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Hey guys. Winter is creeping up slowly (its already around 65 degrees right now at the end of August--much to my dismay) and I was wondering how everyone here combats humidity from their fish tanks? When I moved home for the summer (which will now be an extended stay till January) we saw a...

Quick question: the lfs that normally carries the german blue rams got in a group of what I thought were male german blue rams, but after observation I believe they are the long-finned german blue rams. Now im getting conflicting info on the web-are these just a variation of the german blue ram...

I brought this up in the thread about my 55 gallon tank but I wanted to run this by a few people first. My anubias frazeri hasnt been doing so hot lately. One of its leaves started to yellow not too long ago. Now im at the point where that leaf is almost completely dead (the leave went brown...

Was at the lfs awhile ago and saw a fish that was identified as a "tiger tetra". It looked pretty cool so I came home and began searching for information on a tiger tetra. My search was fruitless, except when I found that "tiger tetra" was a nickname for another species of fish: Hoplias...

Well things had been going well with my tank-stable pH, cycle ended, added more lighting, etc. I decided to leave for vacation for a few days with the family. To ensure the months work wasnt all for naught, I had the gf run by the house a few times to check on the tank and my lizard...

Been cycling my 55g for over a month now, and my cycle is whack. I seeded the tank to begin with and showed high ammonia, mild nitrites (0-.5ppm) and low nitrates. After a few days every test was high. After around 2 to 3 weeks ammonia started to drop from around 8ppm to 1ppm until it spiked...

I'd like to know if there is a safe way to slowly lower the pH in one of my aquariums. My tap water comes out around 7.2 and the same pH exists in my 20 long. I think it is this high pH here that has now caused my tiger shrimp to stop breeding since i moved home. I know c02 already lowers pH as...

Alright I tore apart my hood and found it is using a Robertson S40BP ballast. The ballast says it is for use with one 30,32, or 40watt bulb. Now the bulb originally being used was a GE 40watt T12. Online ive found that this ballast will support 1 F30T8, F30T12, F40T12, FC12T9, or FC16T9. The...

Alright my 55 gallon tank has been cycling for over a week now, but my water parameters are whack. When the tank started my ammonia was around 4-8ppm, nitrites .25ppm, and nitrates about 10ppm after a few days. Today its at ammonia 4-8ppm, 1ppm, and nitrates =>40ppm. I only took a small...

Hey got a quick question on how to spread this plant. I got a bunch about a week and a half ago and Im just curious how to spread this plant out. The batch I got had some rotten stems on it but on the tips ive now got several bright green new shoots growing off. When would be the best time to...

Just got back from the lake this weekend and looking at my tank i found it has developed a thin scum/debris layer on the top of the tank. The tank has a small current in it but certain areas of the tank have a still surface. Any thoughts on how to clean it off? I have the spraybar on the...

Well ive been working on the stand all week and been gathering supplies to set up the tank and now it is finally done. Few pics of what all I nabbed at that garage sale, the setup, and finished project. The stand was homemade for anyone that wants to see how I did that link...

I have pool filter sand at the ready but i want to add a layer beneath the sand that is a litte more nutrient rich so I dont really have to dose ferts that much. I know flourite is good but isnt it essentially a hard form of clay gravel so to say? If so is it possible to use clay extracted...

Can I get an ID on this guy? pet store by my house said its a cobra pleco but I cant find a thing online about it, so im assuming its a mislabel...any help would be great as I love the look on this guy and would love to get him but i want some info on it first

Well now that im home and have a lot more free time ive started to set up my 55 gallon aquarium. Needed a stand tho and since i really didnt feel like spending a hundred bucks for one my dad and I built my own in the last day or so. Pictures should help show what we did but I can explain...

Alright found an add in my paper selling some aquarium stuff so I went to go check it out. Heres what I got: Rena Filstar XP3 canister filter (working) Marineland Penguin 350 Bio-wheel filter (needs repair) 2 heaters im guessing about 100 watt (working) 2 Aqua Clear power filters for 20-35...

Well I return home this weekend which means I will begin setting up my new 55g aquarium. Now im still a little ways out in deciding what stock to get but I was curious if it would be possible to mix yoyo loaches and a pair of pictus and/or striped raphael catfish? I only have 3 yoyos at the...

I know a thread was started awhile ago about how red tail sharks and rainbow sharks are more scavengers and that its not a big concern if you dont see them eating. However my shark has begun to look considerably skinnier and unhealthy and is a weaker swimmer now then before. Im not sure what...

Well this is the second time this has occured to me. I had a berried tiger shrimp and now she has released her eggs...however there is no trace of any offspring in the aquarium--its like she released the eggs and that was it. No baby shrimp in the tank at all. Any idea where they went???

Hey im probably going to start stocking my 20 gallon long tomorrow and I have a few questions. First, could i mix some yoyo loaches and a queen/bengal loach? The fish store near me has some juvi yoyo's, but they also have a single bengal loach ive seen there for several weeks and wonder if i...

Any advice on raising baby zebra shrimp? I have a female that is berried at the moment and would like to keep them alive

I am currently cycling a new tank and want to get a few loaches for it. The three species im looking at are dario botia, stratia botia, and botia almorhae (or bengal, zebra, and yoyo loaches). Is there any particular positives and negatives to each or are they all about the same? ( i read...

I need a medication for velvet that wont kill my inverts. Ive been fighting this for a month with heat and it wont go away. It hasnt been getting worse but wont improve either--I might have misdiagnosed but the fish flash and there is a gold coloration around their gills but no other symptoms...

I was at one of my lfs's today and saw they had two catfish that they labeled as golden pictus catfish (or at least i believe thats what they called...definately a variation of a pictus catfish they said). It looked like a pictus but a little smaller than most stores and had a marbled...

Finally got my 55g and im beginning to set it up. I am unsure what type of filter to get for it though. It came with an undergravel but i was leaning more towards a HOB filter (dont really want to dish out a hundred bucks for a canister). Any brand or type that you guys recommend? I am planning...