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So I finally picked up some crushed coral last night to help with my super low PH. Hopefully I can get this fricken tank cycled now. My question is though how much do I use? I have stuffed a handful or 2 in a media bag and put that in my filter. How long will it take for me to notice a...

I'm hoping someone can help me out with this because I'm completely lost. I don't know what happened or why it happened but it's a PITA. A bit about my tank. It's a 30 gallon fresh. Lightly planted - some small amazon swords and 3 java fern windelov. I use flourish root tab and flourish...

I have a Java Fern Windelov in my tank right now that seems to be attracting a lot of algae growth. I actually had thought it was dying because it turned all dark looking. It's been in my tank for a few months and I was just loosing hope as it seemed to just keep getting darker. Then I thought I...

I've been away from the boards for a while. Had a pretty crummy run with my tank and now I'm starting from scratch in my 30. Trying to look on the bright side now though and am getting excited about planning this puppy out. It's a low tech planted tank. I've ditched the fake plants I had as...

So I picked up a snail yesterday at the pet store when I grabbed some new amazon sword. I put it in my tank and well.. it hasn't moved. I laid it "hole" down on a rock and when I woke up in the morning it was in the same spot but rolled on its shell. I moved it again to up against the tank...

I'm looking for some opinions on what others would do in my position. So a bit of back story. I had a case of internal parasites/worms that almost wiped my whole tank out. All that remain are a single neon and my 2 inch angelfish. I did a 2 week long treatment of API general cure because it's...

I've been treating my 30 gallon with API general cure for internal parasites/worms. It's been well over a week now of treatments and I'm not seeing a huge difference. I see some improvement, my fish will come out of hiding after treatment or when the tank is dark but through the day generally...

I am dealing with an internal parasite or worms in my tank right now. I started treatment with API general cure. It's a 30 gallon tank and all that is left is a single angel and 3 neons. I saw some improvement in the first 24 hours. You are suppose to treat the tank, wait 48 hours and remove...

Can anyone tell me what this is and how to treat it? I know the pix are horrible, I'm sorry I can't seem to get better. A bit of back story. Over the past 2 months I've had a lot of fish death in my tank and haven't been able to figure out why. Every death seems a bit different though all...

I'm currently having some issues with my Amazon sword. This is my first go at plants so I'm trouble shooting my issues. It's a 30 gallon tank, 16 inches deep, I have 5 small amazon sword and 1 Java fern wendilov. I got them all at the same time 10 days ago. I use a Marineland double bright LED...

I've been having a heck of a time with my tank the last 1-2 months. I keep having fish deaths and for the life of me I can't figure out what is causing it. I've lost 4 platy, 5 rasbora, 2 neons and a sunset gourami. First it was the rasbora and a neon, almost all of them in 24-48 hours. This I...

Finally got to the pet store to pic up my first plants! I walked out with 5-6 small amazon sword plants and a Java fern windelov. I hadn't seen the windelov before but it was a good price so I snatched it up. I only asked for 4 of the amazon sword and realized when I got home he had given me...

A local pet store has small amazon sword on for 1 buck a plant, here it's close to 5 bucks regular price so this is a steller deal. My question is how long will they survive without a light? I have my light but don't have my lid for the tank yet so can't use the light with the risk of water...

I know colour changes are pretty normal in some fish as they mature but to what extent? What about blackness/dark spots? My Sunset Gourami has gotten an explosion of black marks over the past few weeks. They are like a speckled look up on his "face". Some of these arrived well over a month ago...

I do not know why my heaters have against me but they are a serious PITA. A few weeks ago the suction cups of one snapped when I was moving it's placement. I was annoyed but had a second heater and just popped that one in. Well I had treated for ick the other week and noticed that the suction...

So while into the petstore yesterday for my dog I just couldn't resist my usual trip through the fish department. I was thrilled to notice they had a shipment of rams in and they were awesomely priced. I got looking in the tank and was a bit surprised. They didn't look like any rams I've ever...

Can anyone tell me if this is capable of supporting low light plants? I was in the LPS and saw they have these on sale for a good discount and almost snatched one up but wanted to first be sure it would serve the purpose I was hoping it would. This would be the one Marineland® LED Double...

After a round of illness took out a good chunk of my stock I am starting to rethink how I want to stock my tank. I'm not ready just yet to start stocking. I want to be sure the remainder of my fish are healthy and it's only been a week. It's never too early to start thinking though and I'm...

I noticed my platies are acting a little strange the last 24 hours. I had done my water change yesterday afternoon and they've been acting strange since. I actually lost a couple rasbora and I think I perhaps shocked them during the change. 1 of my buckets of water was off on temp and I did...

I'm going to start planting my 30 gallon soon and have wondered the effect this will have on the algae growth in my tank. My tank is close to a window that gets a fair amount of natural light so I do have a good amount of algae growth. I've often heard people say that after an adjustment period...

Woke up to a dead neon this morning, he was sucked on to the intake tube cover of 1 of my filters(aqua tech 20-40). I have no idea what could have caused it. Everyone else in the tank is happy as can be. Everyone greeted me at the top wanting food. Water perams are normal(A & N = 0, Nitrates =...

OH should I or shouldn't I. lol The fella that owns the fish store I was in a few days ago just posted a video of the bettas I've been coveting. The ones that have been tank sharing with guppies. Bettafish at maritime reef - YouTube They are both lovely but I THINK number 2 may be my favorite.

So last night I finally made it into the local marine store I've been trying to get to for weeks. Picked up my lovely Koi angel finally! They carry a good stock of freshwater fish and keep expanding which is excellent news for me. We have 1 other store in the city that sells fish and it's not...

Finally got out to pick up my much anticipated angel today! The local marine store had an order of fresh angels come in last week and they were excellently priced. I hummed and hawed over them and then saw this beaut saunter out from behind some plants and fell in love. He/she was one of the...

Just picked one up today. :) My battery is dead so I have it charging and will post a pic of he/she later. In the mean time I would love to see some of yours! Fresh or Salt I'm really not picky. :P Mine is fresh.