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Hey guys... Quick background... I'm cycling a 10 gallon tank for the last month or so. I used some filter media from my larger tank, and ammonia (same ammonia that cycled my other two tanks). As of last Friday, my nitrites disappeared along with ammonia, I was cycled. Since i wasnt ready for...

So I'm going on vacation from September 6th until the 16th. I have my main tank with lights on timers so that is no worry. I plan on having my neighbor feed my fish every OTHER day, to avoid over feeding. I will do a water change on that tank the day before I leave so I should be OK. My...

Hi all.... I'm having trouble making a decision here on what to do. I have a male albino krib in a 46 gallon, have had him for almost 8 months. My LFS has a female regular (non albino) krib and she's so pretty! She's also smaller than my male. I'd really like to pick her up as a mate for my...

Found this guy this morning in my shrimp tank. My guess is ramshorn, am I correct? Is it bad to be in my little shrimp tank?

I really hope it isn't, but yesterday I noticed this dark fungus looking algae on my plants closest to the light. I normally have algae there, but this looks different. I tried to take some pics below but it's hard to get a close up shot of it.

I have a 2 gallon nano tank that's planted with some moss, swords and water sprite. I also have a piece of driftwood in there and have sand as substrate. I'm concerned on how I'm going to do water changes and clean the sand with this little tank. Trying to use the python cyphon is going to...

Hey all.... I have a fluval 306 running on my tank and I'm thinking about removing the carbon section. The filter has been running for about 6 to 7 months, so I'm sure, from what I have read, it's run it's course. Is there a good filter media I can replace it with? I see theres rings and...

Hi all! Looking for some black ruby barbs, preferably pretty young. My LFS carries them but in larger size only. Will pay shipping costs or do a local pick up in New Jersey. If anybody can help me out please shoot me a PM. Thanks!!

Hey all... I noticed a few days ago my kribensis has been going to town on the algae in my tank. Normally, he picks around the gravel through out the day but now he is eating algae from my plants and directly off the glass. I wouldn't be concerned, but, he has been pooping NON STOP. And it's...

Hey all.... I noticed tonight one of my tiger barbs on his own and his body was curving. He was kind of twitching but his actual body began to curve and he swam around really funny. He was separated from the rest of the pack of barbs. Any ideas what this could be? He definitely isn't...

Hey all... Looking to start up my little shrimp colony, so I'm in need of a few RCS. About 10 would do. I'm located in New Jersey, please send me a PM... Thanks!

Wondering what this is growing on my plants and How to make it stop. I've had it for a while now (couple months) and it seems to get worse as the plants get closer to the light. It's a brownish color and rubs off when I touch it, but it seems to be suffocating my plants. Usually after its on...

So in New Jersey we've had a major heat wave the last 3 days. My little fan over the tank works well but can only do so much. I bit the bullet today and left my AC on since the tank rose to 85 as of early this morning. Unfortunately I left my heater unplugged and my little fan blowing on the...

Hey guys ... Seen this little guy in the store, only labels on the tank were Rainbow Crab and Red crab...I don't think it's either, but he's so cool lookin! Anybody know what kind he is?

.... That is the question. I'm trying to decide if a splash guard is required for a T5 light fixture. This fixture will be placed above my tank with legs but will NOT have a glass canopy. I will have an open top tank. Any experience either way? Not sure if it's a safety hazard or if the...

Can anybody tell me what type of fish this is?

Hey all.. Quick question....I'm gonna make shrimp for dinner tomorrow and my grocery store sells raw freshwater shrimp. I was wondering if it would be ok to throw a piece into my tank as a snack for my little guys? I'm pretty sure they would go nuts for it, but not sure if it's safe. Any...

Hey guys... I currently have a big water sprite plant and a big amazon sword in my 46 gallon. I've had the sword for over a month and the sprite for close to 4 months. When I first bought the sprite it literally exploded across my tank, I was cutting off baby plants every week... The sword...

LOL look at this little guy... Just hangin out in the filter intake sponge, cleaning it up for me!!

Hi all This morning after feeding I seen a tiny yellow thing in the back corner of my tank on the glass. As I looked closer I noticed it was a tiny snail! About the size of a small piece of gravel. I quickly went to grab my phone to take a picture. When I returned a minute later my pleco was...

Hi guys, I have made an unfortunate decision to not keep my rainbow cichlid. It just cannot co exist with my kribensis and I am seeing this progressively getting worse.. Somebody is going to end up hurt and it's unnecessary stress on both fish. I believe it is a female based on the more...

Hi guys, I have a question... I have a Filter Max Pre Filter sponge on my intake of my canister filter. I use it so my kuhlis don't get sucked up my filter again. Problem is, I'm noticing that when I clean it (squeeze it in a bucket of tank water) I seem to have a problem afterwards. Two...

Hey guys... I really hope not but I was wondering if my barb has ich. This morning I noticed a white dot on its back fin that was definitely not there last night. It's still there after work now. None of my fish arent showing any signs of ich or other problems. There's only one dot on the...

So last night I tested my water for ammonia and nitrites... No nitrites, however, it seems I have a slight trace of ammonia.. About .25. My tank has been cycled and running for 2 months now. I did a water change on Saturday morning and I cleaned a lot of the gravel. When I seen the ammonia...

Hi all, So I have been tossing around the idea of upgrading my lights to T5 HO. I currently have a 46 gallon bowfront, which is about 20 inches deep I believe. As of now, I have water sprite and an amazon sword growing in the tank with a standard T8 single bulb fixture over a glass top. I...