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I would also look to see what caused the tank to crack. Very likely it will recur unless that issue is resolved.

"This has been an ongoing issue for the past couple of months..." Okay, so from your description above everything was good until a couple of months ago. Look to see what has changed before doing anything like adding more ferts or playing with your lights. Have you added more fish? Have your...

It depends on the temperature range of the fish you desire to keep and the temperature differential between ambient room temp and your desired tank temperature. For example, no heater is needed if you want to keep a species tank of white clouds unless your fish room is an icebox. Calculate the...

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To create a second layer of protection, consider looping your airline above the tank. This is one of my tanks showing the five lines held by a carabiner. The loops help prevent siphoning. One other trick is to place your air stone (or bubbler) a couple of inches off the bottom of the tank...

Way to go @landonjacob! Nice job. Please feel free to ask any future questions. This is a really good forum and you will get straight answers here. Enjoy your tanks!

I doubt the stand will collapse if the stand is certified for aquariums that size. But, with an unlevel stand, what could happen is the aquarium's front glass will have undue pressure on it and it could fail over time. Yes, best to resolve the problem now. Using the stand's levelers is the...

I think you mentioned the stand has levelers. Best to use those rather than the rug. The rug will compress especially after it gets wet, and it will get wet.

Welcome to the 'learning' club! I learn lessons from the school of hard knocks every day! Just level the stand and you should be fine. Use a level to level the stand. It will save you time and agony.

I think the tank should be level. Moving the rug under the stand is not a good idea. If the stand has levelers, use them. Just curious, is that a stand made for aquariums? Doesn't look like it. Also, that shelf might make maintenance etc of the lower tanks difficult.

Welcome to the forum, Jeff. You have a very nice tank!

Welcome Mathew! Many of us keep or have kept reptiles and amphibians so please ask away. It would be helpful if you could identify the exact species you wish to keep so we can provide more specific information.

Do you have a neighbor who can feed them for you? If so, individually wrap each meal and then have the person feed once every other day. Hide the rest of your food to prevent anyone from adding 'just an extra pinch' which always leads to disaster. If that is not an option, consider using an...

I still have one O'Dell from the early '70's that is leak free. They built those tanks...well, like tanks!

"There's no replacement for displacement"

Sorry I'm late to this discussion. Thanksgiving Day with wonderful family, great food, even some people we haven't seen in years. Great time for sure. Anyway, perhaps you can line up a couple of speakers via Skype? Looks like you have a good head start with the suggestions above. Having a...

Eliminate their food supply. Since you have multiple tanks, I recommend starting with just one tank until you get the hang of it. Sparingly feed your fish. A few small feedings are better than one or two large feedings. Make sure the fish eat everything you give them. Keep the tank algae...

It will probably work but $50 dollars?! It might release tannins. Why not get an artificial branchy log for that price that will last for years?

Carefully examine what has changed in your tank or its surroundings. Has your light significantly increased? A 'gut reaction' leads me to think it is too much light. Have the water parameters changed? I recommend before making any changes (such as adding more ferts etc) that you take a few...

Invasive snails can be controlled, even eliminated with careful tank management. Eliminate their food supply and they go away. It is easy to do especially since you only have artificial plants.

A college dorm aquarium is challenging in trying to figure out what to do with the fish during semester break. In my experience (yikes where did the years go!) you might ask the dorm manager if a water dispenser is allowed in your room. The type with a gravity fed five-gallon jug. If yes, ask...

Contact them and ask. If price prohibitive, consider these ideas: Find another aquarist in your area who wants more fish and split the shipping cost. Contact an aquarium club or society in your area and see if any members are breeding the species you desire. Find a mom and pop pet shop and...

Is that a cobalt blue yabby? Beautiful!

Is this for a pond or a fountain? I don't know of any solar pump suitable for fish pond use. For my small ponds, I use Danner and Beckett pumps. Both are work horses and last for many years.

Oh yeah, the Jets and Sharks!

They are very adaptable. Freshwater to quite brackish water. I found them wading (snorkeling) in a stream in Belize. A great place to see them in Florida is just south of Marathon in the mangroves. I just edited this: Marathon not Marco age thing...

I think both of those lights are too much for a 3 gallon tank. Get some Java Fern and unless your tank is in the dark, it will grow. All you need is indirect window light to keep it growing. But if you want to illuminate the tank to see the fish then consider one of these full spectrum lights...

Oh that's good stuff! While reading this, I recall the days when we were using under-substrate heating cables in our planted tanks to replicate the upwelling effect. I 'peeled the onion' on that concept for one of my plant columns and didn't make any friends with the manufacturers! There is...

If properly acclimated, they will do fine. What other fish are in the tank? How many flag fish do you have? I kept them for about 15 years off an on and found them to be very peaceful unless they breed. In that case, the male will aggressively guard the area for awhile, perhaps a few days...

The hardness is good for your CPD's and little low for your Gobies but I am not one to suggest altering your water. In fact, I am adamantly against doing that. There is no way of knowing what the water parameters were in your CPD's grow out tank or vat. Just try to keep them unstressed as...

Sorry for the delay in response...hectic here! Make sure I have this correct: Your CPD were obtained as adults Now seven-weeks later, two of them are fading in color. The other five are fine. If the above is correct then I am going to make a guess that the two losing color are ill or are old...

I can't tell from your images. But if I had to guess, in your second image, the male is on the right and the two in the left foreground are females. Are these a new acquisition or have you had them for some time? Males are strikingly beautiful...vivid while the females are more subdue. I...

Why not test it under real conditions in your tank? Just switch the thermometers from one tank to the other and see what the results are after about 6 hours.

I don't think two hours is enough time to get an accurate reading. Water is much denser than air. I would suspect the thermometer assuming the heater is working properly, and that there is not an overheating powerhead or filter. I would go back to what you originally had and simply switch the...

I always check. My water is first conditioned in a holding tank that has a thermometer. It is so easy to do and what the heck, prevents shocking the fish.

Leave it as it is. There is only 1/4 degree difference. You will drive yourself and the fish nuts trying to synchronize the two. The temp is fine for most community fishes.

Very cool! Yeah, they are sort of like kittens. Adorable when little and then grow into wonderful friends.

Have you measured the water temperature? Looks like you are showing the air temperature. How much does it cool down at night? Block the sunlight with a background as suggested above by Colin_T. Try evaporative cooling. It works and will lower the temp a couple of degrees. They make...

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If you research this site, from time to time someone will report spurious water parameters and more often than not, it is because of expired testing equipment. Not all of the tests expire at the same time. Keep those that are still good and discard the expired tests. Keep the test tubes, they...