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This little guy appeared after some plants were added. At first, I thought he was a deformed ramshorn with a rounded nerite-like shell instead of flatter. But then he grew. And grew. And grew. He us now triple maybe quadruple the size of any ramshorn snails I have. Could he be a ramshorn apple...

I am dumping the water changer that has been an incessant PITA since day one. Buckets are faster and easier, less frustrating. So a question: one siphon to share or should each tank have its own?

I need to retrofit my hex hood to hold Ecopico strips. I googled and only found one person who did this. His method was not as simple as I would like. My DIY skills and tools are basic. Any ideas are welcome. The existing bulb fixture comes completely out with two screws.That part is easy...

30 gallon, heavily planted. Runs at between 5 and 10 ppm nitrate with fertilizers. Drops to zero without. Aquaclear 30 and an Aquaclear 50. Weekly water changes, 50%. I have 2 bristlenose plecos, 4 platy, 10 guppies. Could I safely add a school of rasbora or should I let it be? Thanks for any...

I was asked to take two red eye tetras. They were 2 of 5 that were in a 10 gallon. No water changes. Top offs infrequently. After three died, I was asked to take the last two. They came in a bag with about a half gallon of water. The pH was off the high range chart. Ammonia .25. Nitrate off...

I recently was asked to rescue two fish. They turned out to be red eye tetra. I have a heavily planted 30 gallon tank with guppies and platies. I am finding mixed info about red eyes with guppies. Am I safe adding them to my tank or do I need have my LFS take them? Thanks.

A friend of mine has asked me to take her husband's two fish, with his permission. I don't have them yet, so I am not 100% sure of the species or water parameters. I know he has been lax on water changes. I know there are 2 tetras, most likely red-eye, that have been alone in a 10 gallon. Two...

I have a low tech 30 gallon, moderately/heavily planted. I use Excel for a carbon source. I currently run a Finnex Ray 2, 30 inch. The plants are slow growing, with little red on the red plants and NEVER any pearling. The fixture does not spread the light to give full lighting back to front. I...

I have a standard 30 gallon planted tank (36 inches wide). It has a wood canopy that sits on top. Because of the canopy, I cannot fit a 36" Finnex Ray II. I can only fit the 24" fixture. Any opinions on if the 24" would give sufficient coverage/spread to grow medium light plants (average of 18...

I am currently running a Fluval 205 on a heavily planted, medium stocked tank. Would a Fluval 305 be overkill? I am considering upgrading. Thanks.

My Marineland 5 gallon hex filter just failed after one year. It has a three year warranty but the lady on the phone was quite rude and insisted I just needed to clean the impeller (which I do weekly and had done a few days before). She then accused me of not having enough water in the tank. It...

My hygrophila is dropping its lower leaves like mad. First they get holes and then they drop. This is happening in both my tanks. They were planted last April and grew like weeds. All my other plants seem well enough. Is this normal? Below are my stats and pictures from one of the tanks. ph...

In setting up my current tank, I read tons of books and scoured the web, determined to not lose fish. I carefully and patiently waited for a fishless cycle to complete. I stocked based on compatibility and water parameters. And...I am losing more fish than I would have expected. My tank is a...