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Currently our empty 29g is completely fresh, we want to go brackish (to around SG=1.005 - 1.010). We live in a sea side town, with access to a fishing boat. To cut the cost of buying in marine salt, we're thinking about doing PWCs using sea water mixed with tap to achieve the desired salt...

Hey all, I've got a funny one to run past you all... I was away for a long weekend last, and decided to leave the fish to themselves for a few days as I have done many times before. They were gonna go unfed Sunday and Monday then get a little snack Tuesday night or Wednesday morning (depending...

I bought some plants from my LFS a few weeks ago, unbeknownst to me they were infested! I didn't QT the plants (didn't think I'd have to!), and now my tank is teeming with ramshorns :( To make matters worse I ended up leaving a chuck of courgette in the tank for about 48 hours (would normally...

Hey all! Me and the GF are looking to upgrade one of our tanks, looking to go from >100L to <200L range! We've been looking at the relative costs of running an aquarium (lighting, heating, filters etc..), and we're just wondering if this is something you consider before setting up tanks...

Hey all! Me and the GF are looking at setting up a new tank, currently we have a small 30L tank with a few guppies (and ramshorns that hitched a ride on the plants!) but have a 36"X12"X15" (around 100L) which has been sat fish-less cycling for a few months. The larger tank is ready to house...

Hey all! I've been looking to introduce some algae eaters into my tank, and have fallen for the zebra oto... as well as a plan to get around 5 red cherry shrimp to live in the moss wall and pick out the debris that it picks up (filter outlet pretty much sweeps right along it).. I have an 8g...

Hey AA, How often and how thoroughly do you clean your gravel? I do fairly regularly water changes as: 1: I have only a small tank so I want to make sure there's as little possible chance of a crash 2: I have a lump of bogwood that is leaching tannins still and after a few days the water is...

Hi AA, It's nearing the end of term for me, which means returning home from uni. I want to take my tank with me as there's no one up here to look after the fish over the summer, however I'm not sure of the best way to do this? Thankfully its a small tank (30L, 8gal) with a small stock (4...

Hey everyone, I've been thinking today... When we set up DIY fermenter's we deliberately seal the fermenter bottle to prevent loss of CO2 and to try and prevent unwanted bacteria setting up shop in our fermentation vessel. Anaerobic respiration results in CO2 and ethanol being produced, while...

Yo yo sup AA? So I've been peppering you all with questions so I figure I'll ask some more! I've got a new hood on route, and am thinking I'll be upgrading the lights from what I have currently! I have a 30L 18x10x10 tank, with a few plants in (not sure what they are tbh...).... I'm making a...

Hey AA! I've been having a think and a google today (always a dangerous combo!), and I've pretty much decided I wanna try and set up a moss wall (Java or Riccia, not decided) as a backdrop to the tank, and bring some Red Cherry shrimp into the happy little tank I'm running. Got 4 male guppies...

Hi everyone! Some of you may remember a while back I asked for advice regarding a bully guppy shredding the tail of another, after trying a few methods I added a few more gupps to the tank to spread the aggression about and give them better hierarchy.. You'll be pleased to hear that the...

Hi everyone... I started a fishless cycle back in January, had fish in the tank in mid March, so it's a pretty new set up still. My tank is an 18x10x10" 30L tank, with Fluval U1 filter and Fluval E50 heater.. Parameters are normally 0, 0, 10-30, for ammonia, nitrites, and nitrates...

Hey all, I'm running a U1 in my lil guppy tank, and was just wondering if anyone had ever modified the filtration section of their U1? Currently its just a single sponge in the filter house above the impeller.. But I'm thinking about cutting the sponge in half and having the bottom half of the...

I've been thinking.... I plan on attempting to keep Otos (vittatus or vestitus, one of the small breeds) in a smallish tank with a brace of guppies and a snail. I'm right at the end of a fishless cycle and am gonna get some guppies first, maybe this weekend if all levels are good! I plan on...

Hi all, I'm a new member just joined for some advice and opinions (http://www.aquariumadvice.com/forums/f59/hello-138682.html#post1199154), and just thought I would post my current plan of action up here for you fine people to inspect.. Currently I have: -30L (6.1 Gal) Clearseal tank...

Hi everybody! Just registered an account, I'll hopefully be able to absorb some knowledge and maybe pick a brain or two! I've been thinking about an aquarium for a year or two now, and when I was kick started in the right direction this Christmas I decided I'd do it properly and started...