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Two years ago I decided to DIY a foam/quikrete backdrop for my 37-g display. I read up on it a ton, watched many, many videos, and took the plunge. But I was doing it on a budget, so instead of the expensive builder's foam blocks from the hardware store, I decided to use some packing foam I had...

The light you need depends on the size/depth of your tank, the kinds of plants you want to grow, and the penetration of the light itself. Anubias, Amazon Sword and Java ferns are tolerant of low light/shade, and hygrophila is OK with moderate light. If you could tell us the dimensions of your...

Hope this doesn't count as rezing a dead thread, but I just had to share that I FINALLY got my Monoprice Maker Select v2 up and running consistently-- I had all kinds of issues with it feeding and ended up replacing parts and taking everything apart several times, but it's been printing...

So over a year ago I built this tank: 37-g Tall; Living Room Display Tank -- 37g tall with a foam/quickrete backdrop. It has plants, 8 kuhlI loaches, 1 female betta(Sweetheart) and few dozen micro rasbora, endler and guppies in it. This set up has developed a few problems, but the major one is...

My female betta is in with a ton of male and female endler and guppies, some kuhlI loaches and some scarlet and chilI rasbora, and is perfectly chill. There were even four baby bristlenose in there with her for a while, with no problems on her part. This is all in a 37g tank, so a bit bigger...

I have a Fluval 3.0 and a Finnex Planted+ 24/7. The Finnex CAN be adjusted at a very fine level, in color, intensity and duration, it's just a pain (my experience. Again, with apparently the older model light, even though I got it this Christmas >_<). The Fluval 3.0 is app controlled, so that's...

It's not that disinfectants "strengthen" MB, it's that they're slightly more resistant to them than many of the other bacteria out there, so if a lab has disinfection processes--but not a THROUGH processes--MB has a higher likelihood of surviving and without its competition will quickly...

Maybe either move the plant to the middle of the tank, or add some more there--breaking up line of sight is crucial to keeping puffers from fighting. Glad Runt is healing and it's going so well! I keep these over the intakes of all my HOB filters, because I have nano fish, fry, bettas, shrimp...

I have this light, ON/OFF is not really what it is designed for. It's literally designed to be on 24/7, at different intensities. This actually drives my husband crazy, because even at it's "dimmest", it's too bright for him early in the morning (someone advised me on on how to fix that, but I...

It also is really sensitive to UV light. UV sterilizers for equipment are not that expensive , and a UV sterilizer in your filter or tank goes a long way towards eliminating this in the future. You can look into handheld UV sterilizers for helping in the room cleanse, but I'd go with the Lysol...

Meet Red Sea! The story: Back in February, we lost my son's betta Blue Ocean to a tumor. It took a long time for my son to get over it (and he still misses Ocean), but he knew right away that we should get another betta someday. At the beginning of this month I got a new 15 gallon setup as...

Feel free to laugh at my newbness, and my inability to read instructions: Last weekend I got a Fluval Flora 14.5g cube. I finished setting it up last night, and decided to try the "46g pressurized" CO2 setup that came with it. I have never done CO2 before, since it required extra equipment and...

NOTE: You probably took care of this yesterday, but one note in the future about working with Superglue is that it turns opaque white underwater once it hardens. If you use too much, it can make it look pretty bad to start with, but it will be hidden once the plants fill in. But this is one...

No, not really! If you're gluing it down, I would spread the roots out, glue the portion closest to the stems down. If it's a large fern, you can then a glue down a few of the roots individually to give it the best support and chance of rooting. Leave a few free-floating, and all the smaller...

I would reach out to the closest veterinary college in your area, or a local aquatic vet if you have one closeish. They might need you to send in the next fish which passes, or even all the remaining survivors, but you would have answers. I am so sorry for your loses

Most rock will work for your purpose. What to watch out for are rust-red streaks paired with crystals (might indicate iron or mercury), and if you want it to be inert then avoid marble, limestone, other kinds of chalky rock, and to be safe, sandstone, since that is a composite of who knows what...

My son does, at least once a month It's really cool to hear the clam's shell crack as the sound comes through the glass. Every few months I sell them back some endler, or buy some new stock for my nano tanks. Our last trip was getting more pea puffers, which I am in love with. NOT TO DERAIL...

Yup I live about 10 minutes from them. Great store. And they have an 800g with a Mbu puffer and about a thousand guppies Loads of fitration though, because puffer are sensitive. What you said about the store reminded me of Cory's visit to Hong Kong, and the fish markets there. The tanks seem...

Cloudy water could be a bacterial bloom -- it's not an emergency, but by swapping out filters and doing a through cleaning it might become one. Definitely either take a water sample to your lfs, or pick up a test kit (the API Freshwater Test Kit is the gold standard around here, but there are...

Unless your cat is on some medication, I would just roll with it