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After losing all but one neon tetra over the summer and quarantining the last tetra for a month to see if it would kick the bucket too, I decided to start restocking with 3 more tetras, bought this afternoon. One's already dead and mostly taken care of courtesy of my amano shrimp. Another is...

I'm just setting up a new tank and am not liking the filter intake much (very wide-gapped basket-- it's a Marineland Hex 5 with the stock filter). Since I'm intending on loading it with shrimp and a betta, I'd like to cover it so nobody is likely to get damaged. Do I need to be particular about...

Will java fern survive an H202 bath? (diluted of course, although if someone could remind me of the dilution...)

OK... so my lovely little 10 gallon has dwindled to 1 neon tetra, 4 ghost shrimp, and some pretty happy plants (down from 6 neons, 2 cories and the shrimp). Something's going on-- I've lost two fish in the past few days and lost three the last time I moved the tank in Sept, although slowly. I...

I have a little 1.5gal tank that I was using to grow some tiny java ferns... I had a betta in it who died about a week after going in it for whatever reason, so before putting the ferns in it, I rinsed everything with tap water, then vinegar solution, then dechlor water. Shortly thereafter it...

Specifically... what plants would look really cool growing up to the water level as well as having growth at the surface? Am having little luck googling, unfortunately. Low-maintenance only please... not interested in CO2 (although dosing with Excel would be OK).

I have a ~1.5gal left over from when I rescued a betta... not the greatest housing, but better than the little bowl he was in. At the moment it has a few itty bitty java ferns in it, but I'm not sure how long they'll last as there's no lighting. So, a) I need lighting, and b) I need ideas...

I have several kinds of algae... regular green stuff that grows on the tank walls, some brush algae, and then what might be blue-green algae that's growing along the walls in my substrate. The brush I can handle with a nice H202 dip on the Anubias, but I'm not sure if I can do the same to my...

Dah! I have a Duetto that suction cups on to the side of my tank... great filter, except that at least every other day I have to stick it back on. Minor problem because every so often I shoo several almost-dead tetras out from behind it when it comes un-stuck at the top and not the bottom...

So... I apparently have a flowering Nana in my tank. It's rather cool actually. Do I need to do anything? In the meantime, while the Nana is happy enough to flower and all three are putting out new leaves, I'm still losing Anacharis left and right... the stuff grew so fast I was having to thin...

My BBA issue is getting worse... argh. It seems to only be attacking my Anubias though-- not the Anacharis or the unidentified plant of some sort. Shrimp are too busy eating fish food or algae wafers to bother it although I don't know if they would anyway... The algae content in general in my...

I am not sure at all what is happening to my tank. It was very healthy since setup in September... moved it (95% WC) in December, again 3 weeks later in January. All inhabitants fine. Sometime in mid-Jan, I lost a neon that had been looking poorly. Water was fine, other fish were fine, I...

in my tank. Lost one neon a few weeks ago-- constantly bloated, large lump on it's side, towards the end the spine was curved and the little guy couldn't swim very well. He disappeared over the weekend (I assume died and was eaten). I was crossing my fingers that it wasn't NTD, but now another...

I have an 8gal planted tank with mostly Anacharis, a few Anubias Nana and what I think may be a Java Fern or sword of some type (it was stuck in a clump of anacharis at the LFS and the owner gave it to me as it was pretty small and shabby looking). I have several stalks of anacharis that are...

My 8gal planted tank has become very stable in its parameters (ammonia/nitrite never budge, nitrates have never gone above 10-15ppm) and I'm thinking it would be time to add another fish or two to round out my schools. I have: 1 female betta (and a big girl at that) 2 neon tetras 1 glowlight...

I have a small tank that is currently holding plants that are going to go in to my main tank-- however one of my neons has what I suspect is parasites and I'm thinking I'll separate it to treat, however my hospital tank is currently a plant holding tank... Can I use medicated food and treat her...

So... I am planning a tiny planted setup (my guess is the bowl is about a gallon and a half-- it's technically a candle 'vase' but it's a really gorgeous bowl shape, but flat bottomed... so should work well). Am considering adding RCS for decoration and maintenance-- the only thing is I'm not...

I'm thinking about doing a big fishbowl-size planted tank, maybe putting a snail or few RCS in there to grow out and move into my 8gal. Would rather not deal with a filter. If I use water from my main tank, also planted (10-20ppm nitrate, usually), for PWCs would that be acceptable? (I'm...

OK, so I need to move my 8gal tall glass tank home (about 1 hour in the car). I've heard conflicting advice on moving tanks-- small tanks you can drain and leave just gravel/little bit of water in, you can drain halfway and leave fish in, you have to take everything out or the bottom may...

Specifically, my Anacharis... Apparently they like my new lighting scheme (instead of 10am-7pm it's 12-9pm) or something because they are growing like weeds. Trimmed the stuff that was curling at the surface last week, replanted the trimmings, it is now curling at the surface again...

How long would it take for water in an itty-bitty betta bowl to hit 8.0ppm ammonia? I'm thinking several days at least. Trying to convince a friend that he did not kill the betta he was taking care of, but filthy slimy water and 8.0+ ammonia levels did... (he told me betta looked thin and water...

I have three shrimplets in my tank... they're finally getting used to coming out although they almost always hang out on the driftwood (they hid behind it for a week first though). They went through all the fuzz on the driftwood pretty quickly- and now I'm concerned they won't be getting enough...

My new filter is here... however it really should go where the current one is. So... what is the best way to do this? I'm not sure if I can fit the old filter media in the new filter and somehow seed it that way, haven't picked it up yet. I know running both filters is the best idea but I'm not...

Well. My female betta generally sticks to her Hikari betta food and will occasionally sample the tetras' flakes but generally spits them out. She is currently playing keep-away with half of the algae wafer (she has it in her mouth and is swimming all over the tank) while the cories and tetras...

I left Thurs pm and got back about fifteen minutes ago (Sat pm). The majority of my Anacharis are brown or clear, floppy, very dead looking. Anubias are a little paler than usual but nothing horrible, my 'mystery plant' (sword of some sort I suspect) is fine. The ends of a few of the Anacharis...