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Anyone able to help me learn what this rust colored algae is on my plants and decorations and how to fix it?

I changed the substrate in my tank from gravel to sand over the weekend. I realized I may cause a mini cycle doing it and I have. This morning I had nitrites at 0.25 and ammonia at 0.25. So I did a 25% water change and dosed the tank with Prime. Now today after work I'm at roughly 0.5 nitrites...

I hope I have this in the right thread.... Ok. I'm doing it! I'm going to plant my tank LOL. I'll be honest, it's a little intimidating to me only because I'm bad with plants but I'm hoping maybe it won't translate to aquatic plants. :). However, I need help. I'd like to not have to 100% redo...

I have 7 black skirt tetras and now 11 red minor tetras. My black skirt tetras had nipped fins and I thought the red minors were doing it and so I increased their number from 5 to 11 to help. Now I'm noticing the black skirts nipping each other and bullying each other. I can't tell if the red...

I started with 3 panda corys with the intent to get several more fairly quickly. One was super duper active and happy. The first night one disappeared (I fear he was eaten) and one died. I tested the water, made a few very minor adjustments being way overly cautious and the tank seemed fine...

A chemist friend of mine created a spreadsheet to help me calculate the amount of ammonia needed to dose a tank. I posted it for someone here in a different thread but I thought I'd share it to help others too. I'm going to code the variables with letters to make it easier. Here is the...

My pH has crashed. Any suggestions? Tank is newly cycled. I'm putting fish in it this weekend unless I can't get this fixed before then.

I have a Fluval Aquaclear 110 power filter. It hangs on the back of my tank. I've never had a filter like this that has 3 components, foam piece, carbon, and biomax. I've read many varying opinions on how to care for these filters and I honestly am at a bit of a loss. The instructions say to...

I have a new 65gal tank I'm currently cycling and I've been curious about adding live plants. I had a few questions from all the experts out there... I have about 4" of gravel in my tank. Will plants grow in that? I was afraid to bite off too much at once with being a beginner with all this...

I'm almost a month in on a fishless cycle for my 65gal tank and I'm stalled big time. I've looked on many articles and threads trying to figure out what to do. I'm just unsure where to go from here. My nitrites are off the chart. I've done multiple PWCs and the last time it was a full change...

Hello! I'm not new to fishkeeping but it's been a VERY long time since I've had a tank. I'm currently struggling big time with a fishless cycle on my 65gal freshwater tank so I thought I'd join a community and learn :) I look forward to getting to know everyone!