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Hey everyone! It’s been a LONG time since I posted. Not sure if any of my old friends are still around [emoji846] I recently set up a 20 long housing 10 Harlequin Rasboras and a snail. The problem is the nitrAtes from my tap are 30-40ppm... so PWCs don’t remove as much as I’d like. I’m looking...

Soooo... I’ve officially given up on a fresh water aquarium in our new home :( Started several months ago buying a rimless 20 long. The plan was a Betta in a heavily planted tank with driftwood and eco complete substrate. Our pH is sky high, around 8.2 (even after sitting out overnight) and...

Hey guys. 22 long, planted Beta tank. Eco Complete substrate with low light plants and driftwood. 0/0/5. Fish gets 3 pellets in the morning and 2 at night. Has been set up about 3 months. I purchased "active sponge filters" about a month ago, and shortly after started seeing long strands on...

I don't mean this as an advertisement (I have no vested interest other than the wellbeing of people's fish), but I fishless cycled my 22 long in 4 days (3ppm to 0/0 in 24hrs) by purchasing 2 of their active sponge filters, chopping them up and mixing them in with the bio-media in my canister...

Hi all, Got my new 22 gallon set up and almost done cycling. Few days away from putting in a tenant. Any good sites you know of to order a Betta? I refuse to go the PetSmart / Petco route, and in classifieds doesn't seem anyone here breeds them. Thanks!

Setting up a 22 long for a single Betta and some RCS. Wondering if anyone here has a selection?

Hi all, I picked up 2 pieces of driftwood from a local nursery. A lot of people in my area apparently purchase there for their aquariums since it's cheap and plentiful. I soaked the 2 pieces in my pool for a couple weeks (I know that sounds crazy, but it's actually brilliant if you think...

Hi everyone. Apparently it's been about 5 years since I last logged on....time flies. Previously I was a very active member. I made some great friends I still talk to today, and met some others I can't quite say I missed. Doubtful my name is remembered, but I look forward to seeing if there...

I'm pretty good about stirring my sand substrate during pwc's every week...but today I uncovered a fairly large black patch in a corner of the aquarium. My immediate response was to throw the Python on full blast, and I sucked up the entire area (lots of sand in the pipes I'm sure)...

Just kind of a quick PSA... I've used H2O2 dips on plants before and it's worked great for killing algae. I was nervous about trying it on my Italian Vals since I've heard how sensitive they are to things like Excel...but I decided to give it a shot on one of them. I scoured the Internet for...

Sooo....I gave the canister a thorough cleaning including the input and output hoses (which obviously meant they were empty when put back together). Set it back up, attached the Aqua-stop valve, it filled and primed like normal...but there is no flow. It sounds like it is working properly...

So the wife was being nice and went to get some Malaysian Trumpet Snails to stir up our new sand substrate...problem is the guy at the lfs gave her Assassin Snails instead. Since the tank has no snails for them to hunt...I assume food sources will be scarce since there's also Corys, Amanos and...

So I flipped on my light the other day and saw this little guy on the tank wall. First, I assume this is just your normal, everyday pond snail? What's odd is that I haven't added any plants since late May...and there is definitely only this one snail in the tank. Obviously he hitchhiked in at...

Hi everyone :) I started with 7 Otos in my 46 gallon during a diatom outbreak back in March. To my surprise, all 7 of them survived and seemed to be absolutely thriving up until a couple weeks ago. First I randomly found one dead in a plant being munched on by a shrimp. It was one of the...

I'm interested in hearing different opinions on what is believed to be a suitable time to keep new fish in quarantine before moving them to your display tank. I have heard opinions ranging from fish shouldn't be QT'd because a display tank will cause less stress and keep their immune system...

To put this simply...you do NOT need to do water changes every time your nitrItes are high during a fishless cycle. For some reason this advice is being passed around the site, but it is simply not true. High nitrItes are an expected phase of cycling a tank. This is one of the reasons people...

I was told by a member (of a different site) that Ambulia is federally prohibited and illegal in home aquaria. Is there any truth to this as far as you know?

Please keep in mind my knowledge of plants basically stops at…...they're green, pretty and they like water and light. I’ve been dealing with a couple types of algae the past few weeks; on the plants it appears to be hair algae, and on the substrate and glass there’s what I guess is green...

Alright, I had my hand deep in the tank when my elbow hit the underside casing of my lighting and...ZAP!!! Nothing life threatening, but definitely a nice little shock. Is this in any way normal? Probably a definitive no, right? The heater, canister filter and lighting are all plugged into a...

I want to give a big shout out this holiday weekend to all of our US military personal who make the sacrifices that allow the rest of us to do things like hang out on Aquarium Advice all day. A personal thank you to fort384 and my good friend Deckape, who not only proudly wear the uniform...but...

Hi everyone, Yesterday my Bolivian Ram did something odd. Right after feeding he squeezed his caudal fin together, shook it rapidly and put his body flat on the substrate for about 2 seconds. I have been watching him and every other fish in the tank like a hawk since then...and there have been...

Hi everyone, I had another thread you may have seen regarding Neon Tetras with odd behavior gasping heavily while still acting normally and schooling with the others. At the time there were no other symptoms other than the heavy breathing. I initially moved 3 of my 9 into QT for observation...

Hey everyone. I've got a question about a couple of my Neon Tetras. A couple days ago 2 of my 9 started breathing extremely rapidly with no other signs of illness. They still were schooling with the others, and seemed to not be under any stress other than looking like they were gasping...

I love my Bolivian Ram...my Bolivian Ram didn't love my tank. I had the genius idea to go with white gravel when I first set up the tank, and my Ram decided he'd blend into the substrate instead of showing any color. So here's the transition over the past few months- 1) Started out with fake...

I made the brilliant decision when I set up my most recent tank that using white aquarium gravel would look nice. Problem is...My Bolivian Ram has decided he'd rather be the color of the gravel instead of showing his colors. Any ideas to darken it up? Maybe a good portion of river rocks...