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Hoping someone might have some insight: I'm doing a fishless cycle in a Fluval Edge 5 gallon using pure ammonia (planted). I'm on day 10. 3 days ago, I added some media from trusted LFS. From day 1 I've kept the ammonia hovering around 4ppm. Both before and after I added the media from the...

Hi all - Just got a canister and read through all the instructions on how to do maintenance. (Eg. close aqua stop valve, unplug, then lift locking lever), but what about just a partial water change that doesn't involve maintenance. Do you just unplug it or do you have to close the aqua stop...

Hi everyone, I got home from an almost 2 week vacation and the bits of algae I had been battling had turned into a disaster of blue-green algae (my house-sitter was feeding, but not cleaning tank.) I also noticed a small red sore on one of my cories. I did a massive clean, invested in a...

Hi there, I JUST came home from LFS with 2 clown loaches about 2 inches each. I was told they are more mellow than yoyo loaches. I was told they were slow growing, but I had NO IDEA until I just logged on how big they get. 30 inches? I only have a 45 gallon community tank! I was...

Hi there, I'm fairly new to planted tanks - about 2 months in. My set up: - 45 g - flourite substrate with black tahitian moon sand on top - Semi DIY C02 - citric acid / sodium bicarbonate with regulator & diffuser running at about 1 bps 24/7. - Fluval Full Spectrum LED Strip, 8 hours per day...

Hi there, I'm hoping someone can help me identify what is going on with this GBR that I've had for a couple weeks. He (or she) isn't acting sick at all. It doesn't look like ich to me because the spots are too big. Should I just wait it out? Sent from my Nexus 7 using Aquarium Advice mobile app

Rounding out my stocking plan for my 45 g. I upgraded to a larger tank which is fully cycled. I'm looking for some input on the final inhabitants I am planning for my tank. Otos How long is it suggested I wait until I bring home some Otos? Do I really have to wait 6 months! Everytime I see...

I've got my 45 gallon cycled and planted and ready for some more fish! Yay! I have been trying to track down "honey gourami" as I've been told that this is a community friendly fish; however, the LFS only has "royal gourami" coming in next week. I've been googling it and I can't quite figure...

Day 1: I set up my new 45 bowfront, and transfered a sponge from the 15 g to the 45 g. Transferred some plants. Then I read that the BB would starve unless I gave it something to eat. I tried to find pure ammonia, but couldn't locate. So I put my 5 harlequin rasboros in. Day 2: My heater...

I'm about to upgrade my planted 15 g to a planted 45 g. I'm moving the fish currently in the 15 g over to the 45 g once it is cycled. (The 15 g is just too darn small!) I am hoping the larger tank will cycle quickly if I use filter material from the 15 g. My stocking plan: - 8 harlequin...

Hi there, I have quickly realized that the 15 g column I got in the summer is too small, and I have already purchased a 45 g bowfront which is sitting ready to be cycled fishless this time. My 15 g is currently stocked with - 1 platy - 5 harlequin rasboro - 2 endler - 3 julii cory - 3 amano...

Hello. My two female platies (especially one) have spent days now hovering very still at the bottom of the tank in back in between the plants. I checked water parameters (I thought I was done cycling tank, but not quite apparently) - Ammonia 0, Nitrites .25, Nitrates 20. I did a 50% water...

Welllll.... my little 15 gallon tank with a few fish in it is at a complete standstill in terms of cycling. Perhaps a watched kettle never boils? I'm on Day 15. It's been at about .5 ppm ammonia, 7 pH, 0 nitrites, 0 nitrates for about a week. I'm using Stability everyday but only recently...

Hi there, I have an Aqueon 15 gallon column tank (about 2 weeks old now) and it came with an Aqueon QuietFlow 10 in it, which is for 10-20 gallons. I just noticed today that a lot of the water was spilling over, bypassing the filter altogether, which Aqueon says means it needs to be clean. I...

Hi all: My 6 day old tank (with 3 happy fish so far) showed increasing levels of ammonia today so I did a 15% water change with Prime. I thought that was the correct procedure, but I just read elsewhere that I was actually supposed to let the ammonia rise so that the nitrites would do their...

I have a newly planted 15 gallon column tank. I'm a complete newbie flying by the seat of my pants and I realized today that the light the tank came with is not bright enough. It was a full spectrum T5, 12 inch, 5 watts. So I started calling around and surfing, and the absolute best I could find...

Tripped across this site when I was surfing for information about my somewhat impulsive purchase of a 15 gallon column tank which is currently cycling with 3 fish the store gave me - a red danio, a harlequin rasboro and a platy. (I now know that is controversial.) I've set it up with...

Hi there, about a week ago we got a 15 column tank and followed every bit of advice given to us from the store. We are absolute beginners. I used the biologically prepared gravel, have added stability every day, am watching for ammonia and nitrite, etc. It has a reasonable filter and I added a...