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I’m running a Fluval 403 Canister Filter. Canisters have always intimidated me a bit. I have years of experience with HOBs. Finally decided my 403 needed a thorough cleaning. I’m running an AC on the same tank, so I’m hoping my cycle will be fine. I took everything apart, kept one big...

Nancy Drumm and I did a spur of the moment trip to Neptunes. I still had a gift card for them and I had a cycled empty 10 gallon. Lots of plants and a few leftover cherry shrimp. I've always admired Apistos , but I've never actually had one. So I grabbed a Apisto agassizii Double Red male...

It's a miracle ! I'd had an outbreak of BBA on my branches in my tank. And just now I saw my 4 Denison's circling and biting at it. They dislodged a chunk and one swam up and swallowed it !!! They cleared a nice section. I'd never heard that they'd eat BBA. I wouldn't have believed it, if I...

I just brought home 3 new supposed Corydoras sterbai. But their snouts look a little long ? Orange on their fins is starting to show. These are youngsters. This is one of the newbies Comparison with my other C sterbai , bigger fish is sterbai for sure Sent from my iPhone using Tapatalk

I was given a 55g tank with an AquaticLife 48" T5HO 4 bulb fixture. The legs sit on the tank sides perfectly. BUT when I put the glass tops on, I realized I can't open the top even to feed the fish without the top hitting the legs. This is a heavy fixture. Has anyone suspended theirs from...

I've moved and my tanks were badly neglected beforehand due to Injuries and illness and life. But my plant club is coming to my house on Saturday, so I'm trying to reset what I can and dump what isn't working. Today I pulled a bunch of Java Moss out of my 5.5 AquaSoil tank. I've saved it...

If you are local to Concord CA, you may be interested. Our local aquarium plant club is meeting at my house to do a Monster Tank Build. Which translates as people bring plants and help me scape my new/used 55g tank and we'll have a plant swap of the rest afterwards. Potluck lunch. San...

So I mentioned to a club member that I had moved and might be looking for a larger tank. For the last 10yrs I've stuck with 5-10g tanks. I was thinking a 20L or a 40g So today I was given a used 55g tank, black stand ( needs a little paint touch up ) , AquaticLife 48" T5HO x 4 plus moonlights...

This is an old vid, but I just found it and uploaded it. My C habrosus playing in my 10g. There were 5 of them in there, only 2 in the vid. The white things blowing around are Duckweed ? Sorry for vid quality. http://youtu.be/JrLx1mKDObY Smoke Signals Sent from my iPhone using Aquarium Advice

Came across this horrid "toy" tonight. 1g plastic bowl inside a stuffed animal ! https://www.teddytank.com/#sku12 Smoke signals from my iPhone using Tapatalk

Why am I seeing ads at the top of threads ??? Smoke signals from my iPhone using Tapatalk

Saw this and had to share !!!! You think your fish is spoiled, this fish has his own car ! Fish drives his own electric car?! | ScienceDump Sent from my iPhone using Tapatalk

FYI if you live anywhere near the SF Bay Area we have an amazing plant club in the area San Francisco Bay Area Aquatic Plant Society http://www.sfbaaps.org/home.html The forums are very active but only viewable by members. Membership is FREE. We have monthly meetings rotating around the Bay...

What the heck is with this constant search for a single Centerpiece Fish ???!!!! Most smaller peaceful fish need to be in groups. Most singular fish are aggressive or not suited to all tanks. I think this is just silly. My "Centerpiece " is a group of happy healthy fish and a nice 'scape to...

I bought this boy at my last SFBAAPS Meet at Neptune Aquatics in Milpitas CA. I spent at least 20 or 30 minutes just staring at the Scarlet Badis ( Dario dario ) and couldn't keep my eyes off this one fish. Super bright and very male ! He does chase my other SB on occasion, but no damage...

Trying out my new feeding dish. (also a place to bait snails). Can you list the species in the pic ? LOL Tina ( still not a dude )

Found this while Googling. May help ?? Possible dosing chart for using the full line of Flourish products. ***Note the capfuls per gallons change from 10g to 50g to 40g so pay attention and adjust to YOUR tank size.

This is my club member's tank, NOT mine ( I wish). Raymond put a lot of work into this, but I wanted to share it with you. He calls it Gorillas in the Mist. Shrimps are coming soon :) Tank is an ADA 90p ~48g The Moss is Fissidens and he used the method I mentioned, he did a emersed start...

Skipped a day, so they were Hungry !!

I'm sure many of you know this trick, but it was new to me. Found it on my Aquascaping forum. Ground up Fissidens, applied to rocks. Pics in thread, check it out :) http://www.aquascapingworld.com/forum/showthread.php?t=6000 I'm reposting this from my Club's forum. Some of my club members...

For those who may have wondered about specs, I wrote the company. Their reply : "Although it does not look like it due to the amount of red spectrum in the bulb, but the Colormax bulb is in the range of 8000K according to the Plankian Locus (Kelvin graph). They were not designed that way as...

Red Cherry Shrimp are easy to breed, but many of you are just starting out. I just wanted to pass this on .... First time mothers often drop eggs. Don't stress!!! As they get larger and more experienced more and more eggs hatch. My first berried RCS started with 30 eggs. Ended up with maybe 15...

Most of you know it is illegal and unethical to release non-Native Fish/Critters into the wild. They can wipe out Native species or become a major pest. Many of you are new to Planted Tanks. I just wanted to give you a heads up. Many popular aquarium plants are fast growers and very hardy...

Hi all. I'm Tina from the San Francisco East Bay Area of California. I'm not new to fish tanks, but I am new to Planted tanks. I love learning new things. I'm on several forums and joined my local Aquatic Plant Society. Nice folks. My 5g My 10g My Betta tank