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Hi everyone, I thought I'd post a few pics of my Aquastart 500 planted tank on here, mainly because of the dearth of information on the web regarding these tanks. Specifically, whether a planted setup would indeed be viable given their 'unique' lighting system. These reasons almost put me off...

I have a 55gal freshwater aquarium.  Recently the pH dropped from ~neutral to ~6.4.   Got worried, bought some supplies, went on chat to discuss it.   Within just a couple days, it is now down to 6.0.  This is frightening, because I added a bubble stone and half a cup of aragonite sand (in a...

this is my second tank and i decided to take a different approach to this tank, usually i go for a jungle style tank densely planted and lots of difference species but wit this tank i had been inspired by a load of videos and pictures online of the Japanese Iwagumi style tanks so if i wanted to...

I have a 100L tank with a aquael f24t5/D and his light isnt good enough as my plants are getting covered in Algae because of it can someone suggest a type of bulb that is bright and make my tank look real nice and that helps my plant in every way possible. Thanks

      What is your favorite foreground plant? This is an open discussion for others to see whats available and what it looks like. Please submit your answer following with a picture.  This is to also help others who are new to the planted tank.    I'll start off with Dwarf Hairgrass.    Another...

Hi all ! ive had my tank setup for over a month n a half now i think... Anyways i have 6 barbs and a cabomba plant in a little clay pot and i got it from the aquarium when i got my tiger barbs as i new they like that plant...    So they have been nipping it and eating it like normal and brushing...

Hi everyone,   I'm new to the forum and I signed up today to specifically ask (and warn) about planarian.   Last night I witnessed a horrible, terrifying scene, but I'll get to that in a minute.   My 6 gallon Fluval Edge was hit with a fungus outbreak a few month ago and two of my five neon...

hello fish people,   I have been a fish keeper around a year and algae growth started to increase...so i decided to buy some oto cats to eat the algae. I bought them several weeks ago but they wont touh the algae or even attempt to eat the algae wafers. I never see it eat but it still alive so i...

I am currently writing as research paper on stocking my 125 gallon tank. I would like to add 5 angelfish to this tank plus some other fish. The dimensions are 48" x 24" x 24" so this would be perfect for angels. I have plenty of caves and driftwood with some plants (definitely not heavily...

I recently bought a little bowfront Aqua One Aquamode 300 on eBay for £25 and have decided to plant it up for some shrimp. It's not fully planted yet as the Lilaeopsis brasiliensis that I bought didn't arrive. Also going to add a black background so that the filter and heater blend in a little...

I have had these white spots all over my bogwood since I got my 2 red spotted snails and my zebra snail, can someone please tell me, are these snails eggs? and am I going to have an infestation on my hands?

Hi everyone :)   I am considering starting up a new nano aquarium (no more than 70lt) and I need some advice on the best way to go about setting it up and what to stock it with? I was thinking along the lines of cardinal tetra'a and some nano shrimp like bee's and cherry's but I would really...

I have a tiger barb that is starting to take the form of a previous large tiger barb that ended up dying. We did not know the cause. It almost looks like the fish is pregnant. Does anyone know what it could be or do tiger barbs naturally take this form? Please follow this link. My pic will not...

So, after month of waiting to be messed about a final time I thought my dreams of a bigger tank were shattered. And then I saw this beauty on Facebook. ( won't let me post it as it's too big, will try from the laptop later) basically it's a 4ft tank, stand and all the trimmings for £100. I...

DIDNT KNOW WHERE ELSE TO ASK THIS! Figured planted people may have experienced the same thing. I recently finished my natural planted tank. Used the ol' Walstad method, and its working flawlessly. My only issue is I have a piece of driftwood that sticks probably 6-7 inches out of the top of the...

I have a 120g planted tank and recently I've noticed an algae takeover   it seems almost moss like in appearance and covers our dwarf hair grass, baby drawf tears and our drift wood.  I haven't noticed it on our myrio, swords, or lotus at all though.  we have 6 otocinclus in the tank and they...

so im wondering what the best kind of lighting i should get for my planted tank which i should hopefully be setting up in 2 weeks or so. should i go for the regular kind of lights, is t5 or t8 best? what wattage works better? or maybe L.E.D's are best? all help is much appreciated :)

Been a while since I have kept a betta. Figured it was time to have another happy guy   Started like this in the cup at the LFS.... he was pretty stunning, but less so than some of the other guys. So many imperfections, I just had to have him.     Immediately acclimated and was eating. annnnd...

hi everybody :) im going to be starting my first planted tank soon, got a couple of tanks on the go already but this is the first one to have live plants. ive got pretty much everything sorted, just wondering how i should cycle it, like how long and anything else i need to add to the water...

I have a 10 gallon fish tank, with java fern frilley and sword, and i have a banana plant and some mosses. Right now my java sword and banana plant are dying and I don't know what to do. I have plant iron, liquid fertilizer, Flora Max plant substrate, with a full spectrum LED plant light...