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Hi me again. I got this little 10GALLON acrylic tank i use for growing plants, i got 2 danios and some snails in there just for looks. I call it the swamp bucket cuz it's an anything goes type thing, not a show tank. i have it nutrient rich to grow plants in, then when they mature i move...

So, as of now, I'm using Quick Start for my tanks, and it works to a degree. I've used Night Out before and that just didn't work for me. Does anyone have a favorite brand of nitrifying bacteria because I think I really want to try something different. Thanks! Grace

Hi all, I recently purchased a blue ram for my established 20 gallon tank. Water is perfect, no ammonia, nitrite and less then 5 ppm of nitrate. Noticed two days ago that he had a small white almost cottony bump right above his eye. I've been treating for both fungal and bacterial infection...

Okay, I've tried to do this twice. I just got a seven-ten gal tank about a week and a half ago. I live an hour away from any pet store and so, when my husband was in said town I asked him to pick me up some pure ammonia to cycle my tank. The petco guy swore to him that I didnt need ammonia, but...

I have come up with an idea to make a makeshift bio falls/Bio Wheel. Its not a wheel at all and doesn't spin but i couldn't think of what else it would be called. I was having a problem with one of my filters making such a current that bubbles were being pushed from the ariator to underneath...