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9600 lumens on a 75 gallon works out to be about 33 lumens per liter which is sufficient for growing most plants. What needs to be taken into account when growing plants in a tank with the depth of a 75 gallon is the PAR at depth. The more water light has to travel through to reach plants the...

Save your money would be my advice. Unless you have red plants super intense lighting and are willing to dose large amounts of fertilizers adding co2 will cause more problems than resolve any. Having said that one can find well priced regulators on line. I got my 2 gallon pressurized tank from...

Ammo lock ammo block ammo Chips none of that stuff works its all snake oil. Ammo lock claims to neutralize ammonia by breaking it down to harmless form, that is the job of the biological filter so when you add ammo lock or like products you are essentially starving and killing your beneficial...

Hard to tell from the pic, females are larger and plumper, males tend to stay slimmer. If room permits id add more, they are super social and do better in big groups.

The best way to keep betta from eating shrimp is by keeping the betta and shrimp in separate tanks. The best way from keeping cookie monster from eating cookies is by not giving him cookies;)

Platys arent nano fish and most tetras arent either. Nano tanks are considered 10 gallons or below and there are very few fish that are going to do well in a 10 or less gallon tank.

Occams razor. The answer with the least amount of assumptions is the most likely. In this case the betta killing your other fish is the answer with the least assumptions.

API is just potassium and iron where as plants need more than just these 2. Tap water will provide some nutrients depending on whats in your water and food and fish waste will produce some nitrates and tge breaking down of organics like rotting leaves will produce phosphates but with out fish or...

Changing water is never a bad idea, stirring up substrate can release organics into the water column that can be detrimental which is why its important not to stir up substrate after a water change but during ,the goal is to suck up and remove that stuff. As for media ,replacing filter media...

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A lot of grocery stores will have RO water now that one can purchase from a machine i a 5 gallon or 1 gallon jug. Its ususally between 25 cent to 40 cents per gallon. Some fish especially fish stores that sell marine fish will have RO water for sale.

If you want rummy nose tetra the DGH need to be no more than 6 degrees which is about 108ppm. Under 100 is preferable. Rummy nose are sensitive to water and wont last long in water with GH above 6. You are correct in adding them later than other fish though, because they are sensitive they need...

Whenever. I hear someone say theyre from Delaware all i think of is Waynes World, :) Welcome !

Depends if you want more fish. For large SA cichlids like Jack Dempseys i wouldnt go smaller than a 55 gallon and even then the max would probably be around 4 or 5 cichlids. Not only are jack dempsey super territorial but they also get big up to 8 inches and are a deep bodied fish that consumes...

In a 29 gallon he owns that tank and anything put in it hell most likely kill. Larger cichlids like jack dempseys need bigger tanks especially if one wants more than 1 cichlid in the tank.

knife fish will eat tetras, angels love neons as a quick treat. Clown loaches will eat tetras. Gouramis will eat tetra, depending on what cat fish you have they will eat tetras, the red tail shark wont eat them but he could kill him. You have a bunch of fish that dont belong in the same tank...

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Dwarf frogs shouldnt be kept with fish. First they are very shy creatures and belong in groups to feel safe. They also have poor eyesight and rely on smell to locate food in which case fish will out compete them for food as they are also slow food finders. When with fish they become reclusive...

Frogs will probably do better in the ten than they were in the 50 with fish. 50 is a longer distance for the frogs to swim to the top to get air. As long as the water has a heater and some water flow they should be ok for a day or 2, wouldnt hurt to do daily water changes. Id suggest keeping the...

Id ask this in the marine forum towards the bottom of the page. Those guys should know. I know if you are wanting to grow corals a freshwater light wont work.

I used to have 4 tanks, a 55 gallon a 29 a 20 and a 10. But then i got married had kids and cancer now only have 1 tank Though im thinking of getting my son a tank for" his" birthday;)

Indirect light from a window isnt enough to grow plants so algae takes advantage of that light and grows. Algae needs 8 hours of continuous light plants dont so try to keep tank lights on under 8 hours and keep all other direct or indirect light out of your tank. I put a towel over my tank when...

Fast breathing can be caused by a number of things including nitrate spike, ammonia spike, co2 poisoning, bacterial bloom, or just a general lack if dissolved oxygen in the water or toxin in the water. Getting water parameters would be the first step in determining whats going on.

In aquaponics red light is used for flowering while blue light is used for foilage. If one is attempting to get ones above water aquarium plants to flower then a red light will In theory help them flower.im guessing you arent trying to get your aquarium plants to flower though so stick with full...

Platys are live bearing fish that need to be in groups of 3 females for every 1 male. If you have say 3 males and 1 female the males will fight with each other over the female and constantly try to mate with the one female leading to stress and eventual death Im guessing you have more males than...

I feel bad for me too:(

Id post my lfs pics but one cant see any of the fish as theyre all covered in algae ich and probably a cloud of meth:(

Yes cories do shoal but they are down on the bottom though im sure their presence helps the neons feel safe as well.

Anytime i hear about a guy brooding i think to myself, maybe hes a vampire???:)

Id mix in another school of similar sized tetra. Tetras swim in shoals for safety and security and when they see another shoal of fish that are like them it signals to them the lack of predators. Just like a dither fish does for larger fish. In the wild dwarf pencil fish are often seen with...

No worries or need for apology, im sure the time not taking pics was spent well with a certain cute fish store employee;)

5 gallon is too small for white clouds, they are an active shoaling fish that need tanks with far more length than a 5 gallon provides. Smallest id go for two sparkling gourami is probably 7 gallons. 5 is a little cramped for them they are very inquisitive fish who like to explore not much to...

The only fish suitable for a 5 gallon is a betta. Or a shrimp and snail tank. Thats it.

What kind of fish and tank size?

Yup one rainbow shark per tank. Also mollies are hard water fish angels coreys rainbow sharks all soft water especially the angel. Also angels are shoaling fish that need to be in groups of at least 5 in which a 50 gallon is way to small for a group of angels. When you rehome two of the rainbow...

GH is more important than PH. Cardinals and rasboras both do well in water on the lower end of GH. Low PH is usually associated with low GH as well. Check your source water GH.

Never seen diamond tetras other than pics or video but they look pretty cool.

The lack of pics on fish store friday is disturbing...:(

There are a number of issues some pertaining to stock and others to compatibility. Find the GH or general hardness of your tank. Live bearing fish like guppies and mollies require " hard water" which is usually from 8-20 Degrees general hardness. Hardness is the measurement of calcium and...

Youll want to stay away from hatchet fish youre tank is way too aggressive for them. Danios stay towards the top most the time and are quick enough to not get eaten by an acara and not get bullied by the barbs though what are the striped barbs? Do you have a scientific name???