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I have a 33 gallon/ 128 liter tank with 5 Swordtails, 3 Platies (plus one fry), 4 Otos, 2 Zebra Danios, and live plants. I quaranteed all fish for 2 weeks before adding, and the water parameters have always been fine (ammonia, nitirites, and nitrates 0, pH a stable 8.0). A few weeks ago I...

With 3 tanks, I'm quaranteed to have some kind of a problem with at least one of them at a time, and sometimes all of them. I restarted in the hobby in late September. I seem to be going through the same stuff with each tank one or more at a time: first you get the diatoms, then the green algae...

Some of you probably remember me posting about my shrimp, mainly to help figure out the species. (Click here for a picture). As we figured out it must be of the Macrobrachium family, someone here or at another forum warned about them possibly getting aggressive. I didn't worry about that too...

Yuck! I can handle a lot of yucky stuff, but worms are one of the things that freak me out. Today, as I was just about to do a partial water change on my 18 gallon/ 70 liter tank (having just turned on the lights), I noticed a couple of white stringy kind of things on the inside of the back...

I bought this shrimp about a month ago, and still am not sure what it is exactly, lol. First I thought it was a Ghost Shrimp, but after the first molting (he molted for the second time today) he turned quite dark brown in color, and he's also pretty big, about 6 cm/ 2½ inches. I have another...

I suspect one of my Platies has fin rot. It's in a 33 gallon/ 128 liter tank with 2 other Platies, 5 Swordtails, 1 shrimp, and live plants. The water parameters as checked today should be fine (ammonia, nitrites and nitrates 0, pH 8,0 as it's always been). Today I noticed one of the Platies has...

3 weeks ago I bought a male Flame Dwarf Gourami that I've kept in a 10 gallon/ 41 liter QT tank for 3 weeks now. He's been the only fish in the tank (apart from a shrimp) for now. I originally thought I'd have just the male. However, I thought he'd be quite lonely in the long run, and today went...

I need to decide on an algae eater for 2 of my tanks. One tank is 128 liters/ 33 gallons, has live plants, 3 Platies, and 5 Swordtails, plus one shrimp. The second tank is 70 liters/ 18 gallons, and will have a Dwarf Gourami couple, and 2 shrimp, and live plants. pH in each tank is about 8.0, GH...

I bought a shrimp, I believe a Ghost Shrimp, 2 weeks ago, and he was light brown, translucent in color. A couple of days later he "reshelled", or whatever that's called when they leave their old shell and grow a new one :lol:. A few days after that, I noticed that he'd turned very dark brown in...

As I mentioned in a topic or two a few weeks ago, the two Danios I bought for cycling purposed spawned their first week in my tank. They've since spawned at least a couple of times, because I find newborn fry every time I vacuum the gravel. Just haven't been able to keep them alive for longer...

I set up my 33 gallon/ 128 liter tank 5 weeks ago. For the first 4 weeks I only had 2 Zebra Danios and several live plants in there. A week ago I added 3 young Platies after I finally QT'd them. The Platies especially are avid poopers, and when I vacuumed the gravel yesterday, I found tons of...

The tap water around here, and I think in most places in Finland, is somewhat problematic: It's soft, but alkaline, and hence not ideal for any fish :lol:. The water straight from the tap has a pH of about 8,0, total hardness of 3 dH and carbonate hardness of 2 dH. Raising the hardness with...

There is a used aquarium available that I've got my eye on. I called the guy who's selling it, and got answers to my questions. It's an 80 liter/ 21 gallon tank with an aluminum frame. It hasn't been used for a year (empty of water for 1 year). Apparently it's in good condition, no scratches...

Some background info first: I set up my 33 gallon/ 128 liter tank almost 4 weeks ago. It's got 2 Zebra Danios, and lots of live plants. At no point has there been a noticeable amount of ammonia, nitrites, or nitrates. The pH has been steadily 7,8-8,0 (the tap water around here is quite basic...

I'm a bit confused by the words "box filter", "HOB filter", "corner filter", and so on. They aren't very self-evident, since I'm not sure which one refers to an air-run sponge filter, a power filter, and so on. I know HOB means "hang on back", but does it mean an internal or external filter? And...

I got 3 platies a week ago, and they are currently kept in my 10 gallon/ 41 liter QT tank. Every once in a while at least one of them seems to be having some white, stringy poop, even tho most of the time the poop looks normal. I read that might be a sign of intestinal flagellates. Should I just...

OK, I finally got a picture to make it easier for you to tell the name of my Platy variety :lol:. This is the biggest one of the 3, a male, still not grown-up. Is it a Yellow Wagtail, or something else? (No, he hasn't got a swim bladder disease, he's just always looking for treats in the gravel...

I visited a new LFS for the first time today, and was quite impressed with the quality of their aquarium section and the knowledgeable workers. However, I was listening to another customer, a middle-aged woman, asking for advice on her aquarium. From what I gathered, she's got some tiny...

Can someone tell me what's the English name for the Platy variety that's got a yellow body and black fins (and also a bit of black on the head)? I just bought 3 of them today, and I only know the Finnish name, which I'm sure doesn't translate directly :lol:

For those of you who don't know, I just set my 33 g/128 l tank up a week ago, and got 2 zebra danios for cycling. I wasn't sure about their sex, I could only tell one was bigger and fatter. They've been chasing each other around all week, but I didn't think they'd start breeding so soon (not...

I was just wondering how can I tell where the cycle is going if I have no detecable levels of ammonia, nitrites or nitrates? I set the tank up a week ago (a 33 g/ 128 l), it's got live plants, 2 Zebra Danios, and a fairly powerful HOB filter. At no point during this week while testing have I...

I have a brand new freshwater tank, 128 liters/ 33 gallons. pH 7,8-8,0 Ammonia 0 ppm Nitrites 0 ppm GH 4 dH KH 3 dH Temperature 24C/ 75F I have 2 Zebra Danios in the tank for cycling purposes, and I've only had them since yesterday. Now one of them has started rubbing himself against plants...

I'm finally about to start my tank (on Saturday), and I have a question about treating tap water before putting it in the tank: If I use a dechlorinator, is it still necessary to let the water sit in the buckets for a certain amount of time? Is the 24 hour wait mentioned at some sites only an...

After doing some online/book research on platies, I came up with an article that says that all livebearers (platies, mollies, guppies) need a little bit of salt in the tank water to thrive. They say 1 tea spoon per every 20 liters (about 5 gallons). Does anyone have experience on that? Does it...

I'm planning to start a freshwater tank (somewhere around 160 liters/ 40 gallons), for mainly live bearers (platy). I found out some information about the tap water quality in my town, and the pH seems ideal, 7,9, but the total hardness is very low, about 2 dH. My question is, what would be the...