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75 gallon moderately heavy planted tank. Eheim 2217. Seachem black sand topped with play sand from Lowes. Ammonia 0-0.25 Nitrite 0 Nitrate 10 pH 7.2 Well water This is driving me insane. I need suggestions. Wed night I watched my fish after work. Everything was fine. I trimmed a few leaves...

I am completing the stocking of my 125 gallon planted aquarium. I purchased 5 dwarf neon rainbowfish and 4 red rainbowfish on Saturday. After doing more research I realized I should keep at least 5 of each. I do not plan on breeding the fish. I would like them to mature into healthy colorful...

I just got my GLA co2 system tonite. After running it for about 2 hours my bubbles per second dropped from 1 to 0.5. I tried opening the needle valve all the way but it didnt change the bubbles per second. I turned up the working pressure and it helped for a few minutes. Any suggestions as to...

What is the proper way to maintain a quarantine or hospital tank when there are no fish?

I need some advice. I have upgraded to a 125 gallon aquarium recently. My plan was to have a moderate light planted tank. I have two 36" Finnex Planted+ 24/7 lights. I was only going to do DIY CO2 until this morning. I found out that my well water combined with the rocks in my tank puts my...

I have been doing a fish-in cycle for about 2.5 weeks now. My nitrite has spiked already and I have nitrates. The last few days I keep getting the same reading though: Ammonia 0.25 PPM Nitrite 1.0 PPM Nitrate 20 - 40 PPM (Hard to tell between those colors) I seeded my tank with material from...

I recently purchased a 125 gallon aquarium to combine the contents of my original two aquariums. I have dabbled in aquatic plants with moderate success. I would like advice as to which lights to get for the 125 gallon tank. I currently have two ZooMed aquasun 24" T5HO fixtures (two bulbs per...

I have two tanks with the same lights. One is a 20 gal and the other is a 29. None of my plants are growing as I would expect. My water chem is fine. My lighting is adequate. I use API Leaf Zone and Seachem Flourish Tabs as fertilizer. I tried using API CO2 Booster but I think I am wasting...

I'm fairly new to planted tanks. I believe I understand the basics, but when it comes to CO2 I'm not sure. I currently have API CO2 booster. It is a liquid I add daily to my tanks. Everything I read on here talks about injection systems. Does the liquid work or am I wasting time/money?

Hello, I have recently gotten back into aquariums. I have a decent knowledge of biology and have had many tanks in the past but I am now to the point where I would like to be perfect (or close to it) with my water chemistry. In the past I always used Stress Coat after water changes. I also...