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Hey all I'm converting my tank to real live plants!! I'm going to be real!! SO excited. I am putting Eco-Complete gravel in my tank but I also want a co2 unit. Does anyone have instructions on how to build your own? Any advice on maintaining planted tanks would be helpful too as Ive always had...

Congrats on all the new babies!!! I love mollies they are soo cute and I love the way they will come and nibble on your fingers. Hope all your new little ones do well and I'm sure they will enjoy their new home once you have it ready for them. Good Luck!!

Sad News Hey guys.....irreguardless of all my efforts and care my little turtle passed away earlier today. The wound was just too great for her to possibly survive. I did my best and gave her all my love and attention......but sadly it wasn't enough. At least she is no longer suffering. I cried...

It does sound a little like mouth fungus. Pics would def be of some help as well as tank readings. I own 1 bala and he doesn't have a bleached or white face. Hmmmmm. I use Melafix whenever any of my fish get mouth fungus or body slime and it works really well. I also raise the temp a tad and add...

Welcome to aa finch!!! Hello Finch, I warmly welcome you to AA. This is absolutely the best site to come to for any and all advice reguarding aquariums. This place has helped me numerous times in the past, especially when I'd first got started. Thanks to this site I have 2...

Hey everyone, I was fishing at a lake recently and found a baby red eared slider. One of her feet had been bitten off by something! She was floundering around by the shore paddling in little circles going nowhere fast. I took her home to see if I could help her to get better, and to feed her...

I need help fast. I just put two bubble curtains in my tank a few days ago. Well my dragon goby loved them right away swimming through all those bubbles and being quite playful. Last night I found him lying on his side, his head is swollen to the point his eyes are almost covered, and a tooth...

Ok so should I get 3 more clowns then? Hopefully 4 will be ok together in a 75 with groups of other much smaller schooling fish. Unless the clowns will eat the others? Doh! I will just go looking up more info on clowns for the time being I guess. Thanks 7enigma. Well I'm off to research and...

You have my heartfelt sympathy manny, I cant imagine what I would do if I came home to find what you did. I'm so glad that the all glass company is going to make it right for you again though. Hopefully you will get an even better tank out of the deal! Best wishes for you!

OhNo! Thats terrible! I hope at least some of your finned ones make it out ok. I hope things go better for you soon, and that you'll get some rest as well. Its a good thing youre off tomorrow. Hang in there, it couldve been worse. Everything will turn out ok. :)

My house is only about 40 years old, I know my floor should be ok. As long as I place the tank properly so it crisses the weight supporting beams making a big + so that the weight is spread evenly and not pinpointed. ++++ Like that. Thats how my big 29 sits now. I can jump up and down and the...

Yes I'm totally watching my temps now, I don't ever want to have to do that again, and I'm sure the loach doesn't either!! The loach is a baby clown. He's only 1.5 inches so you can imagine how nervous I was when I was thumping his chest to get his heart started again!! I know hes going to get...

Yes there were other fish in the tank and snails too. The mollies just swam over to the heater and waited patiently. Snails didnt care. :) The loach had swam directly under where the water was coming out and blasted himself with the too cold water. Poor guy! I hope he will continue to be...

First off welcome to Aquarium Advice!!! If you are going to get a crab I'd say at least 5 gallons per crab as they are VERY dirty. Be sure and get a very good filtration system with the tank too. As for substrate really small smooth pebbles or gravel would be fine as sand is harder to clean. A...

Hello all, I just thought I'd share an amazing experience with you. I was changing the water in my tank the other day and when I went to fill it up I did so slowly as not to blow the fish away with the python. Well apparently the water was a little colder than I had anticipated and I gave my...