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Hi all, long time between posts me as I have been out of the hobby for the past year and a half. I have finally done what I have been wanting to do for the last 3-4 years and that is stock a large number of the Psuedo. Sp of aus native rainbow. After much trouble sourcing fish I finally found...

Hey all, I am about to start working at specialty fish store in my area and I know my knowledge on SW is lacking. It's really just something I've never experimented in due to the general cost/time associated with it. Are there any bits of info you can all share that would help me out great...

Noticed tonight my male ram had this red lump on his flank. I've been pretty busy the past week so I haven't noticed it but I have had my rams spawn twice in the last month but have been too busy to pull the eggs and try and hatch them.... I've had the male since January, tanks been running for...

I seem to be an issue where the app doesn't update my notifications. Currently last notification displayed was 4/6/15. I've tried to delete app and log out but it hasn't worked. Also no longer get email notifications from the app. Is there anything to do to fix this or do I just suck it up...

Title says my intention here, the tank has become neglected since I've started breeding my killis and moved my betta to my main tank till I get a heater for this tank (was fine during summer). This is the tank now needs a lot of work. Am planning on using plants I have across all my tanks...

I picked up some iron chelate today and am wondering about dosing amounts. I found a website that said " Mix 1/4 cup (20 g) iron chelate 13% with EDTA in 1/4 cup (62.5 ml) water to make 10,000 ppm solution. Add 1 teaspoon (5 ml) of this stock solution to 12.5 gallons (47.3 L) for an initial...

I need to take the hygro out of my main tank as its getting chewed to bits constantly. Any suggestions for what I can fill the void in with. Tank is low-med lighting, diy co2, osmocote root tabs. I do have some ludwigia but it's still adapting to my tank. It was advertised as scarlet...

Hey I have a decent amount of creeping Jenny and I am wondering if you think it's possible to carpet or keep as a low growing ground cover? I was going to try planting the stems parallel to the substrate and hold down with toothpicks till it roots. Do you think this would work?

Just trying to figure out the fin type of my betta. There's a slight crowning on his fins but I'm wondering if he is a veil tail or not. What would you say. Also color type he is pretty mostly bi-color with the flickers of blue in his fins that you don't always see. I know he does have the...

Title says it. I'm trying to culture some that my neighbor gave me but I can't remember if I need to leave it in light at all. At the moment it's spent the last 3 days in a draw, was advised to keep the lid off. Should I move it to next to my tank where it'll receive some light?

My rams have dug up the tank as they do and ignore the rocks you conveniently place for them to spawn on. They've dug a big pit and so far laid about 50 eggs in the last two hours. I'm wanting to remove the eggs and raise them that way. The substrate they're laid in is fluval strat so what's the...

Not sure on this ludwigia ID it was labelled as scarlet ludwigia but I know that's not an actual specific species. Top of leaves are green and underside deep red. Also does my myaca look healthy both plants have been in about 2 weeks. Sent from my iPhone using Aquarium Advice

18L fauna: veil tail betta 3 red cherry shrimp flora: crypts lace fern subwassertang sword plant duckweed java moss Shrimp are hiding, the betta stalks but doesn't catch them...its quite entertaining been running this tank since december betta is new and so are the rcs. 47L fauna: 2 A...

So I have a ten and 5 gal both are decently planted with the ten more heavily planted. The ten I was planning on stocking with CPDs and peacock gudgeons but obtaining both these has recently fallen through and I cannot get either (at a reasonable price anyway). The 5 I was going to stock with a...

Someone's chewing on my new hygro growth, I tolerate it for so long but it's really annoying now. Not sure who it is, could be my cherry barbs, harlequin rasbora or my black neon and rosey tetras. I don't think it's the tetras though as they're mainly carnivorous. Any idea? My money is on...

So In my 5 gal and 10gal I have a river sand substrate in both. I'm able to grow crypts that were in pots, but I haven't been able to get emersed grown crypts to transition. Also any stem plant I try just dies off from where I planted it and ends up floating.... Is this something to do with...

So I was starting to notice that some algae was creeping back into my tank and then I realized that my co2 has been diffusing as effectively. I realized I had a leak, at one of my connections. Turns out it was the bubble counter/sump bottle. I quickly cut off the silicone and while I was at it...

I recently just swapped the gravel to river sand in my 10 gal (ecostyle 47) and after three days the water began to go like tea. Now a week later it is like someone's just dropped some earl grey in there... Could something in the river sand be leaching this. I'm planning a large 75%water change...

So I have my 5 gal Betta tank. It's filled with crypts but I just want to try an increase the crypt growth a bit by adding some co2. I already have a diy system going on one tank so I rigged up another system for this one. My question is I'm using an internal filter for diffusion, the filter...

I'm thinking of adding shrimp to a 10gal that will be heavily planted. It's a low tech tank. But I'll be dosing osmocote root tabs for crypts. Any idea if the miniscule amounts of copper in osmocote will hurt shrimp. There is a mystery snail currently in the tank and he doesn't seem affected.

I have just set up a 5gal for my first ever betta! I only found out three days ago that my friends were getting me a betta for my birthday so I had to quickly through something together. It's a crypt only tank that I have been thinking about for a while. Hope you enjoy I'm crazy about this guy...

Hey everybody I'm looking at setting up a 5 gal Betta, planted crypt tank after Xmas. I'm after an internal filter and am looking for any recommendations. I'm after something more compact. Thanks.

So I have my co2 system running successfully for about two months now and I've just had my co2 line running into a small internal filter and letting the impeller chop and disperse that way. But I'm starting to notice that it's not as frequent even after a new batch is made and I i give the...

What do I do with the flower stem. It's grown about 30cm in a week. And just broke the surface yesterday. Will it flower. What do you normally do with the stem?

I'm not sure which algae it is. It's pretty well set in. My lights run 7 hours a day with a 4 hour split. I don't dose liquid but have root tabs. Since the root tabs I've noticed the algae to be more prominent in the tank. It doesn't just come off with my fingers or when I siphon. The hygro...