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Hello, I'm in San Jose and need to control my snail problem. Looking for assassin snails or if anybody has any other good ideas for my 55 community planted tank.

So I bought a large one that promptly melted at the stems/petioles. Bulb has a lot of dark brown roots and at least three newer ones. I rinsed the nub and half planted it. Any thoughts on if it'll come back?

Hi guys I never used to quarantine my fish as the store I got them from was fantastic. However I find myself needing to do that now. I was just wondering how long anybody quarantines their fish for. So far it has been a week and everything looks good but I don't want to rush it just because...

I have a 3" common pleco that I was duped into buying! I want to relocate him to a new home before he grows too large for my tank. It seems like there is a good group of pleco fans here. Local to the SF Bay Area is best since I've never shipped a fish before.

I like the idea of keeping some shrimp in my tank. Right now there are a few low light plants, 6 guppies, 4 black skirts and two dwarf gouramis. There is also a young boom on pleco I'm trying to move. I haven't kept shrimp before so am wondering which species would be a good start. Thanks!

I know Corys like to school but will different species of corys school together? It would be nice to have a couple different kinds but I do t want to overload my tank.

The other day I bought some anubias and java fern from Petsmart that came in tubes with gel on the bottom. I know a lot of these plants are not actually aquatic plant but I know that these are. I put them in my main tank not thinking to quarantine them the same way I do with any fish. I...

Hi, I have a55g running a penguin 350 filter with LEDs. I put a couple of low light plants (recommended by LFS) in it a week ago. One of them is a crypto - two of the older leaves have melted but it looks like there is a young leaf emerging. I was wondering how long it normally takes for...

Hi, Anybody know of a good place to unload my common pleco? He is healthy and still small, but I want to grow plants in my tank now and have heard they will destroy them.

I'm running a penguin 350 on my 55 gal tank. I want to ditch the pre-assembled cartridges for a variety of reasons. One suggestion was to simply use filter floss. I am not sure what other people are doing or how they set up the media in the filters. I'm familiar with the AquaClear style of...

Hi all, I am new to this. I just set up a new 55 gal that came with a Penguin 350 filter. It came stocked with two filter cartridges but the unit has room for four. I was wondering if anybody is using this system and has any recommendations for it on a 55 gal tank. thanks!