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Wife called me at work to tell me that my kribs were fighting, though normally they are inseparable. I got home and the male was hiding on one side with some decent nips out of his tail while the female was with the fry (about 2 weeks old). She apparently won't leave him alone and is biting him...

It's for a 29 Gallon tank and I could use 3 of these: Home Depot Lightbulbs They're only 14 watt but they say 60w incandescent equivalent. I can have three of these mounted right above the tank. ETA: I just tried the ones from the bathroom and while they were only 14 watt the color temp was a...

Now that you can buy fluorescent bulbs all over the place that fit standard fixtures, could you use a 3-4 light lamp fitted with them to provide enough light for a planted tank? I have 2 of these bulbs in my bathroom and they're bright asall get out and I have a 3 bulb adjustable lamp that could...

So I want to convert my 29 gallon from plastic to live plants. My lighting is the hood that came with the tank, one 24" 17W All-Glass T8 and I have a sand substrate. What plants could I have in there and what would I need to get to improve my lighting? Also, is sand ok? I've searched and found...

Yea, I clean my gravel with every water change. I was wondering if I might be cleaning my gravel too much.

Cool, I'll leave it alone for awhile & see if that helps. Thanks tons! ETA: should I add nother sponge to the filter? It has room for three sets of media, right now I have one sponge and two bio-media... what do you think?

The only additive I add is dechlorinator (Prime). I clean the filter once or twice a week by dunking the sponge in just-drained tank water in a bucket & squeezing it out a bit. I don't wash the ceramic media.

I've had my tank for a couple months now and went through what appeared to be a normal cycle: Ammonia for a week or so then nitrites for about the same amount of time. Now I never show any nitrites and nitrate is about 5.0 normally (since I do water changes for the ammonia almost every day). The...

I currently have a 29 gallon tank with 6 Red-eye Tetras, 12 Zebra Danios, one little Rubberlip Pleco and one male Krib. I want to get a mate for my Krib but I didn't know if I should just get a female and hope they get along (I can probably take her back & exchange her if they don't) or how to...

I have a 29 Gallon tank with 8 Tiger Barbs, 1 Rainbow Shark & 1 Rubber Lip Pleco. I assume I can't put any Africans in there (though I would love a yellow lab), but what cichlids would be ok? I'd probably do a pair and would like maybe 4" longish (nothing huge but a respectable size). Kribs seem...

Hi all, I'm dealing with the common newbie issue of getting fish only a week after setting up my tank. 29 gallon tank and I have had 8 small Tiger Barbs in it for a couple weeks now. The fish are all active and seem fine but my ammonia keeps reading high, like 1.0 minimum. I'm using an API...