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I can't seem to grow Hygrophila corymbosa to save my life. It is riddled with holes. I am dosing extra potassium besides using root tabs and Flourish. Every other plant in my tank looks great (swords, anubias, and crypts of several species, wisteria, and java fern), but this stuff is spindly and...

My husband and I are planning on building a double stand for my 75s. We have found plans for a sturdy stand, but we are not sure about the working space we should leave between the top of the bottom tank and the top framing members. My gut instinct says 12" in order to have room to work (siphon...

I am upsizing my planted 55 to a 75 gallon. I currently run two AquaClears (a 70 and a 20) which gives me great filtration and water movement. I love how efficient these are--I keep them packed with media. My only complaint is how much room they take up on the back of the tank. Since the 75 is...

Would a sponge filter have to be running to maintain the beneficial bacteria in it? Or could one just leave it in a healthy tank unattached to a pump? I want to use it as a backup for other tanks or QT, but don't want to have a pump running. Would that work?

Anyone ever taken those standard aquarium fixtures and modified them to make a double fixture? I have three 24 inch ones I've collected and would like to use two on a 20H tank, but don't want the bulk--it would be a pain to get at the water for feedings. Any ideas? This is for a lower light...

This subject has probably been discussed at length, but I want to set up a 20 gallon tank with mixed corydoras and a single male betta. AqAdvisor says it isn't advisable but . . . . So, what are the chances for problems? Do I introduce the corys first then betta or other way around? I have...

I have a large female glowlight tetra that suddenly started swimming oddly--sideways. She couldn't seem to keep herself upright. I found her later wedged in some java moss. I separated her and put her in a breeder net in the same tank. Upon close examination, I could see that both of her...

Hi all. I am itching to rebuild my 20 gallon planted which is now over a year old. I mostly want to change the hardscaping and add some red plants now that I have the lighting, ferts, etc. figured out. This brings up the question of how long a tank can go with routine maintenance (plant...

I had about 50 little platy fry in a cycled five gallon tank for about a month, until last weekend. I set up a ten gallon tank with new gravel, moved the sponge filter, plastic plants and real plants from the five to the ten and filled it about a third of the way with fresh conditioned water. I...

My two female honey gouramis are so wide in the abdomen. They are pooping normally so aren't constipated, but I am a little concerned about them. Their behavior in normal. In addition to regular feedings, they tend to graze on algae as well as pick at the zuchhini I put in for the otos. At any...

I had four new albino corys in quarantine for four weeks and just added them to my planted 55 gallon community tank yesterday afternoon. This morning, there are eggs all over the upright leaves of a cryptocoryne and I witnessed one of them carrying eggs between her pelvic fins. I know it happens...

I put this on the general page, too, but know the most experienced planted tank folks might see it…. I've had a planted 20 gallon up and running for about a year now and am thinking of doing some rearranging. It is a heavily planted tank with EcoComplete substrate. If I decide to redo this...

I've had a planted 20 gallon up and running for about a year now and am thinking of doing some rearranging. It is a heavily planted tank with EcoComplete substrate. If I decide to redo this tank, do I rinse the EcoComplete (like one would with gravel) or just do a good vacuuming of it after...

Just wanted to share this and am wondering if anyone else has experienced it… I had a small build-up of green spot algae on my tank walls that wouldn't come off with my regular scrubber pad so I took a new single-edge razor blade to it. As I worked from top to bottom, green "worms" of algae...

I am thinking of moving my male platy from the 55 gallon he shares with four lady friends and into a 20 gallon. He wears them out with all of his sexual antics and I don't want more fry. The 20 gallon has honey gouramis, neon and glowlight tetras, otos, amano and cherry shrimp. I've not had any...

I have two female honey gouramis in my heavily planted 20 gallon (was hoping one was a male, but alas….) The other stock is 9 neon tetras 5 glowlight tetras 3 otos 3 amano shrimp 6 cherry shrimp I know I'm Ok with the bioload if I add a male, but wondering about how well they will get along...

I currently use a single 10 gallon tank as my quarantine and hospital tank. The problem is that if I have to treat with antibiotics or disinfect after some horrible outbreak (like neon tetra disease), it kills the BB. Which means I have to re-cycle the tank. Even though I seed the filter with...

I bought six seemingly healthy harlequin rasboras a little over two weeks ago and kept them in quarantine for two weeks. Within days of moving them to my big tank, they were dying left and right. When I was down to three I took them out and put them in the hospital tank and despite antibiotics...

I have had problems keeping corys alive in my planted 55 gallon. I've lost at least five skunk corys and four albinos. In the past, I've asked for help with this and most people thought it was my water, but that is always good. Others blamed salt because of brine shrimp, etc. I just put in three...

Here is my 55 gallon after a little over five months. I am looking forward to yanking some of the wisteria as some of the other plants get bigger. I'm pretty happy with it considering I am not using CO2.

Does anyone have any experience with the API water filter? The reviews on various sites make it sound like it is perfect solution -- at least for smaller aquariums. I want to use it to lower my pH just a little to help with fighting algae issues. I've been researching algae like crazy and have...

Here is the 55. I have three more platys in quarantine to add yet, and possibly a few more corydoras (I have trouble keeping them alive for some reason!). I love how the plants are doing. It is really hard to get a good image without lots of reflections. Any advice on that would be appreciated...

I can't seem to keep corys alive. All of the other fish look great. I use the same method to transfer them from store to tank as the others. I gently pour/slide the bagged fish in their water into a plastic container I keep for this use; I then float the container in the tank with lights off or...

I started using Flourish Excel in my planted 20 gallon tank a few weeks back at the recommended dosage and my little corydoras habrosus just went nuts--he acted like he wanted to jump out of the water, did rolls and dives. I had to remove him to my hospital tank where he now resides with very...

I am getting ready to set up my 55 and need to invest in lighting before I go buy my plants. Any recommendations? I want to keep using my Versa-Tops (this is a tank with a brace in the middle to hold two 24" tops/lights). I can bridge that with one fixture on top of the lights. I bought a ZooMed...