I've set up my sponge filter but no bubbles are coming out, the airline tubing is free from damage and the air pump is making the right noise, but no bubbles whatsoever. Picture of Meleys for tax

So i am thinking about to build myself a DIY CO2 source for my 33 Gallon Tank. I know that i should not dose CO2 at night so i plan to build in an extra valve for the night so that the CO2 will not be injected into my tank but just flows out of the bottle. Since i sleep in the same room i am wondering if it would be dangerous or harmful for me to sleep in that room while the CO2 from the fermentation flows into the room. Has anybody tested something similar already?

hiii so I got 6 neon tetras in a 20g planted community tank alongside some corys recently and I just wanna talk about how fucking COOL these little fish are. In the past week or so since I got them I've noticed they dont school as much as i expected, but i have heard people say that they only school for safety when they sense a potential threat. my little guys just swim around on their own and seem to have their own territories. they also chase each other around sometimes. Is this normal?

None of them are sicklids so idk how they died cause there not advanced

Hello, newbie here.

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I bought sera GH testing kit. Filled the water to the 5mL mark. Drop 1 drop of the GH testing solution in and swirl. Started of Yellow (not red or brown like what the bottle said) and remained yellow after 20 drops. The only difference it became darker. I tried it using normal tap water. Still the same. Am I doing anything wrong? Is it possible my water and tap water has a higher gh than 20?

I then bought an API GH tester. Fill the cap up to the 5mL line. Drop 1 drop of the solution in at a time. Water change from red to yellow to green after 7 drops, indicating my GH is 7. I heard that the testing kit from API isn't accurate at all.

Should I just trust the API GH tester or buy another sera to try?

Hey guys, trying to figure out an exact dose to use on my tank. The back of the bottle only has dosage for RO water. Tank is a 40 breeder. My parameters: KH - 2dKH GH - 11dGH PH - 6.5

Wanted to add some carpeting plants aswell, but was told they would not grow without added Co2, is it really the case?Its a 55l(around 15 gal) tank

Hi ! I'm looking for new fishes for my tank. The previous ones died of old age.

Tank : 60L (15gallons) Parameters : neutral to blackwater (I can change no problem) Decor : large root and plants

I'm looking for ideas for a main couple or trio, like Apistogramma, Betta, they'll be wild type :) I need your ideas !

Please give me their scientific name if you can, we don't use the same common name in each country :(

Thanks !!!

In the past month or so I have seen multiple posts about dying dwarf gouramis EACH SINGLE DAY, so much more than any other fish. There is always a dwarf gourami dying, mostly from iridovirus.

So im really wondering, do they ever survive? Or are they basically guaranteed dead? Should there be a general disclaimer not to buy this fish?

Please comment (With the country you live in) what the maximum live span of your Dwarf gourami has been.

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Will my aquarium (22x15x15 inches) be overstocked if I add a pair of German Blue Rams, 8 Glowlight tetras, 6 ember tetras and 3 Otos? It's been cycling for more than a month already. First inhabitants are a lot of Pond/Bladder snails from Plants, 2 Nerites and 20+ Cherry Shrimps.

Most of the tetras are an inch on average. Tank is also heavily planted with crypts. Should I just stick with a pair of rams and 6 tetras only?

I want to start to fill them with water but I'm worried they fall down in to the basement, it's wooden structure floor and the stud is parallel with the aquariums so it's not ideal... I calculated it to have a maximum weight around 2500kg (5 500 pounds) They look quite big and heavy (added banan for scale) So want to make sure I don't make a huge mistake... I'm considering adding studs from basement floor to the ceiling as support but don't know if necessary... what do you guys think?

And of course I live on canada 🫠. Dealt with this 4 or 5 years ago and I lost the battle and had to nuke everything. I think i found a way to get levamisole.. I'd flare it nsfw if I could

so i wanted to use outdoor rocks for aquarium what chemicals can i use to tests it. Klean-Strip Green Muriatic Acid? clorox pool ph down? its for a turtle. thanks

Went down to my local fish shop and the homies hooked me up with some use media to jump start my cycle. After cleaning my HOB(3 weeks later) I opened the folded filter they gave me and had 3 more of these baby snails. Should I be worried about these or they just baby mystery snails?

Been having troubles keeping the peace in the tank, so it would be lovely to know if my male/female ratio is out of wack, or I should look elsewhere. Thanks!

I have 55 gallons cichlid tank, which is no way compatible to be a planted tank, but since I read so much about the benefits of having a planted tank, I tried out my luck. I spent lots of money on all kind of plants, floating, planted into gravel, and even those you glue to driftwood, but my cichlids destroyed them all, so I just gave up. What’s wrong with having a plantless tank, and why almost everyone who posts their tank is pressured to have a planted one?

My reef tank has been up and running for about 4.5 months now. Fully cycled. Nitrates and nitrites are zero. Oddly. Using phosguard to combat a brown algae outbreak. Suddenly my biggest snail who’s been thriving can barely grasp onto anything and is typically always landing on its shell when I’m not watching. Blue legged hermit crab is suddenly picking fights with my zoas as well (which have a tad of algae growth at their stems). Corals seems to be doing just fine.

Nitrate : 0 Nitrate 0-10 (safe) Ammonia 0 Calcium:460 Magnesium: 1330 pH: 8.3-8.4 KH: 120 (safe - strips) GH 150+(strips) TA: 120(safe - strips) Salinity 1.023-1.024 Currently running phosguard and seachem reef essentials.

I'm in the process of cycling a planted tank for my betta fish and will be introducing a school of nano fish OR bottom feeders (still deciding what kind to get) and a handful of bloody mary shrimp to the environment within the next week (she'll be joining them after they've settled to try and reduce any territorial tendencies since this is a brand new space for her). She currently lives with a small rabbit snail that she was super interested in on day one but has never attempted to nip, and at one point a month or two back I had added two cherry red shrimp into her tank that unfortunately ended up disappearing.

What's the best way to make sure everyone is being fed? I still don't know if the two shrimp I got died from starvation, from her eating them, or from other issues (I check my water parameters weekly and maintain it to stay consistent), but I wanna make sure that before any algae growth, they at least have a proper source of nutrition. I did make the mistake of not buying shrimp food, but the LFS I went to said if my tank had a decent amount of algae growth (which it did at the time), the shrimp would likely be fine. I'm also concerned about making sure any nano fish I get eat their share of food, but would like to make sure they're not eating my betta's betta food.