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Looking for some advice regarding my moss. I cannot seem to get it to grow :( I took this moss out of one of my other tanks, where I wish it would grow less, and put it into this tank where I wish it would grow more! I honestly cannot even remember what type of moss it is...I believe christmas...

Hello everyone, My boyfriend started a saltwater talk back in July (I believe) and has since been battling non-stop algae. He first started with brown algae, which I know is normal for new tanks, then it grew into some kind of hair algae, then slime started and now it has turned into what...

Found this wrasse at a LFS and just fell in love with it. Paracheilinus rubricaudalis aka Red Tailed Flasher Wrasse. Excuse my hair algae, in the middle of a battle...algae 3, me 0. :( Anyone ever keep one of these? Nothing about them on the internet other than where they come from. Apparently...

Some info to start, all my levels are fine I checked them a few days ago. The tank was started about 5-6 months ago. It is a 50 gallon with around 60lbs of rock. My sump is 20 gallons with a PSK-75 insump skimmer. I currently have 3 small corals, a torch, a metallic green hammer and green...

I currently have a 10 gallon high light planted tank set up and at the moment, there is nothing in it but 4 baby guppies that were used to help cycle it. I plan on getting rid of the guppies because I don't want to deal with live breaders lol. I just bought 10 Blue Eye Gertrudae on Aquabid. I...

My Striped Raphael Catfish's stripes are more beige rather than the white that I see in a lot of pictures. When they were young, their stripes were super bright white but it has seem to faded over time. Is there a reason for this? Are they sick or maybe not getting something in their diet?

I am looking for something to help control the algae I get on the glass but I want to make sure that this fish will eat green dust/diatoms before I buy it. Does anyone know by chance?

This morning while I was watching my tank, I caught my ralphie being devious lol. What the heck is he doing? Has anyone else seen their ralphies doing this? I have to admit, its really adorable. I just want to make sure that hes not doing this for any serious reason. It looks like he just likes...

Is a quad t5 light fixture with two actinic bulbs and two white bulbs enough to provide high light? What would be the best ratio, two actinic and two white or three white and one antinic? The tank is 50 gallons and I am looking at the fixture in the link below. HO T5 Aquarium Light...

Starting my first salt water tank. I have all the equipment but a light. I am planning on doing a soft coral tank and I want to get some suggestions for an LED light. I have a freshwater tank but I use t5's for that so this will be my first LED light. Can someone explain to me what I should be...

I am looking to purchase some fissiden fontanus moss aka Phoenix Moss. I am looking for at least two portions. If you have any available please post your price per portion and your shipping cost. :) Thanks!

I have two pieces of driftwood in my 55 gallon that I really want to "decorate". I want to get some type of moss to put on them but I haven't ever had any experience with moss. I was looking for some suggestions on what everyone likes. Also, what is the best way to get it started growing? I...

I just read something that it can be related to your fish load but they didn't really go into detail about it. Has anyone ever heard of this that could explain to me how the two are related? I am assuming it has something to do with higher fish load = higher oxygen consumption?

UGH! :banghead: I have been battling brown algae in this tank as well as the tank I had prior to this and I am so sick of it. In the tank I had before this, I used a phosphate pad and it went away and kept my phosphates at a steady 1ppm. I made a post about it and everyone was like oh no, don't...

Don't mind my pirate ship, this is only a week long temporary fix for me lol. I made this because I bought a new regulator and the diffuser I had wouldn't work with the diffuser I had. (The regulator had to be set to 30psi for the diffuser to work and the regulator I bought was automatic.) I...

After having so many issues with my old regulator, I finally invested in a good regulator. I purchased this CarbonDoser Electronic Co2 regulator. After initial set up, I had issues getting the co2 to come out of my diffuser and I was nerd raging because I thought that I received a lemon...

I am looking to get a few top dwelling freshwater fish with a relatively small bio-load. Perhaps a small school. The tank is community fish, so it would have to be something friendly. It is a 55 gallon dirted tank topped with black sand and a lot of live plants (no floating plants). Any...

I have had my CO2 set up for about 7 months or so and I just got my tank filled last week. My regulator is giving me problems now and has since the last time I got my tank filled. The PSI gauge keeps going up and down on its own. I want it set to 30 but it will go up to 35psi then drop back...

Is there anywhere I can buy this in a store rather than online? I tryed an arts and craft store (Michael's) but they only had the playschool kind and I was scared to buy that. Looking to put it into my substrate for my plants.

My snails shells have been growing in horribly. When I bought them, the girl at my LFS said that because our tap water is really hard, I shouldn't have any issues. I went out earlier today and purchased a kit because of their bad appearance. My Gh in my tank is 12(214ppm), tap is 11(196ppm). My...

I got 4 mystery snails about a month or so ago. As their shells have started to grow out, it looks very thin compared to how they were when I first put them in the tank and I really don't know what is going on. These are my first snails, so still new to them. I have a piece of cuttlebone...

I got 4 mystery snails about a month or so ago. As their shells have started to grow out, it looks very thin compared to how they were when I first put them in the tank and I really don't know what is going on. These are my first snails, so still new to them. I have a piece of cuttlebone buried...

I am doing a 10 gallon tank with two 13watt CFL lights. I don't have the cash to do co2 as I initially wanted and I don't want to dose excel. Do I have any options for a carpeting plant other than moss? Would microsword work? Guess I should add that I will be dosing nutrients and root tabs.

Is there any way to make this work?? I bought a HOB filter for my new planted tank just due to lack of space. I saw they have hob canister filters but my bed is right next to the tank and I was scared that I would knock it while sleeping. I am kind of stuck with the HOB I have. The species of...

Does anyone have any experience with Gertrude's Blue-eye Rainbowfish, Pacific Blue-eye Rainbowfish (Pseudomugil signifer) or Blue-Eyed Tenellus Rainbowfish? I am looking for stocking ideas for my planted 10 gallon tank. How many can I put into the tank if they are the only fish going in the...