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HI There-- THanks for your advice! As for the quarantine tank, I have never done that, but I am thinking it is the best option for now. I am not adding anymore fish for awhile since the outbreak. As for disinfecting the tank, what does that entail? I would hate to add chemicals to the...

Hi-- So here's the thing. My tank, up until recently has been amazing. Plant growth has been great, and the fish have been seemingly fine. However, about 4 days ago, a couple of my angels died and since, about 7 more fish have died. They all looked completely healthy except the angel...

Hi Again-- I have had my 75 gal planted tank now since Jan and after doing a water change this afternoon, I think there may be a VERY SLOW, but present, leak in my tank. What do I do? Obviously, I am concerned about having to remove all the fish, etc from the tank cause I don't want to...

Hows it goin? Ahh...the ol' hairy algae problem. Well, there was a very recent post in the Planted Tank forum where many people(including myself) posted helpful information for this somewhat common problem. I would check that post.

Howdy there... You are right, there are NO stupid questions. How else are you gonna learn if you don't ask? As for your filter, what I would do is run the other filter on the other side of the tank for a while, simultaneously with the one already in there. Run it till the aquarium cylces with...

Yet another idea, is similar to the bottle mentioned earlier: small CLEAN water balloons that either were frozen, or contain cold water. This way, you can control it more. How's that? By using small balloons, you don't dramatically change the tempertaure. And you prevent and...

How's it goin? Just bought a pair last week. THEY ARE AWESOME... VERY good community fish. I have every community fish under the sun and they are peaceful and extremely colorful. I have a heavily planted tank and they don't touch the plants either. I wish I would've known about these...

Hi there... Got some great advice, but not sure how practical it would be... I hear if you have a canister filter, you could put it in a bucket of ice for a bit.... this is a crude way of chilling your water, and you could stop it when you feel the water is getting TOO cool... Lemme know what...

Wow--you live and you learn. I mistakenly quickly purchased to sets of plants - varegaed acorus and red arrowhead, both of which I found out later were not "true aquatic" plants, but instead are terranium plants. And of course, you can't return them. So my question is, is there ANY...

DOH-- That's what I get for posting when I was tired. You're right. My SAE'S are NOT territorial. It's my FLYING FOX that is. Sorry bout that! Bondstreet

Hi There-- Hoping I can shed SOME light on your algae problem. Now I know I am not the first one to cure the prob, but I certainly(cross my fingers) solved it in my tank. I, too, had beard algae and was pretty freaked, but I read that a few things speed up the growth of such algae: moving...

Hi There All -- Just a couple of questions. Want to gather a list of really useful websites to aid in planted tank research. I have a couple already, but I wanted to see if there are anymore that others in this forum recommend. Also, has anyone ever successfully maintained Copperleaf...

So scraping won't scratch the glass? I have a sponge, but that seems to not work as expected. The spot aglae is really stuck on there. Bondstreet

How's it goin bud? Glad you decided on using live plants. Here's the thing. There is a great deal of care necessary in order to maintain a planted tank(tank with "real" plants). First and most important, is lighting. We need to know how many gallons your tank is, what lighting wattage...

Hi... Haven't been on in a couple months. Have been way busy...urgh. Anyways, just to refresh, I have a 75gal planted and everything has been goin pretty well. My old beard algae prob went away simply by NOT doing a water change EVERY week, but every OTHER week. Also, I turned the light...

Ok, Here's a new one. My 75 gal planted tank is experiencing algae problems. Oy. Beard algae. However, my black mollies just had babies and now my concern is what will happen to them if I do a massive water change in attempt to combat the algae. Is that a bad idea to do right away? SHould...

Thanks for that. That is fantastic. I am just gonna increase my water changes to once a week now. Before I did it every 2 weeks. I already use the iron supplement. Plants are looking great. Just the freakin algae is buggin me. Now does the Flora APM kill existing beard algae in the...

Thanks guys... Gonna get the stuff today. Just have to look up pics of the SAE's. So far the tank is looking good. Just wanted to ask as well, what are the BEST ways to prevent algae outbreaks? Clean water changes, etc? Bondstreet

Howdy from NYC-- Now I know that algae eaters won't eat beard algae, however, I was wondering what type of algae eaters are good for planted tanks anyway? I have a 75 gal planted and want to purchase some algae eaters to eat around. Also, I am starting to experience a beard algae problem...

Hey there-- Corvuscorax's recommendation on Java Fern is great. It is a really great plant that does well under low light. Also, anubias are great as well. Either of these, I would recommend because, not only are they hardy, good with low light, but also they have larger leaves when they...

I AM DONE MEDICATING! Thank God! Well, I am done medicating and have done a 80% water change, put back the charcoal for a week and so far? Looks great...whew! Yeah, I lost a couple of fish(who weren't gonna make it anyway), but I also nursed my sword back to health which is cool cause he is...

Hi There Nikki, New fish, on some level, are so hit-or-miss. But I have some questions/suggestions that hopefully will shed SOME light as to what is goin on. Are you buying your fish from a reputable place? And at the local pet store where you buy the fish from, are there other sick fish in...

I found a GREAT small manual called "Aquarium Plants Manual". It's published by Barron's and written by Ines Sheurmann. The reason I like it, is because it is cheap, it is concise and it really is great to have on-hand as a reference book. I found it at my LFS and it is a great resource...

Hey again, Yeah I saw some pearling already, but it actually? I saw it when I installed the new lighting fixture a few weeks ago. My plants are lookin great. I can't wait for all this medical treatment to be done with so I can get to changing the cloudy water in my tank and prune my plants...

Hey there... So far so good. On the 3rd day of meds and the fish seem ok. The sick sword is much better. He is swimming around and there is no fungus around his mouth anymore, however, the fungus that was on it ate away half of his mouth. Yuck. But he looks much better. Plants look good as...