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Hi all, I need some advice please. I have a 5 gallon heated, planted, sponge filtered fresh water tank in my office. It last housed a betta who died a few weeks ago. It was way too soon for this betta - I had him only about 6 months. I went away for a few weeks and one of my grad students...

Hi all, I have a 30 gallon planted tank. Aquaclear 70 (with a bottle baffle). 6 cardinal/neon tetras, 8 glowlight rasboras, 1 bn pleco, ramshorn snails and assassin snails. Plants are: java fern, java moss, anubias, Myriophyllum mattogrossense, vals, and Cryptocoryne willisii. No C02 -...

Hi everyone, I have a 30 gallon long and have been running an Aquaclear 50 for several months now. My filter stopped working (still can't figure out why and stupidly hadn't submitted the warranty paperwork!), so I bought a new one. My LFS suggested that I go with one level up, increasing the...

Hi all, I just noticed today that something appears to be wrong with two of my tetras. They are swimming fine, schooling as usual, eating normally, etc. I wouldn't have even noticed except that I dropped my algae wafer really close to the front of the tank and the tetras swarmed it. I stuck...

Hi everyone, I need help please. My betta has a cottony fungus and I am struggling with it. I will have to test water parameters when I get back, as I have to leave now, but I thought I would get started with this. Basics: 5 gallon tank, sponge filter, heater, weekly 30-50% water changes. Betta...

Hi folks, Just found out that my son's best friend's dad is planning to set up a 10 gallon. He has always wanted fish and when his ex was getting rid of the tank, he asked for it. Now, turns out that she was getting rid of the tank because her fish kept dying. I asked if he had read about...

Hi folks, Are my betta's fins ok? He has always had light purple tips, but some of the tips look a bit kinked, which I never noticed before and on looks like it has a bit of fuzz (looks a bit like lint). Can't test my water yet. Tank is at the office and test kits are at home, but the tank has...

Hi! I forgot my password today when I was logging in with my computer. I ended up resetting the password in the end. Now, when I try to log in with my iPad, I can't get in. First attempt, it said the password was wrong and that was attempt one out of five. But, it never allowed for a second...

HI all, When I first got started, I was given a pile of test kits. Sadly, they were all expired and failed to give accurate readings. I need to get rid of them, but don't want to just toss the chemicals in the rubbish. Any thoughts on safe disposal options? (I'm in BC, if that has any influence...

So, after a disaster with my 20 gallon, I decided to start fresh with a 29 gallon. Got sand yesterday and rinsed like mad for hours. Looked clear in the buckets, but as soon as I added it to the tank and put in some water, it went very, very cloudy. Didn't settle over night like I hoped it...

Hi all, I have a Marineland Penguin Biowheel 200. The other day, during a pwc, I gapped and forgot to unplug it. The impeller started making nasty noises when the water level dropped below the intake level and I unplugged it frantically. It took ages and lots of fiddling after I refilled the...

Not sure if this really counts as DIY because I am not going to make it... looking for an alternative to sand from the LFS. I have heard good things about using sand blasting sand (I'm looking for black). This seems like a good option and is only $14 CDN for a 55lb bag. Does it look like the...

Hi everyone, I am looking for inspiration for my new 29 gallon (thread is here) and someone suggested that I check out rainbow fish as a rather under appreciated variety of community fish. I've done a bit of poking around and generally like what I see, but I've had conflicting advice from my...

Hi folks, Following a raging case of Cyanobacteria in my first tank, likely brought on by some poor plant choices, I am going to start with a new tank. And yes, I tried killing the Cyanobacteria and failed. Basic equipment: So, the new tank is 29 gallons, long. It came with an Aqua-tech 20-40...

My nine-year-old got a betta and cube at Christmas. Although we tried to do regular water changes, Jupiter got fin rot and a swim bladder problem. I nursed him back to health by hanging his cube inside my big tank right up front, so I could change his water daily, and suck out uneaten food and...

Hi all, I started a 20 gallon tank just after Christmas. I did a fish less cycle and everything went swimmingly for a while. Took about two months, but the tank cycled. I had some problems with a few plants, and I suspect that started my bigger issues. My lights are T5 HO and I was running them...

Hi all, I am running a newish 20 gallon long, currently with only 5 fish (3 neons and 2 pepper cories), some bogwood and a number of plants. Did a fishless cycle, which took about 6 weeks. The neons have been there for 2 weeks and the cories for less than a week. I test my water every other...

Hi everyone, I have a new 20 gallon long planted tank, with bog wood and a couple pieces of ceramics (a creamer jug and a tea cup). I started a fish-less cycle 8 weeks ago and when my tank cycled after 6 weeks, I put in 3 neons. They had the place to themselves for a week, and then I added two...

Hi everyone, I have a 20 gallon tank that has been cycling for 6 weeks. All my levels are now good (finally!). So, today I took the plunge and bought 3 tetras for the tank. I followed the instructions from my LFS person and floated the bag for a bit. Then I turned the fish loose. After this, I...

Hello everyone, I have just joined the forum as I am new to aquariums and can definitely benefit from your collective experience! I started with an impulse buy of a betta last autumn. Now, I didn't just get a fish in a cup, but it was close. I have a 3 gallon fish bowl with a heater and I had...