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Hey, everyone. I'm having issues with my tanks and I'm really hoping you guys could shed some insight on the problem. Tank #1 is a 20 gallon community tank with two air-driven sponge filters on a 40 gallon pump. Had 6 corydoras, 8 endler's, 3 nerite snails and a bunch of neo. shrimp. For...

Hey, all! I was incredibly lucky and managed to get my hands on an exo terra medium tall today for just 50 bucks. This is perfect for my goal of a paludarium, which I will work on bit by bit over a year or so. I'm currently mulling over how to stock the water portion. The water area holds...

I'm currently feeding my community tank with frozen bloodworms, tropical fish flakes, betta pellets and sinking wafers. During cycling, I had an outbreak of detritus worms that disappeared when the endler's hit the scene. I'm certain they ate them all. I'm looking into adding low-maintenance...

Howdy, fish fiends! I was hoping to get your feedback and expertise on something I've been mulling around in my head for a while. I love the idea of having a pond. Unfortunately, I'm renting, so that ain't gonna happen. Also, living where I do in Texas, there's only about 6" of substrate...

Hello, everyone! It's been a year since I started my first 20G and it's still going great. I've decided that it's time to add a second tank. A small 10 gallon betta tank, this time. It will just be a single male and a couple of nerites for housekeeping. It will be moderately to heavily...

Howdy, folks! After the success I've had with my 20 gallon, I'm looking to add another tank to my house. This time, a 10g betta tank. I'm currently in the process of deciding where to purchase a betta from. On the one hand, my chain LFS is cheap and convenient. On the other hand, they breed...

I'm coming up on a year since I started this journey and I've enjoyed it so much. I also greatly appreciate all of the guidance I've gotten here over the past year. It only seemed fitting to give an update to my 20G. Unfortunately, I can't reply to my old thread anymore, so it's time for a...

Hey, everyone. I'm sad to report that one of my cories is ill, but I'm hoping to get some guidance on treatment. I have 5 corydoras aeneus that I got on the 22nd, so a little under a week ago. I got 3 from Petco and 2 from Petsmart. They went into a 10 gallon QT tank as I assumed I would...

I posted this on my build journal, but figured it would be a good idea to make a dedicated post for it as well. I have a 10 gallon, bare bottom quarantine tank running with a double sponge filter. One of the sponges I swapped out with a sponge from my established 20 gallon. About 36 hours...

I was wondering if you guys could share some experience/opinions regarding feeding. For now, I will be housing male endlers, corydoras (either sterbai or bronze), and neo. shrimp. My first occupants (endlers) will be here next week. The foods I've already purchased are Hikari micro pellets...

Hey, guys! I've been cycling my tank since the middle of last month. I did my first readings on the 23rd; Ammonia .5-1.0 Nitrite 0-.25 Nitrate 0 Did a 25% water change on the 26th and there wasn't much change then. On Sept 1 I got in my ammonia and started dosing up to 2 ppm. I had been...

Hey, everyone! I've got some guests in my cycling tank that I'm curious about. I know why I have them, I know how to get rid of them and I know they are likely harmless, but I was wondering if I could get a positive ID. I'm thinking Oligochaete worms, possibly Chaetochaster diastrophus? They...

Howdy, everyone. I've run into an annoying snag while my tank is still cycling. I have a fairly straight forward siphon with an extendable tube. Or should I say, had. I use black diamond blasting sand substrate and it's light enough to get drawn up into my siphon. I know that a more narrow...

Hey, guys. I'm still waiting for my 20g long to cycle. This is my first tank and I'm still very much a newb. I'm using two sponge filters with a 40g air pump and airline valves. They are both blowing good bubbles and creating surface current, but how do I know if they are filtering? My...

After doing my preliminary water tests, I've determined that pepper cories are sadly unsuitable for my tank. My water is too alkaline, too hard and too warm. That said, I still want cories and have narrowed down the species to what would suit my parameters, but I wanted to get some opinions...

I've been looking around for fertilizer solutions and have determined that liquid ferts are probably my best bet. Here's my specs: 20g long, cories, endlers and RCS. Will be moderately planted with java fern, java moss, anubias nana petite, dwarf hairgrass, bucephalandra and frogbit...

Alright, so I've been doing my research, but I'm still unclear about the topic of root tabs. I have a 20g long, using black diamond blasting sand substrate. Low-tech with a BeamsWork EA FSPEC light. Hard scaped with dragon stone and mopani. The tank will be moderately planted with anubias...

I've had my 20G long tank set up completely dry and empty for days and have been monitoring the temp with this thermometer. It's been holding between 75 and 78 which seemed perfect for the fish I'm considering (endlers, pepper cories and RCS). I filled the tank today to test all of my gear...

I'm looking to buy easy plants for a 20g long. Since I'm just starting out with my first tank, I'm not confident enough in my abilities to keep things alive to justify a hefty price tag. Sellers like Tunamanphd have quality stuff and I'll likely go that route later on, but for now, I'm being...

Alright, so I'm going to assume that what I'm thinking of is probably a bad idea, but I wanted to check in here before nixing it. I'm going to have a 20g long main tank and a 10g quarantine tank that I may also use to split or propagate plants or give bullied fish a break, etc. The 20 will...

Hey, guys, I had some questions about when/how to plant my tank. Is it much easier to plant the tank dry, get everything where you want it and then flood it? Not so much a dry start as just being able to put everything in place more simply. I know how to plant things. Attach with thread...

I figured I may as well start a thread for this that I just update as I go. I'll include links of where I got things if anyone wants to do similar things. I did a lot of research into affordable, trustworthy sources. Items already obtained will be marked with * Tank *20 gallon long...

I'm currently working on getting my first tank up and running. It's a 20 gallon long and will end up fairly heavily planted. It will be housing Endler's, pepper cories and neo. shrimp. I was wondering about adding just one larger, peaceful fish for a bit of flash. Something that wouldn't...

OK, so, this is a silly thing to make a thread about, but I'm excited anyway. My hardscape is coming today! After the ridiculous amount of research that went into what to get and why, I'm stoked to have it finally come in. I live in Texas. We have very hard water. While I carefully went for...

I've been doing research into Endler's and trying to decide where to get them and what type I would like. Unfortunately, there seems to be a lot of murky information out there. I think it would be best for me to go for just males in the beginning. We'll see if that ever changes. With that in...