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After long consideration on whether or not to buy java moss and get it to grow on the lava rocks in my goldfish tank, I've decided, no. I've had it in my tank before and it quickly turned into a salad. So I want to try what most hobbyists would consider absurd and stick Mermaid's Hair...

I have a black moor with a what appears to be a sore on his eye. I noticed it yesterday and it just looked like he lost a scale and left a white spot. I looked again today and it looks worse and slightly swollen. I took him out of the goldfish tank and in with my cory tank (side note: there is...

I have a 29 gallon tank I'd like to set up on an extra stand (scroll style) I have instead of shelling out $60 for a new one, except the stand is meant for a 30 gallon tank. I have no doubt it can support the weight of the 29 but there's an extra 3" on each side and I don't know if that will...

I got these plants at petco and the packaging said it was "rotala wallichii" or needle leaf rotala and that seems wrong for the look of this plant. I've had it in my tank for a week now and it's only 2-3 inches tall. The leaves are tiny, but not needle-like, hence my suspition. Any ideas...

I'm going to be setting up a planted tank with red ludwigia, amazon sword, and java fern just to name a few. My question is, will all these plants do better under fluorescent bulbs or could I use LEDs? Sent from my iPhone using Aquarium Advice

I'd like to get a school of 6-8 tiger barbs and probably a couple of banjo catfish. However I've also got 2 dwarf gourami's I'd like to put in as well but I don't know if barbs and gourami's make good tank mates. Any opinions are welcome. Sent from my iPhone using Aquarium Advice

So I've really been thinking about adding Quikrete Play Sand to the Instant Torpedo gravel I already have in my tank. I've seen lots of people say play sand is a bad idea not just for planted tanks, but I've seen a couple videos on Youtube where is looks just fine. I figure if I mix the two...

The mission: build a glass open bottom aquarium for 1 male Veiltail Betta and 2 Asian Stone Catfish [approximately 3.5 gallons) Dimensions Upside down tank:6"x6"x13" Bottom tank: 10"x10"x6"

I have plans to make a two-piece upside down aquarium that holds approximately 4 gallons. Bottom tank measures about 10x10x6.5 (LxWxH) and the flipped tank will measure about 6x6x13 (neither tank will have braces/rims or whathaveyou, just silicone). My only conundrum is deciding how thick the...

I noticed some kind of fuzz in my tank chilling on the underside of some driftwood. No idea what it was but I decided to leave it alone for a few days and see what it did. Today it was noticeably larger so I pulled it out though some of it looks like it's lingering on the roots of my Anubias...

I'm looking to sex up my three female platys with a male swordtail and see what kind of beautiful babies they make. Right now all of my platys are about 1" long, so I don't think they're mature enough to reproduce. They are all different patterns of orange and black (sunburst, mickey, and...

This is my community ten gallon tank with 3 faux plants, 1 piece of driftwood, 2 slate slabs, and 1 anubias nana. I want to put in java moss and java fern but I haven't gotten around to it. How does is look so far? Stock: -5 fancy guppies (male) -3 various platies (female) -2 kuhli loaches...

I have this really stubborn piece of driftwood that I want as my center piece in my tank. It's literally soaked for weeks and I put in fresh hot water at least twice a day. The water still looks like tea in the morning after the overnight soak. Can I speed up the process or is this driftwood...

So I've had a burning question for a some time and it's been hard to research. I literally live 0.1 miles away from a river and I'd like to know if I could put wild aquatic plants in my tank. I don't think it would harm my fish and if I would watch in an unoccupied tank for a while and see how...

Aerating Decor: Updated! So I have this crazy idea to make my own aerating decor out of scupley and I know people have done it with pvc pipe and regular tubing. It is as simple as poking holes in it and plugging up the end, or is there some secret I don't know about? Please help before I do a...

Yesterday I noticed my two male guppies were being seclusive (like hiding for most of the day and being unusually inactive). They swim just fine and are still eating but they don't seem as excited when they are fed. I took out my other guppy to treat him for fin rot and internal parasite and I...

I'm in the process of saving up for a new tank for my guppies (not looking to breed) and I was wondering what environment they prefer. I already have a small heater that can handle a 10 gallon tank and it's preset to an average of 78 degrees F. I've read that guppies should be kept in a 20...