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    Please help identify this creature in my tank

    I have seen a few of these in my tank, and have no idea what they are. I caught one the other day after removing water and cleaning the substrate with a vacuum. I know there have to be several of them. At first I thought it was a shrimp or baby crayfish, but I don't think it is. It swims...
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    Does my betta have a disease?

    Just noticed this yesterday out of the blue. It looks like some type of white spot on his face, above his mouth and between his eyes. Go figure, we are leaving early tomorrow for 9 days. I did a quick google search of white spots on betta and saw "ich" in the search results. Do you think...
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    Aquarium light for betta tank while on vacation

    I will be gone for 9 days soon and I have a 5 gallon tank with a betta, 2 snails, 2 marimo moss balls, and 2 sword plants. I have an automatic betta feeder thing I'll be using. I want to put the lights on a timer, but the lights will only rotate through the 8 different colors or so and won't...
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    General electricity cost per year for my aquarium

    I have this 40 gallon tank and it's been up and running for about 3.5 weeks now, I use it for freshwater: https://www.aquatop.com/products/recife-eco-40g-tank-stand-combo?variant=8723321520227 I was looking over the owner's manual today to find out what filters I need to buy to replace, etc...
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    Plant in Betta Tank

    I have two live plants in my betta tank, see picture attached. I forget the name of these, I believe the one on the left is some type of sword and maybe the one on the right is a shorter type of sword. I got them at North Dallas Aquarium. Anyways, the one on the left seems to be doing well...
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    Freshwater clam, dead or alive?

    4 days ago, I added a freshwater clam to my 40 gallon tank. Ever since I put it in, it has sat on the bottom in the very same position, not moving at all. I don't know much about clams and I searched the forum for this question but didn't find anything. How do I know if it is dead or alive...
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    Brown spots on white gravel / substrate

    Hi Everyone, New aquarium owner here of a 40 gallon cube type tank. The tank has been running for about 11 days or so. We did the turbostart and also have added stresscoat / quickstart, etc and checked the water levels before we started slowly adding fish. We now have 5 zebra danios, 3 neon...
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    Filter output height question / water level

    Hello everyone, I am new to this forum and just recently purchased a small 5 gallon tank from PetSmart. Here is the exact model I have: Link How full should I fill this aquarium? Should the water line be just below the water comes out of the filter? This tank has a separate back section...
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