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Good evening all! I've had my newly cycled 75g tank up and running for about 2 months now. The tank is moderately planted, has lava rock and eco complete substrate. Just recently, I've had a fish pass on from sunken belly and a Ich outbreak. I originally treated the tank with API general cure...

Good evening all! I've had my new 75g hardscape planted tank up and running for about a month. It has been cycled and I have been slowly adding some fish. The one issue I have noticed is my plant growth or lack thereof. The plants were bought from a local vendor off of Facebook. The plants...

Good afternoon!! I just recently cycled my 75g planted aquarium. To make sure it was cycled,, I dosed a little ammonia at 3ppm and watched if drop to zero. I did a 50% h20 change and got the nitrates down to 20-40ppm. The nitrite was falling as well. I went out and got 5 neon tetras and one...

About a little over a week into my new planted tank and getting it cycled for fish, my plants have progressively gotten worse. Day 3 of the cycle, I over did it on the ammonia. Day 4 when I tested, it took a few water changes to get it down to 4ppm. Not sure if that caused this or not. The...

So after a little over 2 weeks of fishless cycling my planted aquarium, I came home this morning and it was cycled. Ammonia 0 Nitrite 0 Nitrate 40-80 I read that to be sure everything is ready for fish, dose to 2-4 ppm of Ammonia and after 24hrs, it should level back out. So I dosed back...

About a little over a week into my new planted tank and getting it cycled for fish, my plants have progressively gotten worse. Day 3 of the cycle, I over did it on the ammonia. Day 4 when I tested, it took a few water changes to get it down to 4ppm. Not sure if that caused this or not. The...

Cycling question So, I did a test on my water today on my planted aquarium. What should be my next step be or do I just wait it out 2/9 test results:(Tuesday) Ph 7.6 Amm 4.0 Nitrite 2.0 Nitrate 20-40...hard to pick one over the other 2/12 test results(Today) Pictured below Thanks in...

Good evening all!! I'm looking to purchase a 75gal glass tank and I've been looking for a stand. I came across this stand tonight and was wondering if it would be sufficient. My only question is would the smaller tank cause any problem? The weight wouldn't be evenly distributed across the...

Good evening all!! New to the forum and a beginner to the aquarium world. I've had aquariums in my family growing up and bought a small 2 gal tank a few years back for my kid but now we want to upgrade. I have a large spot in my basement family room that could use a nice aquarium in its place...