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Hey everyone, Currently building my own sump. I read somewhere to cut the plexiglass an 8th of a inch less width wise to give you wiggle room to silicone the baffles. Well I did this and applied a little pressure to get it sit perfectly straight and the 20g tank shattered. Any ideas on how to...

So -'m just about stocked in my 75g but I know I have room for one more fish. My girlfriend insist I get this tiny Picasso trigger and I think it would be a good addition. If not what fish would you recommend? The fish I have are in my sig below check the compatibility chart but its already...

So I upgraded from a 40g to a 75g three weeks ago, nearly a month now and I wanted to know your guy's opinion on my filtration, wondering if I have room to make changes for improvement/adjustments. Right now I have an overflow box rated for 400gph that flows down to a wet/dry trickle...

Hey everyone, Upgraded my salt water tank from my 40g to 75g three weeks ago. I already have some coralline algae but no it looks like I have a darker version growing and I just want to identify it early so I know what to do. I had a small diatom bloom after the upgrade but nothing crazy, and...

SpectraPure® CSP RO System Details Seems like a deal but I'm not very knowledgeable of RO unites. I have a 75g FOWLR and plan to keep it that way for some time, no coral or anything like that, will this fine? I've seen others with more stages, so I’m not sure if this isn’t enough or will be...

Hey Everyone, First time I've ever experienced this situation. I have a grow out tank that i plan on using for the Blue Acara fry that just became free swimming today. I have a sponge filter currently running in my 75g that's been there for a day and a half now. How long should I leave the...

Hey guys, Just wanted to let everyone know that I upgraded my salt water tank to a 75! I’m so glad I did this, it looks incredible. I really wanted to get a 125 but being on the 2nd floor I was a bit worried about weight but mainly I didn't have the means to transport something that big. The...

Hey guys, You may have been my other thread earlier about my 75 cichlid tank and how my Blue Acaras started breeding not too long ago. Well yesterday morning the eggs were laid, what a site to see. My female has been right next to the eggs the entire time, and the male has been doing all sorts...

Hey Everyone, Recently ventured into adding plants to my 75 gallon south american cichlid tank awhile ago. I'm not adding a lot because of the nature of these fish (although they've yet to mess with any of the plants) but I have two amazon swords, a java fern, and a couple of other basic...

Hey guys, I recently setup a 75G cichlid tank, now established, with 2 blue acaras, 1 firemouth, and 1 gold severum, 5 tiger barbs, the cichlids all right around 3 inches or so. The two Acara's have already started breeding! This is the first time I'm experiencing this so I want to make sure I...

Hey guys, I've ran into a weird situation today. I have a Firemouth, a Gold Severum, and now a 2nd Blue Acara in a 75 gallon, all at least 3 inches long. I don't plan on adding anything else except for one more cichlid today and I decided I was going to get one to hopefully pair up, would be...

Hey Everyone, Some of you guys may have read in another topic I made that I now have a recently established 75g tank with new world cichlids and tiger barbs. Well, I bought a couple amazon swords right before it cycled, so I did my researched and beefed up the lighting just two days after. I...

Hey guys, This is probably an easy question I should already know the answer to but I've never dealt with keeping betta so I'd figure I'd ask. My girlfriend got a betta about a months ago, in a decent size bowl. I usually don't really bother with it, my two tanks keep my busy, but today I...

Hey guys, I'm probably okay but I just want to make sure. My 75g finally cycled and I've had 5 tiger barbs for 3 days, and three cichlids (Blue Acara, Firemouth, Gold Severum) for two days now. I decided to finally feed the cichlids, adding some of the frozen cichlid delight into the tank. The...

Hey Everyone, I'm familiar with the nitrogen cycle, however, I've never seeded a tank before with gravel from an established tank. I've read this sometimes cycles a tank instantly, or speeds it up...but I want to ask and be sure so I don't screw up lol. My 75g tank has been running nearly...

Not that I'm in a rush or anything, but it would be awesome if someone in the Hampton Roads area could provide me with substrate or anything from their freshwater tank to help my newly setup 75g tank cycle quicker. I'm in the Newport News area. If you could help me with this, it would be greatly...

So, I recently setup a 75g freshwater tank about two weeks ago that’s currently cycling. I’ve had this plan to include a combination of Central American cichlids such as a Blue Acara, Firemouth, and most likely a green or gold Severum as well. BUT… I recently purchased Aquarium magazine...

I have a couple of questions regarding providing the best setup in terms of aggression for my 75g south American cichlid tank once it’s done cycling. I am currently un-sure what pair I’m going to get, most likely either Blue Acara or JD, EBJD, JD, or GT’s (any other recommendations on great...

Hey guys, As you can see from my signature, I have a salt water tank and fairly soon I would like to add the last or second to last fish to the tank, because I don’t want to overstock of course. I absolutely like the Coral Beauty and the Flame dwarf angels. From what I’ve read that would be...

Hey guys, Recently acquired two amazon sword plants from someone who was moving. I was told you could add them into your tank even while it's currently cycling. I was told two florescent bulbs as lighting would work, but I wanted to make sure? I keep reading all sorts of different things on the...

Hey Everyone, I recently acquired a wet/dry trickle filter and I currently have it working with my FOWLR 40g tank for now. After getting some advice on here about a better method, and realizing that building my own sump would be the best bet instead of modding my wet/dry to do what I want to do...

Hey everyone, Right after moving my two fish from my 20g to the newly cycled 40g (about two weeks ago now) I began to turn a 10g into a QT tank. I took the filter that was used for the 20g and moved it right to the 10g QT tank. I recently addws a small Cardinalfish in, so trying to do things...

Hey everyone, I recently purchased Marineland Double LED lighting for my 40g FOWLR tank. The lighting look amazing, however, right now I have egg crate as my cover, and the way the light mounts it's just slightly above the egg crate and it's beginning to collect salt on it. I'd imagine some of...

Hey guys, I figured I did all the required research but I've been running into some issues, thus me asking some new questions. Recently just got a wet/dry filter for my 40g saltwater tank. I have an 400gph overflow HOB and a 700gph return, with head it's right at 400 +/- 10 according to the...

Hey guys, I currently have just a 30g with a few small/medium sized African Cichlids. I'm also currently cycling a 75g for them, however, I've been having issues with the one Red Zebra harassing all the other ones. I have two OB Peacocks get a bit mean sometimes too but not nearly as much...