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I forgot to mention I have a 8″ sword plant in the 55. Thats been there since I started the tank.

Its my sons 10 gl and he only does cleaning and partial water changes every other month or so but he does have live plants. If you think PWC’s would help he would be more than happy to do it…making a mess with water..cant beat that..lol. In his 10gl he only has 3 platys […]

I use an API test kit. I always rinse them in aquarium water first including the caps. I have only gotten the big of a drop once, but with a couple of water changes it appears to be coming back up. The reason I thought it was the filter was because I […]

What size tank?
Sometimes fish will become “evil” if they are in an undersized tank due to basic “survival of the fittest” instincts kicking in. They thin out the heard so that they have a better chance of survival.
Sometimes, you can “trick” them into thinking they have a larger water volume by having lots of […]

    I can’t tell you what the fountain pump was my husband suprised me with it a few years ago( a beckett maybe).. we had it on a elevated stand in the pond about 2 feet underwater and 3 feet above the bottom. It had ran constanly for 2 years even through the winter, I […]

Hello everyone, I have recently acquired some stony corals, Galaxea fascicularis. I’ve heard that we should feed them with Artemia to keep them healthy. Should I use frozen ones or culture live ones? Which is better for the corals? Do live ones have more nutritional value? Pls advise. Thank you!

I am using Ehfisubstrate in both trays. In the top tray there are also a handful of ceramic rings mixed in. Bayshore water is a little on the hard side but usually never changes. I have a fire station on the next road so the are constantly opening up the hydrants to […]

Hello friendly Koi friends. I have a 2000 gallon pond with over sixty wonderful Koi fish. Can you guess what my problem is? I have an Ultima II Filter and Tsunami pump which can handle up to 30- 35 fish no problem. However, now with Sisty fish my Ammonia […]

I just got given a small seahorse. it’s about 2 inches long, if even. he’s in my tank and doing fine. what do I do with him? like what does he eat, how do I feed him. he does est frozen brine shrimp right?

Ok since my son received some guppies from his grandma the males have been just evil. We made sure to go get some more females so it was a 1 male to 3 female ratio give or take a few. He had a total of 13 guppies. The males have killed ALL the females twice […]