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So for the past few months I would sometimes see little clear/white dots on the back wall of my tank but than they would be gone with in a day or so. I didn't think much of it, figured they were baby snails or something untill two weeks ago I randomly saw a baby corycat swimming along. I have...

What are some suggestions for a 55gal to 75gal freshwater tank, i want some sort of community tank and obviously with a bigger tank I have more options. What would be some good fish combiniations for a new 55gal or larger fw tank (i have a 20gal community tank that I have had for over 6 months...

I am just starting to think about gathering materials to set up a large fw tank and I am thinking of getting some Black ghost KinfeFish, but I don't know much about them. Any one ever keep them before? Or know what they would be compatible with. Also I really like the looks of this Black and...

So i have a snail explosion in my 20gal tank, every day i see more and more, mixed int eh gravel, all over my decor, and the walls of the tank (especially at night) yesterday I went to mylfs to see if there was any fish that woudl eat snails and I ended up with a small clown loach (i know they...

I just got two bamboo shrimp today and one has been hanging out on teh back of my heater which is right next to my HOB filter and I didnt think anything of it besides the fact that hes filtering out the flow for food untill my other one decided to join him. They both keep getting to the top of...

today when I was looking at my tank i noticed that one of my Phantom Black tetras was missing his tail. I am fairly sure that it was bitten off but i havent seen ANY fin nippinng out of any of my fish, but I assume it was one or more of the other phantom blacks from my school (they are fairly...

I saw a fish at a petstore not too long ago and I really wanted to get a few. (BumbleBee Gobies) I went home to do some research to find that they are brakish fish. Alot of people say that they keep them in freshwater (like the people at the petstore have in the store as well) but I was told...

I just got a bolivian ram from my friend who has had it for about a year, i think he said he had a few of them. Now he is in my tank with 3 peppered corys and 8 glowlite tetras. will he do fine "by himself" or do i need to try to get another one of his own kind. hes only been in my tank for a...

My fishless cycle was completed early this week and i did a 50% water change and on wednesday night I went to the petstore with my friend (who has about 5 fishtanks and knows what hes doing) and i got some fairly hardy fish (because after the water change my Nitrites went back up to .5) I came...

OKay I am finally done with my fishless cycle (as of today) both nitrites and amonia fell down to 0ppm. I know that i need to do a 50% water change b4 I get fish. How do I go about doing a water change, i do not have any hose/vaccum system but I have a friend who does. Is it crutial to change...

So i have had my 20gal tank set up for a little over 2 weeks now and i JUST got my test kit. I have had several topics going already about other things such as temp., lighting, fish, water changes. But now i need help with really understanding my test results. I have a sheet i got with my...

I still have no fish in my tank and I have already asked alt of other questions and now here is a new one. I've had my tank filled with water for about 2 weeks and there is 1 and 1/2 to 2 inches of space between the water level and the bottom of the black lip of the fish tank, obviously due to...

New new 20 gallon tank, no fish yet, is set up and has all fake plants. Are adding some real plants a good idea for a fish tank. I want to make my tank as healthy as can be but I also know that rea plants can also cause some problems. Any suggestions or advice woudl be great, if i shoudl get a...

I have a 20 gallon tank that came with a kit, heater, filter.. etc. like a starter kit and it has instructions to set it up. Its been going for about 6 days and I can NOT get the temperature to get any lower then 77 ish. It hangs around 78 most of the time and i have my heater (submergable) set...