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Ok, have a 20gal tall tank fully planted which is emiting a rather disturbing "fishy" smell and I'm hoping someone can tell me why. Currently has 3 chinese algae eaters, 1 rubber nose (about 2 inches long), 6 black widow tetras, 1 dwarf gourami, and 6 zebra danios. Other than that there's...

Alright, I have two tanks side by side, one a 20 gallon (tall I think, it's 23.5" in height) and a 10 gal. Their tops are even (with a support under the 10 gal.) 20 gal has: A stand of Bacopa moineri, several Vallisneria (or maybe sagitaria subulata. Sold as Val, but hard to...

Hi, Im wondering if there are any plans out there for making a DIY heater. I need something that will go into a relatively shallow container with curved sides (so it can't be easily attached in the usual way). Anyone?

Need a little help trying to figure out what is wrong with this fish. Its a female dwarf gourami that basically looks like she was pumped up like a balloon. Completely puffed up. Has been getting bigger and bigger last couple days, now looks like she swallowed a marble. Swims and behaves...

I spilled about half a bottle of soda water into my aquarium and the fish have all gone nuts (possibly lost all of them. :( ) what the heck happened? I read the ingredients and all it says is that there is CO2 and sodium bicarbonate. Considering that less than 1L fell into a 20gal. tank I...

Ok, Im asking this in a couple of forums hoping someone can give me an answer. I want to stick an aerator hooked up to an air pump into the CO2 reactor in a DIY yeast CO2 generator to oxygenate the yeast mixture. The reason for this is that in an aerobic yeast mixture the result is Carbon...

Ok, might be a total newb question, but can Carbon (as in the stuff from the filters) be used to control the acidity of a DIY CO2 generator, and thereby extend its useful life? Or would it affect the yeast somehow? I know that carbon has been used for a long time to "leech" impurities and excess...

A while back Im positive I read of a fiberglass filter medium sold for home use (eg: for air filters) that could be used in aquaria. Unfortunately I don't remember where, or which brand it was, nor what to look for. The benefit was simply cost, since you could get it for far less than what the...

Early last summer a good friend and I were talking about making a local biotope style aquarium using local fishes and plants. So off we went to a local creek and obtained a few small specimens including one baby carp. Long story short, aquarium didnt happen and I returned all fishies back to...

Ive noticed that there is a predominence of a red clay type soil about where I live. Im told that there was a factory that made bricks for many years not too far away, which used this clay in the process. Now, Ive been told that laterite is a redish clay like substance, so Im wondering if this...

ok, if a small school of Black widow tetras in a 20gal planted aquarium. Everything Ive read online says that they are relatively peacefull schooling fish. But mine seem to be displaying particularly aggressive behaviour. They charge each other and "flash" (that is, they sort of sideswipe each...

Hi, Im trying to find anyone willing to sell/trade plants in Hamilton, Ontario area. I'm specifically looking for foreground, low level plants as none of the local retailers carry any, and can't seem to find any canadian etailers. Any help on this would be great. Thanks.