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Hey I need some help with my PH. I just want to say that I am not chasing a perfect PH but just want to understand why this is happening. Sunday 1/7 I did a 100 gallon water change. The PH from my tap is pretty high around 8.9. So after the water change the PH jumped to 8.54 then dropped the...

Hey all Can anyone tell me what this is? Will it go away or will I need to make it go away. https://youtu.be/T1Cfarrr5iU

Hi everyone I wanted to know what PH do you keep you Malawi Cichlid in. If you keep Peacocks what's your PH?

I've done searches looking for threads that may answer my question about High PH and plecos but I have not been successful. I am look for algae eating pleco that can handle High PH So, to all my fellow cichlid keepers I need help. I am starting a new freshwater tank which will house about 70 or...

OK, so after several years of being away from the freshwater world I decided to convert a 300 gallon saltwater aquarium. So I am converting my sump from my old salt water setup to a fresh setup. My old sump which I had custom made measures 48"x20"x16"H. It only had two chambers. One for...

Hi Everyone :) Ok I've been a member of AA for a while now but I have always been on the freshwater side. I am now looking at starting a saltwater FOWLR using my existing tank. I started a Nano tank (FOWLR) at work and it is going great but as you know a Nano tanks are different than a larger...

I’ve never been happy with the design in my tank or shall I say my aquascape. I’ve always wanted the natural look, something that would mimic the natural environment for the majority of my fish. I did a lot of research on the web regarding do it yourself backgrounds and decided to start my own...

Hey everyone. I need advise. I recently changed my substrate from gravel to sand. I made a big mistake and used playsand. Learned my lesson fast with this one, so I change it to PFS looks great. Heres my problem, now that I have sand my large fish (true parrot ciclid 8" and some of my other...

Hey everyone. I need advise. I recently changed my substrate from gravel to sand. I made a big mistake and used playsand. Learned my lesson fast with this one, so I change it to PFS looks great. Heres my problem, now that I have sand my large fish (true parrot ciclid 8" and some of my other...

Has anyone painted or covered 3 sides of their tank? Does anyone recommend this?

Ok I decided to redo the substrate in my 75g FW tank. I removed all the gravel and I replaced it with play sand. The water yesterday was super cloudy, milky almost. I did a 50% water change and I ran three filters (2 fluval 205 & 305). The water after 6 hours got better I could actually see what...

Hi All. I was wondering if anyone had experience with jaguar catfish Liosomadoras oncinus? I bought one about a month ago to add to my collection but I must confess that the only information that I looked up was the water parameters it needed and what it ate. I've been looking for more info on...

Hello everyone. I'm a newbie to this site. I just wanted to say hello to everyone and to say I look forward to getting advice when I have issues with my tank. I currently have a fresh water 75 gallon aquarium. It's over 20 years since I had a tank so let's just say I am a new at this. Any way...