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Hi All, I'm in need for a new canopy. I've been on amazon can't find the right size. I bought the tank used I figured it would be easy finding a new one I was wrong. The tank is a 75g 48"L x18''W with center brace. The measurements of the lip for the glass to sit on is 22.18" x 16.5" All the...

I need some advice on getting rid of brown algae or should I say diatom if I spelled it right. I've had my tank almost 4yrs without having this stuff. I was told to have good water movement. I have a canister filter with the discharge at one end of the tank pointing to the other end. I also have...

Hi All, I'm having a problem with my Gold Doubloon Mollies pulling the leaves off of my Rotala Nanjensh and Hornwort. I've also been finding leaves floating around from my Moneywort. What I want to know is. Would algae wafers help to keep them from attacking the plants? I have too much money...

Hi All, I have a pair of anglefish for about a year now. Lately the male is bullying the female. She stays in a corner of the tank at the water surface. They are in a 75gal tank. I bought them because they stayed together at the LFS I know they are aggressive. I was thinking they won't fight...

Hi All, I have well water with very high ph and nitrate. So I've been using ro water for along time now. My plants started to look bad. I was told I needed to add nutrients to the water so I used seachem replenish. Now all my driftwood has white spots on it and I now have black fuzzy...

Hi all, I have a 75g freshwater that is well planted (about 30). 9 various tetras, 4 corys, 2 netrite snails and 1 fiddler crab. My problem is the plants seem to be dieing and I lost 3 fish in the last 2 wks. Ammonia is 0 ppm, nitrite 0 ppm, nitrate 40 ppm. ph is 7.4. I live in the country and...

Hi all, I have well water that has high ph and nitrate. I'm tired of fighting with this problem. My question is can I use purified water or would I be better off using chlorinated water and dosing it with seachem prime? John

Hi, I have a well planted 75g tank which makes it slightly hard to vacuum. I have 2 fiddler crabs, various tetras, a candy stripe and a cory cat. I want to get some nerite snails but worry that the crabs will make a lunch out of them. My water has no salt, I know the crabs are brackish but they...

Hi all, I was given 2 freshwater crabs and want to know the do's and don'ts. I have a 75g tank with 4 types of tetras, a cory cat and a candy stripe pleco. I was told that the crabs need a small amount of salt added to the water. Any help would be great. John

How important is water hardness? I purchased 10 oto cats Thur. but lost 6 already. I did a water check my ph was above 7.6 and nitrate was 80 ppm. Ammonia 0.25 ppm and nitrite 0 ppm. My ph normally is at 7.2 and nitrate is always high. My water source is 40 ppm I vaccumed the tank and cleaned...

I've been told from coworkers to dip my live plants in a 20:1 bleach bath. I don't like the sounds of that. I'm thinking more towards using hydrogen peroxide bath instead. I do my weekly water changes faithfully but still run into algae problems. I believe my well water is the problem. I no it...

Hey all, I have what looks like an oil slick on the surface of the water. I had this along with a bad case of brown algae I couldn't get rid of. Last weekend I stripped the tank scrubbed it clean with warm water and algaecide solution I even boiled the gravel. Now a week later the slick is...

I'm thinking about going to saltwater but I've heard it's hard to maintain.

I posted my algae problem before and was advised to spot treat with hydrogen peroxide. I ended up being stupid and spot treated too much and killed 12 fish. The algae turned red and I was able to get some of it off. Now it's back again. I don't want to tear down my tank and start from scratch. I...

Hi all, I have a moneywort that is now about 18" tall. I have noticed that there is something that is growing off the leaves. It's shaped like a tree branch and very thin. I tried getting a picture but the stuff is so thin I couldn't see it in the picture.

I have a 75g tank with about 50 plants and 22 fish and 6 dwarf shrimp. The plants don't look great but are growig. I use root tabs and API leaf zone. Could the tank not have enough co2?

I have 5 whisker shrimp in my 75g. I heard they're aggressive and will kill and eat fish. I haven't had a problem yet. Should I keep a eye out and do rolecalls often?

I went from deciding on a new light to finding that my fish have the ich ( white spots). HELP!

I'm looking to get a new light for my 75g. It has plants and fish. The plants need moderate lighting. I'm thinking of getting a LED do these give off enough light for the plants?

I just bought my first bristlenose pleco last week. I keep hearing about feeding them zucchini and other veggies but not how often.

Hi from a new newbie!