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Hi all, Can I keep a Betta sorority with a Bolivian ram in a 20 tall? Also, how many Betta females can I keep in a 20 tall? It's heavily planted and the ram already lives there.

Hi all. I've got 10 neons in a 20 tall but I was wanting to move them into a 20 long. The 20 long doesn't come with a lid, do neons need a lid? They're over a year old and will be in the tank with a Bolivian ram.

Hi all, I've been using the aqadvisor.com calculator to check stocking and filtration on my tanks. On my 20g it says "you should add more aquarium filtration capacity". This might be a dumb question, so sorry, but what actually counts as filtration? It's a heavily planted tank. Plants add to...

WOW. He looks amazing!! Thanks. Have fun with your Bolivians, mine are real characters!!

Any ideas what's happening to my Madagascar Lace bulb? It was planted a few months ago and has had new leaves come up, there's even a small new leaf coming now in this photo. I'm wondering what the white is, and there looks like fungus filaments or something coming out of the white. Is this...

Hi, here is a better one of the tube. This is the ? female. Is she really a girl? They don't seem to have paired up yet and have territories either side of this bit of driftwood that they both actively defend. I don't know if they're just too young to get on together, or if maybe "she" is a...

Great idea, thanks. Here are my Bolivian Rams.

What a great idea. Thanks!!. Here is a tiger endler and some Bolivian Rams.

Thanks, I'm actually having an issue in the 10g guppy tank. It was running fine and stable for 10months no problems, then I added the wonderstone and got a few new fish and plants which weren't quarantined because I didn't have a spare tank.... Nightmare. The fish started flashing so I did more...

Hi all, I've got two tanks, both are heavily planted but don't get supplemental CO2, I just started using SeaChem Flourish this week. My problem is high KH. The 10g (1 year old) has GH of 7 drops (125ppm) and a KH of 15 drops (268.5ppm). pH is 8.2. The 20g (cycled for 6 weeks) has a GH of 7...

Thanks for asking this, was wondering myself. Just got some Bolivian Rams about 10 days ago and they're a bit dark. Was worried they were stressed but maybe it's just the black sand they're on. Hopefully!

Hi all. I'm new to planted tanks and had started with fluval stratum under the substrate, but my Java ferns weren't doing well and even my sword isn't growing as much as it was when I set the tank up a year ago. There's no added CO2. I've decided to start using Seachem Flourish. Is this a good...

Thanks all, I'm excited to have a pair and they seem to like each other which also helps. Let's hope they settle into the tank nicely.

Hi all. I'm a Ram newbie. I wanted a male and female Bolivian Ram, but the guy at the lfs wasn't sure how to sex them so between us we guessed and I ended up with this pair. Are they male and female, or maybe too young to tell. Thanks

Hi all. I'm a month into rearing ghost shrimp babies. They're still quite little, maybe a maximum of 1cm long. At what size do you think I can put them into a planted tank with guppies in? At the moment I guess the guppies could still eat them. How long do they take to grow and any advice? It's...