I've seen people using direct seachem excel to kill algae. Since seachem excel is a liquid carbon, does that mean I can use another brand's liquid carbon?

Two days ago my yellow golden line shrimp stopped moving and grazing. Then after about 12 hours in the morning, I saw it molting as expected but there was a problem. The tail part of the molt had snaped from the rest of the skin and while it had almost pulled itself out of the upper part, one of...

Hi everyone, I am new to aqua planted tanks and looking for some help please. My setup as been setup for 3 weeks now it’s a aqua one 120l tank which came new with filter pump and over head light sorry can’t give any more details about these items the instructions don’t give any more...

Does anyone have a good recommendation of black sand in Australia? also does it matter if the sand is very fine or will plants not stay in? thanks

Hello, this is my 29g, upgraded (in Aug) from a 20g dirted tank that was giving me problems. Sand substrate, root tabs for plants, a little liquid fert and DIY CO2. probably "overstocked": 6 vaillant gourami 6 brown tailed pencilfish 5 panda cories everyone gets along but I'm wondering if...