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I have an AquaClear 50 filter on my tank and I came home after work the other night and the motor was completely burned out and the filter was totally dry. There was no obstruction in the uptake tube. Any ideas how this could happen? I mean, if the motor just gave out wouldn't the filter...

I noticed the first one between his left eye and dorsal fin yesterday morning and now there are several mostly on his back near the dorsal fin or on the fin itself. These pictures aren't very clear, but the patches appear to be smooth not fuzzy and are spreading rapidly and increasing in size...

I noticed the first one between his left eye and dorsal fin yesterday morning and now there are several mostly on his back near the dorsal fin or on the fin itself. These pictures aren't very clear, but the patches appear to be smooth not fuzzy and are spreading rapidly and increasing in size...

I have had a clump of anacharis in my tank for 4-5 days and last night noticed a straight "vine" with no foliage on it growing off on of the branches and reaching straight down toward the substrate. This morning the vine had grown another 1" or so and has reached the substrate. Is this a...

My tank finally finished cycling last week. I added 6 neon tetra and then 3-4 days later added 3 oto cats. I figure that gives me around 12-15" of fish so far. Any suggestions on what else to add, I'd like to add 2 or 3 "larger" fish. Maybe a dwarf gourami and a bosemani rainbow. Any ideas...

I am still in the middle of my first fishless cycle, ammonia coming down, nitrites going up after 2 weeks or so. Everything was looking fine. Then a few days ago I noticed a small snail in the tank, I didn't think much of it, just figured he hitchhiked on one of my plants. This morning I...

At what WPG threshold do you need to start considering a CO2 injection system? Just curious, I'm only at 1.5 WPG now.

I just bought 20g high tank, I wanted to make this a planted aquarium. The problem is since it is a high tank I won't even be getting 1watt/gallon with the standard 15watt light that my hood's lighting fixture will take. So I guess my options are get a new hood that will support two bulbs or...

Has anyone tried hooking up their filtration system to a computer UPS as a battery back up for power failures? Just curious as to how long it would run.

I am planning on getting an Eclipse 12 and was wondering if this would be over stocking... 3 dwarf gouramis 6 neon tetras 3 cory cats This aquarium will be going into my daughters room and I have become so interested in this hobby that I'm sure I'll be getting a larger aquarium soon, so I was...