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I'm going to be upgrading to a 185g tank and need to know what's the best, more efficient filtration to use on a tank this size. I'm keeping SA cichlids and some catfish. Right now I have a 55g tank with two Penguin 350 filters which is obviously not going to be sufficient enough. Also what's...

I have two green severums that are breeding. The female laid eggs and the male has successfully fertilized them. Is it ok to do a PWC? the ammonia level is a little high

I just purchased an adult green severum on Friday and he's only eaten one time since I got him. I've fed with the lights off every time and even backed away from the tank after dropping the food in. He was fed pellets with no problems in his old tank, but now he won't eat anything except the...

I got a new male green severum today to hopefully pair up with my female. He's an adult about 9" where my female is only about 5". Everything seems ok so far and hopefully will be for good. I have them cramped in a 29g tank for tonight but I'm upgrading everything to a 55g tomorrow. I'll post...

I'm just looking for more ideas on what to feed my severum. I'm currently feeding mostly Sera San flake food, and twice a week I feed it frozen bloodworms or frozen brine shrimp. The severum shares a tank with Rainbows and a geophagus so anything that they'll eat as well would be great.

I'm going to buy most of my fish from Petsmart so I'm wondering which ones I can mix as I don't really trust their knowledge. Other than the "Assorted" tank, I like the Cobalt Blue Zebras, Albino Soccolif (not sure if that's right) and the Ahli. Any help would be appreciated

I have mostly low light plants and some high light plants. My high light ones are barely getting buy. I just made an adjustment to my fertilizer dosing because a couple leaves were starting to yellow. I am not running T5 or dosing CO2. My lighting is 80watts running one aquaglo and one powerglo...

I just posted a thread two or three days ago about the fuzz algae problem I'm having. Well, now some of the fuzz algae has turned red on some of the leaves. Does anyone know what this is from? Should I be worried?

I've been dosing florapride in my 55g tank for almost two months now. I do a 10g waterchange every week and I add enough florapride to make up for the fresh water being added. The bottle says to add some at each water change or once a month. Should I be adding enough florapride for the whole...

I was looking in a magazine and stumbled across the 2010 contest results. I didn't know something like this existed. I was blown away by some of the creations people have made in their tanks. Has anyone seen this contest before? If so, what are you opinions on some of the tanks?

I have a 55g planted tank. All my parameters are fine. I use liquid ferts, run my light between 7-8 hours a day, and I do not inject CO2. I have normal green algae that grows on my glass and plant leaves. There's also a lot of furry algae growning all over my plants. What can I do about this? Do...

Right now in my tank I have Rainbows, Serpae tetras, white cloud minnows, a pearl gourami, a german blue ram, bolivian ram, and some cats. I'm looking at either getting a small school of panda tetras or a small school of some Rasbaras that look similar the the pandas. Anyone have thoughts on...

Well, I just developed green water in my tank. I've been fertilizing the water and leaving the lights on for 12 hours a day. I'm going out of town for 8 days so I'm not going to be able to tend to it right now. I cut the light back to 6 hours a day to try to prevent the bloom from getting really...

Does anyone know how long I can expect my driftwood to release tannins? Other than my ph being lower, my water turns really yellow and I can't even see the other side of the tank when I look in through the side. When it gets that bad, I can tell my plants aren't getting enough light. It's quite...

I have an electric blue ram and a german blue ram. I was just wondering if these fish tend to eat live plants like other cichlids

I can't seem to get my water to clear up. It stays a yellow color like pond water. I'm not running carbon in my filters because I have live plants and everywhere I go tells me that plants seem to do better without it. It's a 55g tank and when I do a water change I normally change 10g. When I add...

I picked up some Tetra FlorPride yesterday. I've been using Sera Florena, but it's more expensive and is going to be hard to find. The LFS has been running the Tetra for a few weeks now and they're plant tank looks great. Does this have everything I need or is there anything else I need to add...

What is the difference between brown and green algae? I'm growing brown and my sister is growing green.

Are australian rainbows such as turqouise, boesemanis, etc. fin nippers? I'm wanting to add a couple types of tetras that have longer fins..Thanks in advance

I have a tank of australian rainbows (different varieties). One of my turqouise is now deformed and looks to be paralized. He swims very slowly and can't swim with his tail properly. I've had him about a week and he was fine when I bought him. Any idea what could have caused this?

I had someone tell me in a previous post of mine that when keeping live plants that I should take the carbon out of my filters. Can anyone else give some opinions on this. It makes sense. If I take out the carbon, will it cause my water to get cloudy?

I have a 55g tank, and I'm running two Aqua-glow bulbs which comes out to 80 watts. Since I'm running basically 1.5watts per gallon, what plants can I keep? I have a piece of driftwood with a java fern plant attached and I just bought a couple mondo grass plants (which apparently isn't a true...

I bought some mondo grass from petsmart today. I really like the look of it when you put a couple together and make it thick. A little research shows that apparently they're not a true aquatic plant. If anyone could help me out as to what I should do with them. Should I leave them in the tank...

I have a 55g tank that's stocked with 4 cory cats, 1 electric blue ram, 1 Raphael cat, and 4 Austalian Rainbows. I'll be stocking it in a couple days with some more Rainbows and maybe some tetras. I've already done research to which plants I need with the lighting I have. Now I need to know if...

Well, my electric blue Jack Dempsey died today. He was only around 8-10 months old at around 2". He was my favorite fish that I've owned and I spent $25 on him. The fish store I got him from is sold out and they said they're lucky to get one shippment a year. I believe the rubber lip pleco I put...