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So, when i Last had an aquarium I used sand. I like it, I love Cory cats and loaches and other bottom dwellers. So I rinsed my sand and filled up this aquarium I've run my filter for 24 hours and the tank is still cloudy!! I can even see to the back! I just did a 90% water change and it's all...

So I bought a fountain pump on clearance from the hardware store and am making my own canister filter using a gallon Rubbermaid jug. I was wondering if anyone had any ideas for non fish store aquarium medium to put in the canister. So far I am going Gravel, sponge, pot scrubbers, pillow...

Hey all, I have this idea that I want to make a "post apocalyptic" theme in my aquarium. Kind of a "ruined manhattan" under water. Anyone known of anywhere I can find this type of decor? Or what I could build it with that is aquarium safe? Or what toys that aren't specifically for aquariums that...

Hello fellow enthusiasts, I used to post regularly on here and had a 150g freshwater aquarium community build. Life happened and I was forced to sell it. I've been missing it and my lovely wife decided to surprise me with a 55 gallon set up in my house when I came home one day this week. My...

Ok so i have this giant air pump i bought not sure of what it could do, and have since learned it was pretty much limited to air stones, whatnot. While a bubble curtain is nice and a disc is cool i already have a giant powerhead moving water in my tank almost more than im cool with. So while im...

Im just wondering, does anyone know what species od cory this is? I bought one from my local petsmart, and it bred with my emerald cories. While the babies, now nearly adult size, share most of the characteristics of my emeralds, they have very pronounced red in their tail regions, and near the...

I am looking for ideas for low light plants to put in the foreground of my 150g tank. The issue is the tank is 2 feet deep so the smaller plants really arent going to get a lot of light. Id like something short and bushy, thats what i was picturing anyway. Thanks!

So i recently bought an aqueon 1250 powerhead for my 150 gallon aquarium, and it keeps falling off the side!! Anyone else have this issue and how did you resolve it? I love the flow it provides and would like to fix this.

I dont see a lot of people talking about these. If i attached a large sponge filter to my air pump would this provide an extensive amount of extra filtration? Say comparable to adding an extra HOB filter to my 150g tank? I have the largest tetra whisper pump i think its the tetra whisper 125...

I was wondering what you all put on the back of your tanks, if anything. The wall behind my color is a dark cream/tannish color and gives my tank water a yellowish look. My dad actually came to my house today and asked why my water was so dirty. I had to dip some out into a glass to show him the...

So when i bought my 150g tank i had no intention of planting it but after much research, a lot of time on here, and finding most lfs aquaria decor cheesey i am slowly converting to a planted tank. So i stopped stocking fish. Most of my stock are hearty tetras and cories. My most delicate are my...

OK so when I clean my tank, I take the hood off, and all the light fixtures, and I attach a clip on metal light to the side of the tank( The light is actually the basking bulb for my painted turtle).Anyway, I notice every time that I do this that I actually like the lighting from this clip on...

Is there any kind of adapter i can get to make this work i am extremely upset at this point. I really want this to work.

What size power head would you reccomend for a 150 g freshwater planted aquarium?

I have a tetra whisper air pump that i have a few bubble curtains hooked too in my 150 g aquarium. While bubble curtains are aesthetically pleasing, i feel like they just dont move enough water. I went to a few shops and didnt find anything other than various bubblers. My question is, is there...

I was just wondering if anyone had experience with lamp eye tetras. I have 10 in my 150 gallon that i am working on planting. I wanted to finish out my stocking with 6 angels. I have read that they are fin nippers, does anyone have experience with this, or know if they would be any more prone to...

I know that most people one here when talking about foods reccomend hikari brand. I have not seen this in the stores i frequent, which is a privately owned lite pet shop, and pet smart. Not much else around unless i drive an hour. I have tried wardleys and tetra brand, neither seemed any better...

I will have a surplus of golden mystery snails ready in a few weeks. Was wondering if there is any interest.

Ok so i set up a 10 gallon with just 2 mystery snails. I thought they were really pretty and it would be cool if they bred so i lowered the water level. Well they bred alright and now there are probably over 100 babies all over this tank! Im not sure what i want to do about it. I dont need 100s...

ok i have had my 150g tank running since August. If youve followed any of my posts you know i did a fishless cycle with pure ammonia, added first fish i believe in september. there have been ups and downs along the way from purchasing sick fish mostly, but here we are almost in the new year and...

Ok I posted a few weeks ago that I had cory eggs, and i took them out of my main 150g tank in put them in my "qt" tank. Its a 10 gal with 2 mystery snails. Weeks past and I ddint notice anything on inspection, but today out of nowhere I see two little buggers scooting around about an 1/8 an inch...

Just wondering if yoyos would try to take down a golf ball sized mystery snail. I know they love smaller ones' just wondering if they would kill larger ones. I love how they keep the walls of your tank clean

Ok so i got a shoal of 6 turquoise rainbowfish over a month ago. One of them was a real bully and apparently killed the rest of his shoal. Since they are gone his colors are brighter and he os eating voraciously and seems to be very happy. I thought these were schooling fish in my research. I am...

I just watched my cories copulate it was the craziest thing I've seen in my tank yet, the spawning, copulation, and finally her shooting eggs all over my aquarium wall. Is there a.safe way to remove the eggs so they are not eaten?

So I read in a post on here about cleaning old tanks that you should use a sponge.made specifically for cleaning aquariums when doing maintenance, because regular ones for dishes have been treated with chemicals that harm fish. Is that true?? I.though dish sponges were just regular old sponges...