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I have a 90g freshwater planted tank with a 10g wet/dry filter underneath. I want a community tank and have stocked the following: 9 Glo-light tetra 8 Green tiger barb 6 Serpae tetra 6 Oto 5 Zebra loaches I got the Oto's to get rid of some diatomes that were growing rampant all over and to...

I've been cycling a 90g tank for 4 months now. Never really got it to work, ammonia would drop and I'd not see nitrite. Then nitrite would appear and ammonia would suddenly stop dropping. Then both would stop. Frustrating A friend recommended raising my tank temp to 86 from 78 to help...

I'm cycling my first tank (100g FW) and have everything but fish in there. I bought a 3 pack of Flourish, Flourish Excel and Flourish Iron to fert my plants. Flourish Iron says to dose once a week to maintain a healthy .1 mg/l concentration. I also bought a Sera Iron test kit to make sure I...

I am setting up my first tank and I wanted to do a good job on the lighting. I was hoping for a system that would not turn all the light on at once, then off again suddenly. After alot of reading it seems there is no easy way to set-up a timed dimmer for fluorescent lights. So my plan is to...

I know there's another thread on this already, but it says I can't reply to it because it's 153 days old. http://www.aquariumadvice.com/forums/f60/fluval-e300-heater-junk-178774.html I am a rookie at the aquarium hobby so I don't have any great advice, but I did want to document some of the...

Hello all. I'm new to the forum and new to aquariums. I just set up a 90g tank with a built in overflow. I have a small sump a friend gave me sitting inside a 20 gallon tank underneath. I've run the water through it and it works great, although it's a bit noisy when I'm sitting right next to it...