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Hi AA, I've been dealing with what I assume is Internal and/or External Parasites in my tank. Before the sickness my 50 gallon tank was stocked with: 13 Norman Lampeye Ricefish/Killifish 5 Green Neons 7 Neons 6 Panda Cories I have lost 3 Lampeyes, 1 Neon, and 2 Cories. My water...

Hey Everyone, So, I had a molly, who awhile ago started developing a pinkish-red bump on the top of his head, and his bottom lip looked bigger than normal... The bump gradually grew larger and larger, and a couple days ago he was extremely bloated and his scales were sticking outward. He...

So, I'm on a well and my hardness ppm is about 500, and because of the agricultural crops around me the fertilizer gets into the water causing nitrates to come into the tank, and they read 80-100 ppm (on the API master test kit). So I'm thinking I need to get an RO unit, so that I can actually...

any water experts out there? I have a 50 gal. freshwater aquarium and I live in an agricultural area in California, so the nitrates that enter the ground water and that are present in our well water are high. They are even higher at this time of year because there has been a drought and new rain...

Hey Everyone, I need some advice... I'm redoing my 50gallon. I want it heavily planted. I have purchased Eco-Complete black substrate for most of my tank, but, I also am planning on a sand area with a couple dwarf sags only. I have plants coming from AP on Thursday (ship out on Wednesday), I...

Hey everyone, I have a 50 gallon hexagon front-corner back, tank. I have blueprinted out my tank, found the plants I want, added them to the blueprint, and etc(have not bought them yet)... But, now I'm wondering if I put TOO many plants on it. Tell me what you think... 2 bunches Corkscrew...

Hi All, (1. What is the best soil/plant substrate to start out my medium/heavily planted tank? This will be my first real planted tank, not sure what to buy... I am thinking about Eco- Complete, but maybe Miracle Grow Organic Potting Soil?? I started out wrong, and am going to completely...

Hi everyone, So, hopefully in the near future I will be getting a whole house R\O system because my tap is at 430 ppm hardness and 85 nitrates. Anyway, the R\O will bring the hardness ppm level down to 0... Basically, my question is can freshwater fish (mollies, guppies, CPD's and Danio...

Hi everyone, what is the best lighting for a 50 gallon hexagon corner, for a heavily planted? It isn't a full hexagon because it is actually a corner tank just not a bow-front. I heard LED's are the only thing that will reach the bottom, what's your opinion? .I would also like to keep the...

Hi AA members! I need some help, hopefully in the month of July (or when my plants are big enough) I'm gonna get CPD's add some guppies, 4 (5?) Panda Corys, 2 sailfin mollys, and yet I'm looking for another SMALL schooling fish, that is colorful. There are many options BUT where I need help is...

Hi Everybody! I was wondering if ANY wood can be made into driftwood for the aquarium...I have some raywood ash trees that have some perfect branches for what I had in mind....But, I still would like to know if ANY wood can be made into driftwood? Another question, can I grow Phoenix Moss in my...

Hi Everybody! I have a question regarding Celestial Pearl Danios (Galaxy Rasboras), what is their compatibility? I have 3 mollies (1 of them is a large fry), 3 longfin zebra danio, and one guppy (long story...) Do they really need a heavily planted tank? I have a 50 gallon, that is lightly...

Hello! I have a major Green Spot Algae problem in my tank. It's about 8 weeks old, has Wysteria, Some Type of Sword (maybe amazon?), Small amount of Christmas Moss on driftwood, and some dwarf hair grass. The algae is growing every day! I am constantly cleaning glass, taking rocks and shells...

Hi all, help! I have a 50 gal. tank, up for about 8 weeks. Have air stone and spray bar. Hardness is: 300 ppm/Alkalinity: 300 ppm+ and pH is 8.4 or higher. Weekly water changes at 25%.However I don't know the best way to lower the PH and alkalinity of my tank. The water is also very hard; we...