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Hey guys, I'm getting out of the hobby. Here's the list of things I want to sell. I'm doing this by memory, so if I missed anything that I should have as a responsible fish keeper, let me know. Big things: (Local pickup/meetup only) 55 Gallon tank $40 20 Gallon tank $40 takes tank and...

Hey guys, long time no talk. I think the time has come for my time with aquariums to end. I just don't enjoy it anymore. I don't want to do the water changes, I'm sick of cleaning tanks (even though they didn't get that dirty), and I just don't want to do it any more. Plus, I'm not going...

Hey guys, long time no post. Need some advice. I have an RO/DI unit, but I conveniently forget to check it/shut it off when it's done, so it (often) overflows onto my basement floor. (No carpet thankfully). I'm getting really sick of either A. Watching it all the time, or B. Cleaning up the...

Hey guys, I recently had 2 danios and a bloodfin die. All three of them got REALLY skinny. They'd eat just fine, and they were all very active. I just woke up one day and found the to danios dead sucked into the filter, and one day the bloodfin was just floating, so I know they didn't get...

Hey guys. So, since I've set up the new tank, it's time for a new hood. Here's what I'm planning for light. This is for a planted tank, and I don't necessarily plan on using ALL of them, as I'm not sure how much light I need. Right now with the bulbs I have, it'd be 6 (or 7) x 12W = 72W over...

Hey guys, what plants aren't safe to use with excel. I've heard (and experienced) that anarcharis melts with excel, as do vals. Any other plants I shouldn't buy? Thanks.

Hey guys, I was just resealing my 12 gallon (and 55, but haven't started that yet), and my bottom frame pretty much just fell off. It was held on by some kind of black... either glue or sealant. I have GE1 to seal the inside of the tank, but what should I use to hold the frame on? I have...

Ooops, did I put 200, I meant 20, oh well, now that you're here you might as well look. :D Just finished the 20 gallon today. Stocking is 5 Bloodfins 3 Danios (Some sadly died a couple weeks ago) 2 Guppies (also some died, I've had them for about a year and I bought them from wal-mart, so...

Hey guys, I searched and found threads here and there about this, but I figured I'd make a concise thread. I just started hardscaping my 20 gallon today, and I was putting the 3 bags of fluorite that seachem suggested in, and it came out to about 5 inches of substrate!! This was obviously too...

As you may know, I'm stopping my BGA filled 12 gallon and replacing it with a nice new to me 20 gallon. I want to use the same filters, but don't want to cycle. How can I prevent the BGA from being transferred over? Should I just run maracyn through the tank before I put the fish in? Or even...

I've decided that I'm going to document my victory over algae so the world can see my truly wonderful accomplishment. So, I'll start from the beginning. The takeover of the algae started when I brought my tank home from college. It had a very small start. Initially I thought I could fix the...

Hey guys, I was in the market for another filter since mine was on the fritz the other day, and I ended up buying a fluval... C2? (I think that's what it's called). Anyway, I wanted to share my experience. Yes, it is a little more expensive than the ACs. For me, it was about 7 bucks. At...

Ugh, algae... when isn't it a problem? So the question is, how do I remove fuzz algae from my plants like anarcharis and fanwort? It doesn't seem to like to come off. Also, I'm confused as to whether it is hair algae, or fuzz algae? It LOOKS like the fuzz algae pictured in the greater...

Hey guys, quick question. A couple of times now, whenever I've unplugged my AC20, it didn't turn on when I plugged it back in. The impeller just wouldn't turn. I had to take the actual pump off of the AC20, rinse it some, then it would work. Today it apparently just turned off period. I...

Phew... So I woke up this morning, checked my e-mail etc, fed my betta and two guppies in QT, then decided to go downstairs. As I'm walkin down the last few steps, I turn the corner into the living room (where my 12 gallon is), and I hear a freaking waterfall of water. I was like OH ****. I...

Hey guys, in chat the other day I came across this article. The guy seems to know what he's talkin about, and apparently he's done some scientific tests on many fish foods. Definitely worth a look. Apparently I already bought a great food! But also feeding the same thing every day isn't...

Watchin my tank today, I noticed a overly chubby danio. I wanted to know if I should be expecting soon. It's swimming around fine... How do you sex a zebra danio? Is it by the shape of the anal fin? (Apparently not by the Aquarium Atlas, it says... "Sexually Mature females are larger with...

So I was testing the water in my tank today, and I saw a mini snail along the top of the water on the glass! I tried to take a pic... of course it's horrible, but the snail is about 1/4 inch long (maybe a bit shorter). I couldn't see what the shell looked like cause it was RIGHT under my tank...

Hey guys, I don't know what's going on with my fishies... All of a sudden, today, two of my guppies (from the same tank at the LFS, bought them a couple weeks ago), are staying near the top of my tank. It doesn't LOOK like they're gasping for air, but since I started CO2 I guessed that's what...

Alright guys, I asked this in chat last night, but didn't get an answer. I have little TINY things free floating in my tank. At first I thought it was free floating hair algae, but I was told that it's not likely to be free floating, and there is a TON of this stuff. It just looks like little...

Hey guys. I should have known I'd be getting myself in to this when I bought plants. They grew so well, until they used up all of the nutrients in my tank...:( My nitrates are constantly 0 (why am I complaining about this again?), and my plants have stopped growing or even pearling. I use...

I did a pretty serious tank rearrange today (I get bored easily), and it was so funny. As soon as I closed the lid, all of my fish, the danios, the bloodfins, and the guppies swam around together for 5 minutes. They were almost schooling. They just swam around in a big ball. It was...

Yes, I know most of us use mopani driftwood in our tanks, but have you ever seen it used outside of an aquarium? It's gorgeous. Look at the blocks (and what looks like a box) on this site. Mopani Turning Blanks & Pen Blanks | Exotic Wood / Lumber, West Penn Hardwoods I'd love to have...

Hey guys. Recently I've been researching what my fish like to live in water hardness wise. Here's what I've found.. First number is dGH from Baensch Aquarium Atlas Volume 1, second is GH/KH from the API GH/KH test kit, and third is a KH suggestion from live aquaria. Guppies: 10-30, 4-8...

I remember reading someone else's thread where an alien themed tank was briefly mentioned. (I'm stealing a lot of ideas from it) Anyway, I was thinking that I'd do one eventually. What I was thinking was to use black substrate (gravel probably), and somehow try to have light come up from...