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I just started my 2 litre DIY Co2 system in a 30 gal. planted freshwater community tank 24 hours ago. When I started I has a KH of 6 and a pH of 7.8 24 hours later my pH has dropped to 7. Is this going to be a problem? Any help is appeciated!!!!

Do I have a problem? I have just noticed that there are thousands of tiny microscopic white dots all over the glass in my 30 gal. freshwater community tank - they appeared literally overnight. Under a magnifying glass they sway in the current and look like tiny snowflake shaped coral polyps...

Just started with a 30 gal. planted tank and added 4 white cloud minnows, and 3 Brillant Rasboras on day three but they came with ICH. Returned the sick Rasboras to the LFS after they had been in the tank for 24 hours and added a Dwarf Gourami, and 2 Opaline Gouramis to start the cycling. It's...

Day 1 - Set up my new 30 gal. freshwater community tank last night after the wife's utimatum to get it running or lose it (in all fairness it had been sitting unassembled since last Dec!). No fish yet, just letting the tank settle for a few days... In my haste made my FIRST MISTAKE and please...

I am a frustrated beginner who is attempting to set up my first 30 gal. freshwater community tank. I determined that I wanted a planted tank so I returned the single fluorescent 20 watt bulb in a hood that my LFS sold to me. In exchange they sold me a very expensive All Glass Aquarium 2 x 55...

A beginner tank placement question for all - is it cruel for the fish to have a tank open on all sides and placed as a room divider? I've read that you need a background - and not just for scenery. The reason I ask is that the only place I have to set up my new 30 GAL. is on a small bar between...

This is my first post and any and all help is very much appreciated! I am a beginner that just purchased my first aquarium. It's a 30 gal. and plan to set up a basic tropical freshwater community tank. Purchased a Eheim classic 2213 canister filter on a great boxing day sale at BigAl's ... but...

This is my first post and any and all help is very much appreciated! I am a beginner that just purchased my first aquarium. It's a 30 gal. and plan to set up a basic tropical freshwater community tank. Purchased a Eheim classic 2213 canister filter on a great boxing day sale at BigAl's ... but...