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Thanks for the tips, everyone. I'll try the wider siphon and maybe grab some snails. Appreciate the help!

Just siphon around the plants, dude. It's not rocket science. I've got a 20 gallon with way more plants, and I just wiggle the siphon like a weird dance. Works every time.


Yeah, I've tried that, but my substrate's super fine sand. It just sucks up the sand too. Maybe I need a different siphon ...

What's the best way to clean a heavily planted tank without uprooting everything? I've got a 40 gallon with Amazon Swords, Java Fern, and some Crypts. The substrate's a mess, but I don't wanna wreck the roots.

Hi everyone, just wanted to follow up on my nitrate issue - I think I've got it under control now after a couple of water changes. I'm gonna let things settle for a bit before adding any new fish. I was at the local fish store looking at chromis and had a couple of questions. I was told they do ...

The anemone's always been white, to be honest. Posting pics might be a bit of a challenge for me, I don't have a digital camera and I'm not sure when I'll get around to it.

My light's a T3 with 6500k of light, I think that's right. As for the nem food, I'm not at my apartment right now so I'm not ...

Thanks for the help, everyone - especially Seffie. I didn't mean to come across ungrateful, it's just been a tough week and I've had my fair share of bad experiences with saltwater over the years. I hate losing fish, but I just can't stand freshwater fish. My problems in the past have usually been ...

I did in fact go to the lfs and the only difference they got was that my nitrates were around 50 rather than the 20-30 I thought, which is a bit higher than I'd like. Just did a 3 gallon change now and will do another 3 gallon change in 5 days. Still, I don't think 50ppm on nitrate is terrible ...

Found him dead this morning, got stuck in a rock. Had a cleaner shrimp and a yellow tail blue damsel die recently too, but I think they just didn't get enough food with the gramma and clowns eating so much. My tank's got a couple of clowns, a small anemone, and a soft polyp coral now. Here are my ...

Hey everyone, I'm getting a bit worried about my gramma. He's been hiding nonstop for the past 24 hours, which means he's not eating. Now I know they can hide for short periods, even up to an hour, but 12 hours is unusual. I did manage to catch a glimpse of him when I got in the tank and moved some ...