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Are we talking BGA or BBA?

Unfortunately this is the most aggressive algae there is. All it takes is one spore which can come in with a plant or a bag of fish and the tank will soon be infested. I've tried almost everything. Chlorine dips, picking out by hand, rewashing the gravel, and nothing seems to keep it from...

There is so much that can be going on here Aural. If these are new tanks you may have stocked them too quickly creating an Ammonia spike. When this happens the fish, due to stress, will succumb to a whole host of maladies. Do you have readings for ammonia and nitrites? Are you familiar with...

They can both look terrific. Personally I prefer the contrast with black.

In truth bs6749 is correct. Unless you're trying to prod picky eaters to eat, or have predatory fish that will only eat a moving target, the commercially prepared and frozen foods are more than adequate. Still some people feel the need to pamper their fish and feel like treating them with live...

Live brine shrimp would make a nice occasional treat and are relatively inexpensive or easy to culture. The advantage of brine shrimp is that being salt water animals, you don't risk adding anything unwanted to the tank.

One of my favorites would be the good old Black Tetra. They attain a nice size for a 20G, and usually stay in sight.

Yes. That will allow the discus to feed at their pace.