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My tank is blacked out in the back and on two sides. Only the top and the front get light. I keep the blinds in the room closed but the tank light is probably on longer than it should be - which I can change now. So when I black out totally, does that also mean the top, as well as keeping the...

Hi everyone, I've been away for a while since things have been going well with my fish and tank. However, for the past couple of months, as I've been vacuuming the sand, because there has been green stuff at the bottom, which I thought was a lot of fish poop (which it was), but after doing the...

So outside of reducing light, and adding a floating plant, what should I do? Will this go away eventually on its own? Are my fish in any harm now? Are they able to breathe? Will more frequent water changes make it worse or better?

Actually, I've been feeding his fish with his school schedule, and we coordinate to ensure we are not both feeding, and I have learned the correct amount of food after trials and errors of earlier this year. I can say that I know that his tank DOES have diatoms, because in another thread I...

I have two Fluval SPEC 5 gallon tanks. Mine is a few weeks more cycled than my son's and mine is doing well. His on the other hand, has cloudy green water. I've taken measurements many times and they always come back the same. Nitrate and Nitrate are 0. pH is 7.5 and kH is 120/180 and gH is 180...

Well, I did it again. I killed another fish. My son's 5g tank, with the guppy and the cory, was getting extremely full of algae. So, I decided to scrape the algae off the walls, like I've done before. I have done this a number of times, but I've never been able to get the brown algae that sits...

I did plan on buying a high-end heater. I took a picture of it with my phone, so I'd remember the name to see if I could get it online cheaper than the store, but the picture was blurry. It was I believe 150 watts and rated for a 30 gallon tank. It was $40 or $50. So Marineland is not in your...

Our light from Fluval tanks

We had planned on the regular, since the place we plan to put it is exactly the size of the regular. Right now, the ONLY place we have for a tank is literally in his bedroom. I have the other in my office, which is a converted bedroom. Less outside light into these rooms. Our first floor is like...

Also, what do you mean by fast-growing algae? We probably have to clean the algae off the tank walls about once every 7-10 days.

It must have been diatoms on my son's plant. However, one of the leaves looks like it is dying because the "brown" didn't wipe off.