Search results

Hello again, Another curious situation (for me) .. :confused: What are these brown 'wormy' looking things all over one of the leaves of my Amazon sword plant? They don't seem to be moving at all, so I don't think they're actually worms ... any other ideas? For what it's worth, there was a...

For once I have a post that is not related to any fish dying ... :cool: Please see the attached picture, showing portions of my spawning mop with some forktail rainbowfish eggs attached. Is the egg near the top (more opaque) unfertilized (cf to the transparent ones near the bottom)? If so...

Hello, Question re. one of my male furcata rainbowfish ... I have two males and four females in this tank, and I've been noticing over the past few days that one of the males is quite hyper, displaying all of his bright colors and chasing females all over (also chasing his reflection in the...

Been seeing something strange today ... After a partial WC yesterday (about 25%), one of the corys started gulping a lot more air than usual. It swims up to the surface, but instead of one gulp, it takes about 3 of them (bobbing up and down by the surface) and then shoots back down to the...

Hello again! New issue in the 'tank of doom' ... :ermm: one of the rainbowfish, as well as the honey gourami, are having some difficulties swimming today. The gourami is right at the surface and is having a hard time staying horizontal ... it's body is tilting downwards constantly and it's...

Another day, another (potential) issue ... :( Just walked by the tank and took a quick look and saw what seems to be something red/brown protruding from one of the fish. Doesn't look like normal poop to me ... apologies for the quality of the pictures. Could this be Camallanus?? :eek: I...

Found this gray spherical object on a Java Fern leaf this morning. Is it an egg? Stocking: 6 panda corys (gender uncertain) 8 forktail rainbowfish (2 m: 6 f) 1 cardinal tetra 1 (male, I think) honey gourami Thanks!

Also, I followed your advice and thought about what we really want in this aquarium. The conclusion I came to is as follows: Peaceful community tank with hardy fish that are interesting, interactive and colorful but not too boisterous and also non-aggressive. Tank should also be moderately...

As I was walking by the tank a few hours ago, I noticed one of the honey gouramis seemed to be struggling behind the filter (where the HOB filter pump is located). Seemed to be wedged there fairly tightly but eventually managed to get itself free ... about 30 minutes later, we found the same...

Hello, My new honey gouramis don't seem super excited during feeding time (Xtreme nano sinking pellets or Omega One flakes) so I wanted to try some veggies to see if they like those ... Are vegetables recommended for honey gouramis? If so, would cucumber be OK? If yes, do they need to be...

Me again ... As noted in another post, I brought home 2 new honey gouramis yesterday. One of them seems to be swimming around fine, but the other is sitting on the gravel (see pictured labeled "male"). Not falling over/tilting or anything, but just sitting there in a corner of the tank...

Hello, Another day, another question about my aquarium! Woke up this morning to find one of my cardinal tetras completely missing his tail (picture #1) ... needless to say, he didn't make it. Then I noticed another one with a severe tail injury (picture #2). :( The other tank mates are...

So I just purchased my first four live plants a few days ago ... unfortunately I don't recall the names but perhaps they can be identified from the attached pictures. When I was at the LFS, they suggested not to add any fertilizers, root tabs, etc. Their explanation was that it would more...

Hello again! Yet another newbie question ... I've had my tank for a few weeks now and was trying a fish-in cycle with a few platys. Unfortunately, looks like they came sick from the store and all three passed this week. Here is my question - all dead fish have been removed and the latest...

All, Here's a picture of a male platy who was previously suspected of having an internal parasite (white stringy poop, lots of shimmies, not eating, etc.). He unfortunately died last night and I just noticed a crack in the skin on my hand (due to dryness) that has probably been there for a...

A follow-up to yesterday's posts. First of all, thanks to all who responded yesterday. To summarize the situation: I've had three platys since Sunday, in an uncycled tank (tank had been running for about 10 days before adding fish). Trying to use them for a "fish-in" cycle for various...

Hello all, Thank you very much for all of the helpful advice provided to date. I brought home three sunburst platys yesterday and they seem to be doing OK so far (tried a more robust acclimation for them) but one of them has this long white stringy thing coming out of him (see attached image...

Morning all, Question for the braintrust ... As I mentioned on my post last week, we just got a new 20 gallon tank and my kids are super excited to get into this hobby. We were hoping to try a fish-in cycle but nothing seems to be going right. Last week, we tried introducing 3 glofish...

Hello all, Just setup our first tank (20 gal) to get the kids started on this exciting hobby. Hoping to teach them some responsibility as well! Any suggestions for what fish to start out with? Ideally fish that are visually appealing, playful and that will get along with one another. Also...