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I'm getting a 20 long tank, aragonite sand and crushed coral for my brackish setup, my ph is neutral from tap so how much coral would be nessesary to bring it up around 7.7 8 ish range? Also can I use freshwater test kit or do I need saltwater? Thanks!

I want to get a 20 gallon long brackish setup with rock decor and sand and crushed coral for substrate, the whole idea was to get a figure 8 puffer but I want at least a little variety so bumblebee gobys are what I found would be best so how many do you think I could have? I was gonna say at...

I just got my 55 gallon fw tank established and now I'm hooked, next I want to get a 20 gallon long and get a figure 8 puffer and some gobys and maybe a couple mollys, my initial plan was to get a small sponge filter and put it in my 55 to get some bacteria on it to instantly cycle my 20 and...

I was given around a dozen platies roughly 3 weeks ago to help cycle my 55 gallon tank, throughout those weeks I tested my water every other day or so and I cleaned the gravel and did small water changes to keep my nitrites low enough to not kill my fish, today my nitrites dropped pretty damn...

Finally set up my first tank it's in the middle of cycling now. Fake plants ik I'm sorry I'm a newbie but real driftwood and dragon stone. 60 gallon sponge filter 120 canister 4 inch air stone disk Stocking plans: •1 female gold gourami • 1 pleco • 3-4 Roseland sharks • 1-2 bumblebee catfish •...

I'm planning on filling my 55 gallon tank up tomorrow after a quick trip to LFS, I already have prime to make my tap water safe, but I'll be picking up a master test kit, api quick start, stress coat, and ammo lock. I plan on using quick start to start my cycle until I get a few baby tetras from...

Does adding bacteria to your non cycled aquarium cycle it? Or is its sole purpose to add it when you add fish to give the existing bacteria a chance to catch up? Is it a bad idea to add it to speed up cycling?

I just ordered the tetra whisper 100 for my 55 gallon, my plan is to use it on a 60 gal sponge filter and a 4 inch air disk. The easiest place for me to put the pump is on the floor on my stand so I'll have roughly 6 ft of tubing going up the back and down into the tank for each piece. Is this...

Looking for a smaller catfish maxing out around 6 inches. Would like to find more active cats like hoplo but is there even any smaller more active cats?

I have a 55 gallon tank that will soon be cycling with some baby tetras, so do I / should I add that bacteria u can buy at pet stores to help boost the cycling process? Also when cycling what should my nitrates and nitrites be around and what is high enough for me to do a water change? Tank...

I'm setting up a 55 gal community tank and was wondering if an electric blue ram would be okay in it? I'll be running the tank at around 79 degrees with gravel substrate and 1 60 gal sponge filter and a 90 gal canister. I plan on getting a gourami, porthole catfish, a few rose line sharks...

So I'm about a week or so from filling up my 55 gallon and let the tank start cycling, my girlfriends mom is giving me a few baby tetras to help it get on its feet so I'm going to do about 20 gal water changes at least once a week unless needed, my question is what all goes into a water change...

I have a 55 gallon tank in the works and can't decide of which type of catfish I want. The hoplo really stood out to me because it's a more active catfish but it gets a decent size of 8 inches or so. The porthole also caught my attention because they stay smaller but how active are they...

So I asked around on the forum and you guys said the eheim 2215 is prob the best canister filter to get that fit my needs, only problem is amazon doesn't have it and my pet stores don't carry them so I have to buy from a stores website so my question to you is what would be the savest/ best...

I recently bought a used wooden tank stand and I'm not sure if it can hold all the weight of a 55 gallon, it has a sticker on it saying it's meant for a 75 gallon tall and has precautions about how a fish tank that size can weigh 1000+ pounds but when I look at what's acually supporting the tank...

I'm getting close to setting up my tank and one of the fish I want Is a small school of rose line sharks (Denison barbs) but I also want a white crayfish. Would my barbs be safe with a cray fish around? Would it be best to let my barbs grow larger say 4 inches or so?

I am just now setting up my freshwater tank and have never really had a thing for marine but I love lionfish and puffers, I recently learned that there's such thing as a dwarf lionfish and was wondering how much goes into a saltwater tank? Because I was thinking about getting a 20 gallon later...

I have been soaking a piece of driftwood fir about 3 days now and I went to change the water and I noticed some white resin in a spot. Any idea what this is? And what should I do with it? * iv been soaking it in water with double dose of prime*

i just went and bought a used 55 gallon tank stand a the guy had a sponge filters so i picked one up too since i want to have one with my canister filter when i get around to setting up my tank. i have some driftwood soaking in water with some prime in it and since the sponge was wet wen he gave...

So I was thinking about pulling out the old 1 gallon tank and having a few live plants and shrimp and maybe a tetra or 2 in there just for something on my dresser. Would a 1 gallon be doable or maybe just get a newer 5 gallon? Also what kind of filtration even goes on a nano tank? And is there...