I'm setting up a new 30 gallon aquarium and am using Amazonia Ver.2 substrate over fine gravel. It has been less than 24 hours and the ammonia level as of this morning is 1.5ppm. I really don't want to hassle with daily 50% water changes. I could maybe manage to do so every few days though...

Hi everyone, I start to have green dust algae on my low iron glass tank. I wonder if anyone has recommendations for a good algae scrubber that you use (either handle type or magnetic type) that are good and safe for low iron glass? Many thanks,

Hey guys, I recently started a 10G planted tank. It is about 8 weeks old. I am not sure the exact species of the carpet, it was just described as "Small Leaf Grass" on Amazon but it had pretty good reviews and achieved the look I was going for so I gave it a shot. Right now the tank is...

So I just attempted to remineralize 5 gallons of RO water. I "was" pretty happy to measure: TDS 133 GH 6 KH 3 This was with a new TDS meter, and new API test kits. However, when I measured the pH of the same water (also with a new API test kit), I measured around 7.6. I realize...

Equipment Aquarium:ADA Cube Garden 45-P (45Lx27Wx30H, in cm) with glass lid Substrate: ADA Amazonia Aquasoil (mix of normal and powder type) Hardscape: Approx. 2.5 kg of Ryuoh stone Light: Chihiros A451 Plus Filtration: Finnex PX-360 canister filter Heater: 50w AliExpress heater Flora: No idea...