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So I recently moved and just now decided to do a pwc. Going from city water to mountain well water, I thought the water would be ok. (I had thrown out my old test kit in the move, and thought I would not need it anymore) Well, the next day all my fish were dead. I found out by my wife calling...

My loving wife got me a Rena XP1 for my tank this Christmas (She's the best, you know!) I getting ready to set it up, the directions do not say what the difference is in using the powerhead over the spraybar. What is better for my set up? I have a 20 gallon long tank, heavily planted, and I...

I have several stems of sunset hygro (about 6-8 about 6" long) and a compact sword plant (5" diameter, about 10-12 leaves) That I am willing to trade for any other medium light plants. I would be interested in any type, but specifically Bolbitis heudelotti (african fern), stargrass, Limnophila...

Apparently, the temperature in the room with the fish tank dropped and my CO2 production dropped with it. At first I thought it was a leak in the line, but after checking, everything was airtight. Other than float the bottles in a tank of water hooked up with an aquarium heater, is there any...

I have hooked up DIY CO2 to my tank for over a month now. For the first mix, I noticed a slight drop in pH from 7.0 tp 6.7. That seemed to be a good thing from my research. I kept that mix for about three weeks, and during the last week, I noticed that the bubble rate went down from about one...

I have had them since mid-july and they seemed to be doing well. Yesterday, one of the golden rams looked like he was "resting" on a leaf of one of the hygros, still breathing but what seemed very heavily. When I nudged him off of the leaf, he barely could swim, and would start swimming upside...

I have a 48" double tube NO fluorescent fixture atop my tank. The bulbs are 18,000 K Aqua-glo aquarium lamps (T-10). I have bought them only a couple of weeks ago, because the other bulbs were doing this same thing. Both sets of bulbs are flickering, and not putting out the full output...

I hooked up a DIY CO2 bottle yesterday in my 20 gallon tank. Starting pH was 7.2; this morning it reads 6.8. How low can I expect the pH to swing? I do not know my KH reading yet. Going out today to possibly get one, but do I really need one? I work for a pool store and I am going to bring...

A week ago I purchased two golden rams for my tank. They both seemed to be doing well, until I could not find one last night. Today when I was doing my weekly pwc, I found him dead stuck to the filer intake. So now, I only have one remaining ram left which seems to be doing fine. Should I...

I have been on this board for about eight months now, and would see numerous posts regarding snails. I always bypassed them and thought that it would never happen to me. :oops: Today, after a major pruning of the overgrown plants in my tank, I now see many of these little guys. I am assuming...

I just received a couple of weeks ago some Hygrophila polysperma 'Rosanervig' from Rich. the plants had very minimal red leaves, but after a pwc over the last weekend I decided to not dose my nitrogen and see if I could get the red to come out. Boy did it! Recently though, the new leaves...

20 gallon long planted moderately. NO CO2 injection, just excel daily. I have a hob filter that puts minor aeration in tank. I recently added a piece of driftwood that was competing for it's space and lost. I have been reading here that the air bubbler is just for "looks". I guess I will...

My wife called me at work this afternoon and said my female platy died and was floating at the top of the tank. Two of the three otos were fighting over the meal. Unfortunately my wife refused to grab the scoop net and save her from getting ripped apart. When I got home, MOST of her was...

I recently bought a compact sword (Echinodorus parviflorus 'Tropica') that had this shoot that comes out and is reaching for the surface. It has three sections split by little bundles of leaves and what looks like buds? Is this thing called a runner? Is this something I can turn into a new...

I have had some wisteria growing wildly in my tank for several months. As it grows, I have been pinching off the tops, leaving the stems behind to regrow and sticking the tops in the gravel to grow new plants. This plant is SOOOOooo easy grow, and to multiply. My problem is though, the...

I have had my tank setup for six months now, and have gone through several fish. The remaining survivors look quite lonely and was thinking about adding more fish, but would like to see what suggestions everybody may have for my size tank, and something that will make me happy to look at the...

When I got my tank started, I went to the lfs and purchased my first set of tank-cycling fish. The "Knowledgable guy" behind the counter also gave me some fish food for them as well. I have been using this 45 gram tub ever since starting the tank, and it's getting low in supply now. I...

Through the constant trial and error process, I came up with a formula for my 20 gallon tank to get my nitrogen level at 20 ppm; it was 1 ml (Seachem Nitrogen) daily, 3 ml after weekly 40% pwc. This worked very well for the first month I started with this regime. After the that month though...

Lurked on this forum after getting a tank....... Registered and posted when I had some problems..... Got them solved and felt so good...... I have posted to help others that have been in my similar circumstances... My wife thinks I am more into my fish than real life.... I am an AA-aholic...

Yesterday, while at work my wife called me on the phone. She said my gourami was bloated and his scales were sticking out; also was lethargic and going to the top of tank slowly to get some air, then slowly returning to the bottom. His eyes were bulging out as well. Feeling like my hands...

I have what I believe is a very pregnant Mickey mouse platy. She has been hanging low in the wisteria underbrush, and not shooting to the top to eat for the last few days. Is this normal behavior before she spits out her fry? I think she is holding on to them, because her stomach is large...

OK, I was just cleaning my tank this afternoon, and after readjusting my Wisteria, I see this little thing swimming around the base to the plant. After studying my tank for fifteen minutes, I found one small mickey mouse hiding beneath the lower shoots of the wisteria. I told my wife the...

I have a general question to all regarding the use of plastic plants. Mainly the kind that attach to a weight at the bottom in one location, and then spread out from there. Similar to a corkscrew val. or a grass clump. In my old tank from 5 years ago, I had several fish swim down the blades...

I have recently purchased a Fire Gourami from the LFS 4 days ago. Two days later I noticed a raised bump just set back from his mouth on one side toward the lower jaw. (I guess it's the jaw area.) This raised bump has progressed and a couple of scales fell off on the bump exposing a red sore...

I would like to see: the size of your tank and light the plants you have the inches of fish you have The chemicals you use the dosages and the frequency you dose I am trying to figure out the science of chemical additions, and have not a clue if I am doing things correctly. 20 gallon...