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It is a 150gallon heavily planted tank, temp is set to stay at 78F, 30gallon sump, been up and running for about 6month now. Water changes every week, about 30% water change, I use prime as a water conditioner. Ammonia 0 Nitrite 0 Nitrate 10ppm Sent from my SAMSUNG-SM-G935A using Tapatalk

Hello, so I have this mysterious illness that is taking my fish in a very quick timeframe. I started about 3 weeks ago on which I lost about half my stock in my 150gal community tank. I started treating with metroplex and sulfaplex, didnt see any response, then I went to ammoxicilin and...

Yeah i would def go with glass. A plywood tank is going to cost more once you tank into account the sealant. I just made a custom 38 gallon out of glass. 36"x19"x12". Was pretty easy. Alternatively you could just shop around for a 15 gallon tank. Dimensions are 24"x12"x12".

Fair enough, what should the gph be on one of those? Sent from my SAMSUNG-SM-G935A using Tapatalk

By liquid, do you mean water from another tank? Normally water from other tank doesn't hold any beneficial bacteria. Alsp by transferring media, still monitor the parameters as i had a cycle crash doing the same. Not sure what happened but just a precaution. Sent from my SAMSUNG-SM-G935A using...

What size are you thinking about? Normally the front of tge plywood tank is mostly glass, held on place with the plywood. Are you meaning a viewing window on the side? Also glass is fairly easy to work with and you can also make different dimensions, as well as acrylic. Sent from my...

I've been in the hoppy off and on for 10 years and I've actually never used powerheads. Now that i have buffalo heads who live swift water I've been looking into them. But i have no idea how many gph to get. So i have a 38 gallon, probably 30 gallons after substrate and decor and a 55 gallon...

Hello. I'm cycling my tank with ammonia, done it quite a few times before but I'm having a issue this time. My nitrite is off the chart. I've passed the maintenance dose of ammonia. I'm testing 0 ammonia, literally off the chart nitrite and about 10ppm of nitrate. All API test kit. I did add...

I wasnt able to find another calculator. But i also put in the dimensions of the tanks i salvaged the glass from and it said i needed thicker glass. They were both aquarium made to be aquariums. Sent from my SAMSUNG-SM-G935A using Tapatalk

Yeah i used that calculator but noticed that it said you needed 6mm glass minimum for a 5gallon so i figured I'd ask here to get a human response Sent from my SAMSUNG-SM-G935A using Tapatalk

Hello, so I took apart a 30&35 gallon and salvaged the glass. None of its tempered. The thickness of it all is 3/16inch. I wanted to make a tank that was 3ft long, 19in wide and 16in heigh. I was going to do a simple bracing, center and each end of 3in wide glass, same thickness. Would the...

How thinck? I have some that is about 1/2 inch thick. Its pretty dense as well Sent from my SAMSUNG-SM-G935A using Tapatalk

Do i have to use polystyrene foam or can it be any general foam from a home improvement store? Sent from my SAMSUNG-SM-G935A using Tapatalk

Hello, i know this is the beginners section, i am no beginner but i didnt know where else to post this. So i got an old school 55 gallon tank for free the other day, both top and bottom trim where shot, i.e. falling apart, cracking, missing center brace. Anyways it did come with one...

Hello, so im playing around with the idea of starting up my spare 30 gallon long i have laying around. 36"x12"x18". I want to make it a pretty simple set up. So i was wanting to do more of a show tank with a pair or trio of fish. Play sand substrate and limited decor. So far I'm thinking of a...

I also would mind having a pair of fish that will breed and raise their own fry Sent from my SAMSUNG-SM-G935A using Tapatalk

I forget my ph. But hardness is 6 on an api test kit. I want to say my oh is between 6.8 and 7.2 Sent from my SAMSUNG-SM-G935A using Tapatalk

What is the largest fish i can put in a 30 gallon long tank? I realize it wont be too big as the tank is only 3 ft long. But i have a spare 30 gallon laying around that im thinking of doing like a small display tank, no substrate, ne decor, just a couple fish 1-4. No goldfish! Thanks Sent from...

Hahah yeah bryon this tank is driving me crazy lol i dropped some fish in it so we'll see what happens Sent from my SAMSUNG-SM-G935A using Tapatalk

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Okay im having a nightmarish time with my tank. Its a 10 gallon that ive been fishless cycling for about a month now. First the tank was over run by white fungus or mould, but that went away. Well since the tank was started ive had yellow slime on the silicone. The tank was resealed wity GE 1...

Well my theory to add on to that is that i did a 50% water change 4 days in a row so the food soure was probably very plentiful. On the other hand it is now my most clear tank hahaha Sent from my SAMSUNG-SM-G935A using Tapatalk

Theyre rocks from my local river. I doubt the contain any ferrous material but i guess one can never know for sure Sent from my SAMSUNG-SM-G935A using Tapatalk

Ohhhh this is confusing. Today i woke up to a great looking tank with crystal clear water and alot of the sludge, if you will, gone. The substrate is still a shade of grey but alot less saturated and turning back to the normal color. The biggest change can be seen on the rocks. Sent from...

That is possible. In my other two 10gallon tank i seem to have a bacterial bloom after everywater change,then it goes away the next day Sent from my SAMSUNG-SM-G935A using Tapatalk

Ohh okay, i read you post wrong. But i almost think the water changes may have caused this to either bloom or start 4 days about i started 50% changes. Today being the 4th day, i woke up to this craziness. And my water fron tap does have chloramine, 2.4ppm to be exact (from water supply...

So my only argument is that, if you're saying the substances will alwats react the same, i used the same ammonia to cycle the other three tanks and like i said, theyre crystal clear. Sent from my SAMSUNG-SM-G935A using Tapatalk Okay, let me throw another wrench into the works. My other tank...

It is ecocomplete substrate, but i have the same substrate from the same batches on 3 other tanks and theyre fine. No additive aside from pure ammonia to help cycle. Sent from my SAMSUNG-SM-G935A using Tapatalk

Any advice on how to get rid of it? Sent from my SAMSUNG-SM-G935A using Tapatalk Ultimately a little of both. It does break down into smaller particles but it has a slight slime tecture to it. Sent from my SAMSUNG-SM-G935A using Tapatalk

The stuff making the black substrate grey are brown diatoms :-/ no. I think you may be looking at something different Sent from my SAMSUNG-SM-G935A using Tapatalk

Ive been doing a fishless cycle on a 10gallon tank. Its been around a month give or take. The ammonia was disappearing appropriately and such but in that timeframe i hadnt dont any water changes so my nitrates were very high. So i did a series of water changes over the past week to bring it down...

So I know these lights are popular in the hobby as they allow many color customizations. But im wondering if anyone has had luck with them with growing plants. My plan is to purchase on that has 300 leds per 15ft and coil it around a 2ft pvc pipe. The nice thing is I can then dim it if that's...

So I want to talk about bio filtration. I see alot of people slapping massive filters on tanks with the concept of "more filtration is never a bad thing" but they then fill it with a whole bunch of bio media and little mechanical. Now I don't want this to get into a topic of the benefit of...

I have a 20g tank with 5gallon overflow. The swimming area is approx 24"x12" and is 10 from the top of the substrate to the top of the water. I was looking at the finnex stingray 12" or the finnex fugeray planted+. My worry is too much light. Currently I have anubias, sag grass, and crypt...

Okay so im now thinking about a species only tank. How many neon tetras could I put in this? Sent from my SAMSUNG-SM-G935A using Tapatalk Good bit of nitrates but That's because I squeezed and the water out of a filter pad from my friends house and dumped the water in. But it seems about...

I had a group of sparkling gouramis once as well. One was a miserable bully and killed the rest and then started on the other fish. Seriously, it was bad! Sent from my SAMSUNG-SM-G935A using Tapatalk

Thanks. And im using national geographic sand from petsmart. Its fairly small but larger than pool filter sand Sent from my SAMSUNG-SM-G935A using Tapatalk

What is an easy to find bottom dweller? I'm having a heck of a time finding dwarf corys Sent from my SAMSUNG-SM-G935A using Tapatalk

Okay, maybe not Cardinals then ahaha Sent from my SAMSUNG-SM-G935A using Tapatalk

Thanks for all the info! I will probably go with Cardinals since they most resemble the neon tetras. As far as fry, no i dont intend to raise them. I only have this one tank at the moment. But if they breed and then get scooped up i dont mind. Sent from my SAMSUNG-SM-G935A using Tapatalk...