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Today has been a really bad fish day. First I was changing water in my kid's tank and I was trying the pump method where I pump the water out to a bucket with a powerhead. I had the pump intake unprotected but I put it up against a fake plant so there was some stuff blocking the intake. Well I...

My bestie, after admiring my tanks for a long while, is ready to set up a tank in her kid's room. She trusts me on this topic obviously and has tasked me with picking out her equipment. I can do it myself of course but I know there are others out there who find this fun so I may as well also...

I just set up pressurized on my 90g+sump a few days back. I've been dialing up the CO2 very carefully. I am totally aware that "bps" is a very arbitrary measurement :( because a bubble can be pea sized or pin sized depending on the bubble counter. That said I'm up to about 8 bps on my Aquatek...

What do you guys think? Just one pair? Don't worry about my ability to maintain water quality. I'm awesome. I just want to make sure they would have enough space. They are so tiny, I don't see why not, but I don't want to gyp them for space. I want to get this little cube reviewed here: I...

Is anyone here in the aquarium maintenance business? Always seems like something fun to do, especially when the hubby won't let me set up any more tanks.

Emersed plant diary - Glosso, Staurogyne Repens and Pogostemon Helferi My newest experiment is to try my hand at some emersed growing! I have a great corner in my kitchen with big windows that gets tons of sun. I bought a Jiffy seedling starter tray at Walmart for 6.88 and some organic potting...

.... and now I want to do something completely different :banghead: Do I have a problem? Ergh. Most of the plants are gone anyway. My staurogyne repens that flourished in that tank and made almost a full carpet, all abruptly melted and died off. ???? (happened before my re-dirt and re-cap; I...

So first off, yes I did run a search on regulators, and read lots of threads! But I'm still confused/undecided :( I'm having a very tough time convincing my hubby to go to CO2 because he's afraid of the fish getting gassed. It seems like a somewhat reasonable fear due to EOTD. I'm looking into...

For all of my aquariums I just get the basic, simple rectangle tank and then equip it with the stuff that I like. But I'd like to get a small 3-5g for our kitchen counter and so I want it to be a "display" type aquarium that is a little fancier looking. Maybe one of the type that has an...

Lots of people acquire strange preoccupations/addictions. Mine is for filters. Why do I get so preoccupied with what is, by and large, the most un-glamorous and uninteresting part of our hobby? I just love trying different ones because I love making different configurations and seeing how I can...

Surely there should always be something to work on, tank-wise, right? Whenever I'm in super-aquarium-obsessing mode I feel like I run out of things to work on, lol. I mean I can't constantly mess with my plants. It's not water change day. There's only so much I can work on. I end up shopping...

Edit: Have made an initial change already, see first reply. I run a 90g established tank with a 29g sump underneath. For the last year and a half I have used the same flow map, but... it's stupid, lol. It sucks. Plants along the back of my tank get completely pummeled, and everything...

And no pre-seeded filter media. So we are talking about a virgin, untouched, sterile environment. What would happen? Has anyone tried it? :cool:

Hey all, I inadvertently have a single Boesemani Rainbow juvenile (I wasn't trying to breed them... he is pretty much a miracle baby). He/She is about 5 months old and about an inch long. He is hanging out alone in a 10g. When is he safe to add to my community tank with his...

Random stuff for sale. Please note that none of this is very worthwhile to ship if you don't buy at least two things. Shipping is just too expensive these days. US shipping only. Paypal only. Prices listed do NOT include shipping. I've offered an estimate of what I can fit into the various...

So, I prefer to "specialize" in natural looks. I prefer my tanks with only real wood and real plants (See my build at http://www.aquariumadvice.com/forums/f70/90g-planted-build-ongoing-305763.html) I had a new challenge to rise to which is a themed tank for my 5-year-old's birthday. He has...

Hey friends, I'm starting a new 5.5 dirted with an inert black sand cap. The dirt is Miracle Gro organic potting soil. The light is a 15W full spectrum compact fluorescent. I did do a lot of research first and decided not to remineralize the soil, because the tank would have a filter. I moved...

So I've never shown much about my tank. Probably because it's always an ongoing project and I am never satisfied with it. But I thought I would start a photo story about its life thus far :) Here we are on Oct 19, 2013. When I put the driftwood in and turned the light on, I was soooo happy...

I'm starting a small dirted tank. I'm still working on my plant list and don't really have time to get them this weekend, but I want to get the tank cycling, so I'd like to fill it up. I see a lot of recommendations that I cap AFTER adding the plants. I'm a little confused by that because if I...

I need some tricks for this stuff. It's expensive and I am annoyed at how I keep failing with it. Not failing to GROW it per se, but failing to plant it so that it stays in the substrate. Every time I try, within a month I have lost at least half of it as it gets somehow uprooted and breaks away...

So what is my deal with cories? I can't keep these fishies, which of COURSE are my favorites, alive at all. (I also can't seem to keep otos alive, but that was its own topic) My first batch of punctatus cories contracted columnaris brought in by a batch of dwarf cories (confirmed at LFS). Every...

Anyone is welcome to comment on this thread, but it's not really intended to garner any specific discussion or be interesting to a large number of people. I am simply logging my cycle publicly in case anyone takes an interest. I have a brand new tank and filter to cycle and rather than seed my...

I know everyone hates the pre-made kits, but I want to put a 5g on my bathroom counter, and some of the 5g kits with the filter in the hood are at least attractive as a countertop piece. I like the decorative look of an all-in-one like the Eclipse 5g Hexagon. But do they all totally suck? Are...

What is with these stupid fish? Or is it me? I know they are super duper delicate but honestly this is ridiculous. I started with 16 and at this point I MAYBE have 8 (could be less, I'm not sure I found every body and I can't ever see that many at once). I have a 90g with plenty of bio film...

Pretty soon I need to think about my setup for my kid's upcoming 20L. I was planning to put an aquaclear hob on it, but now I'm worried about noise. It's going to be in his room so I need to aim for maximum quiet. I've not used a canister, just a sump or hob. If you were basing solely by noise...