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There isn't any sign of disease on their outer appearance. Their fins are flawless. The female I have seams to have a disorder with her mouth though. the very edge seems to be nicked. With nothing to be visually wrong with their fins I am thought there may be something wrong internally. When I...

Unfortunately, it does seem as if they are loosing weight. I have tried both frozen and flake food. I have given them frozen blood worms, mysis shrimp, and a cichlid blend. I purchased some brine shrimp last night and they did swallow it! So I will be feeding them that until they gain some weight.

Hi, I recently purchased two Electric Blue Acaras. They are both about an inch long so they are still fairly young. I have been having difficulties though getting them to eat. Whatever I try and feed them they attack it quickly, swallow it, and then spit it out about 5-10 seconds later. I have...

like the API Root tabs? How often do you put them in?

Hi everyone! I have a 55 gallon tank with LED lighting and about 3" of plain gravel. I have had the tank for about 2 years now with plants. All of the plants are low demand plants such as anubias, amazon sword, java fern, and valesnira. The plants that I have attached to driftwood (anubias...

Here is a good article about fish in cycling. Fish-in Cycling: Step over into the dark side - Aquarium Advice

I replanted both of my sword higher with the white part above the substrate hopefully they both recover.

I didn't know it had a rhizome, I'll try and exposing it. hopefully it's not too late. :facepalm:

I have a 55 gal, about 3.5"-4" of plane gravel, hob filter, drift wood throughout the tank. I have been dosing it with leafzone once a week, root tabs once a month (only near rooted plants, and I just started dosing Florish Excel about a week ago. my lighting Is current USA LED Plus found...

I was talking with my local fish store about a problem I am having with my Amazon Swords. One day I pulled a dead leaf off it and the whole plant came up with it with all of the roots gone. The leafs look healthy (even though they only grow low near the gravel). The owner at the fish store...

Thanks I'll give the pellets and shrimp a shot and see if that works. Do you feed yours vegetables? If so what kind and do you need to prepare it in any way?

I bought two boesemani rainbows about a week ago. They look healthy but only one is eating. I have been feeding them NLS flakes. The female will eat some (not nearly as much as my other fish) but my male wont eat them at all. He will put them in his mouth and spit them right out. I tried putting...

One of my female Pearl Gourami's has a single white spot in the center of both of her eyes (no spots on her body). The other male and female gourami pick on her and have no spots. Would this be caused by stress? Should I get a separator for the tank until she is healthy? Any help will be...

It is a 55g 8 neon tetras, 7rummy nose, 5 hatchets, 3 cory, and the 3 gourami. The two females are pairing in the same hiding spot while the male runs all around the tank and I just noticed a bubble nest on the side he stays on.

I added three Pearl Gourami to my tank one male and two female. My male chasses the females around until they find a hiding spot and the male looses track of them. This continues to happen until the male spots the female again. I'm thinking that the male wants to breed but the females don't want...