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My common pleco looks slightly strange. She had some fin rot a few weeks ago, which I treated with melafix. However, I'm not sure if she's sick with something else now. She has random streaks over a good portion of her body where her color is lighter, as if the color was somewhat bleached...

I've got a 20 gallon planted tank with driftwood; an oscar and a common pleco reside in it. I'm thinking of doing a cash + trade at the lfs for some type of loach and african cihclid. does anyone recommend particular species of each that will be good together, ones that will stay relatively...

I use some Kent freshwater pro-plant (1-0-0) and Seachem's Flourish Supplement (Fe, Ca, Mg and 0.7-0.01-0.37). Am I not getting enough of the macronutrients, or is this sufficient? My plants are all looking rather unhealthy (about half the leaves are browned or have a loss of pigment). They...

I recently added a DIY CO2 setup, driftwood, a 65 watt PC light (with an actinic bulb as well), and some plants. Now I've got horrible algae blooms. The water is basically green. There's no hair algae or anything like that, just really green water. I did a pwc to almost no effect. Is...

I've been having some strange problems with my tank I can't remedy. I have a 20 gallon with a pleco and an oscar, and I recently added plants, driftwood (bogwood, actually), and a DIY CO2 setup. I did NOT boil the wood because it was too big to fit in any pot i had, but I haven't had a lot of...

Hi, my common pleco seems to have a problem. I don't know if it's fin rot, but I am guessing that's what it is. She looks normal except that the dorsal fan of fins has these slits in them, like someone took a pair of scissors and cut the fan straight down to the body in several places. Will...

Hey all, I've decided to make my 20 gallon tank planted. It's a 20 gallon with a 65 watt PC, so 3.25 wpg. Right now I've got a HOB filter with a biowheel, the usual. I've read these "agitate" the water, and I assume that refers to the wheel causing gas exhange and subsequent increased CO2...

I have a 20 gallon tank that currently only has two residents: an albino oscar and a common pleco. I use tap water that I of course condition with chems first, and I am guessing it's very hard, because I always get a white crusty buildup on certain parts of the tank's outside (Calcium...