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My dad added an assassin snail to his tank to cure his snail problem (tiny pond snail looking things) and now he'd like some apple snails but the lfs said the assassin would attack them, so my question is how to I catch/trap it as we never see it?

Me and my little sister went to a local betta breeder monday to get a betta for my tank, while we were there my sister saw bettas can be kept in relatively small containers, the breeder told her a few litres is fine for them. So my sister ended up getting one too, on the way home she got him a...

I bought a couple (m and f) of what were listed in the lfs as banjarae shrimp, got home, looked them up and it seems they are Macrobrachium banjare. Has anyone got any info on these little guys?

The tank is 64litres, bulbs are 15watt interpet "bright day bulbs" they are these bulbs Interpet Replacement Lamps Bright Day White 15W Aquarium Lighting Accessories for Sale. Only thing Ive dosed was a little flourish excel one time.

No, i can see on some leaves there are holes so I think theyre disintergrating :S

When I put it in the tank about 8 days ago it was all green and lush and now its brown and filmy, like the leave are melting or disintigrating. And just as I write this i look at the tank and see a panda cory nosing about it, are they eating the dying leaves?

So last week I took my large filter sponges that have been in my dads community tank for a month- month and a half, put them in my tank. Now since dads tank has way more fish than I planned on adding at first so I figured it'd be safe. So off I go to a lfs, explain the situation and get a trio...

Would chili and harlequin rasbora be safe with a betta, and vice versa would the bettas fins be safe with the rasbora?

I assume you're in the states or something (I'm on the iPhone app and can't see location) as I just checked the uk eBay site and found 2 listings for it, its also available on aquaessentials.co.uk not sure if they ship world wide but might be worth a try.

On so I got my unipac sand yesterday, the only plant I plan on planting in the substrate atm is dwarf hairgrass and maybe dwarf sag, other plants will be anubis, needle java fern, and flame moss, all tied to driftwood. The light is low to medium, I will be running pressurised co2 when the...

When I dismantled my shrimp tank I broke my glass diffuser, if I were to buy this one AE Design 150 Spiral Glass CO2 Diffuser £12.99 - Buy CO2 Equipment Accessories Apparently the spiral acts as a bubble counter, so In theory I can skip a normal bubble counter and run airline from my regulator...

Correct, they can live in fresh but only breed in brackish, or that's what I'm lead to believe anyway

Brackish is a form of salt water not quite marine but not quite fresh water

Going to get the sand tomorrow, they do a fine grade 1-2mm and a coarse 2-3mm, which would be better for planting and for corys?

How about a little group of sparkling gourami since they stay small

Ive just been reading the profile on AA on assassin snails, and it says they dont eat shrimp, it also states theyre safe with nerites. While at a lfs I was looking at horned nerites the other day, would they be safe with these as the horned nerites only average 1/4 inch as an adult. So my...

How effective is liquid carbon compared to pressurized co2 regarding plant health and growth? If pressurized co2 is 100% effective what percentage effectiveness would you say liquid carbons like excel are?

Should be going to get my sand maybe tomorrow or at the weekend. How much would I need for a tank this size, and which grain size should I go for? They do a "fine" which says 1-2mm in size, and "coarse" which says 2-3mm in size. Bearing in mind its for planting and will have cory's, which would...

Also how much sand would I need?

Hmm not sure I like the idea of pygmys, I wanted corys because I wanted a cute lil bottom dweller, and I know pygmys like to roam about rather than stay near the bottom

Ah ooops, 64 litre (17 us gal)

After thinking and looking at pictures of fish and such. I went to a fish store today about 20miles from home and was looking around at the fish while selecting a new piece of drift wood and it helped me decide on what id like. I think Id be better skipping the bn pleco rather than risking it...

So if your tank is heavily planted and maybe even carpetted, how does one stir up the sand without disturbing plants?

Ive been looking at snails and once my tanks up and running and been going for a few months I think id like one or two Tylomelania. Do they eat plants? Since im setting up a planted tank if they eat plants it wouldnt be good if I got one and he/she ate all my foliage.

Oh, I dont need to cultivate algae myself but I found the video and thought maybe it may be useful to someone else :)