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Depending on where you live, if price is a concern, I would consider going on craigslist. I'm live close to a fairly urban area, and have found some crazy deals, including a 55 with stand, tank, and live rock for 175, and a 60 with tank stand, fish, live rock, skimmers, etc for $150! With a...

Thanks everyone! I just switched some foam from my filters, and my betta seems happy, and is eating well!

In the 5gal filter I have 1 layer of foam that is soft and very meshy, which I consider the bio filter, and one layer that is kind of just a physical filter for big stuff, I have that foam in the 45 gal filter too, so I just switched some of it out. How much time (if any) should it take for...

Hi! So, I currently have a very lightly, pretty well established 45 gal tank with a cycled filter an empty 5 gal (used to have fish ~1 year ago, probably not filtered anymore) with sand and plants, and an empty 20 gal tank (used to have fish ~6 months? ago, probably not cycled anymore either)...

Hello everyone! I just recently switched my 10g (empty) substrate from white sand to black sand, and I guess when I was refilling the tank the water was too warm? I'm not really sure, the water wasn't *that* hot, maybe like 90o tops. Anyways, after refilling it, I noticed that some of the...

I currently have a double sponge filter in the 45 gal, and it has been inside for almost a year and a half. When the time comes could I take that out and use it as a filter for the 10g(Shrimp tank)? Or would it not be enough/ take too many bacteria out of the 45?

This is a really good idea!! I have the filter in my larger tank now. Would this method work for cycling other filters? I recently got a new 20 long that hasn't been cycled yet. Thanks!

Hello everyone! I posted this before in the invert forum, but I think it belongs more in this one. So I have a 10 gallon tank currently hosting nothing but plants, and has only had plants in it for maybe... a year now? Before it had quite a few fish, I think 8 neons or so. However, those have...

Now that I have looked it up, I think it is this... should I isolate him/her? I don't want to stress it our even more by having to move it... he's just lying down on the sand right now, and I'm doing a water change like 5mins after I type this... is there anything else I can do to help him? **...

Before this the tetras have all shoaled together loosely, the two neons were almost always side by side. Idk if they're really white growths, but the tetra is question has this little bump on its back sort of. I'll see if I can get a pic in the morning Sent from my iPhone using Tapatalk

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Hi everyone! My tank is a 45 gal, hagen 306 with a sponge filter and kind of messed up air pump, getting that replaced soon. 1x gbr 2x peppered cories 6x rummynose tetra 2x neon tetra (I am aware of improper schooling numbers, trying to work out fish as I am in the middle of setting up a...

Apparently my first message didn't send from my phone, sorry for late reply! I have actually had surprising success with my neons... my two lone neons have survived a 4ppm nitrite spike, and then some... If I got cardinals, what would I do with the leftover neons? :l Threadfin rainbows look...

Both? o.O what a lucky guy! lol. but could you elaborate? I might buy 2 and then maybe just keep the other in the 45? :L

Hello everybody! I have a single male GBR who's mate just died recently x(. I was wondering about the best/easiest way to pair him up again? I'm 14 and I can't drive, my parents aren't that enthusiastic about driving me places just for fish, hopefully I can go maybe once a month to my LFS...