Being a newbie to fish keeping, I didn't check out fish compatibility when I bought my fish. I asked in store and was told all my proposed fish would get along fine. I was upset to find , when I later searched online, that most of them are not supposed to get on well together. So far in my...

ok so i was just at the lfs and i happened past a 50 gallon tank....48 1/4"L x 12 3/4"W x 20"H... now i always thought those were the dimensions of the 55 gallon 48" x 13" x 21"... does that 1 and 1/4" difference constitute 5 gallons? ... am i wrong or have they just started measuring differently?

Hi, I just bought my first aquarium, and it has been sitting in my living room for a few days now. I don't make a lot of money to buy a bunch of plants and gravel all at once, so I was wondering if I could buy gravel and start cycling and then buy plants and slowly add them in a few weeks? I...