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I have a bloom of algae on my tank walls and the tubes running into the tank. I'm about to move into my new house so I have to empty the tanks anyways and I'm going to do a REALLY good clean on them (probably switch gravel as well as I've been wanting to do that for awhile now). My biggest...

I have a mbuna tank right now with all fish being around 2". I have gravel substrate. I was wondering if I could safety switch to sand substrate and how I'd even go about doing that? I don't currently have any spare tanks to house the fish, and I imagine putting sand in and then water would...

So... soon I'll be picking up a 75 gallon tank (to add to my collection of 2 5gallons and 1 29gallon).... I want it to be a cichlid tank (my current 29 gallon is a mbuna tank). I'll most likely be moving over some of my cichlids from the 29 gallon as some might get a tad big for it... but after...

So, feeding my betta's are really easy. Feeding these cichlids are a tad harder. I feel that I may be feeding them a little to much (maybe often) and want to avoid any issues. I was just watching them in the tank tonight and noticed their belly's were a tad big... so I'm assuming I fed them...

I got a maingano 2 days ago (almost exactly) when I got all my other fish... he has gotten along well with all my other cichlids (yellow lab and rusties)... but he's pretty much been held up in his little "hut" non-stop. He never comes out. How long will this behavior last do you think...

Of course it's still cycling, so no fish. And my GF refused to let me get a tank unless I added some pink rocks... so we went 50/50 pink/black. Blue Buckeye

So... I have to be honest, this beta is my GF's and I never really paid a ton of attention to it super closely... but I did notice his white "chin" about 2 days ago... is it possibly ich? Or the start of? I've never seen it. He's super healthy, swims around great, eats great, REALLY curious...

So... I'm on day 21 today of my cycle. Want to give the run-down, get whatever input I can. - Ammonia 4ppm - Nitrites 0ppm - Nitrates 5ppm (I contain some in my tap water) - pH around 8 Setup: * 29 gallong tank * 86 degrees in the water with heater going * Filter splashing down making...

So cycling my tank. 19 days in. Got some media from a friend ( although hasn't helped much). Finally started to see ammonia drop from 4-5 to 1-2. Been dosing back up. Zero no2. Had zero no3 too. Finally got some no3 to show up but no no2. Thought I was maybe skipping the no2 phase. Tested my...

So my tank has been going for... well... about 17 days now. About 10 days ago I got some filter media and some substrate from my friends 125 gallon tank. Things are going slower than I hoped. Today my ammonia was back down to around 2ppm (this is the 2nd time now it's dropped to 2ppm)...

Well... I opted to not put my 2nd beta into the 2nd gallon. Instead I got him his own 5 gallon tank so now both my betas have their own 5 gallon tanks. My 29 still sits empty as it's cycling. I think I've made the decision to make it a cichlid tank. I will def. be keeping to the smaller...

1. Okay. I have a 5 gallon tank with a beta and now two ghost shrimp (had 3 but one just wouldn't ever eat or anything and died). How many of these ghost shrimp are a good idea to have in a group? I want to pick up a few more but don't want to overdue it. The beta won't really eat any...

My 5 gallon with my beta and 3 ghost shrimp needs to have the filter flow cut down. It's blowing the guy all over the place. Any thoughts/suggestions on doing this? I'm sure some folks have done it before.

So I got 2 betas the other day. One is eating like a champ, happy as can be... he is actually still in his cup which I change often... he's awaiting the 29 GALLON community tank (which will be ready in a day or so). The 2nd beta is in his own personal 5 gallon tank with 3 ghost shrimp. He...

So today, I went to my LFS (Jack's Aquarium) to just browse and get a list for my 29 gallon community tank that is still going through it's cycle. I'm going to have a beta in that tank so my GF was picking one out and fell in love with two. So I picked them both up. One for my community tank...

My 29 gallon is going through the cycle at the moment, but I want to have an idea of what fish I'll be putting in there when it's all done. I honestly really have not much a clue about many fresh water fish, and don't 100% trust my LFS. My girlfriend wants a "sucker fish", and I know a pleco...

I started cycling my tank this past Saturday (so 3 days now). My friend has a 125 well established tank he's letting me come get some substrate and his biofilter cylinders to seed my tank to speed up the process. It's about a 20 minute drive. I imagine I can just take some water from my...

My tank is a few days into the fish less cycle. About 3 days now. It's a 29 gallon tank, of course no fish in it right now. Should I go buy a cheap 10 gallon for a QT? Start the cycle now as well... or just wait for the DT to be finished and use some of the media from it. Or will I be okay...

I am currently cycling my first ever tank. A 29 gallon FW tank. As nuts as it sounds, I'm already enjoying it even without the fish. The noise helps me sleep, I love watching the water etc. Weird I know. Anyways, people are dumping tanks in my area like the plague. Rather cheap too. 30 gallons...

Hello all. I just purchased a 29 Gallon aquarium yesterday for my first ever aquarium. I wanted to get the 55 gallon but figured I'd get smaller for my first and then add to the collection. I def. didn't want a 10 gallon though, just to small. Anyways I have it set up currently, been set up...