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My family moved a few weeks ago, and since we moved only a few miles and in same city, I assumed our water would be about the same. When I first set back up my tank, I just tested ph and the three in the nitrate cycle to make sure everything was running fine. A few days ago I tested the gh and...

Lately I have been noticing buildups of organic stuff (I would guess leaked dirt, maybe left over foot, fish crap, and other stuff) on some of the denser areas of plants in my 6.6g (24" long) and am wondering if the single AC 20 in the center isn't producing enough flow to the outside. Actually...

My bio teacher has several tanks in his rooms, and one of them contains a jack Dempsey that just got some type of tumor. He is in a 55 all by himself, and is about 6-8in, so I think it is about full grown. Idk much about JDs so Im not sure how well this is for it, but it has survived quite a...

My file is going out of town for thanksgiving week, and Im a little worried about too much water evaporating from my rimless tank. I'd rather not leave someone with the responsibility of topping off, so im wondering if maybe i could just cover it with the clear plastic wrap stuff and hope that...

I'm starting to seriously plan for the 40-75g I'm going to set up this summer after my family and I move. Its going to be close to an Amazon Biotope (I hope), and one of the main fish is going to be a few angels. Since there also may be smalish tetras (rummnoses or cardinals), my plan is to get...

Recently something with my API liquid master fw test kit seems to have gone bad, even though it doesn't expire till 2018. It has worked fine for the 6 or so months I have had it until the past two weeks or so. There are a few problems: My ph used to be around 8, and i think it went down to about...

My family is in the process of building a house, and once we do I will be getting started on either a 40B or 55g (or another size simmilar in dimensions) soon afterwards. Right now I'm planning to try to make it an Amazon Biotope tank, possibly somewhat of a blackwater. Some of the fish I am...

Just wondering what would be some of my best options are for diffusing DIY CO2. So far Im considering putting it into the intake of my AC or maybe make one with a plastic syringe and cotton ball thingies. This is for a 6.6g tank and the CO2 generator is a Smartwater bottle that is about 1.5L

Was just browsing stuff, trying to find some new expensive thing to buy :whistle:, when I saw this as a hot item on the ADA website. It is a glass fish food feeder that looks like it is hand held, and priced at $75. Is it just me or is that a little overpriced for what it is. :confused...

Lately my tank had been "leaking", where water would get into the edge of the lid (which wasn't sealed on) and drip down the back into the base, then it would come out the front. Tons ive taken off the lid and it is better. The problem is the light doesn't fit without the lid, so im thinking of...

I know that I've already asked a little about this, but how hard are Scarlet Badis to feed usually. I know they love live foods, which may be a problem as my family travels alot. Is there a good chance I could ween some onto freeze dried foods, flake, and pellets? For live foods, I would...

While i was fishing at a beach with my family today, I couldn't resist picking up some of this plant to bring home (is this even legal). It was in less than a foot of water and was creating almost a carpet. I'm not positive on what it is, but my guess is its Najas flexilis, Slender Naiad. I'd...

As you can probably guess by the title, I'm looking for reccomendations of SA cichlids that can go in a community 55-75g. I'm hoping to have these large guys, in addition to a pair of rams. So far my ideas I have found are: Keyhole Cichlids, Rainbow Cichlids, Cupid Cichlids, Firemouths, and...

So about a week and a half ago, I finally got my first fish into my 6.6g long after the rescape. :dance::dance:. Right now, it is at 4 Dwarf Emerald Rasboras (this is getting boosted soon, had 5 and one randomly died about 6-7 days after I got it :() and a 1M 1F pair of threadfin rainbows...

My 6.6g finished cycling last week, and the last of the plants I'm putting in it are arriving this week, so I'm hoping to get the first batch of fish soon. Anyways, at some point I will be getting a sp. of neocandria too. The tank is fairly moderately low light, and as of now it has no ferts...

I'm just wondering what everybody's favorite plants are for keeping baby shrimp out of the mouths of fish. Although I'm planning to have fish that are rcs "safe", I know the shrimplets may fit in their mouths. I'm looking for something other than basic mosses too.

As the title states, I am having problems dropping my Ph. I'm trying to not mess with chemical ph lowerers, since I have heard of very bad experiences with them. According to my cities website, the hardness is 15 grains per gallon (is that how hardness is usually measured?) and the Ph is 7.75...

Last night I drained my 6.6g tank after returning all the fish to a lfs. Now I have a thin hard algae that is very hard to scrape off left on the tank, and I'm not sure how to get it off. I can't use a scraper because it is a plastic (i think, its not acrylic or glass) and it scratches very...

So as some of you may know, I'm getting very close to rescaping my 6.6g into a nano tank. My API master test kit arrived today (yes ive waited this long :hide: ). And tested the ph of the water of both the 6.6 as it is now (still hasnt been drained, but there are hundreds of ramshorns), and my...

So I was browsing my LFS's website, and happened to notice that they got some Red Eyed Dwarf Puffers :evilbat::vader: (they have red eyes :D) in stock recently :eek2:. I was planning to start a nano tank in my 6.6g in less than a week, but that may just have to change. A while back I was...

So I'm finally closing in on restarting my 6.6g tank as a lower tech dirted planted, and have a few questions on what ferts will be necessary. First, since I will be doing 4-5 crypts (spread out across the tank, and its a long tank) will I eventually need to start using root tabs (I'd DIY) or...

So I just got back from a 10 day vacation, to find my almost half the glass on my 2g dirted/plantdd beta tank covered in a green algae that i can wipe of with my finger. What should i do to control it? Secondly, the beta looks fine, but he wont eat the frozen bloodworms i tried to give him...

Alright, so I know ive had sevral threads in the past few months of tanks id likd to start, but ive decided to wait unfil next year after my family moves to start up a 55-75, and for now will make my 6.6g long a nice nano tank. My current stocking idea is as following : 2 Scarlet Badis, 5...

I am considering trying to get permission to start a 29g, and in it i would like to have a type of spiny eel. So far, it sounds like the orange fantasys would be the best for a tank this size, but also possible are half banded zig zag eels. I would get two eels, since ive heard these smaller...

This was sold as a ghost shrimp at Petco. Is it?