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I have a 30 gallon tank with lots of rocks and hiding places. Originally I got 2 brichardi cichlids. Shortly after getting them there were lots of babies. About a year later one of the original parents and two of the juveniles are alive. Can I put other fish in here? More brichardi cichlids? I...

I have a 25 gallon tall aquarium with sand and large rocks to replicate a tanganyikan setup. The pH is about 8 and the water is pretty hard. I had two brichardis in there, both of which were about 2 inches long maybe. One was almost definately male and the other female. Today I found the female...

I recently moved my fish from a 10 gallon tank into a 20 gallon long. My fish include 3 platies and 10 harlequin rasboras. Any suggestions on other fish I could have? The tank is well filtered and has a sandy bottom with some small river stones and a few large rocks.

I haven't been posting on here in ages because I've been keeping Madagascar roaches for the last several months and don't have an aquarium. However, I miss aquariums and am considering getting a setup for a small colony of red claw crabs. I know people often keep these guys in tanks that are...

I have a 20 gallon long and I was thinking about putting a pair of masked julies in there by themselves. Any opinions? Can they have any other tank mates? Will they be boring in there by themselves? Advice? :)

I have an issue with hair/thread/possibly staghorn algae. My tank is 20 gallon long with the lights on 4 hours, off 4, on 4 and I do no use any fertilizers. I have a DIY CO2 setup which probably is mostly useless. My tank is not overrun by algae quite yet but its pretty bad and my hair grass...

so my hair algae problem is getting worse. I was advised to stop dosing nitrate (what I hadn't been doing anyway) and to start dosing with dry ferts to add phosphates and iron. Well I tried that and the problem got worse. The light are on 4 hours, off 4 hours, on 4 hours by the way. I just read...

So I found my gourami dead this morning. Sad. He was my showcase fish. Now I'm not sure what to do about it. I'm not sure why he died and I really dont want to medicate the entire tank unless I need to. I have a planted tank and at the moment I'm having an issue with hair algae. I really doubt...

So [anyone notice that I always start a post with "So"? I'm from Wisconsin :-p] a few months ago I got my first gourami. He's a gold gourami, about 3 inches long, and his name is Mr.Gourami-san. I have a 20 gallon tank and originally I got the gold guy and another blue gourami. Woops. They...

So I have a planted tank and it doesn't look very good. It'd my first planted tank so I'm still learning. I have an algae problem and it seems like my filters get super filthy quickly. I have to clean algae off the glass every week and all the leaves on my anubias are covered in a variety of...

So here's the story: I have a 20 gallon planted tank and I'm planning to get my boyfriend a kingsnake for his birthday. The snake will need a 20 gallon tank so I figured, I want to get a larger aquarium anyway so why don't I just use my current 20 gallon tank for the snake and then get a larger...

I have a 20 gallon long with medium lighting. I have dwarf hair grass in the front, an anubias, a tiger lotus, a couple blyxa aubertii and several anacharis growing in the back of the tank. The anacharis really aren't doing it for me as far as a background plant goes, so I was hoping for some...

So I bought a blue gourami today and a gold gourami. They're both male so I'm actually going to return the blue one tomorrow. I called the pet store and they only have males, so what should I do? Just return the blue one and only have one gourami? Are they ok by themselves? It'll be the biggest...

I have a moderately planted 20 gallon long on its way to becoming a fairly densely planted tank. Right now I have 2 female platys, 1 male platy, 2 otos, and 4 beautiful albino corys, plus a zillion snails of several varieties. So can I put more fish in here? Should I? Any ideas on what? As much...

So about a week ago I found a dead ghost shrimp. Then a few days later the bamboo shrimp molted and died a few hours later. The next day another large ghost shrimp molted and died. The pH is 7.6 and nitrates are at 0-5ppm. What might be the problem? Should I avoid buying more shrimp?

Ok, so as you can see in "MyTanks" I have a 20 gallon long and I have a bamboo shrimp, 3 platys and 5 (soon to be more) ghost shrimp. The entire front of my tank is being taken over by dwarf hair grass, and I suppose that may spread to the middle and back of the tank eventually. I also have a...

So today I'm planning to get a bamboo shrimp. I've been planning to get one for a long time and I was thinking about it last night when I went to bed. Well I dreamed that I got the shrimp and in the dream I was looking at it in my tank and I was concerned because it was crawling around at the...

I have a planted tank that is about a month old so I haven't been fertilizing yet because its not yet densely planted. I have a couple blyxa aubertii, several anacharis, a red tiger lotus, dwarf hair grass, and an anubias. Since I think most if not all of these plants are root feeders, will I...

So I have a pretty new planted 20gallon long. It's quite well filtered, lots of plants, a powerhead which I plan to remove. So, I currently have tons of snails, three platys, and 5 ghost shrimp. I have had about a trillion different ideas for who will eventually make up the community in this...

I got three platys about a two weeks ago maybe. I've been feeding them jungle brand antibacterial food mixed with the same brand antiparasitic food and they still have long stringy white poop. Any advice? These fish poop SO much. It rivals the goldfish I've had. I don't think I'm overfeeding...

I got a red tiger lotus bulb a few weeks ago and it is just now starting to come alive and sprout roots and stems. The thing is, its not rooted in the substrate yet, and I 've heard conflicting things about these plants. Just wanted to hear some opinions about this plant and your ideas on...

I have a 20 gallon long panted tank that has been set up for one week. My plants have been in there for exactly a week, with one 39 watt 10,000 k bulb and an actinic bulb, EI dosing and sand substrate. I just did the first 50% water change and I've discovered that algae has grown on my anubias...

I have a 20 gallon long with sand substrate and in a few months it should be pretty densely planted. I was originally planning to have rams but I'm having a hard time finding any good quality rams. I don't want to order any fish online so I'm trying to come up with another plan. I've never done...

Ok, so yesterday I fiiiiinally got my plants in the mail. I got two little pots of dwarf hair grass which I planted with no problems. I got an anubias that looks green and healthy as well. I also got a red tiger lotus that looks like someone pooped it out. It was basically a tangle of rotten...

What is the likelihood of a bamboo shrimp doing well in a fairly densely planted tank with a couple rams? This is the 20 gallon long medium light tank with DIY CO2. If they could survive with the rams, the only other concern I have is that the shrimp would be drawn to the powerhead to filter...