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i have estes spectra stone substrate, but they are the same rocks i have always had in my tank. unless they break down over age, i don't think they are the problem.

The only new addition i have made to the tank is a artificial log two weeks ago. It is a "Topfin" brand which I rinsed well in hot ...

I just took some water samples to the chemistry lab on campus and these were the pH results before and after treatment with Seachem Neutral Regulator:

Aquarium water before treatment: 8.20
Aquarium water after treatment: 8.15

Tap water before treatment: 7.35
Tap water after treatment: 7.25

So ...

Wow, thank you for the input. I might get to work building a stand for a 55-75g pretty soon.

I've been reading on the forum about recommended tank sizes and I'm a little frightened. I've read that you need "at least" a 100 gallon tank for two loaches. Has this gotten out of hand? I want my loaches to be happy and healthy, but I really can't afford to buy a separate house to keep them in.

I ...

Algae growth requires light, so if you have a piece of glass or plexi under your light source, you can lightly spray paint it black to block out some light.

I have a florescent fixture, so a lower wattage bulb wasn't an option. Spraying the glass allows you to adjust the amount of light going into ...

I have two YoYos that don't seem to like bloodworms. I have frozen cubes of bloodworms and i try feeding it to them once every week or two, but they just swim over, around, and into the worms, but rarely eat them.

On bloodworm day, i feed the tank a little bit of flakes in the morning, or nothing ...

It says it "adjusts PH to neutral from either a low or a high pH, softens and conditions, and removes chlorine, chloramine and ammonia"

"Contains phosphate buffers and conditioning salts."

I don't have a planted tank, nor do I have problems with algae, so I don't think the phosphate will be an ...