1. so one in my 55 and one in my 20. and these guyys will eat hair aglae correct? i have a lot of hair algae all over my java moss and...

now that i look at my tank a lot more im seeing a lot of brown threads in my java moss and my hornwort. is this hair algae and what can i do to get rid of this? my nitrates are around 10 so is that good?

what test kits do you absolutely need for planted tank? i have the ap test kit now with all of those i also have a kh and gh test kit. i need a phosphate test kit right? any other ones that i can see if this new huge fish store has? also any flourish stuff that i would need mandatoraly? i have...

On my 20 gallon planted, i only have a topfin filter and it isnt the best. it came with the kit before i knew much about aquariums and now all it does is trickle out. i will clean the sponges and then a day later again just trickles. Is it the filter or me? should i go and by a whisper or aqua...

well i know that blackouts are good for getting rid of my blue green algae in my 20 gallon tank but i wnat to know what will get rid of it for good and having it not come back.. tomarrow i will get a nitrate, kh, and ph reading for you. what cna i do and what do i need to get readings at to get...

well my 20 gallon planted tank has not been an easy 1st try at a planted tank. once i moved my kenyi out and got some nice tetras, everything looked fine. all the plants were nice and green, but now it seems my blue green algae is back and also some hair algae of some sort. what can i get to eat...

Dang i cannot win the battle of my 20 gallon planted tank. After i moved out the kenyi chiclid i put in tetras and danios. The first day i also had glass catfish but they had ich so i took them out real quick and then brought em back for more tetras. now i see that only the black skirt tetras...

how often do i need to change the mixture on these things? ive had mine in for about a month now and it still has bubbles. when should i change it out thanks

Since i have various questions i didnt want to make an excess on the forums so i just did all in one thread. 55 tank specs 4 feet long 12 inches wide, filstar xp2 filter 1.I bought one bushy nose pleco for my 55 and i have to say he is now my favorite fish but i want to know how to tell if he...

what kind of veggies can i put in my 55 gallon. i have cories, a clown loach, a bushy nose pleco, rainbow shark, rainbow fish, and a tetra. i have a carrot in there now but i dont know if they are going at it. any suggestions of other stuff will be appreciated