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I have never used Cycle before. I have a 125 cichlid tank. I have used "instant Cycle" products before mainly Bio Spira (when it was still bio-spira needed to be refrigerated) and had great success with them. This is my first time using Cycle and my ammonia spiked like expected but has...

Have not decided on the exact fish but definitely Mbuna, open for sugestions

Tested my tap water today. 8.4 PH 7 kh 6 GH what conditioners if any would you recommend. I am using eco-complete africna cichlid substrate so it should held to buffer PH.

125 Malawai setup Here is the start of my build. substrate and lights will be here tomorrow. then cycle then fish! That is 300lbs of rock! all for 40 bucks at the local nursery. the tank had been unused for about 2 years after my inhabitants all died overnight. so i sterilized the tank and the...

I am not exactly new to the hobby but a little out of practice. i have a 125g that i had as a full planted tank. it has been out of service for the last year but still full of water no heater or filter lights etc running. there are still some plants still living (probably due to eco-complete...

I have had aquariums for sometime now. however my 125g planted tank has not been running for over a year. It still has water and some plants living in it even without the filters heaters lights etc running. Other than a water change gravel vac and cleaning the filter and of course a cycle is...

My son decided to help dad clean the tank today and used my mag float. the problem was the rock caught between the scrubber and the glass. is there anyway to get the scratches out of glass.

So i walk into my tank room and see my youngest son "helping" Dad clean the tank and i hear this High pitched scratching sound and i look and he has the MAgfloat with a rock caught in it dragging it across the front of the tank. Well it is scratched very bad. is there any way to fix the scratches?

Water quality help I tested my aquarium water a week ago in preperation to restoke it with mostly angels. Two numbers stuck out to me PH was at 8-8.5 and KH was 14. The aquarium is moderatly planted so i used Seachems acid buffer to bring both back within acceptable range. after i have used the...

A few months ago i was asking about the proper setup for angels. I have decided to move the platies to the 46g tank and use my 125g for the angels and Apistos Keeping in mind that i want a wide variety of both angels and apistos (half and half of each) how many of each should i get and any...

Would i need to be concerned with any residual vinegar if i use that method?

well the seeding is going to be pretty easy. When i had the tank going before i had two HOB filters w/ biowheels. after moving to the larger tank i free floated the biowheels in the large tank so those should do the trick. i will probably also add some of the gravel and maybe some bio spira just...

HI everyone I have a 46g bowfront that i have had for about 3 years now. it was a freshwater community tank but It has been sitting empty(still has gravell but no water) for about 5-6 months now. I have a larger 125g tank that currently has about 20-30 platies in it 3 adults and the rest are...

that is a great lead in to my next question. What other tankmates would you put in with the angels if going with the 125g tank.

I have a 46g bow front aquarium that i have had empty for several months now. I also have a 125g high light fairly heavy planted aquarium that i currently only have mollies in right now. started with 4 now have about 30 (mostly Babies). I want an Angel tank but i am not sure if i want to move...