Hello all, I'm in the middle of cycling my new 15 gallon tank and had a few questions so I figured I might as well try and turn it into a tank journal. This will be my 2nd aquascaped tank as I have a 10 gallon waterbox cube that I've posted about before. I also have a small ~7 gallon aqua one...

Dave the dragon-scale betta's new home. The anacharis has grown significantly in a month, but I am looking to add some shrimp and more plants. Any suggestions? This is my setup: - Aqueon 15 gallon column, with LED lighted hood - Digital Heater - Marineland Pinguin Biowheel 150 with modified...

Hey guys, I'm very new to this forum and planted tanks in general. My experience with aquariums had always involved 10-20g tanks with plastic decorations. Currently, I have a 10g set up thriving with Glofish, and a pond of goldfish. Now I am setting up an Aqueon 15g column tank and I want to...

Hey everyone. A few months back I started a little 15 gallon planted tank and since then I've put in a few things and I'm not sure if its a good idea to put much more in there. I've consulted a couple online stocking calculators and have gotten mixed results, so what would you say? Too much or...

It's a 15 gallon, I filled it with water and few rasboras in it. Should I first empty the tank and put the substrate? I've seen on youtube people putting the substrate in a bucket, fill it with water until it clears out from the cloudy mud of the substrate, how am I gonna deal with this in my...

This is my newely replanted 15 gallon. It looks a little messy right now. Thinking of upgrading the filter but im not sure. Just installed a DIY CO2 system last night. Seems to be working but we will see if it produces any more plant growth. I have the Fluval Aqua Sky light that has weather...

Starting this journal 1 month into it... It's been just over 2 Years since I've restarted my Aquarium Hobby. Starting when I was a pre-teen and reestablishing my love/hate relationship with fish now in my 30's. In the last 2 years I went from one 20 Gallon then quickly adding a nano 4G all...

Hi my name is Sam and I'm not new to fish keeping but very new to planted tanks. Ive had tanks all my life but just got rid of all my cichlids that I had in my 75gal with a custom 3d background because I recently had a baby and I just don't have the time or $ to properly care for it (my diy...

Soo going crazy with MTS, currently cycling a "55" (really 48) gallon, and also getting a free (woot) 15 gallon hand me down from family soon. I was thinking after its setup and cycled I'd put my powder blue dwarf gourami in there, and get some other small fish, turning the tank all the fish...

also need to get rid of my 15Gal planted tank. Has Tons of crypts (some rare) and other plants! carib sea black sand ceramic plant substrate. 2 18" fluorescent ZOOMED grow lights, filter heater powerhead looking for $70.00 OBO Reply here or PM for questions/Comments

I recently upgraded my bedside ten gallon to a fifteen, and added soil, and so, i took all my fish out, [added them to my 50 gallon] so im looking for alternative fish i may put in my 15 gallon! What i have an abundance of is guppies. So. Many. Guppies. So, Maybe id like to slip some guppies in...

Hi all, I have a 15 gallon column tank that came in a kit. The only light I've found to work with this setup is the 12" Aqueon Full Spectrum Daylight T5 which is only 8 watts. The fish tank is only maybe 13x13" and from substrate to waterline is about 18". Currently I have two amazon sword...

Where can I find small driftwood around 4 or 5 inches? I need several pieces for my 15 gallon tank.

Petsmart has the Aqueon 15 Gallon Column Tank on sale for $75 right now, and I'm tempted to get it. Was wondering if any of you have one like it, and if so, what DIY mods did you make on it? I was thinking of doing a nice tall DW piece in the center with maybe Java ferns and moss surrounded by...

Well this tank has been setup for about a week now and I decided it is about time to post it here. The stand is a refinished end table with a hanging arm made of some old stand up lamp pieces. The light is a 2x26w spiral cfl diy fixture. The housing/reflector is a piece of stove pipe (about...

I would like to know if shrimp have a bioload, Amano shrimp inparticular. If they do how many would i be able to put in my nearly, fully stocked 15 gallon? Thanks. ;)

Hi, so I am currently new at this aquascaping business so please excuse my lack of knowledge at time. Anyways... this 10 gallon project has been pushed back over and over again. It has been used as a goldfish tank, a crayfish tank, a neglected tank. But looking through pictures I wanted to do...

Hello, new to the forums, I started out a few months ago with 1 zebra/nerite snail and now i have uncountable little babies roaming the tank, my question is, should I remove them, are they going to damage the plants if they run out of food, and I was told nerite snails could not breed in fresh...

hi im relativley new to planted tanks, this 15 gallon is my first attempt at a planted tank and has been running for about 6 months now. ive been through heaps of algae blooms but i havnt had anything like that for months now other than this green spotty algae. its the only type of algae i...

The java fern.... I want to trim my java fern, its starting to sticks out of the water coz its getting too big and tall. i dont want to just cut the leaves in half coz itll look ugly. Is there a proper way to do it?