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Its a low tech setup. The only thing I'm using right now is aquion plant food. I've ordered some flourish excel. Sent from my XT1097 using Aquarium Advice mobile app

Plants Growing Fast But Not Thriving Hello, I'm having an issue with the plants in my tank. I have both anachris and a temple plant in my tank and they both seem to be having the same issue. They are growing well and fast, but everything besides the new growth seems to be dying. I have the...

Hello, Recently I discovered that one of my new angel fish has a slight fungel infection. I went to go set up my ten gallon as a hospital tank but when I filled it up with water I noticed there were numerous millimeter worms swimming through out the water. The tank had been left dormant with...

In my situation, the silicon is the best culprit. Due to the fact that the health of my fish improved immediately after the background was removed. Also, the plant in the upper left is fake and came from Petsmart Sent from my XT1097 using Aquarium Advice mobile app

Ok so in the little free time that I have, I've been working on removing the toxic silicon from the slate. I'm finding that there's a chance I might be leaving behind trace amounts. Could this present a problem? Should I start from scratch? Sent from my XT1097 using Aquarium Advice mobile app

I plan on keeping it the same. I'll just scrape away the bad silicone and replace it with the appropriate stuff. I might change the layout a little bit though.

Here's a picture of what it looked like while it was still in the tank. I bought the tile from a local flooring store. I then used a hammer to chisel the edges to give them a more natural look. When applying them to the plastic backing I raised them in a checkerboard like pattern to give it more...

Here's a picture of it while it was still in the tank. I just bought slate tile from a local flooring place. I then used a hammer to chisel at the sides to give them a more natural look. When applying them to the plastic backing I raised the tiles in a kind of checker board pattern to give it...

Upon closer inspection of tube of silicone I'm sorry to announce that I was in fact using GE Silicone II which is harmful. Before embarking on this project I did as much research as possible so something like this would not happen. When I went to the store and bought the silicone, I knew which...

I have a 55 gallon established freshwater community aquarium. Recently I decided that I wanted to upgrade by making my own DIY background out of slate floor tiles. I cut a piece of plastic wall paneling to the size of my aquarium and I used that to silicone (100%) the pieces of slate tile to...