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I was doing a little research on freshwater lake ecology. Was extrapolating the presence of some microfauna that help with keeping equilibrium in those systems and my experience with microfauna in marine aquariums. Has anyone used skuds(freshwater shrimp or water fleas if not familiar with the...

Has anyone seen this light at a trade show? Was searching around last night on the finnex website and saw they were releasing a marine version of their planted 24/7 I already own. And wondering if anyone had more information on it. Sent from my iPhone using Aquarium Advice

After playing around with C02, fertilizer, fish dying from age related issues; decided to start redesigning my 4 year old setup. Over the next few days will post my progress. Day 1: 50% water change and light glass cleaning. Eventually will be changing the substrate and locations of...

So down to 1 amano shrimp. Not sure of their age when purchased but have been in my tank since 2013 and were full size then. Over this year all but one have died. I added ghost shrimp to replace them but either the ram, the diamond tetras, or clown plecos decided they were food and down to 2...

Recently changed my tank to a 20g long. And was looking for suggestions on layout. Or any other suggestions. Have not my reef light as there's no coral in the tank. All life is pictured minus some hermits and snails. Was thinking adding a torch coral once I have my ATO setup and light hung...

Within the next week will be upgrading my 15g to a 20g long. Currently using a sump with a coralife protein skimmer, chaeto and purigen. There is 20lb of Rock and 20lb of sand. Tank has been setup since last April or so. Nitrates are undetectable, might increase physical filtration to...

Ok so I have had my 15 gallon nano tank up since May. I currently have 1 purple fire fish and one o. Clown. My inverts are. A striped hermit, blue legged hermits and pods in the sump. Also have a feather worm that appeared about 2 months ago and pineapple sponges I direct feed every other...

Ok so week number 3 of finnex 24/7 still running with no co2 only excel. After week 1 my green spot algae went crazy. So upped my cleaning. Twice a week I clean the glass and stir the substrate. I also added a midweek 20% PWC in addition to my weekly 50%. This has brought my nitrates to a...

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Ok last night I did some maintenance on my sump and broke the siphon by mistake. When I started the siphon there was only salt water water in the tank no life so didn't have qualms about starting the siphon with my mouth. Now I have live stock I'm not doing this lol. What ways can I pull...

Ok I was given a temperate water lily in 2002. The previous owner had the plant 10 years prior to that. Every year it has engulfed 3/4 of the the pond this year its growth has drastically diminished. No parameters have changed but growth rates have drastically changed. Was wondering what the...

As to the reason behind this statement. I've always found stingrays exciting even as a child. And saw the fish store near me. The next day the closer LFS was selling a used 6' x 2' x 20" tank for $100. My brain instantly went STINGRAY lol. Now I have purchased neither the tank or stingray...

In tank: 1 male crested gecko 1 weeping fig Colony of tropic springtails Test setup is 1 layer clay, screen, botanical garden soil mix, moss and pieces of magnolia leaves. He is 1.5 years old. Sent from my iPhone using Aquarium Advice

Appeared after I started dosing a small amount once a week of phytoplankton for my pods. Assuming was in the live rock for the last 5 months and after food was present started growing. Sent from my iPhone using Aquarium Advice

Ok finally upgrading the light to my 55 gallon community tank. Ordered the finnex 24/7 planted 48". Would I need to start dosing carbon gas to my tank to avoid algae or is this unit still low enough on par and pur to continue using Flourish Excell? I mainly ask for algae control rather than...

I lost my first stock to old age today, amano shrimp. And realised I have a couple species that have about the same life span. And wondering what species to keep instead, will probably add more amano shrimp though. Current stock School of harlequin rasboras( one species approaching old age)...

Thought this the best place to put some things that come to mind after keeping fish and herps. 1) anyone ever hooked up their lights heaters and in my case misters as well that connect to a weather app for the area where the animals are located? So instead of slowly changing the settings each...

1 Bolivian Ram 6 diamond tetras 6 harlequin rasboras 6 fancy guppies 4 sterba corys 2 crown plecos 4 ammano shrimp Tank setup 3/2014 Filtration 2 HOB Tetra whisper and 1 aquaclear. Heater 250 watt aquatop 1 aquatop circulation pump. Lighting is 2 marineland hidden LEDs. And a DIY LED...

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I started my first saltwater tank about a month ago. So new to this aspect of fish husbandry. But have read quite a bit before starting and have gone quite slow. Tank setup: 15 gallon 15 lbs of live rock. Started beginning of June. Nitrate 5ppm Ammonia 0ppm Nitrite 0ppm Ph 8.2 Ca 390...

Normal for a hermit crab to moult back into its same shell? Thought it had died cause found its exoskeleton in the tank and none of the other shells I have in the tank occupied. It is the only inhabitant in my tank minus pods, macro algae, and live rock. And some form of sea slug I found...

Ok so setup my first saltwater aquarium about 2 weeks ago (15 gallons) Started with live sand and live rock and adding a 1 or 2 flakes of food a day. Currently running a hydor 425 circulating pump and aquatop heater. Have one live stock a hermit crab that I didn't see on my live rock when I...

Had a spare tank and thought I'd try my hand at saltwater. Have read a couple of the start ups on the web and used as place to start. Tank is a 15 gallon long. So far have put in 20lbs of live sand, 5 lbs of live rock and some dry rock. While the dry rock becomes live I put on 2 disassembled...

Hello, Will first start off with tank specifics. 55 gallon soft water planted community tank Ph 6.2 Ammonia undetectable Nitrite undetectable Nitrate undetectable Age about 1 year Stock 1 Bolivian ram 2 crown pleco 6 diamond tetra 8 guppies(occasional fry but don't survive long to add to...

Posted for ones who ask lol. Tank: 55 gallon standard Inhabitants 6 guppies 2 males 4 females. 2 bolivian rams both male 4 amano shrimp 6 remaining harlequin rasboras. Cycled no ammonia or nitrite and nitrate never above 40ppm(currently 15ppm) Issue over the last 6 weeks i have lost 4...