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Hey all I'm converting my tank to real live plants!! I'm going to be real!! SO excited. I am putting Eco-Complete gravel in my tank but I also want a co2 unit. Does anyone have instructions on how to build your own? Any advice on maintaining planted tanks would be helpful too as Ive always had...

Hey everyone, I was fishing at a lake recently and found a baby red eared slider. One of her feet had been bitten off by something! She was floundering around by the shore paddling in little circles going nowhere fast. I took her home to see if I could help her to get better, and to feed her...

I need help fast. I just put two bubble curtains in my tank a few days ago. Well my dragon goby loved them right away swimming through all those bubbles and being quite playful. Last night I found him lying on his side, his head is swollen to the point his eyes are almost covered, and a tooth...

Hello all, I just thought I'd share an amazing experience with you. I was changing the water in my tank the other day and when I went to fill it up I did so slowly as not to blow the fish away with the python. Well apparently the water was a little colder than I had anticipated and I gave my...

Hey all, I have one big man molly and four gals. He's got a little harem going! Well now the gals are popping out babies everywhere!! I have a gigantic live plant in the tank, dont know what it is, but its a big fluffly leafy wild looking thing. LOL The fry have made it their...

Hi all, My new black molly is sitting in QT swimming really fast in place and breathing rapidly too. Her fins are somewhat clamped and her anal vent is kinda sticking out. Sorta makes her belly look like a square. She's been like this since Wednesday when I bought her. Also her bottom...

Hi all I just purchased 2 bumblebee goby for my violet gobies tank. The man at petco told me they would eat fine ground flake food. What a liar he turned out to be. I have the small current required in my tank to make the food seem "alive" so that the bumblebees will see it and try to eat...

Hello all, I may have to sell my violet goby. He is robust, healthy, and almost 9 inches long! How much could I sell him for? What would be the most I can sell him for that would be considered a fair price. I don't want to rip people off, but I don't want to rip myself off either. Any...

I woke up this morning to these lil white critters in my snail tank. They are 1mm in length, move and swim very fast and have little round bodies some whith a whip like tail others with a forked tail like this: O or O ^ ..... | So I need to know what they are and if they will hurt my...

So, I put my new goldfish into quarintine and I noticed he had a red streak going down his tailfin. Where the streak stopped there was what appeared to be a tear shaped algea spot. Upon closer examination, the spot moved!! In a very swift crab like manner it circled around and around my fish...

Hey all, I just bought my son his very first angelfish. It's a black lace, and after he settled down in his new home I fed him bloodworms and flakes. Now his cheeks are blushing a deep dark but brilliant turqouis color, and hes a black fish! Is this normal, does it mean hes happy? I've...

Hello all, I'm looking to buy a reasonably priced nice lil asst of plant clippings or adult plants. I need some big background plants, some mediums and smalls for my 10 gal, and I was wanting some floating frogbit for my 29 gal too. If anybody can make a deal with me on...

You guys know those yellow rubbermaid gloves for cleaning? Would a brand new pair be good for tank cleaning. They would be marked fish and used on nothing but the fishtank. Would this be ok or would they hurt the tank? Also I am wondering if anyone has any frogbit and duckweed clippings for...

Will a pink kissing gourami and dwarf flame gourami get along with a cherry shrimp? Will the cherry shrimp filter feed and clean the tank? The tank size is 29 gallons and its heavily planted. The shrimp should love the plants. :) Suggestions?

Hey guys, Whats the nameof the disease that gives a cloudy bluish film either on one spot of your fish or the whole body. I believe it starts with a c but I cant remember what it is. :? coiriosis? That cant be right. Anybody know? I was asked about it the other day and...

Hey all I have a brackish tank and wanted to know if it would be safe to put white ocean sand in it. It's a 29 gal so if I can use this sand how deep should it be? Also what critter could I keep in the brackish to stir the sand? The dragon fish loves to dig so would that be enough to stir...

I'm wanting to put sand in thebottom of a planted brackish tank. What kind of sand would be best? I should mix it with about 1/4 to half of my current substrate to keep the beneficial bacteria going right?? How do I go about adding it? Do I have to take all fish outta tank first? Do I...

Are there any plants out there at all that I can get to tolerate brackish to marine conditions. Seaweed maybe?? LOL I'm trying to plant my tank with real plants as plastic ones have a tendency to tear fins, especially on the more delicate fish. If anyone knows where I can find Giant Silk...

Hey all my power is scheduled to go off this thursday and wont be backon until probably June 1st!!! So how the heck will my fish survive like that. If Im doing water chaanges everyday like in a fishbowl do you think theyd make it?? Any suggestions?? I'm going to get battery operated air...

This may seem like a totally stupid question, but how do I make a sponge filter? is it just a sponge stuffed into the filters exit so water flow isn't so fast, and if so what kind of sponge?

When a preggers platy is about to give birth does she get kinda square shaped and her gravid spot move down to her anal vent? Cuz thats what my overly preggers Platy is doing now.

How much salt per gallon does it take to make your tank officially Brackish?

Ok this is a bit scary. This nasty transparent llight brown slime every once in a while builds up in my filter and within hours goes from filter to plastic plants. It looks almost like MUCUS its soo nasty. What would you call this stuff? Is it slimy brown algea or what. It goes away...

My very old Golden Mystery snail momma died today. She laid a clutch of eggs on the tank lid about two weeks ago and hadn't been looking good ever since. Just floated around the top alot and ate fish flakes. She wouldn't explore the tank anymore or climb on the plants. She finally fell...

Does anyone know if it is possible for platys swordtails and molliess to interbreed? I wonder what the babies would look like? :P