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I've never really been a big ph checker. All of my fish have seemed to do ok over the years. But my goldfish and cory cats have had fluke problems lately, and so I've been testing PH. I'm confused! My tapwater is naturally 7.6. When I checked my goldfish tank's water today, the ph was very, very...

Have you ever stuck your ear up to the side of your tank? Some filters and pumps are very noisy. I have a cheap little filter in my betta tank and it seems so loud. The filter that came installed in the lid of my hex tank is loud too. Can the noise bother the fish, or do they hear it differently...

I was wondering how many of you out there use a water softener? I think I have pretty hard water because I often have a problem with deposits in my shower. I have never used a softener though. My freshwater fish include: one fancy goldfish, 3 cory cats, and one male betta. Do I need a softener...

Hello, I have one Anacharis plant in my 2 1/2 gallon betta tank. I got it about 5 days ago. I've noticed that the water has an unpleasant smell even though I recently changed some of it, and it looks clean and doesn't have a color or anything. The plant isn't the brightest green but it doesn't...

I was wondering what you guys think about bristle worms. I have heard good things about them and bad things about them. I have quite a large population of them in my tank, and I know that they rid the sand of uneaten food. I saw a HUGE monster bristle worm last night. If all the worms get that...

Ever since I switched my 20 gallon fish only to a 55, I've had nothing but problems. The water chemistry has been all over the place, I'm constantly trying to regulate it. My coral beauty has been in quarantine with marine velvet and I've been dealing with that and trying to keep that tank...

My poor fantail goldfish is floating upside down breathing so hard and fast. I don't think its going to make it. Its so sad. I feel horrible. I've been posting on here, asking questions about what could be wrong with it, but nobody had any answers. I thought it had gill disease so I treated it...

I'm getting frustrated because I have two parasite infested fish right now, one in my sw tank, and one in my fw tank. I'm having the most trouble with my goldfish. First I thought it had gill disease because the gills are folded up, showing the red parts underneath. So I treated with TC...

Hello. Thanks to the wonderful people on this forum, I now know the difference between "free" and "total" ammonia. My question is, is there such a thing as free and total nitrite and nitrate as well? Does using products (like Prime) make nitrites and nitrates non-toxic, or do the products just...

My coral beauty has been in a QT tank for about a week now. It was believed to have marine velvet. The fish has never stopped swimming or acting normal, but it was scratching a lot and constantly going up to the cleaner shrimp. I also saw some white spots in the beginning. Anyway, it hasn't...

My two false perculas (I think one is a female and the other a male) seem to have a nest together in the corner. Well maybe not a nest, but its their favorite place to hang out. They make a little bed in the sand and stay there all day long together and sleep there at night too. They hardly ever...

Hello. I have a goldfish that is having gill problems. The gills have folded up quite a bit, and you can see the red part underneath them. I've tried to do research but haven't found much on this problem. I've read that goldfish can get gill disease, and I bought tetracyclene capsules that are...

Hello. I just set up a 55 gallon fish only tank. I moved everything from my 20 gallon into the 55, and added 35 gallons of new water and some more live sand. I did this on Wednesday night. Since then, the ammonia has been rising. It was at .25 on Wednesday, 1.0 on Friday, and it jumped all the...

My new lawnmower blenny doesn't seem to like what we've been feeding it. We have sheets of marine algae as well as frozen food for herbivores. It takes the food in its mouth and spits it out. I haven't seen it touch the algae, and the lawnomower blenny that I used to have loved the stuff. The...

This may sound like a dumb question, but what is the difference between a false percula and a true percula? What makes a false percula false? I have two of them, and didn't know that they were "false" when I bought them. One is larger than the other and lighter in color. I'm assuming that they...

My fiance' and I have a 20 gallon fish only tank. We set it up about a year and a half ago with two tiny false perculas, a small coral beauty, and a lawnmower blenny. The lawnmower blenny has passed away, but we still have everything else. I've noticed lately that the coral beauty seems to have...

I'm having trouble with my coral beauty. I've been told that it has head and lateral line erosion. It doesn't seem to bother the fish, and I've been treating it. But I've recently noticed that the fish has tiny white marks between some of the scales on its sides. It swims normally and eats a...