Sharmon Nina

Does anyone know what the difference between a tube and culture plant is?

Keeping in mind that it is unsafe for me to be on step stools or ladders. I'm still looking for a way to get my 55 gallon tank but the stand and tank are to high for me to be reaching to the substrate after the tank is fully set up. After you set up a new tank how often you do reach in as far as the substrate?

I want all the suggestions and opinions I can find. I have very hard water. It doesn't take long for everything to get scaled over. Don't laugh I just realized they have black gravel. OK I'm going to stay with gravel now how do I exchange one for the other without crashing the tank? Hang on back filters are expensive. The one I have now might have to be replaced the inside has to be scaled over Once I figure out how to lower the height of the tank it will be easier for me to maintain. I thought a 55 gallon and new stand would solve the problem but I don't think it will.

I'm Sharmon. I live in Port Richey, Fla. I am disabled and want to find an easier way to care for my 29 gallon tall tank. The tank was given to me 2 years ago before I became disabled. With the stand the tank is 43 inched high I am only 5 feet. I am no longer allowed on ladders or step stools. I stopped caring for the tank it was just to hard for me. I haven't cleaned the filter, did any water changes or vacuumed the gravel. All I did was top it off. Some how the fish survived, until I dropped a water pitcher into the tank. Most of them died of swim bladder. I still have my pleco and 1 Glo-Tetra and a plant that's dying. I'm just not sure which is easier to care for: sand or gravel, the hang on back or a sponge filter. The fish I want are male guppies, mollies, tetras and maybe danios.

Hi I'm Sharmon I live in Port Richey (Pasco Co.) FL. I have been keeping fish since I was 6 (1955) and living in NYC