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Brown Algae Problem

I have a 36 gallon bowfront aquarium with 1 angelfish, 11 lemon tetras, 1 cory cat and 1 starlight BN pleco. I have had the aquarium for a year now with relatively few problems. Within the past few months though, I have had a problem with brown algae. I killed the lights for a week and it all went…

Substrate Algae Problem

My grandma has a 10 gallon aquarium with 5 Java Ferns and 1 Oto cat. She has a Tetra Whisper 10i Internal Filter and a Top Fin 10 HOB. Her water’s Gh is 7, the Kh 14, the temp 77*F, and a pH of 8.3. She plans on getting a Betta, 10 Neons, and 4 Otos. I don’t why but this green algae keeps growing…

Planted Betta Bowl

Hey my grandma has a large 3 gallon cubish bowl that she wants to put a Betta in. The top of the bowl is roughly 70 sq. in. so has the oxygen capacity for a betta. If we put a layer of soil on the bottom, put some aquatic plants in, covered the soil with a small layer of sand, and put a betta in…

5 Gallon NEEDS FISH!

Okay, its been a while since i’ve posted on here, and since then, i setup the 5 gallon. It has an Aquaclear 20 filter up and running, a basic flourescent hood, a small Tetra whisper heater, an aerator with an airstone, black gravel substrate, 4 plastic plants, one piece of live driftwood, and a…

Keeping Amazon Swords

Okay, I now plan to plant my 36g bowfront sometime, and when I do, I want to get amazon sword plants because they fit in with my amazon biotope. I want to get two big ones as centerpieces and then a bunch of smaller grassier ones, but how do I keep the grassier ones small? Also, i plan to keep my…

10 Gallon Planted Journal

Well, my grandma’s 10g is doing pretty good, but she wants to redo it. So, after we talked about how she wanted to stock it, why that didn’t work, and after finally agreeing, we decided to get 1 German Blue Ram, 10 Neon Tetras, and 4 Zebra Nerite Snails. For a filter, she will be buying a…