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Hello, I'm seeing the beginning signs of hair algae. It is just starting. Is there anything I can do to kill it before it takes over the entire tank? here is my info on the tank: 20 G Long tank. substrate is is Fluval stratum monte carlo carpet plant Co2 injection Residents: 8 rasboras...

Hi everyone, Today, I had one of "those" ideas and I wanted to pass it along to the experts to see what you have to say. I live in Denver CO, and the humidity is extremely low throughout the year (avg <45%). I have a 65G freshwater tank in my living room for 4 years and it was always...

Hi everyone, Why my honey gouramis die one after the other (one every 4-5 days)??!!!??? here is my tank setup. 65G planted tank with some amazon swords and melon swords. Eheim 4 canister filter. It's being running since the beginning of the year. I have a school of 8 harlequin rasboras, 14...

Hi everyone, I have a 65G tank with a base of eco-complete topped with Fluval stratum. A month ago I got some amazon swords and melon swords and they are doing well. I see new growth constantly, and the PH is around 7 or 7.2. I have Co2 injection which is exactly what plants are looking...

Hi All, I have a 65G with lots of plants (Amazon swords and hydrocotyles). The current residents are 8 Harlequin Rasboras 10 rummynose tetras 1 zebra loach (2 died). 8 large amano shrimps. I'm looking for a colorful fish that is larger than tetras or rasboras and can live in peace with the...

Hello, I have a 20G long shrimp tank. It's base is covered with monte carlo. I had some Amano shrimps and got 4 velvet blue and 4 yellow shrimps. NO FISH!! bit by bit, I noticed that the velvet blue and yellow shrimps are disappearing. I'm down to 1 yellow, and the Amano shrimps are still...

Hi, What is this algae and how can I get rid of it? it grows just as fast as I try to remove any of it. PLEASE HELP!!!

Hi all, I'm thinking of aquascaping a 4G nano tank (10'x 10' x 10') for my desk. It can't be any bigger as it will be sitting on my work desk and I need the rest of the real estate for my work. The tank will eventually hold shrimps and live plants, but I have some questions regarding the...

Hi all, I finished redesigning my 65G tank 2 months ago. It's a heavily planted tank with Ludwigia, Hydrocotyle, and Cabomba. I moved the original residence back in which is a school of 14 Rummy rose tetra and 6 glow rasboras. Recently I got 8 shrimps (velvet blue and Red Rili) to do the...

Hi everyone, I finally redesigned my 65G tank 3 weeks ago with lots of new plants. But some of the leaf tips are starting to get yellow. Based on the postings on the web, this usually means lack of nitrate. here is some info about the tank: Substrate is Eco-complete, covered with black sand...

Hi everyone, I aqua-escaped a 20G long tank with dwarf hair grass. I thought this plant would carpet and grow "quickly" based on what I heard from my LFS. But after 2 months, the grass is not really growing, and I'm getting some brown algae on some of them. can anyone suggest any ideas...

Hello experts, After 2 months of watching George Farmer you tube videos, I managed to start up my 20G long tank. I got dwarf hair grass with Co2 injections. 8 Amano Shrimps and 4 tetras. This is the first time I got tetras. They are not very active and tend to just sit around in a school...

Hi everyone, I'm starting a new 20G long tank and trying to aquascape it with river stones with some short plants which surrounds them. Attached are the designs that I have in mind, what do you think, and which one do you prefer? any additional tips are welcomed. Thank you,

Hello all, I have a slow plant growth issue in my tank. For a while, I've had crypts, and couple of melon swords in my tank. They are pretty established plants and keep growing regularly. But, recently, I've purchased some new plants for my tank, but they don't seem to be growing at all. I...

Hello all, I've noticed an oily film occurring on the surface of water and after doing some research, I figured I need to install a skimmer. I have a 65G show tank in my living room and I'm trying to reduce the number of power gadgets that I put my tank. 2 questions: 1) can I replace my...

Hi guys, I have an eHeim 4+ (350) canister filter for a 65G tank. I've noticed that the output flow gets reduced dramatically after 3 months of changing the fine filter pad. Is this normal? I can extend it, as a feature of the filter, but is it recommend it? -maz

Hello all, After a year of having a planted 65G tank with a community, I'm thinking of redoing the design and do more hard escaping (rocks). Naturally talking to the experts and getting their opinion is always good for a major project like this, specially since I've never done it before. So...

is this fin rot? I noticed it yesterday for the 1st time.

After 15 years of dreaming of having a fish tank, finally I ordered my 65G tank with a nice stand in Denver CO. Shortly after it arrived, I was excited to set it up, so I got a mix of sea chem flourite, medium and small size gravel and mixed it all up for a good substrate. I got an Eheim 4+...

Hi everyone, I'm trying to start a new fresh water tank and I've done a lot of research in stores and chatting with fish friends and reading books. I can say with certainty that the technology has changes since I had a tank 30 years ago :) I really want to have a successful tank, but I'm...

Last time I had an aquarium was over 30 years ago in my home country. I've been meaning to start a tank for 15 years, but moving around from NJ to San Francisco and then to NYC where the aquariums were bigger than most apartments caused some challenges. I finally planting my roots in Denver...