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Hi everyone, I've recently switched up my tank from larger aggressive fish to having Discus. I currently have two Discus, 2 cory cats and a clown pleco in the tank which is a 55 gallon. I would like some other fish in the tank and everything I've read says that tetras are the best...

So i've got a question. I'll give my tank stats first and then launch into the question. Tank: 29 gallon rectangular tank with a marineland/penguin 200B filter, which filters up to 50 gallon. Black gravel substrate, driftwood and fake plastic plants. Also has an ornament aeration...

I did a full clean out of my tank on Saturday and all of the fish were doing well yesterday. I get home from work today and everyone is acting strange. They are sporadically darting all over the tank (but not rubbing themselves on anything). The smaller fish (barbs, platies, ram, etc) are all...

It's getting to be time for me to do a full tank clean and while I currently use sand in my tank i was thinking about switching to gravel. I currently have black Tahitian moon sand but was wondering what everyone else's opinion is on gravel vs. sand?

I've got a large angelfish who I've had for a little over a year now. In the last few days he's developed a growth under his eye and I'm not sure what exactly it is. I've taken pictures of it which I'll post below. I have a community tank, but none of the fish are really new additions. The...

I've got a 30 gallon aquarium that I'm running a Marineland Penguin 200B Power Filter on which is suited for 50 gallons. I've had it for roughly 2 years now and it takes the C size cartridges. My father has an older version of this pump (roughly 10 years old), which takes the same size...

Hi there, I'll start by giving my tank specs: Loki is in a 3 gallon eclipse biowheel system. The temp is at a constant 82, the tank is reading 0 ppm ammonia, 7.6 pH (my water for years has been very alkaline and it never bothers the fiish with frequent water changes), 0 ppm Nirites and 0ppm -...

I have two fish in my tank right now that are acting and looking a bit weird. One is a orange and white fantailed goldfish. He has a section on his back near his tail that looks like flesh, the way it looks if a fish gets bitten (but I dont really have anyone capable of biting). It's white and...

I have a 29 gallon tank that's filter with a Marineland Penguin Bio-Wheel 200b system. I've got the temperature set to 75 degrees, I use tahitian moon sand as substrate and have silk plants and driftwood in the tank. I keep community fish in it. My tap water is always very alkaline and this...

I put malaysian trumpet snails into my tank when i first set it up to reduce the amount I would have to stir up my sand substrate myself as I was new to the substrate and wanted to reduce as much work as possible. Now that I am comfortable with the sand, it is no work really to stir it up...

My oldest betta is looking very unwell all of a sudden. He's laying at the bottom gulping. He's laying more on his side, and he looks clamped but he has no stress striping. He was fine yesterday, and yesterday he and my other betta's fasted so he hasn't eaten in 24 hours and I'm not attempting...

I had a few MTS for my 29 gallon aquarium to help keep the sand substrate sifted up for me. There were about 8 that I "purchased" from the store. They've been in there for a few months now and I went to vaccum the sand a bit because i kept seeing white debris laying on the surface of the black...

Got some pics of my fish now that they have settled into their new tank :) I'm trying to get pictures of the others but they just don't stay very still :P

I've noticed this a bit ever since I set the tank up but it's becoming more pronounced. The water has a slightly yellow/brown discolouration to it. It's noticeable when you look at the tank but it's more noticeable when I do my weekly water changes. I have a very old piece of driftwood in...

My ammonia has dropped to 0, my Nitrites have spiked to 5, and my nitrates are going up and currently sitting at 10 :D woohoo I think I'm getting somewhere! So within the next week or 2 I should see increased Nitrates, and decreased Nitrites right?

I purchased a Python syphon to clean my aquarium, I used it once and put it into the tub to let the rest of the water drain. I forgot it and the next day my bf took a shower and left it IN the bath tub :confused: So now it's been covered in soap, ack. What should i use to clean it to ensure...

Well, the fishless cycle is in process but I just wanted to take some pictures to show everyone how I set the tank up :D I'll post more pictures once the cycle is over and there are some fish (hopefully) happily living in the tank. I'm thinking there is too much sand in there (it's isn't...

I've decided that I am going to use sand as my substrate in my new tank and am in the process of starting my fishless cycle. I want to have some trumpet snails to help sift through my sand, and I decided to look around and figure out where to purchase some of these snails once my tank is ready...

Well what can I say? I'm very glad to have found this forum, everyone has been so wonderful so far. So about me....well my name's Kristin, I'm 24 and been around aquariums my whole life but never paid much attention to them. When I moved out 2 years ago suddenly not having any fish around me...

I recently purchased my first aquarium since leaving home and I was interested in using sand instead of gravel. We always had an aquarium at home but it was gravel so neither my father nor I know much about the advantages and disadvantages of using which types of sand. I've read several pages...