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Our office has been talking about getting an "office pet" ie an aquarium. Not wanting to see someone show up with a 1 gallon tank and a gold fish, I've dragged my 5.5gal 16" wide tank out of storage (this tank was supposed to be a tiny planted experiment but the space isn't available at home...

Hey all, I have managed to get some lovely thick Vallisneria through a friend of a friend changing his tank set up. It has grown out quite long and is covering the top of my tank a bit too much. I'm hearing there's a right and a wrong way to shorten this stuff up as he found it tended to die...

Well here we go.. getting myself into trouble again. This is sitting on my living room floor at the moment. Dan and I decided to combine our love for planted tanks and bettas into a new 5.5 gallon project and brought this home this past weekend. I still need to order a heater and find a spot to...

I've been doing some research to figure out exactly what kind of gourami's I have, but I keep coming up with conflicting answers. I've found pictures of Honey Gouramis, "Sunset" Dwarf Gourmais, Thick-lipped Gouramis, and Red Robin Gouramis that all look similar to these two of mine. The store...

Hey all, Really glad to mention I successfully moved my 36G aquarium this weekend to my new home in winter while it was -10c outside. =) It can be done with a lot of stress hehe! Went well and the fish are doing great. While I was setting up my current heater (which is NOT full submersible)...

The platy in my 36G aquarium seems to be having some issues.. He is lacking his usual bright color, is unusually bloated and his scales appear raised off his body. He's not nearly as active as he normally is. He looked fine at the start of the week. I'm going to be pulling him out into a QT tank...

So after a lot of frustration with aggression and keeping bigger gouramis in my aquarium I'm starting to think I'd like to just avoid the bigger fish all together. I've returned my overly aggressive male goruami so right now I've got 7 red eye tetras and 6 cory cat fish in my tank. Does anyone...

Hey everyone, I'm looking for some advice with this situation. My 36Gal tank currently has one beautiful male pearl gourami in it. As I'd love to try having two gourami's I finally found a female that is a similar size and she's currently in my QT tank. So far she looks healthy and assuming all...

We picked up a 3 gallon tank for our betta tonight to finally get him out of the small one he originally ended up in. It came with a tetra "internal" filter. It's got no flow settings. We gave it a try to see how the betta would handle the current. Surprise, surprise he hates it and promptly hid...

1~What type of fish is afflicted? In addition, please describe what is wrong with the fish to the best of your ability (i.e. cotton like growth, bloated, etc.). Angelfish Dying (were veiled angels) 2~What are your tank parameters (ammonia, nitrites, nitrates, temp, pH)? Please give exact...

I've been slowly collecting pictures as my 36G gets going. It amazes me to see how much my plants have grown compared to old photos! Underwater photo of the floating plants. My boyfriend's attempt at being artistic with the second set of photos with the floating plants. I've had this...

Hello all, I have a quick question regarding pH levels and Blue Rams. I had a thread kicking around before where I was looking at stocking my 36G with 2 rams and 1 angel. I spoke with my LPS and the person working at the time had some helpful advice to offer but I'm wondering about a few...

Hey everyone, I've been doing a lot of reading lately but I still have a few questions I haven't been able to fully answer. LPS's in the area have not been helpful in any way.. But I've been having lots of fun with my plants (maybe more than I'll even have with fish!). Maybe because I've finally...

Hello all, I've got a 36G aquarium that I'm waiting for the fishless cycle to complete and has a couple of plants in it. My mother has asked if I could attempt to keep a couple of her pond plants over the winter in the aquarium. She's got water lettuce, parrot's feather and a couple of green...

Hey all, Friend recommended this site and I've been reading through posts. The advice has been great for me getting started. I'm running a 36 G bow front aquarium, about 21" high, not heavy planted (5 fake, 3 plants live.) I have a couple of things to ask that I still wondering. Any advice...