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New Tank Set Up - Brown/Tan Water

michael_parker2002 — Fri, 10 May 2013 13:55:35 GMT

Dear All,

I'm new to the forum and recently purchased a CoralLife BioCube 29 as a startertank. I previously had an acrylic 10galtank with which I had great success. Unfortunately,

having ich problem!!

lady1004 — Sat, 02 Mar 2013 11:06:03 GMT

i just recently had an ammonia problem and now im having a ich problem with my 2 goldfish.one is a common and the other is a back moor.i feel so streesed out already with all these problems i dont know what to do no more. the ammonia seemed to go down af

Discus Fish Question

Pals_id — Thu, 17 Jan 2013 18:03:55 GMT

Hello,

I just joined this forum and have some questions about discus fish and the best products to use for their continued good health. I am not new to keeping fish and have had success with other type of setups, but this will be my first time a

refugiums

wutech27 — Sat, 03 Nov 2012 13:29:29 GMT

I need some help i want to set up a refugium for my 110 gallon high aquarium.i have no clue to do this do i need a pump.do i have to add a filter to the tank with the refugium.

odyssea t-5 lighting (double)

Davensc — Tue, 21 Aug 2012 13:19:24 GMT

does anyone have advise or a preference for outside ballast or in the lamp ballasted lamps. any info would be great!thanks. Dave

Help 2 glass catfish that is red in the face Please help

Letha — Tue, 14 Aug 2012 22:58:48 GMT

one of them got the red face yesterday.

what should I do???

everybody else looks well, except for a blond molly that looks like she will explode any minute.

thanks

Letha

cleaning the tank with live plants

Letha — Tue, 03 Jul 2012 05:23:24 GMT

I'm new, my daughter gave me a 20 gal. tank, with fish.

I would like to grow live plants, but how would I clean the rocks if I have live plants in it? Would it kill the plants?

All videos I have seen is tanks being cleaned with plastic

Cory Cats ???

Letha — Fri, 27 Apr 2012 14:56:26 GMT

Do cory cats take naps? there is one on the bottom, but gills are not moving.

Suggestions please

Letha

Welcome to the Freshwater Forum

argi — Sat, 21 Apr 2012 01:22:53 GMT

Hi folks!

Welcome to our new freshwater forum

If you have any questions relating to all things freshwater, from plant

40 gallon agressive

dannygee — Sat, 07 Apr 2012 11:21:27 GMT

whats up guys i have established 40 gallon running with a fluvial 305. I have a few mollies and platys in there now but my friend will be taking them for his tank. I would like to set up an aggressive tank but everything I have seen is requiring much lar

Newby setup question

sigp29 — Tue, 14 Feb 2012 02:49:55 GMT

Current setup:

55 gal tank..Rena xP4 canister filter..Lifeguard Aquatics fluidized bed filter..Lifeguard Aquatics 25W UV sterilizer..Coralife 1/4hp chiller..2 common goldfish.

I just purchased a 120 gal tank, unfortunately it's not drilled.&nb

Freshwater Shrimp

rgatt74 — Thu, 09 Feb 2012 05:44:46 GMT

During my last trip to my local aquarium shop I noticed they had a sale on these small, gray freshwater shrimp. They were less then an inch long. Does anyone have any experience with them? I've never seen them before and am considering them. I'm wonde

40g BR Planted Tank

AwesomeDempseys — Fri, 06 Jan 2012 14:24:52 GMT

Well I have planted my 40g BR as the remaining Jack Dempsey spawn have all been sold to LFS. I have a kick *** piece of driftwood... 3 or 4 bags of fluorite (don't remember exactly) some barbs tetras cory's and suckermouth Cats... heater set to 75F I beli

My New 10g Planted Tank.

California Roll — Sat, 17 Dec 2011 07:34:56 GMT

Hello Everyone, <

algae

arbernard81 — Mon, 12 Dec 2011 09:58:56 GMT

I got horrible algae in my tank and i dont know what to do! tried algae fix wont work! help!

150G and 90G planted tank Question

Army.Veteran — Sat, 10 Dec 2011 07:27:42 GMT

Hello,

I have decided to do planted tanks, right now i Have 150G 48X24X36, and a 90G 48X18ishX24ish tanks, I am wanting recomebdation for ligting for these two. I am not sure what plants I want to put in but lets go with meduim lighting. Also need e

How long?

PBrods — Sat, 10 Dec 2011 04:34:35 GMT

How long before a 3-4" red tailed barracuda outgrows a 46g bow front tank?

Filter

mailmun — Mon, 05 Dec 2011 08:14:22 GMT

I'm thinking of purchasing an Eheim 2236 for a 36 gal. freshwater tank.....is this overkill ?

Lighting Questions for 75G Tank w /Plants

rgatt74 — Sat, 26 Nov 2011 16:47:39 GMT

I am setting up a 75G tank and am trying to pick out an adequate light fixture that can sustain live plants. I currently do not have plants in the tank.

I don't know much about T5 bulbs and have seen many setups with varying "wattages" so I am

Estimating ppm

Cobra SVT — Fri, 25 Nov 2011 13:10:07 GMT

For fishless cycling, it is recommended that ammonia be added to 5ppm. Rather than continually adding ammonia and testing, it would be nice if I could estimate how much pure (100%) ammonia I should add per gallon to get to 1ppm. I understand that ammoni

Help! My Goldfish is sick!

Tweaver500 — Fri, 25 Nov 2011 13:08:26 GMT

I have a pet goldfish alone in a 10 gallon tank. She had an large mass about size of a large gumball or super bal

Sick tetra

asherah — Fri, 18 Nov 2011 07:08:45 GMT

He is a blue king tetra and he has some sort of white bump near his tail. Close to where the tail connects to the body. There are 5 other tetras with him as well as, 7 gold neon barbs, 1 rainbowfish, 9 rummynoses, 1 gold sae, 2 zebra nerite snails, and 7

Rockscaping

Wiggles — Fri, 20 May 2011 03:20:44 GMT

Decided it would be unwise to move to saltwater right now. I'm pretty unstable and don't think saltwater would fair a long move too well, so I decided to build up my freshwater tank.

I found this link
http://www.plantgeek.net/article_viewer.

Safe way to bleach?

Wiggles — Mon, 16 May 2011 18:58:37 GMT

I'm trying to clean a very porous fake rock. I thought I read there is a way you can safely bleach the rocks and plants somewhere on this site, but I couldn't find it.

Rock from Saltwater tank to Freshwater???

Richmond98 — Mon, 21 Mar 2011 19:13:08 GMT

Ok so i checked out the 4 pages here in the freshwater section and didnt see anything that would answer my question so here it is...

Can you use the "live rock" from a saltwater tank in a freshwater tank? Now obviously not yank it out of one a