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So I'm curious what everyone's thoughts on this are. I've been looking locally for some GBR's and had no luck finding any in the surrounding area. I'm headed back home to western washington for a few days and know that some of the LFS's there carry GBRs. So my question is, would it be a bad...

Unfortunately none of my lfs's have any German Blue Rams or are expecting any anytime soon. Anyone know of a good place to buy German Blue Rams Online?

I've experienced cloudy water before, but I'm kinda stuck on what this one is. Little back story, I have a 20g planted tank that has been setup and going for a few months now. A little over a week ago I cleaned out some hornwort and cleaned off some of the green spot algae that had built up...

Was wondering if anyone had any Giant Bacopa (Bacopa caroliniana) they could part with? Thanks edit: filled thx

My tank is towards the end of it's cycle and I know it's not uncommon to see a diatom outbreak during such time. I've just never seen diatoms long and stringy before and thought I'd check to make sure it's not something else going on. I've been doing water changes and am going to start cutting...

Source water has high ph So my tap water is a little funky and its causing me a bit of confusion. It's ph out of the tap ranges wildly. Some days it comes out at 7.2 others it comes out at 8.4. After collecting some of the 7.2 water in a bucket and throwing an air stone in it for a couple days...

Was wondering if there were any local breeders of german blue rams? I've heard that its best to find a local breeder over going with those shipped in from Asia (injected with hormones, low life expectancy).

Been looking for this around town and haven't had any luck. Not looking for a ton of it, just setting up a new 20g. edit: Was able to find it from jetajockey! thx

Hey all, I've got a bit of a pickle on my hands and I'm not sure how to proceed forward. I am in the middle of getting ready for a move and will be moving to a smaller place that has no real room for my 20 gal. I've given all the fish away to friends but am facing some trouble trying to figure...

So over the course of getting a lot of different plant I manged to get pretty much every type of snail out there. I have been trying the lettuce leaf trick for a couple days but they don't seem to be attracted to the leaves. Are there any other tricks out there to get remove them? I want to...

So I think I probably know the answer to this, but I figured I'd ask just incase. I have a bunch of Hygrophila polysperma in one of my tanks and there are tons of roots sprouting up and down the thing. First, is it safe to just remove the roots? Second, is there any way to prevent them from...

So I intially got some dwarf sag but they didn't look right and were getting a little too large for the foreground. Next I tried out some Pygmy chainsword but they are getting too large for my foreground as well. Are there any other smaller grass like plants that stay small that I can use? I...

What is the smallest pleco you know of? I have heard of the bristlenose pleco, but was curious if there are any smaller ones available?

I like the look of most of the Val I have found, but they all seem to be really sensative to Excel. I was wondering if anyone knows of some alternatives that have a similar look, but not the weakness of getting destoryed when you dose excel. A few possibles I have found include, Hygrophila...

So my tap water is basically in the 0-1 GH/KH range. I'm debating whether or not I want to alter my GH and KH and I need some input. Since my water is so soft, I'm pretty sure i will need to add equilibrium/GH booster to make up the limited calcium/magnesium/etc that normally comes with harder...

I have been searching for Echinodorus Angustifolius for a few weeks (already asked in the barter/trade forum) and have yet to find a place to buy it. By chance, does anyone know of a place to pick some up?

I like this plant a lot, but all of the runners sent out from them seem to go above the ground! is this common for the plant? do I just need to show them deeper into the substrate?

Ok, so I have a long setup to all of this so bare with me. Last week I recieved my XP1 and hooked it up. I put my DIY co2 reactor on the output of the filter which oriented it incorrectly, but I have been too lazy to change it. A side effect of this is that a bubble builds up inside the reactor...

One of my GBR's has a white spot (about 1/2 a cm diameter) above his left eye. Unfortunately I have a crappy camera phone, but hopefully you can make out some of the pictures. I haven't dealt with many diseases, but my only guess is Ich. What would you guys recommend? Also, I'll be seeing...

If you have any available or know where to get some, please let me know. I actually have some stuff to trade so let me know if you are looking for something.

As I was reading an different thread, people mentioned they had a break in time midday to help prevent algae. This got me thinking and I'm curious if anyone has tried the following or has any input on it. The idea is to do 4 3 hour spurts of light with a 1 hour break in between each spurt. I...

I'm still cycling my 10 gallon (taking forever!) and have noticed some beard algae growing and taking up residence. Do Oto's eat it? or are there any other algae eater's out there that can make a snack out of it? I also plan to put MTS and either cherry shrimp or amano shrimp in the tank once...

Anyone ever try making one of these? Seems like it would be pretty straight forward, just find a piece of PVC big enough to fit your heater then cut a hole for the top of it to stick out and silicone/epoxy around the top.

So I finally made the jump and switched the HOB filter to an XP1 on my 20 gallon. I did have a few questions about how it is all setup though. First, it came with the packet of activated carbon but it doesn't look like there is room in the filter for it to fit with the foam pads (only for XP1...

OK, multiple questions here. 1. I have heard that adding Muriatic Acid stops this form happening by lowering the pH. Does this affect your tank pH? also how much do you add to the mixture (in my case a 8 oz bottle)? 2. If you already have had some growth in your bottle how do you get rid of...