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haha, is this even coral? help me out, buds...

i made a post a while ago about crushed coral being used as a natural pH up, and tried to read all the posts i could about it. what i read was that the crushed coral acts as a buffer to the acid; a buffer doesn't change pH though, it just makes pH more STABLE --- much more difficult to CHANGE...

my 10g tank is soon to be empty and i'd like to make it into a palaudarium if possible. i would put something like neon tetras in for a small school and a crab or something that would have the land/aquatic capabilities. is this too small of a tank to make a palaudarium? i know it will greatly...

my dechlorinate is smelling funny. i haven't had it for that long, and i can't seem to find an expiration date, but it smells vaguely like a skunk. i believe it's working since i did a water change over the weekend and my fish don't seem any different, however i have been having HUGE pH...

i know that blackboard chalk (uncolored) is calcium carbonate. i can i used crushed up CHALK to regulate my pH? i have read past threads and like so many others, mine has crashed considerably (tank has been established over a YEAR with no problem EVER). i have checked my county's water report...

have been looking into turning my 10 gallon tank brackish, but i think the only suitable tankmates are bumble bee gobies, is this correct? i know scats, mono's , and archer fish get MONSTROUS. i have read a few blurbs about people having other kinds of gobies in their brackish tanks. is this...

i'd like to move my otocinclus from my 10 gallon (planted) to my 30 gallon (unplanted). i hate to say that i had 2 oto's but one a few weeks after i bought him; i know they can be difficult to acclimate. the pH, NH3, and temperature are identical in both tanks. the nitrates are slightly...

my 30 gallon's lighting is shorting out. i turn it on and SOMETIMES used to give a TICK TICK and then the light would turn on. now it is flickering ALL day long, i think my fish are going crazy : ( . when the light goes off, i hear the same TICK , then the light goes off for 1-2 seconds, then it...

augh, i'm back after months of hiatus status. OKAY. i used to have 2 gold gourami's (months ago). the bigger one would bully the other one, poor thing. my tank eventually (somehow) developed some unsavvy water conditions and the smaller, bullied gourami died =( ... after he was gone, the BIGGER...

hey guys, i made a post regarding my fish disappearing and cannibalism! i got some water tested the other day and my ammonia is VERY HIGH. my rams are doing okay (surprisingly) and i haven't lost anymore fish... but what do i do? do you think that the ammonia was caused by the rotting fish? or...

i do'nt know WHAT is going on in my tank. last week i noticed that one danio and one tiger barb were MISSING from my tank... looked around, didn't see them... did a water change, uprooted ALL plants (plastic).. couldn't find them ANYWHERE... checked around the tank.. no jumpers. WHAT IS GOING...

hey guys, any help on this will be greatly appreciated. the filter in my 30 gal is not working well. i got it on october (came with my setup); it's a tetra whisper 30... i know it's not a GREAT filter, but it definitely shouldn't have just broke after 6 or so months... right? i mean, it WORKS...

please please please. whoever wants them, email me with how many you want (i have TONS), tell me how to pack them so they won't die in transit, and they're YOURS! they're starting to smell up my room. EW!!!!!!!

not sure if i should be posting in "unhealthy fish" or not! does anyone have blue german rams that have turned blackish? you know when tiger barbe get older that start to turn that black in between their stripes? it's happening to the right side of my female blue german ram and i think she is...

somebody please take some of my MTS. they are taking over my tank ! i should have never gotten them from the store; i can't even feed them to my puffers for fear of their teeth cracking! every night i have the boyfriend in the middle of the night dig more snails out and they are currently being...

in both of my tanks (planted/non planted), i ONLY have red/brown algae --- nothing green! my oto takes care of it for the most part, but why is this? i read that it was due to too MUCH light perhaps? why dont' i have any green algae? aren't "algae blooms" green? is that what you guys refer to...

hi friends, i was keeping a ghost shrimp in my tank for a few months (when i got him, he was one of the biggest in the tank at the LFS) . he kicked the bucket yesterday after looking like he was on his way out for a few days. it looked like his front legs had given out .. he wasn't swimming and...

THANKS to everyone that gave me live plant advice... my 10 gallon is INSANE. i'm cutting the green hygro every three days because it is growing like a WILDFIRE! with the flourish, CO2, and trying to keep my (2wpg) lighting on for about 12 hours a day, the tank has turned into a jungle in 2...

is anyone in the LA area interested in plant cuttings? my 10gal is growing faster than i can cut it! i have green hygro (i think-- bought it labeled as indian water star), and something that looks like sunset hygro? (bought it from petco unlabeled). i can take some pictures if anyone is...

hi friends, i recently set up my live plants, and they're doing alright. i've had them for about a week and have noticed my ciliata growing already, but the other plants i haven't noticed much growth. i haven't started any supplements, however i'm planning to buy flourish tomorrow. is it also...

tried to search the threads, guys, but i couldn't find anything that helped me... i see some rust colored red algae(?) on the top of a few of my tall plastic corkscrew vals --- is it really red algae? i do'nt suspect that anything in my tank will Eat it. should i just scrape it/wipe it off? what...

hi friends, i bought a 10g tank which im' planting soon enough--- i just set up the tank and i realize that it didn't come with a glass hood/covering/protector thing. is this necessary? why wouldn't it be included? it's an incandescent hood, hwoever i'm using compact fluorescent bulbs on it. it...

do 36" INCANDESCENT hoods even EXIST? the largest i can find is 30" and that , surprisingly, was at petco! i can't find ANYTHING online... (the 30" was $35-40... can't remember) the reason i ask was for my (possibly future) planted 29gal planted tank.... the lighting now sucks so i was planning...

hi guys; i've posted something related to this in the PLANTED tanks forum, however i guess i just have to say what my full intention is with my tank and take it from there. my current 29gal tank has gravel for substrate and fake plants. the gravel isn't the finest that is made... each pebble is...

does anyone in the LA area want 10 silver tipped tetras? i feel bad returning them to the LFS and have grown semi attached to them, however i really want to make room in my tank for some new inhabitants that i want to introduce. i'd feel more comfortable if i know an experienced hobbyist would...