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I do happen to have an empty cycled 10 gallon. I have been waiting to stock it cause I couldn't decide what to get. If I go with the 5 females should I put in one at a time or all 5 at once or all the betta and the corys at once? Same thing with heat and decor water perameters ect? I heard...

Thanks! SO far they seem to be cooling it a little. No one has any signs of domestic abuse :) They just take turns chasing eachother. I had hoped to add one more goldie to the tank but I am thinking that I should wait untill everything is hunky dory between these two. Any ideas where I can...

I don't know for 100% what there sexes are. I assume Fanny is female and Smudge is male but its just a guess based on my sense of them. I do know that while Fanny is of breeding age Smudge is very young he is pretty small. They do seem to have mellowed out a bit now but most of the time...

What is the garlic good for? Is it just a good thing to give them once in a while? I got the most expensive betta food at the LPS thinking that would mean its the best but its flakes and that superised me. I was wondering if I should do the garlic thing since he is new and seeming to have...

I posted earlier about this but its gotten a bit worse. I added my new black moore "Smudge" after 3 weeks of QT to a 45 gallon tank. The new tank is home to my beloved Fantail "Fanny". I added him last night and they were acting cute like dogs getting to know eachother. Now Smudge is chasing...

So I have a beloved Fantail named Fanny. I just added a black moore to her tank he had be in QT for three weeks no issues. At first they acted like puppys sniffing rears and all. Fanny kept "nuzzling the black mooore (Smudge) But now Smudge won't leave Fanny alone. It looks like he is...

So (Prince) our new Betta is doing pretty good. I tested all the decor and sanded the roguh spots. I also reduced the bubble curtain to a little bubble tube like you see in 1 gallon death tanks :) Just for effect. I also turned the flow down on the filter. One thing I have noticed is that...

I had a major disaster with my fantail when she was very new. She didn't have ich but she had ammonia poisening and then caught velvet! The salt was amazingly helpful. I would get a test kit like yesterday there is no way to know if something else is causing your fish stress. When my fantail...

The picture looks like glow fish?

So my 5 gallon QT tank that is went empty yesterday when its inhabitant moved in to the gold fish tank is now occupied again. My 5 year old convinced me to Princess it out and add one beautiful betta. I have had a bette once but in a tiny bowl. This is a 5 gallon tank with a whisper filter...

I went to the LFS and bought slow sinking pellets. The pet store oerson said they will be very good for her and for my black moore. Especially the black moore he never eats off the top of the tank he always waits untill it falls down. Thanks for your help!

Wow I feel so happy to have acctually helped! I'm always the one getting help on here :) Hope he continues to fatten up for you. They will help keep his beak trim too. But is he ever has a hard time eating agin he may need his beak trimmed. What I did was put him in a one gallon hospital...

Hey guys, so Fanny has been on a three day fast and this being the third day she is still pooping! This morning she has another long thick poop attatched to her. Her lethargy is gone though so I am thinking that maybe it was a good old fashion case of over feeding. My idea is to start her...

Her ammonia levels are as low as they get. The stringy thing did come off but she is not acting herself. She isn't staying at the top or bottom of the tank . She is acting like I would expect a fish with a tummy ache to act. I was watching her for a while and she nibbled a bit of pea then...

I wrote a few days ago about my goldie who was pooing like crazy! Now she has had a long sold milky white string comming out of her for over 24 hours. She is a little interested in food but not like normal and she seems sluggish. What on earth could be wrong with her? I have had her for...