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I was wondering if someone can ID this guy for me? I bought him a year ago with a bunch of Amano shrimp. They were all tiny then and he looked identical asides from his longer pinchers. But in the past year he's changed color and gotten much larger than my Amanos. I'd say he's at least 3" head...

Well its about your average height for a light switch to be mounted on the wall. I figured light switches were probably decently water resistant and I'd have to spill a lot of water directly on it to cause any sort of problem but I couldn't find any mention of the internet, just to use drip...

I wasn't sure which part of the forum to post this in but this seemed like a good enough spot. I was wanting to upgrade to a larger tank and where I have my current tank is next to a light switch. If I go to a larger tank it would be infront of the switch. Does anyone know how much of an safety...

Maybe I'll just let my pair of shrimp be my bottom dwellers then

I'm looking into getting some fish to hang out at the bottom of my tank. I'm using Seachem flourite black as substrate which from my understanding puts corydoras out of the question which is what I was thinking of getting. Are there any bottom dwelling fish that will do good with sharp gravel? I...

I know that it is a bacterial infection. I've read a fair bit about it. I was just wondering if there was anything that could resemble it as my fish have had a bit of this stuff for 3-4 months now with absolutely no ill effect at all.

Isnt columnaris just the technical term for mouth fungus?

Is there anything else that can resemble mouth fungus? I have 2 threadfin rainbows that have a bit of white stuff around there mouths, one of them with a bit of stringy stuff. Its kinda hard to see because these fish have such bloody small mouths. I put them in a sick tank and medicated for a...

How are people making holes in their aquariums for their sumps? I want to make a sump soon and I havn't seen it mentioned anywhere. Thanks

I picked up 8 threadfin rainbows last week and half of them have a white spot on the mouth. Does anyone know if this is normal coloration for these fish or if I have a bunch of fish with mouth fungus?

I was reading the instructions on my new powerhead last night and it says its only to be used with a CGFI outlet. I know saftey first yadda yadda yadda. Is this a golden rule or just something in the instructions for liability sake? And if I do need to install a CGFI is it something a...

good to know. thanks for the advice guys

All the threads on here seem to be about sump design but I can't find an answer to a question I have. What kinda of glue/sealant is everyone using for the PCV tubing? I don't know if the stuff is toxic or not so I figured I would ask before going ahead with anything. Thanks

Does anyone have any suggestions on how to keep floating plants to stay in position without constantly getting pulled into the output from the hang on back filter. This keeps throwing the plants againt the front glass where they get carried down and get stuck in my java moss and I am constantly...

I have 9 black phantom tetras a pearl gourami and a pair of killifish (Fundulopanchax scheeli scheeli) The male killifish used to be extremely territorial and killed 2 other killis that I had within a week and chased everyone else around the tank.After that I gave him a timeout for a couple days...