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I had a mystery snail that would climb up to the top of the glass then drop on top of my aerator and ride the bubbles. It's too bad they don't live long, they are pretty amusing.

I suppose I will keep my eye open for signs of nutritional deficiencies in my plants then.

Nah I do not dose fertilizers in my tanks, every thing seems to grow like crazy on its own. This tank actually had no plants until very recently when I moved plants from my 40B to this tank because my 40B was becoming an overrun jungle. My wisteria, anubias, and java fern are growing, I don't...

Guppy males like most live bearing fish are a bit over zealous with breeding and they will try to enforce dominance over other males (which is why you always want stock a higher ratio of females to males, also to reduce stress on the females). However, livebearers are not territorial so I would...

Since May 2012, it was broken down once to move it to another room but the filters+bio bags are the same to preserve the BB. I've gotten NO3 readings from this tank in the past, about a month ago I got a reading of about 10ppm.

This has been kind of bugging me the last two weeks. I'm using an API FW Master Kit and every time I test my Nitrate I get a 0ppm reading. I know the Nitrate test can be tricky but I know I am doing it correctly and I follow the instructions to the letter. I do the same test from the same kit on...

I never said it was morally wrong to buy or like them (unlike dyed fish). I just don't think most adults would want them, they seem to be for kids, which is fine. I think that pirate skulls and other goofy tank decor is tacky too, it's a matter of personal preference I guess. I'm more of a...

Tacky.. who over the age of 8 would want fish like that? I would think most of us keep aquariums because we appreciate the natural beauty of aquatic species .. not to make a mockery of it with these franekfish..=P

Rinsing off your media with untreated tap water will basically screw your cycle up. Sounds like you're doing too much, I would just leave it alone and let it cycle. Do water changes when ammonia is high.. I've cycled a tank with zebra danio (albeit before I knew better) and it took a few weeks...

Perhaps the frequent water changes are making it take longer for the BB to get a foot hold?

This thread makes me feel silly for going through the trouble of building a 40B stand.. I should of just looked for a 57/65 stand, which is common. I thought 40B stands were just super rare, lol.

Puffers don't get bored, he is probably chasing his reflection because it's the most interesting thing to do in the tank. Add more complexity to the set up, places to explore, hide, ect. I am no expert in Puffer fish but everything I've read about them says that they're simply not community...

Perhaps try less water changes and just test for high nitrates more. Honestly if I saw no nitrates in my tank I'd freak. It happened to me once but the results were just borked because I didn't shake the nitrate test solution like I should have. I think some times no matter what we do, fish...

If you find a fish that will eat them let me know because I'd love to get rid of the hundreds of ramshorns I have. lol (tank is way too small for clown loach, community so can't do dwarf puffer)

I think with fish some times you just run into bad luck and/or bad stock, just how it is. I just can't understand how you have no nitrate in your water. I know you obviously know how to do water tests.. if you are using the API Master Kit did you shake the 2nd nitrate test solution really well...

Isn't zero nitrate on a water test a bit dubious? If it makes you feel better sitting at my desk at work I just received a picture from my girlfriend of 5 dead black mollies on my kitchen floor from the live-bearer rubbermaid container I keep in the corner. Apparently they're jumping out and...

I found the Eheim Classic 2217 pretty straight forward to set up. I don't know if it can handle a 75 gallon on it's own (I am thinking it -can- personally) I use mine on a 40B.. but I imagine with the HOB + Eheim 2217 you should have plenty of filtration (or you could use a beefier canister than...

I have a Ray2 on my 40B and without CO2 it turned into an algae farm.. (I've since elevated the light 4" and added floating plants to cut the light) the Fugeray has moon lights and has nice low-medium light, probably closer to medium. I have a 24" Ray2 on my 20g and it's a total algae farm right...

For a 40B have you considered a 36" Fugeray from Finnex? I have two of their LED strips and they're pretty good, especially for the price -- which is very reasonable.

Using the API Master kit when doing PH in my tank it reads 7.6 (to me) so I thought that was odd because a different test kit I had always gave me a PH of 7, as did my LFS whenever I had water tested there. So I ran the High PH test and it it came up yellow, which would indicate it did not...