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Hi guys! I want to start up a new tank. I have an empty 29 gallon available and i plan on starting up a community planted tank. I'd like to have a male and female kribensis, 1 honey gourami, 6 celestial pearl danios, a few shrimp and snails. I have a few questions though: will the krib pair...

I found this beautiful aquascape online and was wondering what plants are these? AGA Aquascaping Contest 2009, Extra Large Tank | Blue Aquarium (The one that made 1st place) Thanks!

Hey everyone! For my new 40g breeder I plan on setting up a heavily planted dirt tank. Co2 seems to play a big part in this so I'm trying to find out how to set up one myself. Two options: DIY co2 system: I found this kit on Amazon...

Hey everyone For my 40g breeder I really want a lot of Amazonian soft-water loving fish. Unfortunately my pH out of the tap is about 7.6+. I've been doing a lot of researching and came to the conclusion of using mineralized top soil with potassium chloride and clay for my planted tank substrate...

I've heard that dirt is great for growing plants but is it worth it? It seems very messy and easy to dirty the water if you want to move plants or objects around. Also, how much better is it at growing plants than Eco complete sand? (Btw, I mean mineralized top soil). Thanks!

I've been doing a lot of research and have come to the conclusion that using a DIY soil mix capped with EcoComplete would be the best substrate for a planted tank. I found the article: How-To: Mineralized Soil Substrate, by Aaron Talbot - Library - Aquatic Plant Central which shows how to...

I really want to get nice, intricate driftwood for my 40g breeder. I thought about DIYing it but it seems risky, with choosing the right type of wood, water logging, parasites, rotting, curing, boiling large pieces, etc. Where would I find driftwood for purchase (my LFS doesn't have it), or...

Hey guys I've been doing some research but can't decide which light is better. Do any of you guys have experience with these lights and which one is better overall, gives better plant growth, etc.? I've heard the planted+ is better for plant growth than 24/7, is that true? And how are the...

I decided to upgrade my 29 gallon tank to a 40g breeder, so now I have an empty 29 right now. I'm wondering if I should use the tank as a quarantine tank, or should I save it for another aquarium/breeding tank/vacant for some other purpose? Thanks. Also, how many of you quarantine/don't...

Tank size: 29 gallons Filter: aquaclear 50 Planted Fish 2 Keyhole Cichlid (pair) 2 Apistogramma trifasciata (pair) 2 Peacock Gudgeon (pair?) 1 Honey Gourami 8 Tetras or dwarf rainbows of some kind (rummynose,neon, or praecox...) 1 Zebra nerite snail 3 Cherry Red/Amano shrimp So basically...

I bought white sand and lighter gravel to use as the substrate for my 29 gallon but I'm reading that black is much better? I've heard that white sand reflects a lot of light (I have a Finnex. fugeray planted+), stresses fish out, causes more algae and washes out the color of fish? I really...

Hey everyone I've been doing a lot of research lately and have decided to start a 29 gallon low-tech planted tank. Light: Finnex fugeray planted+ 30 in Plants: Amazon Sword Java moss Java fern Anubias nana Water wisteria Corkscrew vallisneria Star Repens Frogbit I plan on using root tabs...

The pH of my water is pretty high (I think 7.6 or higher), which isn't that great for most of the fish I want to keep (honey gourami, tetras, especially dwarf cichlids/Rams). How can I effectively lower the pH of my aquarium safely? Also, if I use things like almond leaves and driftwood, do...

Hey everyone I've discovered this product called seachem purigen and it is supposedly amazing at maintaining pristine water quality. I plan on getting one for my Aquaclear 50 HOB power filter but I'm unsure how to configure it. The filter itself "comes equipped with AquaClear Foam, Activated...

I've heard that many carpet plants require high and intense light to thrive because of how distant they are from the aquarium lights. For example, would dwarf hairgrass be a hardy plant that grows well under a Finnex Fugeray Planted+ 30" for a 29 gallon? Also how fast do they grow and how easy...

What are some inexpensive aquarium lights that are effective at growing low and medium light intensity plants (but also look good and bring out fish colors) that you guys use? I currently have an LED kit that came with marineland 29 gallon kit but I've heard it's inadequate. It's dimensions...

Hey everyone I'm new to aquariums and planted tanks so I have a few questions. I got the 29 gallon marineland aquarium kit that comes with an LED lighting fixture. Its stats are the following: Number/Color of LED and Wattage: 42 White/3 Blue .11W LEDs Total Watts 4.62 Total Lux: 990 Lumens @...

Hey everyone I'm new to aquariums and planted tanks so I have a few questions. I got the 29 gallon marineland aquarium kit that comes with an LED lighting fixture. Its stats are the following: Number/Color of LED and Wattage: 42 White/3 Blue .11W LEDs Total Watts 4.62 Total Lux: 990 Lumens @...

Hey everyone 29 Gallon Marineland Aquarium Aqueon Quietflow 30 Power Filter pH 7.6 Temp 78° 1 Honey Gourami 2 Scarlet Badis (male and female pair) 1 Apistogramma 1 Peacock Gudgeon And perhaps a small school of 6 I'm using black sand and fluorite with plants. I'm worried about the scarlet...

So I have these platies and blue rams that LOVE to eat the cory catfish's food, to the point where the catfish are sometimes scared to go and eat them. How do I make sure they actually get their food? I got them the day before yesterday btw.

As many of you probably already know, I'm having a hard time with nitrates in my tank (working on getting those down). Nitrates read at about 40ppm and tap 20ppm (idk why it's so high) I've had a blue ram for about 2 weeks now but he's still alive and eating well, no signs of stress, and his...

Does my male black variatus platy have ich... 53B785AD-F9D4-476C-AD2F-71CAF679C219_zpsf5mwfwpo.png Photo by koa4 | Photobucket He's had something like this since I got him (about a month ago). He still eats. However, yesterday night I spotted him whipping/thrashing his body against a plant...

Just performed about a 40% water change. My nitrates before the PWC was about 40-80 ppm and now it looks the same, maybe slightly lighter (it's so hard to tell on the api master test kit). So, I decided to test my tap water and it turns out nitrates are about 20 ppm. I know 40 ppm isn't...

I have a 29 gallon tank, dimensions 30lx12wx18h inches. I was wondering if I could keep a single angelfish in my tank. Stocking is as follows: 3 Guppies 2 Platies 1 Honey Gourami 1 Blue Ram And planning on getting 8 Neon Tetras 4-6 False Julii Corydoras Catfish Parameters: 0 ammonia 0 nitrite...

Hi everyone I was wondering if I could have false julii corydoras catfish in my type of gravel and if they would thrive/be comfortable: 8A1443DE-448D-478F-8782-24C90135941B_zpskagdfilg.jpg Photo by koa4 | Photobucket 059A8302-7528-4AD3-A23A-0D65C0781626_zpscontnrw1.jpg Photo by koa4 |...