Recent content by Torkelgutt

Sorry to hear it. No loaches in my tank, so my problem must be something else.

Well, I don't know what it is. I've never had this before so I don't really know what the different kinds of cloudy looks like. I suspect it came from the tap water since it happened in both of my tanks at the same time, unless bacterial bloom can happen from environmental factors such as...

I have two tanks, which both suddenly got cloudy at the same time after a water change. I've had both tanks for a couple of years, and my water changes didn't deviate from how I've always done them. They also use bio bag's from different sources, so I don't think that's the issue. Nitrite...

No mirrors or reflections, the temperature is stable and within betta preferences. Sleep disorders I can't say much about. It might just be his time, I suppose. I guess I'll keep an eye on him and make sure he isn't needlessly suffering.

I've had my betta for a few years. He has a 10g tank to himself, and all the water parameters are ideal, but for over a week now he seems to be having trouble swimming. He spends most of his time resting on the bottom, at a bit of an angle and a little curled up. And when he does swim, that...

Haha, fair point!

There is a snail in there :) Just out of curiosity, would it be different with 1 male and 1 female? Would the male stress her out too much?

Some of my guppies have been picking on one of the other ones, to the extent that I had to remove him from the tank because they would not leave him alone. He is now in a 10-gallon tank, which I've split down the middle with a separator, where he lives on one 5 gallon side and my betta on the...

There is some, but I have a deep tank and there isn't a lot of water movement from the middle to the bottom except for the area immediately below the filtration system. When the silk plants are new they all stand tall with only slight movements. In either case, I don't see any reasonable way to...

I have, primarily, silk plants in my tank, but over time a lot of them get very droopy and instead of standing tall and proud, they end up bent over on the bottom of the tank. You would think they'd be made buoyant enough that everything except the base floats, but that doesn't seem to be the...

I keep silk plants in my tanks, and most of them are now so droopy and tattered that I feel it's time to just replace all of them. But since I have a fairly large tank, I'll be looking at a fairly large investment. So, outside of "go to your local pet store" or amazon, are there any places...

Yeah, only one fish is exhibiting symptoms, and as mentiond they've been on and off for a long time, so I'm really hoping that's the only one that's sick, or that somehow this isn't a contagious thing. I have hard water, but other than that my readings are all optimal. I do 10-15% water changes...

His poop is small, black spots. Other than the odd swimming at times, he looks perfectly normal. V227: Interesting, I'll do some research on that.

I have a grown molly that I noticed wasn't swimming right a while back. He would swim slightly tilted, and when diving he would dive in fast spirals - usually until hitting the bottom of the tank. After asking you guys for advice...

I put him in a bowl of his own and fed him peas for a couple of days. On day 1 he started swimming and diving normally again, and he seems completely back to normal now. So I'm thinking it might just be a case of constipation? I've read that it can cause whirling/spinning issues.