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I got a new 37gal tall tank yesterday and I am running a aquaclear 50 I had running on a 20 gal tank to seed it. I was thinking about just buying another aquaclear and running one on each side, but I am leaning more towards getting a cannister filter. I like to overstock my tank and keep live...

I have a german blue ram that has Pop eye. Can anyone give good advice on how to treat this. The Tank is 20L with live plants. I can set up a qt tank to treat the fish. I do pwc once a week, all water quality levels are normal. However I have been busy lately and have neglected my tank the past...

I bought 6 juvi angel fish from the lfs. 1 blushing, 1 that apears to be albino, 1 that apears to be a black veil and the other 3 look like the wild caught although I am almost sure they are not I ll try to get some pics tomorrow. But my question is how to tell the sexes apart I have been told...

Is there a way to naturally lower the pH of the tank water without spending alot of money and without using chemicals.

I have my heater set at 78 and my water temp goes from between 83 and 81. Does this mean my heater is broken, is there any way to control this? I am aiming for a temp of 82. If there is a more stable heater out there that will allow me to hold the temp at a certain point please let me know...

I bought kent cichlid buffer, but I am thinking about returning it. I want to get my pH up to 8.2 as naturally as possible. My plan as of now is to use crushed coral to raise it a bit and use the cichlid buffer to raise it the rest of the way. Does anyone have a better idea or advice to make...

Hello I have 2 red zebras, 2 blue johannii and a common pleco. I was wondering if anyone has used cichlid salts and or buffers. If anyone has advice please share. Thanks

I have 2 aquaclear 20s running on my 20 gal long and one of them quit running the day after I bought it. I use moon sand and think thats part of the problem. Are there any ways to bring it back or should I take it back to the lfs.

hello everyone! I have been keeping tanks for a few years now and pretty much got the fish part down, but now I want to try a planted tank. I already have good lighting I have a all glass twin tube over an all glass versa top. I have a 20 watt colormax for the fish and a 20 watt nutri grow for...

so after more than 2 months of trying to cycle my tank I am still having trouble. I just took another set of readings and they are pH 6.6 dont know why it crashed it was holding around 7.0. NH3/NH4 is at 4.0 NO2 .50 and NO3 is at 5. last week my NH3/NH4 was much lower and it seems that I never...

I am looking to set up a qt tank incase of emegency. I am using an hob filter on my 20gal long and dont not want to add a sponge filter. I would like to add a second hob filter on my 20 gal long and be able to pull it off and put it on the qt tank. The only problem is every hob filter I see has...

I am trying to put together a tank list for my 20gal long prob going to do 20 fish about an inch big holding to the rule one inch of fish per gallon of water I know te fish will grow and eventually I ll make changes to accomadate them but I plan on having 2 chinese algae eaters until they get...

well I have a 20 gal long with a milluiumn 2000 otb filter I was wondering if I should be using a power head with it or will this be fine the way it is

not really sure where to post this question so if it gets moved thats fine but I was wondering how to send kudos to people a few people have been extremly helpful and I just wanted to say thanks by sendig kudos

This site is a great site and idea I learned things about chemicals I am using and other things that I wouldnt have found out no matter where I looked or read but bottom line every person who owns a tank should be a member thanks a million for the help

I have a 20 gal tank with an over the top power filter water temp is 78 and ph is 6.8 I have 5 zebra danios and have been trying to cycle my tank for over a month and my ammonia test kit has been reading 4 mg/la and I cant get it to go down if anyone has any idea why please help if more info is...