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Ok so I'll save my filter cartridges, transfer them over to the aquaclear, and once theres enough bacteria on the new media i'll take the cartridges out and fill the rest of the filter space with foam? And do you like the biomax cermaic rings that come with the aquaclear? And I'm attaching a...

Ok great, thanks! Any particular kind of foam you like?

Hi everyone! I have a 20 gallon tank with a aqueon HOB filter. I jump started my tank with old filter media from my friends tank - the kind of cartridge that comes with carbon in it. So I have a couple questions. 1. Why do people not like the cartridge filters with carbon? 2. When should I...

Hmm no I do not - do you have any relatively simple recommendations? Whenever I look it up I just feel like there's so much. I have a 20 gallon with one betta, anubias sp., red root floaters, java moss, anacharis elodea, crested java fern, and cryptochore sp.

I had a bad meeting at work so to cope I just bought more aquarium plants haha. Some of these gorgeous red plants - at least my fish will have a good day!

Thanks! I'll look into those

Yes it is still slightly squishy, it's just that I'm moving to a new office in a few days and figure that's a good time to re-do everything anyways

Oh I meant to follow up, with getting a new tank are there any brands to stay away from? I was just going to go to petco and grab probably an aqueon branded tank. (I would go to my LFS but unfortunately it is an hour away)

Haha ok thanks so much. I'm just going to get a new tank (I've learned my lesson with buying used) because I don't think I really have the eye to see if its changing, and I've never resealed before. AND because this tank is in my office, and I don't think my boss would be too happy to pay for...

Thanks Colin. I'm attaching a picture of a different side - does this look concerning to you?

Ok that's a huge relief - thanks for your help~

Oh and the divots are very shallow - maybe 1/8 - 1/4 cm

No, there are no cracks. I was wondering if anybody had experience with cracks starting to spread from divots like this?

Hi everyone! So I bought this 20 G tank used, and it seemed to be in pretty good condition and there are no leaks. Today I noticed two divots in the outer glass on one edge of the tank. Do these look concerning to anyone? I'm not sure how they got there or how long they've been there for. I had...

I had a northern pipefish for a while, which is a brackish species but has a pretty high salinity tolerance - he looks very similar to the species you linked. I loved him - he was a very resilient fish and tolerated a lot of mistakes I made, but he was a very picky eater. Live prey only for him...

Hi, sorry I can't answer your question but I was wondering how you got your adult brine shrimp culture started? I use baby brine shrimp eggs and they hatch wonderfully but never grow to a significant size.

Hi everyone, I'm about to get a betta and I've been reading a lot on different live foods to culture, but wanted some opinions on what your favorite foods to culture are. I want something that is nutritious for my betta, easy to culture, and stimulating for her to chase/eat. I have a small tank...

Also just and fyi - the pH in my tank was "changing so rapidly" because I wasn't washing out the testing vials between tests :eek::eek::eek: . rookie mistake(which I am lol).

Thanks! Yah I've had some tanks before that have done poorly so I'm really trying to do everything right and taking a lot of time before adding a fish. I think I've been overthinking this - I'll remove the coral, do the water change, and just let it stabilize

tbh wish I had never added it to the tank - thought I needed it for the plants but the ones on driftwood or just in the sand are doing better, and its an absolute mess anytime i wanna move something or clean. Thanks!

Thanks! Yah I think I was really overthinking this, I'm taking the coral out and leaving it alone to stabilize. I also watched a video of people catching Bettas in the wild and they were at 5.0 pH haha

Thanks so much! This was really helpful and I did feel a bit like a chemist yesterday...

So I'm getting a tank ready for a betta fish the cycling looked complete to me, but the pH was 6.0 (or maybe lower because the kit only measure to 6), and I wanted to get the pH up to around 7 at least. I read that you can used crushed coral and I actually happened to have a piece of coral...

Thanks so much, I'm using some hand-me-down lights from a friend who successfully kept his plants happy, so I'm hoping that's enough for them. I'm not sure what brand they are, but they are ~20 in long. I read somewhere that most aquarium LED strips have similar wattage. I've tried looking up...

Thanks so much everyone! Sounds like my plants aren't getting everything they are all low light plants I think I'll get them some plant food (I'm thinking this one if anybody has thoughts on that) so they can do better. and @sharkweek178 yah I like them, I'm definitely gonna keep them. And @10...

Hello! I'm setting up a planted tank and things are going pretty well - I've had a few snails hitch hike on the plants I purchased, which I was kind of hoping for so they could help keep the tank clean. I was wondering if anybody could identify the snails? There seem to be two kinds - one with...

thanks!

Hello! I'm doing my first planted tank, and I'm having problems with my frogbit. Many of the leaves / stems have turned brown and rotted off of the main plant. Also the roots don't seem to be growing. At first I had the roots planted but I thought the frogbit leaves were supposed to be at the...