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Tank What is the water volume of the tank? 50g How long has the tank been running? 5 years+ Does it have a filter? Yes, HOB rated for 75g Does it have a heater? Yes What is the water temperature? 75f What is the entire stocking of this tank? (Please list all fish and inverts.) Tetras (neon...

I had a bulb in my tank for about a year and it did amazing. I kept up on root tabs for it since it got huge, water parameters stayed good, and it took over near half my 55g, even started flowering at one point. All the leaves slowly died back though until it separated from the ground and was...

Heat makes it worse but above around 86-87f kills ich, just not sure if my tank inhabitants can handle it. Can't do a salt treatment because I don't believe it's good for my plants, khulis, or ADFs

I've got a lot of sensitive critters in my 55g, cherry, ghost, and amano shrimp, snails, African dwarf frogs, khuli loaches, and a buttload of plants. I accidentally spilled all of my ich x (I've got blue carpet forever now... Learn from my mistakes lol) and was wondering if I could still do a...

Looking to buy a couple assassin snails, maybe 3-5. Just let me know your prices/shipping, zipcode is 77459.

I've been deeply considering setting up a co2 system for my tank, but I'm still on the fence about it and wanted to hear some of y'all's thoughts. Have you found it to be worth the money, or do you regret getting into it?

I've been considering downsizing my tank to a 40 from a 55, and was wondering if what I already have would do fine in that size or if I'd need to give up some fish. Current stock is 6 swordtails, 6 neon tetras, 4-7 guppies, 8 zebra danios, 9 khulis, a bn pleco, and various types of shrimp. Also...

Y'all are too kind! I'm admittedly a bit of an overthinker lol... My brain is probably making it out as worse than it actually is.

Y'all really wanna see my great shame huh? I give in, I'll post it. Please keep in mind this was literally the first wood working project I ever did lol. Honestly it wouldn't be so bad if I didn't have grey-blue walls/cleared some of the clutter underneath or put on cabinets, but hindsight is...

I don't have a pic on me, but I originally varnished with a very bright, very red cherry type of varnish and then thought it was, well, too light and too red lol. Instead of sanding I just went right over with a black varnish but it didn't go well, instead made this super dark muddy reddish...

I have my 55g on a stand I made myself, and I just hate the varnish I chose, don't know what I was thinking but it's one of the ugliest colors on this planet. Want to paint it black but I of course can't do it with the tank on. Anyone have experience moving a tank this size while keeping the...

I recently got some black kuhlis and I've loved them, very active compared to my normal ones, but I've noticed some odd behavior. Two kuhlis will sit and chase each other in the same loop/figure eight for literal hours. Are they just playing with each other? Mating behavior? It's fun to watch...

Have any of y'all incorporated a floating hide into your planted aquarium(s)? I thought it might be fun to have one, but since I have all real plants/wood it might look out of place. I'd love to see pics if you have one, to see how it could look!

I got these fish from my lfs about a month ago and the store was understandably in a bit of disarray at the time. I had a hard time telling what was what but I had assumed these were all female swordtails, but they seem to be acting a bit different? Could just be the fish, but now I'm wondering...

Doesn't have to be an airstone, just anything that can provide some surface agitation so theres a bit of gas exchange. So if its in a container with a filter, powerhead, airpump, etc, then you'd be set! I think it might be fine if you didn't have anything, just might weaken the plant a bit. Or...

Your best bet would be quarantining the plant for a bit. Ich can't survive without its host, so pop it in a bucket with an airstone and a lamp for a week and it should be safe. However this is only at roughly 75-77f, if the temp is lower you'd have to quarantine for longer. I definitely wouldn't...

I finally decided to make the jump to a co2 system for my tank. I only have good knowledge on plants that don't need it/do just fine without it, so it got me wondering about what new plants this would open my tank up to, and I wanted to know some of y'all's favorites.

Gave into the urge to give my qt tank one last look before bedtime, and noticed my heater giving off these weird little lines(?), so I took a quick video (I'll link below) and then unplugged it and pulled it out. Literally threw it across the room it was so hot lol, burned my poor fingers. Water...

My guess is your tank was never fully cycled and thats why the fish passed. As for the oto, they're a schooling fish that needs friends and your tank is too small for them, plus they also tend to need live algae to stay alive. And on a last note, weekly seems a bit too long to wait to feed a...

I know one thing they can both get is planaria, but I can't think of any others at the moment (although I'm sure theres more). I wouldn't recommend it just in case, but if you really want them in there, you could probably quarantine them for 30 days or so and they don't have any issues, I doubt...