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Short version: I followed the advice of people online, and now my favorite fish, who has suffered from chronic fin rot for quite a while now, is almost dead. I want to know whether to euthanize him or keep trying to fix him, as he is now in very bad shape after suffering some sort of reaction to...

I posted a while ago about my female betta, Jewel. Found out that she is a he (half-moon plakat) so definitely not gravid. Julius is terribly bloated, symmetrical, with no raised scales at all. He is living in isolation with constant epsom salts and water changes, eating only peas (fed very...

I broke down and bought a walmart betta. She's exceptionally beautiful. She's usually a bright, iridescent blue but changes to green and indigo depending on the lighting/angle she's at, and she has some magenta on her fins. Her finnage is absolutely flawless, as are her scales. She would make a...

I haven't the slightest clue where this post belongs, but I'm really interested in buying some realistic fake corals for my "freshwater in disguise" tank, which is my favorite tank; basicly just very vivid FW fish in a tank that looks like a reef (well, to inexperienced eyes, lol). So far I only...

I realise this probably qualifies as "chit-chat", but I'm wondering if there is an off-topic / general chat subforum that is a bit more relaxed? Specificly, I'm playing a realistic Wii diving game and was wondering if anyone else liked it as much as I do. Where would such a post belong? :confused:

I'm a little bummed out to find that Juno has something goofy going on. :( I noticed his fins had sharp tips (just one sharp tip at the end of each fin) so I put him in my bitty little 1g hospital tank to begin a mild salt treatment. I've never had a fish with fin rot, so I haven't a clue...

:( My plants hate me. I'm trying to develop a heavily planted tank, and I am not having the slightest of luck. Unfortunately, my pH is 8.2 and for whatever reason, everything else is always at 0, including my nitrates. I have some liquid fertilizer that I use occasionally, but it seems to...

I recently bought the API freshwater master kit, and I've been using it every other day. I don't trust it. Nomatter what I do or how I feed, everything is at 0 ppm except pH, which is 8.2 I have followed the instructions in the manual and alternative instructions experts have given me. The...

:huh: Terribly baffled here. The larger of my two striped mystery snails, Bjorn, was found torn and dead at the bottom of my tank about 5 days ago. Why? Boyfriend thought his dojo loach would be happier in my big tropical tank. :nono: Moved loach back into his PROPER tank, and moved dead snail...

Finally got my API kit today, and took 'er for a spin... pH, Ammonia, Nitrite, Nitrate. I will test again tomorrow after they've eaten. This is way funner than the test strips. Such perdy colors. :) Do I need to worry about the pH? I haven't done the high-range test yet but I can if it's...

I'm surprised there is a saltwater ID area and not a freshwater one. I have seen multiple people finding wierd things in their tanks that they could not identify, and I have had the same problem myself. Why isn't there a freshwater ID area?

I'm still daydreaming about the empty 260 gallon tank my fiance found at work last summer. Due to the cost of just filling it with sand and water, it will probably end up cycling for waaaaaaay longer than necessary. In the meantime, I've compiled a stock list that I would love constructive...

I recently bought an attractive male betta from a pet store I like. He's got a dull blue body and pink fins with dark pink spots and a super thin blue outer trim on every fin. I put him in my 10gL with 2 small snails and 5 ghost shrimp. I've tried feeding him 4 different types of food at...

I didn't see a FW identification subforum, so I apologise if this should have gone somewhere else... I just want to know what these things are. I can only take pictures with my phone, and they are completely useless... Really... You can't even distinguish shapes. Plus, it would be alot of work...

I'm still deciding what I want to put in my 20gL. It already has two small snails in it. I really enjoy small, colorful fish which will swim in schools, but I'm not opposed to anything larger as long as it is colorful or interesting. I have been told that tetras and danios are hardy and school...

I've heard of this happening to many people, and it has happened to me as well. Last night, my little female betta, Junie, who was the PRETTIEST betta I have ever owned... Dove out of her tank while I was sleeping and slowly dried to death on the floor. :( WHY do they do this? What would...

:whistle:I know the first thing everyone's going to want is pictures, but I'm afraid I lost the USB cable to my camera and haven't found it yet. Yesterday I went to walmart. I was not planning on buying a fish, but they had a gorgeous, sapphire blue female betta with BRIGHT red fins, and she...

Apparently I'm untalented at ordering things from amazon, so my API test kit is on hold, and I bought an ammonia test kit from Walmart, just because I am so curious I am jumping out of my skin. The first test I tried to do, I must have done it wrong because the strip was white. :confused...

I'm cycling a 20g long tank which currently only contains polished gravel and a few polished rocks (and Squidward's house). At some point, I plan to add some combination of tetras/bettas. Still unsure as to what variety of tetra. I would really like a heavily planted tank at some point in the...

I honestly don't remember ever making an account here, but apparently it came in handy. :) I recently acquired a 15 gal tank and decided to get back into fish. I've had bettas my entire life, but they are so incredibly easy that I almost feel like they don't count. :oops: I have never owned a...

In the FW department, I have seen fiddler crabs and red clawed crabs. Some say they are aquatic, some say they are amphibious. Is there any such thing as a truly aquatic crab? Having three fiddlers myself, I can tell that they are not aquatic. They spend 60-70% of their time out of the water...

Hello. My name is Lindsey, and I just started a freshwater tank. I've had freshwater tanks in the past, but it's been years, and before, it seemed like we were blessed in that nothing ever went wrong! All we ever had before was a 15 gallon (approx.) tank with a bubbler and basic decorations...