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How can I avoid doing water changes for long periods of time with large fishes such as goldfishes, catfish, tilapia, or similar sized fish... in an indoor pond setup? Can I over filter the pond with a lot of jumbo sized filters? Will that work? I know that some people do the Walstad method of...

What kind of small fish/invertebrate will be okay in a 2.5 gallon tank? I'm building an aquarium rack that will hold (4) 2.5 gallon tanks and I want to have different species of fish/invertebrates in each tank.

In bare bottom tanks, will the floating poop and leftover food be sucked into a high powered hob filter? If I want the poop and waste to be sucked into a hob filter what size of filter gph will do this job?

Where can you buy a lot of freshwater plants for a low price? I prefer full grown plants.

I am planning on having four 10 gallon tanks as part of a species specific tank exhibit for my room. Which is less maintenance: a bare bottom tank or a heavily planted tank? I am planning on having two bettas in two tanks, a tank with bamboo shrimp, and the fourth tank with tetras or dwarf danios.

I will have artificial plants in my freshwater tank. I thought diatoms only appear on saltwater tanks?

If I use weaker LED lights in my freshwater tank, will algae stop growing? Or will algae still grow no matter strong/weak the light source is?

Can I also add coyrdoras with them so that there are bottom feeding fish? Can they get along with giant danios?

I'm looking for different kinds of fish to stock in my custom made indoor 60 gallon pond, and since the pond is only viewable from the top, which fish won't get scared and won't hide all day? I was told that south american cichlids like to hide. So no south american cichlids for me. Do you...

I just added four south american red headed cichlids to my tank an hour ago and whenever I walk to the tank, they immediately swim to the cave or corner. Will they eventually get use to me? And is there any way I can hand feed them their food? What kind of food can I hold in my fingers so that...

I’m looking to put aggressive South American cichlids in a 55 gallon tank. What can I put in the tank?

I will just stick with smaller fish then if I want to do a water change every two weeks instead. But I do have another question: Pet stores like PetSmart cram 100 feeder goldfish in a small tank and how often do they do water changes on that?

How much water change do you need for adult sized goldfish in a 60 gallon tank? And how often do you need to change the water?

Will adding an aeration bubbler help reduce ammonia in the aquarium? Does aeration by itself reduce or eliminate ammonia in the water?

I am planning on stocking a 60 gallon tank with 5 inch convict cichlids and green terror cichlids. But I also want to add a 10 inch goldfish to the tank. Will the smaller cichlids get along with the goldfish that is twice their size?

Do I really need to quarantine new saltwater fish for 76 days in copper power prior to putting them in my main tank? I've been reading that some people do it for 30 days and some people quarantine them for just 3 days. Which period of time is it? Also, can I use a simple orange home depot 5...

So if my tank is 60 gallons, can I keep five platys and four corydoras and just do one 20% water change per month? I will also add a lot of plants to the tank. I'll also add zeolite to the filters.

How do you calculate the maximum number for fish per gallon, if your intention is to limit the amount of water changes to no more than one water change (20%) per month? And will adding a lot of filters with ceramic media and zeolite help as well?

If I have two 275 gph Marineland filters with Fluval ammonia remover media, can I just do one 40% water change a month? My indoor pond is about 70 gallons and I plan to keep cichlids in it.

I want to keep the following but I could be wrong: Convict cichlids Red parrot cichlids Butterkoferi Tilapia Obviously I can’t keep arapaima or pacus.