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Hi guys, Ok, so I admit I had too much time in my hands recently... :) I spent some time developing a site that allows people to determine how much fish you can have for your tanks of specific dimensions. This does not use simple rules such as "inches per gallon". If you are into this sort of...

Will amano shrimps live in my water? pH is 7.2, KH is 2, GH is 5. The temperature is kept at 77F. I had ghost shrimps before in that tank and no fishes ate them (I lost all during ich treatment). I have mixed feeling so far as some sources say they will not live in a fresh water tank for long...

Haven't asked this question for a while, but before introducing changes to the tank, I thought it might be a good idea to get it checked out... 25g tank - current setup (2.5ft): - 5 Platies (1.3 inches) - 2 Blue Ram (2 inches, both male) - 4 Panda Cories (1.2 inches) - 5 Harlequin Rasboras (1.3...

For the breeders out there, how fast does ancistrus grow? Assuming they grow off BBS and zuccinis, how long does it take to hit 1 inch mark? 2 inches? Appreciate some feedback!

Grrrr... This is the same platy that got sick about a month ago, but managed to survive this far. Tried the Fungus Iliminator, treated it for about 2 weeks but the condition was about the same. So I left it in the same tank without any medication, and hoped that she would survive. She always...

My water is pretty soft, at 2 KdH. In my community tank, pH is very stable at 7.4. (This means super low CO2 level). I'd like to add some more attractive plants, as all I have are java moss and java fern. I've been reading up on building DIY CO2, and now I've convinced myself to build one...

Well, I have a mature tank already, cycled months ago and I seeded the 10g tank from the mature tank to kickstart the cycling process. I have some java moss in this tank - it fills almost 50% of the tank in volume (to let fries survive), and I also have a sponge filter and Aqua Clear Mini (with...

Due to the harrasement of the male platy, this one got sick and caught ich, which has been separated from the rest of the fishes. She caught both ich and some sort of cotton-looking infection where the body and the tail meets. I left the tank at 87F to treat her with ich about 10 days ago and...

Both the female and the younger one is doing this frequently, although the rest of the fishes in the tank seem OK... The only adjustment I made so far is to bring up the temperature from 77F to 79F. Should I be cocnerned/treat them in a separate tank as if they caught ick?

Well, after keeping the level of algae in check for a while (doing manual clean up), I gave up... :( I didn't clean for just over 2 weeks and the rear glass is basically a carpet of these hair algae. Also, it has spread on the drift wood which I don't want to take out each time to clean up the...

This 25g tank has been up and running for almost 3 months. There are in total 16 fishes, including 2 female platies. I noticed about 30mins ago that one of the female was swimming rather slugishily, shaking the body sideways rather slowly. All fins are moving pretty slow as well. She looks...

I went to the LFS yesterday, hoping that they have some Blue Rams in stock. Lucky me... I found a whole new batch that arrived few days ago. I looked at most of them and had hard time determining which is male and which is female... I asked the owner and he tells me that 99% of them are male...

Ok, just like many who ended up getting sucked into this aquarium hobby, I started with one tank, then became two, then now three :) - first is my community tank (25g), second is my breeding tank (10g) and third is my raising tank (33g) to raise any fries I may end up with but doesn't fit in the...

This is what I have in my 25g tank: - 2 Ottos - 3 Platies - 6 Harlequin Rasboras - 4 Panda Cories Its been set up for about 50 days now with zero nitrite and ammonia. Here's my water parameters: (no chemicals except stress coat during water change) - pH 7.4 - KH 2 - GH 5 - Ammonia 0 -...