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I'm trying to get my tank back right after letting it sit for months relatively unmaintained (so to speak, but not completely). While I still have many of my plants and fish still going with few ill effects from my neglect, I do need to test my water and see what I need to make it exactly what I...

I've been kinda in a hiatus from just being tired, and have let a couple tanks go a bit. Now I'm looking to rehab both. Main tank: 30 gallon planted tank with sand over Alabama dirt, fertilized with Miracle GRO spikes (6-12-6 formula), mostly with cryptocorne plants which have taken over...

It may be up to a year before I check into this heavily, but after I clear it with the Alabama Dept. of Conservation and Alabama Dept. of Game & Fish, what are your thoughts on keeping endangered fish like the Rush Darter, Vermilion Darter, and Watercress Darter? I am thinking about later...

I had to move my 29g tank about 10 miles, and as I was setting my tank back up, I noticed my water was muddy with the sand and my tetras have become amber in color. (I noticed neon tetras change color when stressed before.) Now that the mud has settled, I have lost about 4 neons, 1 bloodfin...

I've seen threads asking about it from time to time, so I'll figure I'll touch on it real quick. ...though I receatly cleared my plants out, partly due to BBA. Metal Halide-4100K. As you can see, my water is a bit stained at the moment. Coated Mercury Vapor. Kinda a warm, pinkish color...

I found this in a puddle behind a building at Samford University. What species does this look like? If introduced into a planted fish tank, would it be good or evil? Sent from my Android with one arm in the tank.

I know this sounds like a crazy question, but I'm wondering about using silica sand, which is sold as crystal cat litter as a substrate for plants. It is promoted for its advertised ability to absorb the nutrients (in this case, from cat #1 and #2). I know it will have to be washsd of...

I was noticing that the wysteria and scarlet temple in my 10g was looking a bit weathered, more so than the other plants in the tank, including the bacopa and swords. At first, I thought my goldfish was involved, but when i started moving these plants, I found the roots have rotted away. I'm...

I have been chainging a lot of water after being out of town alot, and now that my water is back clear (well, more muddy), I'm seeing my plants are looking like they have not fared too well. All my leaves are turned down and my scarlet temple is pale. My water wysteria also has the tips of its...

I'm thinking about a canister for my 29g planted tank (partly from sand), but am unsure if I want to make the jump. I'm a stickler for keeping the filter clean, and I clean my HOB every week when I change the water (and I also use water that is slightly muddy). While I'm not afraid of...

I've never heard of them, until I saw a mention of one on another board. Here's a DIY I'm trying for now (using straight water for my trial runs). DIY Aquarium Tank Liquid Fertilizer Dispenser Any of you use (or have tried) something like this to dose your ferts?

I'm doing some tweaking and reaquascaping of my tanks. Since I'm pulling some plants out, is there a plant exchange I could contribute them to instead of throwing them down in the yard to be mowed? Also, I will be on the lookout for red plants, and anything else brightly colored to go into a...

I have been working out of town alot, and have been maintaining the tanks on the weekend, among other things. Not sure what the feeding schedule is now since my wife is in charge of that with me out, but I have been fighting an algae bloom. After a water change, the well water goes in muddy...

I may be faced with a possible move, and since I don't quite want to take it all the way down and throw all my plants out, does anyone have any tips for moving a (30 gallon or less) planted fish tank for an across town (<30 miles) move? One thought I have is to leave everything in it and pull...

I have been running a HOB in my 29g which has sand and plants. While it's getting the job done and is simple to service, I am seeing a lot of wear on the impellar shaft where sand is getting in under the impellar. I am not quite wanting a canister as it looks like it would be a pain to clean...

As I count my fish to check on them, I regularly find "missing" fish. Normally, thsy reappear a wesk later so I assume they're hiding in that thicket of bacopa I have in the rear half of the tank. Occasionally, I have one that never reappears, and I just found one sucked to the intake of my...

I have two planted tanks, and in both, I have 6-12-6 root tabs and API Leaf Zone + Seachem Flourish for the water. However, it seems like lately, when I'm dosing, I get an algae bloom going. It takes me a couple weeks of daily 50% water changes to clear the water back up. I use 15mL glut...

I'm still working on cycling this one, but I am starting to feel the itch to start planting this one. The last pic is about what I want "center view." I'm thinking heavy about some red plants like Scarlet Temple, Cardinal Swords, etc. 10g, 70w MH

Why am I having such an issue growing those short plants that spread and cover the ground? I have multiple other plants that are going strong with the occasional minor blip, but am down to one sprig of ludwiga (I think that's what it is.) I keep either having them either get dug up or I see...

I have been noticing lately that my bacopa caroliniana is lookiny slightly yellow and my various swords are brownish. My water wysteria I didn't think would make it is now about a foot tall and green as can be. It's all in a 29g under a M57 metal halide (175 watt) 4100K mounted 8 inches above...

Marineland® Total Care Aquarium Bacteria I've heard of people using this with mixed reviews, and while I'm not looking to add fish for another couple weeks, I want to make sure it cycles right. It has been going for a month so far and holding 8PPM ammonia. Filter, tank "body," and initial...

I had recently changed the substrate in my 10g, which dipite my best effort to save my bb by moving my fish, old water, and filters all to a bucket (and keeping water in the filters, and only for long enough to get them running on the side of the bucket for the fish). This killed my cycle...

I keep hearing that testing with strips, especially nitrogen testing, is not accurate. While I have my liquid Master Test Kit, I keep wondering why people here seems to not trust strips for daily/weekly testing.

I started getting beard algae in my 10g. I thought at the time that it looked cool, so I let it coat the back glass and the equipment, and I figured my three oto cats would keep it off the plants. However it started attacking my plants. I let it go for about a month, partly because my mollys...

I'm trying to get my 29g tank temp down from the low/mid 80's with the light off into the mid 70's. I'm thinking of using a TEC chip to cool the water in a HOB filter, but am trying to determine the best way. I can get all the electrical buss bar I want, and that would give me plenty of mass...