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I have recently being seeing a number of very small snails in my planted tank. They are about 1/8" to 3/16" long. I'm guessing they came in as eggs on one of the plants. I looked around on the net but couldn't find any info on any that looked like them. I'm trying to find out if they are...

While feeding the fish today I noticed white spots on a few of the black neon tetras and my male swordtail. Unfortunately it looks as though the tank has Ich. Because the tank is a planted tank with shrimp, I can't dose medicine (Cupramine) directly into the tank. This make things a little more...

Need help deciding what size filter would be best for my 29 gallon tank. I have read that you can never have too much water turnover but there must be a point when it becomes excessive/non productive. Also no need to pay more for filter media for a larger filter than what you can take advantage...

I'm currently in the planning and acquiring stages for a new 29g planted tank. As this is my first attempt at the use of live plants, I would like to keep it a low tech, easy to maintain approach. No CO2 for the time being. I have been doing some reading up on plant substrates and would...

I'm currently gathering equipment for a 75g planted tank set up. I eventually plan on making this tank a saltwater setup down the road. In acquiring the various pieces and parts that make a tank run, I've been trying to get things that I can use on both the FW and the SW tank. I realize that...

I just bought a 65 gallon tank by Aqueon and after doing some reading on the forum I maybe be better off with a 75 gallon tank. I plan on starting off the tank as a freshwater setup but eventually I would like to build a saltwater setup down the road. Petsmart has the 75 gallon on sale and...

Hello Everyone. My name is Pat. Just joined the forum. We currently have a 5 gallon tank whose occupants have out grown and will be setting up a new, larger tank. We will have tons of questions as we begin our new tank setup. Looking forward to participating with the rest of the forum.