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I have a little 10G tank that I decided to use as a place to get plants established that are getting destroyed by loaches. I didn't want to spend much energy on it, so I have placed it outside. It has 50/50 laterite/pool sand, a AC20 filter, and a bunch of snails. I live in San Diego, so it's...

Didn't know where else to put this. It's not mine, but it's amazing! http://knuttz.net/hosted_pages/Home-Aquarium-20061031

I have a small planted tank with too many snails. I don't want to add anything like a loach because the tank is at capacity and the old cucumber-bait trick works OK, but not great. I'm hoping for a change that will make the environment inhospitable to their proliferation. I don't mind them, I...

Hi All, I am cutting back on my tanks from a 30G and a 5G to one 55G. The 5G has had two bumble bee gobies. I am thinking about selling them, but that can be a hassle and I really like the fish. Might they do ok in my 55G shown here? I think they are large enough to avoid being eaten by...

I am upgrading to a 55gal. It will be planted if that makes any difference. My present Aquaclear HOB is wonderful. I almost never have to buy anything for it. I just rinse and go. Can a canister filter get to the same point of not needing to replace anything but the occasional carbon?

This is my 30G hex with way too many fish, including a 12"+ pleco who is heading off to Craig's List soon. The plants are powered by a DIY CO2 system made from 2, 1 liter Erlenmeyer flasks, a tube and a powerhead. I have an Aquaclear 70 filter augmented with a little filter floss for polishing...

I want to do a significant rearrangement of my 30g planted hex. I know this isn't a problem in itself, but I want to replace the substrate. There is small gravel there now and the plants are doing OK, but I need something deeper and I want something richer and darker colored. I have fluorite...

I have a Celebese Halfbeak, one of my favorite fish. He will eat frozen brine shrimp and frozen bloodworms fairly readily, but he has to be "hand fed" through a pipette/eye dropper. Does anyone have any advice about what to feed this guy and how much? I want to diversify the diet a little...

So I have started a 6G brackish tank. I love it. Three Bumblebee Gobys and a Celebese Halfbeak (colors became much better when I switched him over to the salty environs). I am trying to make about 5 gallons of brackish water at once: about a 1.002-4 density. Then I do small PWCs with it...

1~What type of fish is afflicted? In addition, please describe what is wrong with the fish to the best of your ability. My mollies are, one-by-one, experiencing a progressive paralysis that eventually kills them by starvation or suffocation. 2~What are your tank parameters (ammonia, nitrites...

A couple weeks ago, my Java Fern started putting out root-like structures from its leaves. Eventually they detached. I thought I would leave them in there a while to see what happened. Nothing did. They just got stuck in my filter. I know ferns reproduce in odd ways, so I was hoping this...

So I have this little Eclipse 3gal I planned on using as a hospital tank/nursery. It's not working out for that at the moment, so I thought I could put some of my clippings there to start a plant nursery and experiment in DIY CO2 generation. The CO2 setup is just sugar, water, and baker's...

My tank is pretty cloudy with what I think are just waste, plant parts, and other organics. I have a Whisper filter rated for about 50gal in my 30gal hex. I have taken the sticky's advice and eliminated the carbon and now have some filter floss. How should I use it most effectively? Can I...

I need to save as much money as I can in purchasing an 96W 18" Power Compact light. Where's the best place for such a thing? (I am willing to put it together myself if need-be) I'm thinking 96W will do me fine. I have a 30gal hex that needs good light penetration to get my plants going. I'm...

I have a 30gal hexagonal tank with many tropicals in there: platies, a pleco, mollies, two corys, two clown loaches (although I never see them), danios, and glo-lite tetras. I have four plant species. I don't know what any of them are. So far I have been able to give them a plant food put...

I wasn't planning on a full-fledged hobby. Well, here I am and this is so COOL. I have a 30gal. hex tank (a shape I am now regretting a bit). I have 4 species of plants and too many fish: 10 platies, ~20 mollies (livebearers are becoming a problem), two clown loaches, a common pleco that's...