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I have a new 29gal planted tank that is cycled and ready for residents. What would you stock it with? I’ve always loved cardinal and neon tetras so I was thinking of a school of those but beyond that I’m up for suggestions. Also thinking of some nerite snails as well, maybe some shrimp but it...

Anyone know if the test kit expires? I have an old test kit and am getting ready to set up a new tank cycle, but as I’m spending a chunk on substrate and plants and such I’d prefer not to shell out anymore than I absolutely have to.

Getting back into the hobby after a ~5 year hiatus. Just bought a new 29gal tank and have to figure out what I want to do with it. I want to do a planted tank, but at least for now, it will need to be low light as I’m working with the stock LED light it came with. There are a few local stores...

Anyone around New Orleans? Would love to know where you get stuff locally!

I recently acquired a Marineland ML90609 Portrait Aquarium Kit, 5-Gallon w/ Hidden Filter https://www.amazon.com/dp/B00O8SZTKQ/ref=cm_sw_r_cp_tai_EgbQCbMETX5YT and was curious as to if anyone has had one of these before and had success with plants in it. It’s been a few years since I’ve had...

I recently acquired a free 5 gal tank (https://www.amazon.com/dp/B00O8SZTKQ/ref=cm_sw_r_cp_api_i_IP.PCbPZV04SH) that I was thinking of moving my betta to, but thought I’d see if anyone had any other ideas. It’ll still likely be a few months before I do anything with it because I’ll be moving...

I leave Friday to drive home for the holidays and it just dawned on me that I have to bring my betta with me, and I don't have the container I used last time (the little one he came in...it cracked). Any suggestions on how to transport him? I'll be gone a month, or else I'd just leave him with...

I just moved and left my more established tank back home, but I brought a small empty tank I had with me. And by small I mean itty bitty. It's 1.77 gal/6.7L. It has an internal filter that I can use once I get ahold of new cartridges. First, it needs a good cleaning. I'm pretty sure when I...

Is anyone in the New Orleans area interested in two assassin snails? I had a pest snail problem a while back which they took care of quickly, but I really have no use for them now. They've killed a few of my nerves so I had to take them out of my main tank so they've just been chilling by...

In the last few weeks dark brown algae has started growing on my Java moss, anubias and base rock. What is it and how do I get rid of it? Please excuse my water spotted glass... Sent from my iPad using Aquarium Advice

I recently got one of these (https://www.amazon.com/dp/B00IHV8MW2/ref=cm_sw_r_awd_eL3EvbX38HPS5) to supplement the stock light on my tank which is super low (8w I think). Iirc they had other colors besides white and I was thinking of getting a couple more to replace the stock light (although...

I let aquascaping get away from me for a while and my Java moss is a mess. A lot of it has died back and there's a lot of associated debris, but it's all sort of mixed in with the healthy bits and trying to gravel-vac it out just sucks up everything and doesn't really accomplish much. Any...

I have a small tank (12"x12"x24" LxWxH ~12gal) with 8 or 9 neon tetras and a zebra nerite. It's moderately planted with anubias nana, a small Amazon sword (that used to be bigger but has died back some) and a ton of Java moss and a bunch of moss balls that look like crap. Also have a good sized...

Is there anything (other than vacuuming) that will clean up all of the poop my shrimp and snails are leaving around my tank? I love watching both of them, but they're making a mess!

Yesterday I noticed one of my peppered cories didn't look too hot. No noticeable infirmity, but he wasn't swimming, and I wasn't entirely sure he was actually still alive until I went to fish him out and he darted away. Figured maybe he was sleeping or something so I didn't think too much of it...

I have a 15g column (12x12x24” LxWxH), planted with a tetra whisper 40 filter. I currently have 3 peppered cories, a serpae tetra and 3 nerite snails. I'd like to add a few new fish in the near future, and I've had gouramis in the past, but I'm not sure if they'll have enough room in my tank (I...

I have a planted 15g column from Aqueon with a Tetra Whisper 40 filter that needs some new residents. I currently have 3 peppered cories, one serpae tetra and 3 nerite snails. I do not want more serpae tetras. I had 6 at one point and they never swam around much. They just hung out under my...

I have a planted 15g column from Aqueon with a Tetra Whisper 40 filter that needs some new residents. I currently have 3 peppered cories, one serpae tetra and 3 nerite snails. I do not want more serpae tetras. I had 6 at one point and they never swam around much. They just hung out under my...

Basic tank history/info: 15g column, planted, whisper power filter 40 with filter foam and seachem matrix. Tank has been up and running for about 10 months, cycled and stable for ~6 months. Nothing has changed in 3 or 4 months. Had been stocked with 3 peppered cories, 6 serpae tetra and 1 platy...

Last night as I was almost asleep my HOB filter (tetra whisper 40) made a noise like a pebble hitting the impeller and scared the bejesus out of me. I suspected it might've been one of my nerite snails where he didn't belong, and sure enough, today when I investigated I found a shell (no innards...

I have 5 (I think, my little horned guy likes to hide) nerites in my 15gal tank. Both of my zebras and one of my tigers have been flipping themselves over onto their shells the last couple of days. They're definitely still alive as you can see them wiggling around, and if I turn them back over...

I have a whisper 40 filter on my tank and have run out of the filter cartridges. I haven't been using the charcoal, just the baggies for more fine filtration and the coarse foam block it comes with. I also have seachem matrix and purigen in there. It seems silly to me to buy another box of...

I was cleaning out my tank this afternoon and pulled a piece of driftwood out to pick off as many snails as I could (lots of bladder and ramshorn snails) and found a ton of these little eggs. As I understood it, both bladder and ramshorn snails lay eggs in clusters of gel, with the ramshorns...

I've recently had a population explosion in my 15g tank of baby snails. They're tiny still so it's hard to be sure but they're either ramshorns or bladder snails, or some of both. I also have half a dozen nerites that I want to keep, so from what I understand that rules out pretty much...

Is there any significant difference between the liquid CO2 supplements? Is there a legitimate reason to spend more on the flourish excel?