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    platy acting weird

    my platy has always been super active, but for the past week and a half hes been hiding behind a moss ball with clamped fins and ive only really seen him swimming around when its time to eat or if its right before i turn the light off. Ive noticed his color isnt as vibrant and im getting really...
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    Female to Male ratio for Galaxy Rasboras (CPD) question

    in the near future i am planning on getting 5 or 6 galaxy rasboras, the thing is i personally do not like how the females look compared to the beautiful males. i know the best ratio is 1:3 but im wondering if an all male or all male and one female tank would be okay? i dont know if it would...
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    Putting new arrivals in QT after having fish in there for a while?

    ive had a guppy in quarantine for a week now and i was planning on putting him in my main tank next sunday if hes still looking good. my question is that im getting 3 pygmy corys tomorrow and im wondering if i restart his time in the QT because im adding new fish, or if i should just remove him...
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    should i quarantine the cories im getting?

    On wednesday im getting 3 pygmy cories from my LFS. i know you should always quarantine new fish but im going to be getting them before the store puts them in their tanks, so theyre straight from wherever they come from. i dont have a quarantine tank so im wondering if you think they will come...
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    will a fish bowl be okay as a QT for a week or two

    I just got a fancy guppy from a lfs that i previously had problems with (fin rot). i dont want to put him into my main tank in fear that hes got fin rot. im keeping him in a little half gallon fish bowl currently, i know its not ideal and its sad but would he be okay in there for only a week or...
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    ghost shrimp eggs disappeared?

    i woke up one morning and checked my tank and noticed one of my ghost shrimp had a couple of eggs, this was a first for me but i was prepared to put the shrimp in a separate tank when it was close to hatching time because i wouldn't want them to be sucked up by my HOB filter or eaten by my...
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    whats wrong with my platy?

    when i got him from the pet store (about 2 months ago), him and a guppy i bought came in with what im assuming to be finrot (the guppy died 2 days after purchase). the tip of his caudal fin is transparent and some days the transparency takes up more of his fin than others. his dorsal fin is...
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    Do i have enough light to grow the plants i want?

    I have a TopFin 10 gallon starter kit, the kit doesnt show the wattage of the LED lights but im almost positive its bad. i had a plant in there and it died in a couple of weeks. i was wondering if, even with the bad lights, i would be able to grow plants. i want to grow all low light plants...
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    Ammonia drops quickly to 0 but trAtes and trites are off the chart

    i didnt know about the nitrogen cycle so i added a bunch of fish and they all died after a couple of weeks. im starting a new tank the right way this time, but i dont understand how my ammonia could drop in a matter of hours but nitrAtes and nitrites could be off of what the test kit can show...
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