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Hi! I used to have a gorgeous Dwarf Gourami in my tank, but he died suddenly about a month after having him (DG disease?). I had been worried about possible aggression, because DG's can be a hit or a miss in a community tank. However, upon selecting a DG I chose the one in the tank that seemed...

Hi, A week ago I adopted a Betta from my neighbor. Their 4 year old child grew bored of her new pet and the mother could no longer find time to clean out the 2.5 gallon tank herself. So, I took him in and he has settled into my 5 gallon heated, filtered, and cycled tank with a Zebra Nerite...

Out of curiosity, I am interested in knowing what is the most common PWC %. Feel free to leave a comment explaining why you change the water x amount. For example, "I do a large PWC because my tank is heavily stocked." or "I am able to do a small PWC because my tank is understocked."

Hi, So in my 20g Community I have the following fish: x6 Neon Tetras x5 Orange Von Rio Flame Tetras x4 Julii Cories x3 Guppies x2 Zebra Nerite Snails According to AqAdvisor, my tank is at 96%.* I would like to take the opportunity to add a fish or two to one of the schools (or shoal). I don't...

Hi, Why the fish died: Okay, so I myself have a 20g and a 5g with my own Betta, Enrique. Don't worry, he isn't the one who has died. Unfortunately, however, it was my brother's Betta. I'm the one who's actually into fish, my brother was just kind of interested at first but got 'bored'. But, I'm...

Today I found my brother's Betta fish lying at the bottom of the tank with raised scales. There was slight head movement when he saw me but not much else. He wasn't home, so I immediately did a 50% water change and changed the filter pad (it was atrociously filthy). When he came home, I asked...

Hi guys, I've always just cleaned my tanks by just syphoning water into buckets, dumping it out, re-filling with dechlorinated water, and pouring back into the tank. This works fine with my 5g, all I need are two buckets. One to take out the water, and another that I fill with de-chlorinated...

Hi guys, I haven't been on here/posted a thread in quite a while now. Because I have been soooo busy lately, I have only have time to come on here and post a thread if there is something wrong. Well, there hasn't been anything wrong with my tank for a while now, until today. I went down to...

Hi there, In my 20g tank I have an Anubias Nana, Java Fern, and Crypocoryne Willisii under a 6,700k light strip. The Java Fern is doing great, the Anubias is recovering from my clumsiness (I accidentally... ripped it in half... because I wasn't expecting it to be so fragile at first), but the...

Hi, I have three Zebra Nerite Snails, two in my 20g and one in my 5g. The two in the 20 are doing great, they move around the tank a lot, though I have never seen them eating any algae wafers that I drop in. Regardless, I think they are doing okay though because they are active. Anyway, the...

Hey guys, Right now I have two tanks set up. A 20g community and a 5g Betta/snail. I'm comfortable experience wise and have certainly learned a lot from here. I know what I'm doing now, and things have been running smoothly. Background Story: However, before I really got into the hobby, aka...

Hi, I have three Zebra Nerite Snails. They don't have names, so I'll just refer to them as numbers to make things a little easier. #1 Was placed into the 20g first. Then, after about a week, #1 was moved into my 5g Betta tank. He's there right now. #2 and #3 were purchased together at another...

Hi there, I have a 20g Community and a 5g Betta tank. I was thinking of getting an air stone for both, each for a different purpose. In the 20g, it would only be for decoration. In the 5g, it's because there is literally no surface agitation. Yes, I have a filter, but it came with the tank...

Hello, Today I bought a Zebra Nerite Snail for my 20 gallon. After acclimating him, I put him in the tank and he didn't come out of his shell for about five minutes. When I started to see some signs of movement, I put in an algae wafer and he ate some of it. Then, he climbed the walls of the...

Hello, I have a male Delta Tail Betta in a 5 gallon tank. He is the only inhabitant in there. Before adding the Betta, I did a fishless cycle with frozen shrimp. Once the parameters were perfect, I put him in the tank the next day. At first, he was quite active, exploring his new, MUCH...

Hi, On Tuesday I did my weekly 40% PWC, and on Friday morning (5am) I will be leaving for vacation and will be gone for 8 days. Tomorrow (Thursday) I was thinking of doing an additional PWC, to keep things as clean as possible while I'm away... I know 8 days isn't a huge deal, considering I...

Hello, A little while back I started a thread about lighting for my 20g. I wanted to upgrade my standard lighting that came with the tank to lighting that is strong enough for plants. On here I was informed about K ratings, so I headed out the pet store to pick out some lighting. I guess the...

Hello, I've had my 20 gallon community tank setup since August of 2010. Right off the bat I had some ugly diatoms, but thought that they might go away. I am not asking for other ways to help keep it down to a minimum, (feeding, lighting, silica pads, Ottos, etc. etc...) as I've tried far too...

Emergency: Swim Bladder- Can anyone help my fish to get better? Brief Info Hi, I'm going to try to keep this as brief as possible, simply because I don't want to see anymore of my fish die. I know it looks like a lot, but I spaced everything out for easier viewing and added headings for quick...

Hi, I love the look of a bubble wall or even just a small tube of bubbles going up in the tank. I think it looks really nice. However, I cannot really purchase that whole setup with the pump, tubing, etc. as I just don't have any room to store the pump or all that technical stuff. So, I was...

Hello! I started out my first tank with all fake plants, planning to switch them with live plants once I got the hang of things. Well, I'd say its about time and I'd really like to switch now. However, when researching types of plants suitable for my tank, I haven't really found anything yet...

Hi! Two days ago I got a new Betta! He's in a five gallon all to himself, that was previously fishless cycled. So far everything is going well, the water parameters are perfect and Enrique appears to be healthy. However, it's been a while since I've had Bettas and was wondering how much I should...

Hello, I just got a Betta today for my 5 gallon! (I fishless cycled) Immedietly he swam over to the filter and his long, flowing fins were kind of stuck to the filter intake! They weren't necessarily getting sucked in, but they were held on by the pull of the filter. A little help by me worked...

Hello, My 5 gallon tank that's been cycling for a little over two weeks is finally almost finished cycling. There is a lot of decaying fish food at the bottom of the tank, (My original Ammonia source) and this black debris. The black debris is from filter media, in which I squeezed the entire...

Hello, In the beginning of March I'm off from school for spring vacation and will be going away for 7 days. I currently have a 20g tank and a 5g tank. The 5g might be able to be carried to a neighbor, but obviously the 20g can't. Do automatic feeders actually work? What is the best thing I can...