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I noticed two days ago that one of my 5 rosy tetras just got really bloated. There is no sign of illness on the scales or any other sign of illness (i.e. behavioral) but when I look at the fish head on, he is probably 2-3x wider than the other tetras of similar overall size. I say he, but have...

I have a fluval 204 in my 35 gallon hex. Due to the relative power of the fluval and the relatively small surface area of the hex tank, the output agitates pretty much the entire surface, even though I run the output about 2.5" BELOW the water surface. When I dump in food (be it flake, frozen...

OK, I just set up my FW planted and while the planted part is not going outstanding (I dont have CO2 or the proper lighting in place so I'm crossing my fingers) I think I'm already starting to get MTS. I am starting to wonder if doing a FOWLR tank is really as difficult or expensive as I...

Hey, I cant get Jave Moss locally, so I was wondering if anyone would send my some. I can pay by paypal.

OK, I have my tank setup, have a bout 20 smallish fish in there (35 gallon hex) and have the plants in. I'm dosing 2x a week with not quite a capful of flourish and I have flourite substrate and abotu 5 strategicaly placed flourish tabs in the substrate. I just got my light ordered, a 40w so I...

OK, I dont have a green thumb, but I must have an ich thumb. I posted on here a while back in order to get help getting started. I setup my 35 gallon hex, filter, heater, etc. I waited a couple weeks and added some fish and bio-spira. Waited a couple more weeks and added a few more fish. At...

OK, I'm a newbie to the forum and have been asking a lot of questions. I have some ideas about what I want to accomplish so I've been posting about lighting, substrate, filters, etc. in the appropriate forums. But here is a consolidation of my thoughts and questions for everyone to view at...

OK, I'm checking out the fish profiles at (http://badmanstropicalfish.com/profile.html#profile) and for guppies it says to add 1tbsp of salt per gallon. I'm assuming this is still below the level of salt for brackish water??? How do you manage this with water changes then. Do you just...

I'm thinking I can squeeze 2 of these (http://www.hellolights.com/36wday71165s.html) over the small glass opening in my 35 gallon hex using this (http://www.hellolights.com/2xbalkit.html). So, considering that puts me over 2 watts per gallon, could I get away without a reflector? I have very...

OK, I spent a lot more than I wanted to on a fluval 204 because I wanted my tank to be as quiet as possible. Then I get the thing home and the instructions say the output tube has to be obove the water line. WTF? That means its no more quiet than decent HOB? So is this true, does the output...

OK, I finally got my 35 gallon HEX setup. I wanted to try planted so I bought Flourite for a substrate. Problem is, even after rinsing it for around 10 minutes straight, the tank water is basically mud water. So will it settle, and if so, how long will it take, and should I run my filter...

Is the Fluval 3 Plus Underwater Filter an appropriate filter for my 35 gallon hex? I dont want a HOB filter because I want the absolute minimum noise.

Obviously the light bar for a 35 gallon hex is not very big. Will either one of these kits work? Is there any way to get the right amount of light for a planted 35 gallon hex?

OK, I'm thinking of the following for my 35 hex. 3-4 Hatchets for top dwellers 4-6 of one species of tetra (parhaps lemon or something) 4-6 another species of tetras (possibly neons?) 4-6 Guppies 3-5 Corys 1-2 other bottom feeders or algea eaters I'm thinking of either very dark blue or black...

OK, I'm sure you've seen this question a million times, so I'll try to at least be specific. Basically I want the color and beauty of a saltwater tank without the maintenance. I just really dont have time to do SW right. So what I want is to put together a beautiful FW tank that maybe has...