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I think I have a sick fish. Hi have a black skirt tetra that I’ve had for about four years but is now hanging out at the top of the tank like he’s trying to breathe the air above the water. I have a 29 gallon tank freshwater,. We do weekly water changes and I use prime. Is this a sign that he’s...

I've been dealing with white powder mold all over the inside of my tank lid. I keep wiping it off and it keeps coming back. Can I use bleach on it or will it be to dangerous for my fish?

I have a 29 gallon fresh water tank( I use Prime water treatment) with some tetra's and 3 small red, white and blue ones. One of the red white and blue one has a big belly and kind of float's. I've read you can use a Epsom salt bath? Can anyone help me fix my fish?

Hello, I have a 29 gallon fresh water tank stocked with 4 black skirt tetra's, 2 other tetras and 2 small red, white and blue ones. Plus a crap load of snails. I usually do a 30% water changes ever 2 weeks ( I know I should do it once a week). I use Prime. I keep the temp at 76. I was told to...

I bought one snail about 3 years ago from my local PetSmart store. They said their snails are sterile ( yeah right). Next thing I know I have a bunch of tiny baby snails. The main snail dies and I continue to this day getting new snails. I've picked out by hand over a thousand snails! I've heard...

I first got my tank on December 27th 2015 ( uneducated on aquarium). Fish in cycling ( again didn't know what I was doing) 29g Petsmart Topfin brand tank kit Topfin hob water pump with 2 filters Prime water conditioner Level's are: PH- 8.2 ( Tap water is high ) Ammonia- .25 ( can never get it...

Hello, and thanks in advance for your advice. I have a 29g tank ( first tank ever. Purchased 12/27/2015. almost 4 months 1 Topfin 30 brand filter with 2 carbon filter cartridges ( 3 months old ) Liquid Prime Fish in cycled tank Been doing water changes about every 4-5 days PH-8.2 ( tap water PH...

I have a 29g tank I've had for about 4 months now. 2 (of the 3 that survived cycling of my tank ) of my original Sunburst platies have been hiding inside a large rock display for a couple months now. Time they come out as when you turn the light on and they think it's feeding time. One of them...

I have a piece of driftwood that we picked up off the beach in South Carolina. We've had it for roughly 18 years. I was wondering if I was to boil it would I be able to use it in my freshwater tank? Or will there just be too much salt in it? Thank you and advance for your help, Sue

My name is Sue and I'm completely new to owning a fish tank. My purchase was a spur of the moment one with absolutely no knowledge about fish, cycling, plants, etc. now wishing I would have done some research before hand. I've loss about 6 fish in the process. I think I'm finally cycled, but...

I was asked in one of my post about the K rating of the lights on my tank. Unfortunately I bought a 29g kit that came with everything I needed to use the tank. Again unfortunately the only literature with the tank was for the filter. I've taken a magnifying glass and look at everyone of them and...

I bought 2 Gold Panda Mollies, 3 Sunburst Platy's and 4 Black Skirt Tetra's about 3 months ago. Not knowing anything about Fish tank's or cycling and started losing some of my fish. First I lost 1 of the Mollies, then 1 of the Platy's. Since then we are noticing that the Molly is bullying the...

Hi, I am very new to the Aquarium world and am having problems with my water. I have a 29 gallon tank and my level's are off bad and I've tried all kinds of chemical. I used tap water with Tetra Aquasafe. We had a bad problem with brown algae so we took out 10 gallons and scraped the glass...

Can I use distilled water in my tank ?