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I recently lost my fire eel (sniff sniff posting pics below) and I had an oxygen crash in the tank (even though I have 2 airlines going in there) so I am thinking about making some changes to stocking and would like some advice. My Tank: 75 gal acrylic dimensions 48"Lx15"Wx24"H Filter: Rena...

Sadly, my fire eel (Kraken) died yesterday :bawl: and I want to try and make some sense of what happened because eventually I would like to keep another fire eel. My Tank: 75 gal acrylic dimensions 48"Lx15"Wx24"H Filter: Rena filstar XP3 Heater: Aqueon 300W - I keep my tank at 80F Substrate...

I am getting a fire eel today! and decided to start a thread on it. I had a peacock eel that I absolutely loved, unfortunately it climbed out of my tank through my biowheel filter and died :( (everything else was covered) So, after eel proofing my 75gal tank I have been trying for months now...

So, I just noticed white spots on my two leopard ctenopoma and I am pretty certain it is ich/ick. This is my first time dealing with ich so I did some research on diagnostic, treatments and life cycle of the disease but I have a few questions. Here's the specs on the tank: 75gal moderately...

I have had a 20gal set up for 6 months now and I always get an ammonia reading with a greenish tinge (looks to be between 0 and 0.25ppm on the chart) I also have a Mardel in tank liveNH3 metter which stays consistently at yellow (0 ammonia). I tried running a control sample with DI water to...

So, I went to the LFS last night and saw that they had a show tank (one of those 6 gal Hagen Fluval Edge tanks that look like a glass "cube" with no additional filtration, except what comes with that kit) with: -~10 Cardinal Tetras -3 dwarf puffers -a lot of red cherry shrimp (more than 15)...

So, this is my first time fishless cycling. I seeded my 75gal with a filter cartdridge from my 20gal (placed inside the canister filter of the 75gal) and some gravel, set the temp to 84/85F and have dosed with 10% ammonium hydroxide daily to a concentration of 2-3ppm. Only things in there are...

So, I got him/her at petco before I knew what I was doing. I have assumed it is a common pleco till now, but I have had him/her for 4months and maybe seen 0.5'' growth (pleco is ~2'' now). I thought common plecos grew faster. So now I am wondering whether instead of a common pleco I have a...

So here's my 75gal set-up so far: -Acrylic 75gal tank 48''L x 15''W x 24''H -Aqueon 300W 15inch heater -Rena xP3 canister filter (for up to 175gal, 350GPH) -Lights: 2 T12 48'' 40W tubes (one daylight 6500K and one plant/aquarium 3100K) - so I am at 1wpg (low light) -Subtrate: playsand...

I have had this algae growing in my 20gal for about a month now. I scrub it during my weekly 25-35% PWC but it keeps coming back. Is it Staghorn algae? See My Tanks for the plants (and fish) I have in there. Lighting: single T8 15W Tube I keep it on 13hrs/day. I have now just reduced it to...

I started fishless cycling my 75gal (acrylic 48''x15''x24'') today and want to start planning stocking: These fish will be moved from my 20gal into my 75gal after cycling: -2 giant danios -2 red tail tinfoil barbs -1 common pleco (will eventually need another home I know) I am planning on...

So, I got a 20gal tank 3 months ago (so I am still a newbie) and now I am totally hooked and recently bought a used 75gal on craigslist. Here's what I have: -Acrylic 75gal tank 48'' x 15'' x 24'' (L x W x H) -Stand and Canopy -48'' fixture - this looks like a regular white fixture not an...

So, I've had my 20gal for 3 months and decided to upgrade to a 75gal (LFS sold me fish that will get too big and this gave me an excuse to get a bigger tank :D) I bought a 75gal acrylic tank on craigslist and it came with a CPR Cyclone Bak-pak 2R filter. So I am going to betray my ignorance...

So, my tank has recently finished cycling (after 2 months, I went the cycling with fish route cause I didn't know any better, its been 1.5 weeks since it cycled). Last PWC was 50% 12 days ago (changed it due to seeing 0.25ppm nitrItes) Since then I have had 0 or <0.25ppm ammonia, 0ppm...

So, my 20gal tank is finally cycled, water parameters: ammonia <0.25ppm (i feel it migh be a little bit above 0pmm) nitrites 0pmm nitrates ~5ppm pH = 7.4 Temp 77-78F kH - 100ppm (6 drops on the API test kit) gH - 200 - 400ppm (18 drops on the API test kit) My tank is currently stocked with...

Hi all, I am a newbie to this hobby and have had my 20g tank set up for 2.5 months, after crappy advice at the LFS and great advice here it is finally cycling :D I went the cycling with fish route because I didnt know any better and I also got fish that will eventually get too big for my tank...

Hi everyone, :) So, I am new to this hobby and unfortunately followed my LFS advice and did pretty much EVERYTHING wrong!! Thought being a chemist would help but found that not really when I didn't do my research properly. Here's the story....... Got a 20gal aqueon starter kit from the...