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I just got an onion plant from my LFS. I guess they are hard to find here in WA. I was quite shocked that it looks JUST like an onion! Anyway...I brought it home Tuesday and stuck it in my shrimp tank. It was beautiful white. Well here it is Thursday and the onion has turned yellow. I...

A friend of mine bought a house with a pond. She didn't want it. So while I was draining it I found 3 nice butterfly koi, several other goldfish up to 7 inches and three 8.5 inch goldfish. I kept the three 8.5 and put them in my 90 gallon that I was cycling for koi. I should mention the pond...

I cant identify the type of algae this is. Can anybody help? My LFS, which is major awesome....cant identify it either.... really want to cure it. 10 gallon, Fluval shrimp substrate (cant remember the name right now) Planted Plus LED light, Water parameters are good. No nitrate. No...

What is the best way to keep a Q tank setup? I was told by a guy at my LFS that I should have the heater on but the filter off unless I was acclimating or quarantining a fish.opinions?

Can a person switch to fresh beefheart from frozen as it is MUCH cheaper?

Three days ago I lost my entire tank. I am still overly depressed about it. It started when one of my roselines had popeye. I don't have a hospital tank so had to treat the whole tank with severely reduced amounts of Epsom and Myracyn. Cured in one day! Then my plants started to show...

I am currently feeding Tetacolor Plus to all my fish. And plankton and hikari and crab chunks to my shrimp. here is what I have. 55 g with rainbows, Denison barbs, albino rainbow shark, skirt tetras. 2 gallon with betta 5 g with orange sakura shrimp and chili rasboras 10 g dedicated to...

I found my Oto like this yesterday. I have no idea what he is suffering. Should he be quarantined? Is he ill? I just found him this way...I have not had time to test all my water levels but as sure everything is in the happy range. I just don't want this guy to suffer. Any help would be...

I know the Tiger Lotus is a high light plant. I just today bought one and it has no bulb. It is an off shoot. So my questions are... First...will it live and thrive? Second...I put it in my 2 gallon with a 7500k led. (2.6 fluval spec standard led) hoping it would "start" before I move it...

So I set up a quarantine tank. 10g. I put in a large sponge filter and I am seeing nothing being pulled to it. all the detritus just sits on the bottom of the tank or continues to just float to the surface. There is nothing in the tank. No plants no decorations of any kind and no substrate...

So I have a berried Ghost Shrimp and a berried Blue Velvet Shrimp. I just read that the Ghost will eat the Blue Shrimplets. Is that true? If it is will the Chost eat it's own young?

I am fed up with my Fluval spec 5g. I need low light plants (hopefully a ground cover) I am going to do shrimp but cant decide on what substrate to use. I just need ideas to do something with it. I never thought I would have trouble with a small tank. I found out it's MUCH harder than a big...

My Cyperus grew to tall. So I cut it. Removed probably the top two and a half inches. Hope it survives!

I have been trying to figure out what caused my sudden PH drop. My mystery snail has developed a bad case of shell rot...the guys at my LFS says it's a lack of calcium in the tank due to a PH drop. The only thing I've done different was changed from Prime to Seachems Alpha from the AquaVitro...

Actually 2 questions. First is, my Betta seems to have trouble swimming. I set the pump to the lowest setting and have the output set to a vertical position spraying to the nearest wall. How should I set the nozzle so the current isn't to much for the Betta? Second, I just got some...

I am coming up on a great deal for a 300 gallon tank. I know it will be planted. I know I will have at least one reed fish (rope fish) I know I will have groumies. But the reality is I am overwhelmed with all the options to put in it...so I hit a wall and cant decide what else to do with it...

So I'm sure you have all realized I am a newbie. So is this a sign that this plant is getting too much light? It's pretty clear, but if you can't see it...the "meat" of the leaf has started to erode and has left behind the vein structure.

Last night I was loving ROYDOOMS comprehensive list of plants. But now for some reason I can not find his 15 + pages of plant profiles. I can only find a three page post that doesn't help me. Can anyone point me in the direction of the big post?

I am not sure what these are but I have VERY many. I fear the bio load is too large for my tank. What do you think?

Anything I plant dies. My broad leaf plants and grasses appear to dry out and crack. Anything "whispy" just turns brown. My peacock moss is not spreading and my Java moss just sits there. I have a flourite substrate. I use the Flourite cubes. I use Flourish Excel. And Aqueon "plant food"...

So I saw the DIY here on the spray bar. LOVED IT! So I went to Home Depot, found the parts, then spoke with a gal who said she used to run a Pet store. She advised AGAINST PVC in the tank as it may leech chemicals into the water therby killing my fish. What would you all say? And thank you...

In my 55, I have struggled with poor circulation at the bottom of my tank. Leaving my sand filthy. I recently added a maxi-jet 400 as a power head. My Sharks seem to love the circulation. But I worry it's too much. What would you all reccommend as proper ground circulation?

Son of a gun! First I lost my Farlowella last month. Today my Loach. Last night I did my large water change, and algea scrub. Loach was fine...this morning he had this huge red lump. (working on getting a photo). This evening he is dead. All my level are good. With the exception of the...

I am afraid to do a bleach dip. I kill everything with bleach. What is the proper ratio to dip my plants in Hy-Peroxide? Actually, what is the whole process?

1~What type of fish is afflicted? FARLOWELLA HAS A SCALY WHITE GROWTH ON THE BACK OF THE HEAD 2~What are your tank parameters (ammonia, 0 nitrites,0 nitrates, 20 PPM temp, 75 pH) 7.0 3~ How large is the tank? 55 G How long has the tank been set up? 9 MONTHS 4~What type of filtration are you...