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I was having problem with algae getting on my glass, so I decided to try a phosphate remover pad. It didn't seem to help at all, so I decided to take it out. At the same time, I started doing 25% water changes about every other day. And I was also removing the filter media and rinsing it...

I have a 60 gallon African Cichlid tank that had a pleco in it. He just died, had him for 13 years. How would I go about acclimating a new one to the tank? Or could they just be put right in?

I have a 60 gallon African tank. I currently have only 6 Africans and 1 Pleco. How many more Africans should I get? My Pleco is about 8 inches long and about 14 years old.

I have a 60 gallon African tank. I currently have only 6 Africans and 1 Pleco. How many more Africans should I get?

Last night the heater in my Fluval Spec V blew up and caught fire. I only had one fish in the tank, a clownfish. He died :(, I assume from the toxins from the heater. Anyway, I was wondering if any of you have had this type of thing happen and if so should I be able to clean my sand and live...

Can phosphate cause a constant algae bloom?

I have recently just started my first SW tank. It is a Fluval Spec V, 5 gallon tank. I am using damsels as starter fish and want to put in a clownfish (Nemo). I understand that the damsels are aggressive, and it would suck if a fish that is a whole lot cheaper causes a more expensive one to die.

I would like to get glass hoods to let more light into my aquarium. Does anyone know if they will work, can open all the way, under a canopy? I have a 60 gallon tank with a canopy.

After my most recent water change my water has become cloudy. Since the water change I have rinsed the filter media. That seemed to help. I checked the basic water chemistry, the only thing that was really out of line was my nitrate level 40 ppm. That is really normal for my tank. I have a...

Has anyone had a Solarmax HO, light fixture before? If so could you let me know if you've had any problems out of it.

I have a Kenyi that has a large piece of skin taken off his forehead. The area has grown larger and larger. It looks like there are burn marks on the edges of the missing skin. I don't know if he is maybe running into my heater at night while its on or possibly some kind of necrotic disease...

A few weeks ago I wrote you guys and told you that my nitrate level was 80 ppm. Since then, per your suggestions, I have been doing weekly 50% water changes and also rinsing the filter before I do it. It actually takes me about 25% to rinse the filter, so after that I do a gravel vacuuming and...

As I have written before my nitrate level is high in my tank is high (80 ppm). There are 0 ppm for both ammonia and nitrite. Could this be do to never changing my filter media? I have a well and I tested the water from it and it had 10 ppm of nitrate. I'm wondering if I should change out my...

Hello all, I would like to know if temperature can affect the nitrate level in an aquarium. I recently did a water change and even rinsed my filter (two days in a row). After finally figuring out how to perform the nitrate test, I found that my nitrates are at 80 ppm. That was both before...

Guys, The other day I had to shut a breaker off to do some electrical work. The breaker I turned off just happen to go to my aquarium outlet. After I restored power everything came back on. My air pump was running, but not supplying air. I don't have check valves on the air lines because...

One of my parrots and my clown loach both have ick. Could it possibly kill the other fish? I'm on the second round of Cure-Ick. Do I need to remove them from the tank.

A couple of weeks ago I took back the Green Texas where I got them. We had went in to get some tank mates for them, but they all looked pretty much like the Green Texas, too plain. They told us we could bring them back, so we did. We have now moved up to African Cichlids, they are much more...

Yesterday, I tested my water and I saw that the alkalinity was at zero, it has always been that way. The rest of the readings were good though.

Thanks to dkpate I finally got my nitrates down. A couple of days ago I was chatting and dk told me to rinse my filter. So I did and the next day also. Yesterday, I rinsed my filter and did a 50% water change. I just checked my water, the nitrates were at or above 200 ppm they are now...

I have a 60 gallon tank and have two 18" 15 watt fluorescent fixtures. They are Power-Glo bulbs, 18000 K. Should this be sufficient or do I need more light? I read one place that a recommended level is 1-3 watts per gallon. And I'm barely hitting on 0.5 watts per gallon.

On Sunday I added two green Texas cichlids to my tank (60 gallon). Over the last two nights they have attacked my fantail goldfish and nearly killed him! I think he will die soon. I have isolated him in a container that fry go in to protect him. Are green Texas cichlids normally this...

When measuring a fish's length do you include the tail or exclude it?

I have a 20 gallon with a 20 W electronic ballast fluorescent fixture and a 60 gallon with two 17 W regular ballast fluorescent fixture. I have read that anywhere between 1 and 5 W/gallon are sufficient. I have no live plants in either tank. The inhabitants of each tank are: 20 gallon: 1...

I was wondering if ammonia helps cause algae? If so would adding an ammonia remover to my canister filter to help get rid of it.

In my 10 gallon tank I have 2 black minor tetras that have black discoloration and it appears that their top lip has rotted away. These are the only two of this species in this tank. None of the other species in this tank seem to have any problem. They (the tetras) are still quite active and...