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I have a couple Turquoise Rainbow fish and have always wanted to add RCS to my planted tank. Everything I read about the Rainbows talks about them likeing Brine Shrimp and Tubifex worms, and they also talk about their narrow throats and need for small foods so I thought I might be ok. I ran the...

I am looking for some input on my lighting problem. I was using a Coralife Aqualight with their T5 18W 6700K and Colormax bulbs. It fit on my stock plastic hood reasonably well, and my plants seemed to respond to it pretty well. Last night I returned home to find the fixture flickering and...

I had a Dwarf Gourami in a 10gal QT for twelve days. When I got home from work this afternoon he was dead. I am not surprised as the stock at this LFS is never great, but nobody else has these fish. So now I have a QT that just had a death I cant explain. The tank is completely cycled and I am...

I recently did some planting in my aquarium and am now doing a little catch up. Some of my new plants are dropping tentacles that look something like roots from leaves well up the stem. What does this mean? Should I be doing something? Is there a decent comprehensive online source for the basics...

Can somebody with some experience with lighting tell me if I am on the right track here? I have been looking into the WPG rule with the understanding that it is an outdated rule of thumb. Of course as out dated as it may be all the plants marketed refer to high, medium, and low light plants...

I have a 30gal that was very lightly planted. I didn't really pay a lot of attention to what I was putting in or how I took care of them. The result was one healthy Java Fern, and a lot of empty space. I just purchased a plant package and I think I would like to provide the tank a litte more...

I have been using a water conditioner by Microb-Lift that I cant seem to find anymore. The Dose was 1 teaspoon/ten gallons. I water change with a python so was using three teaspoons per water change in my 30gal. I picked up a bottle of Prime and according to the back it says to dose with 5ml to...

This morning we discovered our large Female Sword swollen to the point that her insides were beginning to push out her anus. She looked like a large Balloon Molly. She couldn’t keep herself from floating. At one point she wedged herself under some driftwood to keep herself down. I assume that...

I am looking at restarting a simple planted tank that has not gotten off to a very good start thus far. I was trying to make it work out of my local stores, but their plant selection is inconsistent, and will rarely work with my low tech lighting. The result has been a 30 gallon tank with a...

I am looking for a little help with my tank. I have a 30gal planted, but the plants at local stores have proven to be a problem for my low light set up and I am currently down to a healthy Java fern, and some sickly looking swords that really never should have been in there. The tank has been...

So I check my tanks once a day to account and observe for every living thing in the tank, generally this is at meal time. Yesterday by 30gal planted with three Fan Tail Guppies, two Platies, two Cories, two Female Swords, a Clown Pleco, two Ottos and five ghost shrimp were fine. No sign of any...

WHen adding fish that are sensitive to change such as oto cats or neons do you still put them in a QT? I am afraid I my risk more fatalities by moving the fish twice.

I was wondering if having fry could affect the body shape of a fish after she gives birth. I have a Guppy that is shaped like and "S". I don’t think she was like that prior to having the babies, but she carried them for a long long time. She came with a batch of fish that all died horribly in...

I have a 30 gallon with a single male Platy and a single adult female Platy. I want to seperate the boys and girls, but if I put the male Platy in a 16gallon with some female guppies and 5 neons will he be aggressive with the other fish?

Found Prime at a LFS and was reading the bottle. It says nothing about heavy metals. I have been using Microb-Lift water conditioner/Stress Coat and it has been working well, but I now have a 29 and 16 gallon running and its getting a little pricey. Does the Prime neutralize heavy metals?

I have been thinking about adding a couple Oto Cat's to my system so have been looking at info about them. it seemss to be suggested that they be placed in a well established tank that is planted, full of hidey holes, and has algae present. My main tank fits the bill, but how to you quarantine...

I have a Clown Pleco and recently added a Bannana Plant. The Bannana Plant sent two shoots to the surface with lilly pad like leaves. The other fish seemed to like to play around the stems so I left them be. The other day I noticed they seemed to be wilting and a couple days later they are...

I am moving my 16gal into a 29. The 29 came with a 100W heater, but I would like to use two 50W's for redundancy instead. This will leave me with no spare heater except the 100W that came with the 29. If I need to break out my 10gal for QT/Hospital use will the 100W be ok in there? I wonder if...

My local Petco is really starting to aggravate me. I am pretty new to the hobby and their prices and selection of equipment is the best around, but there tanks are awful to look at. There are dead fish everywhere, and my real complaint is they are generally left for awhile. I was there last...

Looking for hints and potential pitfalls one may not think off the first time they do this. I am moving a 16gal into a 29 and then a 10 into the 16. Most of the substrate will be reused, and one of my concerns is no matter how well I vacumn the gravel I will stir up a lot of crud which cant be...

I know aq advisor is sometimes conservative so I am going to look for some confirmation here. I am looking to upgrade from 16 to 29 gallon. My wife has always wanted a Kissing Goyrami. aq adivsor is telling me that fish wil get to 11" and 29 gallons would then of course be to small. Really?11"...

Is there reliable info on the net somewhere that provides info on how "dirty" particular fish are as opposed to others? I am pretty new at this and have been surprised at the apparent differences.

Due to some unexpected procreation I have more fish than I should. I have a guppy who was in isolation for 10 weeks and dropped fry two days after being put in a display tank. Anyway right now I have a 16gal with a aquaclear30 stocked with 3 adult Platy, 2 baby Platy, 3 guppies, 2 cory and 2...

I posted last week about losing two batches of 5 Neon Tetras in about 24 hours. I waited a week during which I did two 50% water changes. Before the last water change water was 0ppm Ammonia 0ppm Nitrite and <5ppm Nitrate. I picked up seven Neons, they gave me two extra, and I acclimated them...

I bought a small piece of Mopani Wood for a Clown Pleco in a new set up, but it wont sink. I have used this wood before and sinks right away. It has been soaking in a bucket overnight, but still floats. Suggestions other than the obvious weighing it down?