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It's come to the point where, after a lot of effort and fighting, I can't afford to maintain a large tank with the current financial strain on my shoulders. At the moment there are three out of four fish that I won't be able to keep, and would like to see them go at least someplace somewhat good...

I'm really interested in taking on a personal project and cleaning this pond, getting the equipment for it, making sure its set and dandy and then adding fish. I'm especially interested in something like livebearers, because I know koi won't fit. The pond is 16 feet long, 9 ft wide at the...

So, I've been looking for a pretty large tank recently, but can't money dump on it for another couple of weeks. I have a 4 hour break between two classes in college, so I was home lounging on the couch. A preview for Tanked comes on, the guys were smashing up what looked to be a 90 gallon...

So, I'm currently scratching my head over how in the world to grow a lush layer of algae in my tank. Say what? Yeah. I'm doing a heavily planted, lush tank, and I'm putting three or four large stones off-center that I'd like to be covered in a lush algae, or short moss, MUCH in the manner this...

As of: 7/21/2012 Overview: Alright, so recently I discovered a very fun way to make an interesting tank that's colorful, unique, and calming, and that's to just recreate Virginia's native waterways and add some of it's very diverse fish species into the mix! There are 217 species of fish found...

Looking for some owner/experience info and tips, I read everything that care sheets say, but I'd really like some experience-driven tips, tricks, do's, do-nots. I keep hearing there's several different species sold as Apollo Sharks, and that one is very aggressive, while the others are not. How...

Fell in love with this gorgeous angel, but because I can't upgrade until the end of summer, I had to get dragged away. I was pretty heartbroken, as ridiculous as that sounds. This little one was marked 4.99. So gorgeous, so cheap, I almost made a amazing but bad impulse buy. Does anyone else...

My 10g is soon going to be converted into a betta sorority with 5 females, and some tiny clean crew members, and my plans are as follows: Substrate: Sand. Root tabs will be placed every 5 or so inches along the bottom to help at first. Layout: The sand will be shallower towards the front...

Right, so I got three stone eggs while I was out yesterday, because I saw three brown ones and I thought they'd be cool on a table as a centerpiece in a wooden bowl. Then I thought about my fish tanks. There's no chemicals or polish on them other than basic buffing, it looks like. So here's the...

Underneath photos on this site, it used to show up with "Photo added..." and then the date. All of the dates have disappeared, and I can't help feeling odd if I'm posting on a picture of, say, a betta from 2005, when that fish is more than likely dead. It still has the "photo added" part, but...

So I've come across this a lot, where I've seen fish that I've adored, but either couldn't find, or were too big, or dangerous! When you post, post the fish you want, why you like it, but why you cant have it. I'd like to see what's caught everyone's fancy! A picture would be great, too! ---...

A tree fell, I don't know if it snapped the lines or not. We don't have a battery, or a generator. Everything in my tank is off. Will my fish be okay? Should I insert a straw send blow after a few hours? My stock is as follows: 1x sailfin pleco 2x eclipse catfish 1x African brown knife 3x...

I went to test my water today and when I had done all my other levels and held up the vial to the color chart, it was a color I'd never seen before - blue. It looked a little less than the 7.8 mark. Last week, it was 6. The first vial is the tank water. The second is from the bathroom sink...

Picked up this little guy earlier after two horrible experiences trying to get other species of catfish. Cute little thing. First two pictures were while acclimating (each 5 minutes I added some of my tank water to the bag) and a little while afterwards. He's really active so far, and seems...

I've been searching high and low for these guys, and every time one comes up, the sale either doesn't go through because it's ALREADY sold out, or, like my recent purchase, the seller packaged badly and the pleco ended up dying. I'd like one that's small.. 1-3 inches, to fit the size of the...

Just bought a brand new piece of driftwood.. For complications' sake, since my current tank is small (and I'm upgrading soon) most of my decor is fake, but my new pleco needed some wood to chew. 1. This thing is spewing tannis 2. It's infested with snails 3. It's been in a LFS tank for a few...

I know a lot of people here like linking stock calculators, because to be honest they are pretty neat. The one I use tells you, by what filter you put in, whether or not you need more filtration, and what % your filtration is at. Like, say a filter meant for a 75 gallon tank is put on a 100...

It's popped up all over my tank the past few days. It's little white fluff balls, like little clouds. They sway with the current, and attach to everything. I cleaned some off my glass, but it's on all my decorations. Not on my fish, they all seem healthy and happy. The only thing in my water...

Too expensive, or totally worth it? These things seem a little hard to believe. Put them in your tank, and BOOM! Instant environment? Does anyone here have one?

I've kept one or two solitary ferns and grasses in a tank and betta habitats that had the rest that were fake plants, and never needed to give any supplements because what my fish and water gave the plant was enough to keep that one plant running. I plan on switching to a full planted tank.. I...

I'm getting closer and closer to my goal of owning my 125.. all my funds are saved, everything's good-to-go as soon as I get the OK to move into my new space. Everything has been really simple so far, but now there's an issue. What kind of filter do you pop on a 125 gallon? Someone mentioned...

I've seen the normal types like play sand, pool sand, black beauty, etc, but are there any types that are really unique, pretty, or otherwise? Looking for a freshwater, tropical tank. What are your thoughts on sand, and how easy it is? What are your favorites?

I love the way a lot of the carpet plants look, but not necessarily when the ENTIRE tank is covered. If too much starts growing in areas I don't want it to, can I simply pick out and remove/sell the excess plants? Or should I be looking for more tame plants that won't overtake my tank? Also...

I'm looking for someplace to go to start learning more in-depth about the hobby, so I can work with fish more often and start honing my knowledge of them until my photography buisiness kicks off, and maybe a place where they trade fish/know really good sellers/etc. Someplace to go once or twice...

Alright, continuing on my search for a good medium/top swimmer for my upcoming 75-100 gallon, someone mentioned Rainbowfish. I had been looking at some Millenium Rainbows a few months previous, but I want to know more species worth looking at that are on the larger end up the scale (4-6 inches)...