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This I can't find on the net for some reason. One and only one cory has this for many months now. No other fish has this (neons, lemon tetras, plecko etc...) It is a while spot on his back fin close to where it attaches to the body (towards the back). It is still on a fin as when he moves the...

Eh, I guess I will try daphnia and see if that helps anything. How do you separate gender in zebra danios?

I have a 55 gal tank (with UG/powerheads, Penguin 330, heaters) with neon tetras, lemon tetras, corys, zebra danios and plecko. Now the problem is that few zebra danios seems to be constipated. I tried to feed fish sweat peas (cooked, pealed, quartered) however they didn't eat them. My QT is...

I tried to feed the peas. I nuked about 5 of them for 15 sec in microwave. Let them cool down. Removed the skin and put little pieces (about 1/4 of the pea) in the water. Fish put it in the mount and spit it out. So they all hit the gravel and eventually mosty likely got eaten by cories. Re...

No, they don't look like pinecones. That is for sure. I once had a betta with dropsy and I know how that looks. I guess constipation is the issue here. Should I lower down the flow on my powerheads? I think they can be adjusted.

deli_conker: one of the schemas I felt in lowe with (for my 55 gal tank) for my first setup: 8 zebra danios 6 lemon tetras 6 neon tetras 6 corys 5 sunset platties 1 plecko Got the idea from a book "Freshwater aquariums - getting started" or something like that. To be honest, I am looking into...

Menagferie, why would the substrate angle influence how the fish swim? I noticed that both lemon tetras and platty (only fish that are "flatter") swim at certain angle. Come to think of it, might be because of the current from the power heads? I am more concerned why few zebra danios look like...

Setup: 55gal, UGF with 2 power heads, penguin 330, airpump to 2 power heads, two heaters at 78F Inhabitants: live plants, 6 zebra danios, 2 lemon tetras, 2 neon tetras, 6 corrys, 1 plecko, 1 sunset fire platty (male) (I am in process to build up the population and have bought 4 neon tetras and...

I wanted to have a dog, not just any dog, a newf! I thought it might be too big for the house so I was looking into alternatives. Past April I visited my family in Europe and my brother was taking care of 12g aquarium that actually belongs to my 3 year old niece. I liked it very much so I...

I have read a little about Firemouth cichlids. They seem to be an interesting spicies. If I would go that direction in my 30 gal long tank, what setup do you suggest? http://idid.essortment.com/firemouthcich_rtjt.htm recommends UGF. So for 36x12x16 (30 gal) tank with 2 (I guess you don't want...

I have Penguin 330 for my 55 gal and I like it. I guess that or 170 was the one I wanted to put in there. The filters are the same so I could take an existing filter out and cycle the new tank quicker. What about the fish? What do you recommend?

I have an existing 55 gal tank and just got a 30 gal (36x12x16) tank I wish to set up. The first one is a clasical comunity tank with 5 sunsetfire platies, 4 emerald corys (should be 6 but I can't find 2 more to buy), 8 zebra danios, 8 lemon tetras, 5 (should be 6 but one few months ago) neon...

You guys were right! Fish were pale just because it was early in the morning and lights just came up. I was worried for nothing! Thank you for help!

I just left the lights on overnight. Fish seemed to survive it much better. They were not pale in the morning. Maybe is the light. Hope it is as simple as that. Are there any bad consequences of leaving light in the tank on 24/7?

I don't turn off the aerator. The only think that gets turned off is the lights. They go off at 11pm usually. I doubt that pale color is all due to lights off. Reason why I think fish are stressed is that even pleco is pale and lemon tetras are "flipping" around (i.e. vertical with head down or...