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Maybe this was unnecessary, but I've been a bit bored with my tank (26g BF) lately. My low light plants seemed like they could be doing better and I feel like I should have been able to keep some fish longer than a year or two. I considered the following possible reasons: 1) No nutrients in...

My 26g bf tank has been running for about 9 months and I've been finding that most of my plants have been getting small blackish spots on them and looking dirty. Is this a type of algae? My water parameters seem fine to me, except for phosphates possibly being a little low at 0.25ppm. I used...

I just discovered my GBR pair has successfully bred and now I have a ton if fry with aggressive GBRs in my 26 gallon tank. All the other fish are so stressed out! What do I do?

I'm going on a 10 day vacation in a couple of weeks and am wondering about the best way to keep things going while I'm gone without coming back to an algae farm. We will likely have someone stopping by 2-3 times for other pets and plants, so I can get this person to do whatever is needed. I...

I have a sprout from my Amazon Sword that is at the surface and very close to the light and filter output. I've noticed short bluish black hairs are beginning to form on the leaves and roots. Is this BBA? I fertilize my 26g tank with 2.5ml of Flourish 2x/week and Excel 3x/week. I've noticed...

This java fern arrived with some black spots which were going away, but I returned to this after a quick business trip. It looks like small plants (note the leaves) have sprouted on the larger leaf. I side Flourish 2x/week and Excel every other day, except I missed a couple times during my...

Clearly, everyone does this differently, but I want to make sure my friends are getting enough of what they need. I just finished cycling and added the following to my 26g BF planted tank: 4 Rummynose Tetras 2 Otocinclus 3 Guppies I have New Life Spectrum flakes and small pellets and the...

So I'm at Day 20 in my fishless cycle and the last 2 days I've had 0 ammonia and 0 nitrites, and around 80 nitrates. The problem is, my pH seems like it's trying to crash. Throughout the cycle my pH has been pretty constant at 7.5, but the last 2 days it has gone to 7.0 and then 6.8 last...

My cycle is almost complete (yeah!) and I'm super excited to finally get some fish. Here's what I'm thinking. 1 Albino Bristlenose Plecoptera 6 Rummy Nose Tetras 3 Fancy Guppies 4 Marbled Hatchetfish 1 Honey Gourami How have I done so far? It's probably not perfect as the pleco may be on the...

How long does it usually take to fishless cycle a tank? I'm using ACE janitorial strength ammonia. I got high nitrites very quickly, but I'm still waiting for nitrates at Day 10. In fact, I've seen the nitrates go down from 20 ppm to 10 ppm. I have plants. I seeded my canister filter with...

Day 8 of cycling and my ammonia is starting to disappear rather quickly. My nitrites stay >5.0 ppm and it seems as though my nitrates should be taking off any time now. They seemed steady at 20 ppm for the last 2 days, but I have to admit that I don't see much of a difference in the colors on...

After what I feel is quite a bit of research for me as well as a lot of lurking in forums, I've accumulated everything and started my first low-tech planted tank build. Equipment: Aqueon 26g bow front Aqueon 26g bow front stand Aqueon versa top Eheim Jager 200w heater Fluval 306 canister...

I'm just getting started with my research on building a new planted tank. Here are some considerations and questions. Equipment: 26g Bow Front (all I have room for) Fluval 206/306 Substrate: Eco Complete fine black Flora (low/medium light): Java ferns Anubias Crypts Fauna: 1 x Oto 2 x Panda...