Hi all, I have a question regarding GH and buffered substrates. Is there a way to raise GH with a buffered substrate, or is my only option to remove the substrate and then remineralize? What's the best way of raising GH alone (my KH is OK)? The only related product I have on hand is GH+ from...

So, backstory first: I got hooked on planted tanks shortly after I got handed a piece of junk hand-me-down 10 gallon setup back in 2002, and ended up working my way up to a high tech 40B that I was pretty happy with. Then I dropped out in 2012 for reasons and sold off most of my aquarium...

So, I have run into this problem before. There is an LFS that I frequent, and they have been very back and forth with not enforcing mask wearing. Mostly not for. During the summer, I ran into the same issue. Then shortly after businesses started getting fined, they changed their tune. And then...

I've just tried buying a bunch of bloody mary shrimps from SoShrimp. OMG I can't believe how beautiful they are. I've kept cherries, painted fire red etc... over many years, yet this is a whole different level. The shrimps a shiny, with deep color, looking like drops of ruby flying in my tank...

Hi Everyone, This journal has been a long time coming, but I wanted to be thorough and show everything I'm doing, so it took some time to get around to it. I'm going to do my best to give model numbers and links to everything I purchased, in case others like my ideas and decide to try it for...