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So i scrapped the plans of my 20 gallon because I happened to get a 29 gallon tank (yay 1 dollar per gallon sale in petco). After 1 week setup: SPECIFICS: 29 gallon tank Ada aquasoil amazonia powder type Finnex planted plus 24/7 fixture DIY Co2 using citric acid+baking soda in an aluminum...

Hey guys, been a long time since I am attempting a new aquarium. This time I want to use a bonsai driftwood as my centerpiece of the aquascape. It will be in a 20 gallon long. Ill be using ada aquasoil amazonia powder type, some seiryu stones, and going to get the new finnex planted+ 24/7. Going...

i just got a batch of pygmy cories today and i just noticed one of them has this yellowish white ball in the corner of its mouth. im worried what this is? do i need to remove him to quarentine? what is this? first ive ever seen this.

I was looking to have a bottom center fish for my community tank and my research lead me to Rams! I believe she/he is still young because she/he is still small in size (similar to my platy's sizes). And her/his condition in the petstore made me want to buy her/him. She/he was the only one left...

Ive tried 2.5 gallon, then 5.5 gallon. both didn't work out. My rcs never lived for long... So, now i am putting together everything i had from them and trying it in my 10gallon! With new stuff of course. Behold! (it doesnt look this purple in person, i blame my phone camera) theres alot going...

Black Blue White Other I would like to know which color background everyone prefers to use in their planted tank? Black and blue seems like an obvious choice to use, but ive seen some aquascapes online that uses white. I think black would make plants and bright fish pop out? White, however...

had spare dwarf baby tears, rocks, aquasoil powder, and a 2.5g tank lying around... *lightbulb!* Nano Iwagumi style time! Theres all my extra HC! i hope they will grow! planting was easy supprisingly, if you have small tweezers and you break up the HC. it was adding the water and praying the...

i have my first ever 20 gallon long tank and am planning on putting it in my living room as a display tank. keep in mind this is my first bigger sized tank (ive had 2.5, 5, and 10). the aquarium stand, light fixture, and canister filter will all be built myself. the stand is done and i spent...

lets say you get rid of those premade filter pads that some external filters come with, what combination of stuff is the best thing to insert into the filter? and in what order/layout? ive been experimenting on things in many different arrangements using purigen, filter floss, polyfilter, bagged...

Kind of hard to explain, so just look at the pictures below. What is this? Tank is still going through a cycle (its 2.5g tank, i know its going to be hard). ive been adding seachem stability and microbe-lift's cycling kit. Should I be worried about this? is it fungus or possibly bacteria? thanks

I have a future 5.5g heavily planted red cherry shrimp tank that I am cycling at the moment. After its cycled I will add maybe a dozen shrimps and wait till they settle down and start populating a month later. Afterwards, when I feel like the population/tank is stable enough, I want to add small...

i have around 20 rcs in my 5.5g nicely planted tank. plenty of java moss, driftwood, rocks, riccia, marsilea, etc... im interested in adding a small fish (maybe 2-6?). however, i can't decide which fish would work well with rcs in a tank of this size. my betta didnt work out cuz he started...

i found this fish that looked really interesting and they didnt know what it is, so they wont sell it to me :( not till they have an id and proper price. so, can someone help me ID this fish? there were three of them and the store associate said they came in accidentally and they may return it...

my betta is a messy eater and i only feed him 1-3 pellets/flakes a day, but the problem is he doesnt eat it all and once the food falls to the floor, he completely ignores it. i end up having to clean up or siphon up the left overs and its becoming a problem as that keeps unrooting my plants. i...

i tore down my 2.5 gallon shrimp tank (gave all the shrimps to my gf). then i took all the plants, driftwood, and equipment and transfered to my 5.5 gallon tank. the 5.5 now has 2 small external filters, one has purigen and carbon, and the other is biological and mechanical. overall im happy...

just noticed a problem with my 2.5 gallon rcs tank. what kind of worms are these and are they harmful/bad? should i be worried? how to get rid?

I did an experiment. I bought one peacock from tube from petco (i know dumb mistake without doing research...) and I placed it in my aquarium. THEN i did research about it, and found out it is not an aquatic plant, however it was two days inside the aquarium and it looked fine. So I removed it...

So I had extra plants and I didn't know what to do with em. So I got a small tank (i think size is 12X6X6or5) and found a cool looking driftwood and used some of my remaining eco complete substrate. Then I got some moss from my lfs and they also had red cherry shrimp! So, this is my red cherry...

This is going to be a small sized iwagumi style 5.5g tank. Going to have four leaf clovers as the main plants. marsilea minuta, marsilea hirsuta, marsilea quadrifolia. So, whats the difference between the three? I was thinking because m. hirsuta was called dwarf four leaf clover, I will have...

I have a single t8 fixture that i opened up. It uses a single ballast. This 1 in particular. I wanted to convert the fixture to use t5ho. Will I be able to run 18 watts t5ho tubes on this? (these) The ballast was designed to run low 14-20 watt single tubes. So I was wondering would a 18 watt 18...

I tried to figure out a way to "compare" the different lights based on apples for apples kind of thing (t8, t5ho, LED). I have no idea if I did this right or not, if it was a total miss, but just hear me out. I did a lot of reading to do this lol... -60 watts of incandescent light is...

I have the aqueon fuorescent delux 20 inch hood fixture (has the 18inch t8 full spectrum bulbs). That is obviously not enough now that I have decided on keeping plants such as byxia japonica or Hemianthus callitrichoides (dwarf baby tears). I am in a limited budget and i really don't want to...

How long should I keep treating my MM platy? He has been in treatment tank, isolated in a 5.5g with just filtration (unless I add the medication), heater, and air for about two weeks now. Daily water change. It all started when one day my platy's right fin was COMPLETELY removed off. I don't...

I am trying to aquascape my 10g tank. I have the hardscape down, I just need to add the plants. However, I am a newb with plants, so I need some advice! The plants im going for are: Dwarf four leaf clover Dwarf baby tears Blyxa Japonica (doing a design with bamboo sticks) Stargrass (doing a...

i got these white rocks we use for our garden. would they be safe in aquarium? vinegar didnt bubble, and i washed it with rubbing alcohol and hot water.