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Ram Death

Late last night I noticed a small pimple like sore growing on one of my female rams heads. I grabbed her out and put her in the QT tank to see what was going on. It looked like zit almost, raised white area with an inflamed red area around it. I hit up my friend google to find that it was Hexamita,…

Syphoning is not cleaning substrate please assist ?

good day forum, im having a problem when syphoning my substrate. the pull or vacuum is not strong enough to suck up the dirt through the hose, i think the problem stems from the depth at which im trying to syphon?

currently my tank depth is roughly 1m (100cm deep) i think thats 39 inches? – ive…

Breaking down/sterilizing hospital tank

Hey guys – I need to break down and sterilize a 10 g hospital tank, the heater, the filter, the gravel vac/water siphon hose and a couple of the ornaments that served as hiding places.

I can’t remember the dosing info for using bleach. Could someone post the correct amount to use, in laymens…

NEW RECORD!

I have had a fish other than cichlids in my 20 for 24 hours!!! I just bought a pleco who is brown with black dots and has a big dorsal fin. My cichlids appear to ignore it. I had to spend 4 extra bucks for one who is 4 inches. I have had 6 fish WITH THEIR BACKS STICKING OUT TRY TO LIVE WITH…

Switching from city to well water?!?

Hi everyone. I’m moving soon and will be going from city water to well water, in cities about 1 hour apart. I know nothing about well water in regards to fish keeping. Can anyone tell me what I need to be concerned about? I have a test kit for high/low ph, nitrite, nitrate, etc. and will…

HELP cory cat

So I just got home from school and walked past the tank to look at it. I had turned up the filter a bit on my aquaclear 20 earlier this morning. one of my cory cats (I think in my sig) was stuck to the intake on the aqua clear. I freed him from the intake and he seemed to be able to swim ok, but he…

freshwater puffer for 20-30g

Aside from dwarf puffers, are there any freshwater species of puffer that can comfortably live their life in a 20-30 gallon aquarium?

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…

Is my 37 g planted tank overstocked?

I have a 37 gallon planted tank, with a bunch of fish, only about 3-4 fish are large. The 2 angelfish, a common sailfin pleco and gold gourmai are the only large fish, the rest are 4-2 inches in length. I don’t remember any names of the plants I have in the tank.

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how to upgrade my lighting w/o breaking the bank?

I currently have a standard hood light that comes with an AGA tank. It’s 36″ long and holds a 24″ bulb. I have some type of aqueon floramax t8 bulb that gives off 20 watts right now but as i have a 45 gal breeder tank it’s rather deep and the only thing that seems to be surviving are my anubias…