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So I currently have 3 bolivian rams in my 20 gallon high alongside 6 tiger barbs. During feeding time the rams would eat off the surface with the barbs. Now I know that rams are naturally bottom dwellers so I'm not so much worried, but curious about this behavior. Is this a perfectly normal...

So I've had tiger barbs for about 3 months now and they seem really healthy. With that said, I'm a little worried about one of my females. Her tummy is really really fat. At first I thought she might be having eggs but it's been about a month now and she still looks the same. My question is...

So I've been looking at planted aquariums and more and more I see tanks with raised light fixtures a few inches above the tank. My question is why is this and what advantages (I'm assuming there are advantages) there are to raising the fixture?

No there's no center brace, would it help if I custom make one? It's bowing a little bit on side where the top screen slides out because there's no support

Ok so I bought a reptile tank from a friend of mine. It's clearly a reptile tank because of the slide screen configuration on the top cover of the tank. Anyway, my question is can i use it as a fish tank. It's about 50 gallons give or take. The glass is a quarter inch thick and I was planning...

Can i keep a bolivian ram in a 5 gallon tank by himself? It's very heavily planted with a sand substrate, heater, filter, the works.

So I recently bought a Power-Glo T8 18" high intensity strip bulb. Specs are as follows: -15w -15,000k -580 lumens I have it in a ballast for a 20 gallon high tank. Is this light considered low or medium light? I've been looking everywhere for a bulb that would give me sufficient light for a...

Ok so I have been TRYING to figure out and understand how lighting works with aquatic plants. I have done extensive research and everybody has different and contradicting things to say. I just want to know what kind of lighting I have (high, medium, low etc.) and what are my options plant wise...

I've been considering loaches actually! I have rams haha, maybe I should list the ones I already have. So far, I have: Tiger barbs Black skirt tetras Bolivian and blue rams Platys Neons and White clouds

Hi there, I recently purchased a nice 30 gallon bow front tank ;) and I'm looking into what fish I can get. It's currently cycling right now but I want to know what type of fish I can get once it's ready. I'm looking for fun, energetic fishes that have personalities and are, well fun to watch...

So my biggest tank right now is a 20 tall. I'm fairly "new" to the hobby, but I know what I'm doing for the most part. Anyway, I just want to make sure that I'm doing the best for my fish right now. The 20 is currently stocked with -6 black skirt tetras (about an inch each) -6 tiger barbs...

Alright, I'll up the amount of water change then!

Filtration is a tetra fin filter about 200 gph. Weekly is about 20% or 35% every two weeks

I have a 20 gallon high fish tank. It's currently the biggest fish tank I have. I stocked it with: 6 black skirts (1 inch each give or take) 6 tigers (inch and a half) 3 Bolivian rams (inch and a half) The tank is pretty well planted, plenty of hiding places. The rams were actually...

I have a 20 gallon high tropical tank. It's pretty densely planted I would say. Currently it has 6 tigers and 6 black skirt tetras, 2 mystery snails and some odd number of ghost shrimps. Paramaters are ideal for the fish. Ammonia currently at 0, ph is neutral, slightly on the acidic side for...