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For some reason, I thought the water level should be below the output nozzle thing...I can definitely fix that easily.

I have a kind of all-in-one tank since it was gifted to me. I woke up today and the water pump is making loud, weird noises, and no water is coming out. What should I do? Is there any way to fix the pump? I can't attach videos, so here's a link to a video of what's happening. My poor 3 babies...

Hi, I'm trying to get my tank back into shape so I can get shrimp, specifically Neocaridinas, again (my previous bunch died out, probably from the pipe repairmen leaving the windows open which overheated the tank). I checked my water parameters and got the following: pH: 8.4 Ammonia: 0 Nitrite...

Do I need special equipment to gather rainwater? I live in an apartment, so it's a bit difficult, but not impossible.

The GH took 8 to 10 drops, it was hard to tell for both me and the employee of the store who was helping me do the test. FWIW, the KH took 4 drops.

The pH of the tap water is around 7.4. I did add salty shrimp to the water, which I should've mentioned in the original post, I apologize.

I found out the tapwater in my area is high pH so I switched to RO water and have not had copepods since. Is there a way to get them back? My aquatic plants are alive, but I am nervous about adding shrimp before anything else.

I plan on keeping shrimp -- currently all I have is a bladder snail.

For a freshwater tank, do I need to add anything (water conditioner? Aquarium salts?) to RO water? Thanks.

So I got a new light and it turns out it isn't cylindrical. It won't fit into the brackets, which would be fine if there weren't protrusions for the brackets of the old light. Any ideas?

Thank you! The tank has some clip thing for the light, so unfortunately I think it will have to be a column shaped light. I definitely will remember those for the future though!

I have a tank that came with a really crappy light. It died and I'd like to replace it with one with a timer for my plants and neocaridinas. I'm not sure how sizing works with aquarium lights -- is the length all I need to look out for? What are your recommendations? The original light is 7...

Do you think keeping the shrimp in the cage I mentioned above would work? It looks like one of these.

Thank you for the advice. Do you think a 3x6x3.5 inch bug cage would work? The tank is on the newer side -- I've had it since April.

There is one left, yes. That's good to know -- do you think 25% changed across the span of 4 weeks would be enough to get rid of the distilled water? Also, how long do you think I should wait until I get more shrimp?

So it seems my water choice may have been the issue with my recent shrimp deaths. I thought distilled water would be better for the shrimp...I have certainly learned my lesson. I'm changing 25% of the water every other day. I was thinking maybe doing that 4x total? Is that enough? Thoughts? I am...

I'm a bit confused on how to read the chart, but for KH and GH I used an API test kit.

Ammonia: 0.25 Nitrites: 0 Nitrates: 0 pH: 7.4 KH: 3 drops GH: 6 drops I have had the tank running since 4/25 this year.

I just learned that aerosols can be an issue for tanks. The only ones I use are sunscreen (at the other end of the open concept living area), Pam cooking spray (in the kitchen which is also part of the open concept area), and occasionally spray for cleaning the kitchen sink. I also have a...

Thank you! The aquarium ended up only having a different kind of valve but I followed your advice for placement and it is so much less air now!