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Back to the hobby after a LONG time away. Starting a tank with my 10 year old daughter. She wants a beta, so we are doing a 10g tank. May do a small school of neon tetras or harlequin raspboras as well as some low light plants. Still up in the air on that. We are following Dr. Tim’s...

So my son comes home from a trip to the store with Grandpa and brought home a 2.5 gallon mini bow aquarium and a betta. The kit has a small filter, but no heater. I am wondering if there is a small heater that anybody could recommend for a tank that small. I have read mixed opinions on...

I have a 20 Gallon Tall tank, stocked with 3 guppies, 5 Neon Tetras and 2 Electric Blue Rams. Currently it is filtered by two HOB filters, Marineland Penguin 100B and an Aqueon QuietFlow 20. I am thinking I may want to switch to a canister filter, is that overkill for a 20 Gallon Tank? It is...

I found a new LFS yesterday, and was really impressed with them. Small operation and the owner observes the livestock he buys and knows all his sources. I had a couple GBRs that died very fast from a different LFS that I think were dyed, so hopefully these will live. The LFS owner thought I...

Petco's ad in the Minneapolis area has the $1 per gallon sale right now. Wish I had space for a large tank, that is a great deal as you all know. Enjoy!

Male gbr sick now? - YouTube Sorry for the poor video quality. I have a male German Blue Ram that is sick. See the attached video, he isn't swimming right. He is still eating, but definetly having trouble swimming/reaching his food. I feed Ocean Nutrition cichlid flakes, omega one topical...

I bought some freeze dried blood worms to feed, especially for my GBR. Anybody have advice for getting them to him? Since he is on the bottom, his tank mates usually pounce before he gets a chance...

Female German blue ram - YouTube Sorry for the poor video quality, the tank lights were already off, and I didn't want to startle the fish by turning them back on. Is this rate of breathing normal? I am assuming the lips are moving with the fish's respiration (is it called that in fish)...

I've got a pair of GBRs drip acclimating right now. Very excited. Now I just need to finish (and figure out the plants) my aquascape and I can move on tothe next tank. Maybe a marine aquarium. Bring on mts...

I have a 20G Tall Tank with a Marineland Penguin 100B and Aqueon QuietFlow 20 filters. My current stocking is: 7 x Neon Tetra (Paracheirodon innesi) 3 x Guppy (Poecilia reticulata) 4 x Albino Cory (Corydoras aeneus) 1 x Swordtail (Xiphophorus hellerii) 10 x Ghost Shrimp (Palaemonetes sp.) And...

Can ghost shrimp and rcs be in the same tank or will they interbreed?

I tested my tank's pH at 8.2. Should I do anything to alter it? I have: 20G Tall Tank-Marineland Penguin 100B, Aqueon QuietFlow 20-17w Full Spectrum Floursescent Light 7 x Neon Tetra (Paracheirodon innesi) 3 x Guppy (Poecilia reticulata) 4 x Albino Cory (Corydoras aeneus) 1 x Swordtail...

I have a feeling you know where this is headed! I apologize if this is the wrong forum to post is in... So my son got a hold of the food, and dumped about half of a .49 oz. Container of food in the tank. We habe a 20g tall with 7 neons, 3 male guppies, a swordtail, 4 albino cories and 10...

and instead of replacing the 10G with another, I "upgraded" to a 20G. I will be watching the water parameters really closely for a couple days to a couple weeks in case I get a mini-cycle (is that the proper term?). Once I am confident that the tank is running well, what should I add? It is a...

Can anybody recommend a good book for somebody who wants to know about reef aquariums? I am thinking I want to start learning about them so I can determine if I want to start setting aside some money for one, so the wife can't object so easy...

I am spinning this off from another thread I started in getting started. To summarize that thread, I didn't learn about cycling until I found AA, so unfortunetly, I am doing a fish-in cycle. My plants are turning brown. The tank is lit by LEDs. I bought this kit: Marineland® Bio-Wheel® LED...

Okay, I guess it is my first attempt as an adult. 10 gallons, almost all live plants, with the exception of the stuff on the huge rock thing my son insisted on. 3 neon tetras, 3 fancy guppies and an albino catfish.

Well, my kids wanted guppies, so we went to the local pet chain, picked out an aquarium, brought it home, had the kids help me setup the tank, rinsed all the gravel, fake plants, decorations, heater, etc, and let the temperature stabilize and went back to the store to get fish. It is a 10G...

Hello all! New to the forum (obviously) and new to the fish world. I had a small aquarium as a kid (probably 16 years ago) that I overstocked, and WILL NOT make that mistake again. My kids have been begging for some guppies, so I decided to setup an aquarium for them. Wish I would have found...