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I decided to post this video here because I am pretty sure there's an interest (albeit a possibly small one) of people that are curious what a Leopard Ctenopoma looks like when it is yawning. I originally started filming this though because my gouramis have been biting at my rubberlip pleco and...

My leopard ctenopoma has recently started to get bigger and I believe he is having a growth spurt. He seems a little tail heavy and has trouble controlling where he's going when he tries to hover. Usually when he looks down or to a direction his tail will fall over him and he seems to struggle...

I'm not sure what exactly caused the damage to his tailfin, but the gold gourami is probably the second or third dominant fish of the four in my tank (behind the African Leaf Fish and then the Red Tailed Shark). Mostly the African Leaf Fish chases the two gouramis, the shark chases the...

I just had the water main break over the weekend and after replacing the whole pipe, the water in the house became contaminated with mud/dirt for a few days and I was wondering how long I should wait or if there are any tests I can do before changing out the water for my fish?

Long story: I went on vacation during christmas and when I came back about 9 days later, my Opaline Gourami had a permanent weird blackening on the left side of the face, her appetite and behavior is the same though. Her feces seems to be either red or clear casings and she goes quite often...

I went to Leslie's Pool Supply and picked up some 20 grade pool filter sand that has a warning on the back that it contains crystalline silica that can cause respiratory problems if you inhale it. I had heard people recommend that this would make a good substrate for tanks and would like to...

I've had my fish in quarantine for 3 weeks now, but around the week and a half mark one of the fish started to have something wrong with it (history here) and the only problems in the quarantine tank are the nitrite from treating it. It has been 16 days since I started treating with a general...

I am trying to figure out some information about the rubber-lip pleco that is sold at PetSmart, because their website says they grow to 10 inches. In one store they have a card that says they grow to 18 and another store it said they grow to 8 inches. I'm not exactly sure which one is right...

I currently have 3 fish in a 29 gallon quarantine tank and the only one showing any signs of sickness are the red tailed shark. Her symptoms include flashing, red gills with white bubbles on the gills. My question now is, what is this and what can I do to treat it? Water parameters are...

I had been treating my 55 gallon tank for a couple of weeks for Ich and on the 15th used a 2 day treatment of API General Cure powder and have been feeding the fish Jungle Anti-Bacteria Food. Our heater has been having a hard time staying above 81 at night (rated for a 75-80 gallon tank) and...

I started treating a Gold Gourami in my 55 gallon tank for what I believed to be a parasite and was using an API general cure powder with a Jungle Anti-Bacteria fish food. My charcoal filters are still removed and I was having nitrite problems. Before I started this, my ammonia was completely...

My 55 gallon tank just had a bala shark and a pictus catfish die and now I've noticed that the gold gourami in the tank has red spots on the side of the body and something that looks like a bruise towards the tail. The gourami has been acting a lot more lifeless than normal (as opposed to being...

Hey everyone, I'm coming here looking to better expand my knowledge on my hobby and hopefully get a better understanding so that I don't wind up with too many more dead fish on my hands. I made the mistake of following bad advice and did a live cycle of my tank with an african leaf fish, a bala...

Sorry about skipping my introduction, I promise I'll go back and do one as soon as this problem is solved. My tank has been a series of bad mishaps since I first set it up about 6-7 weeks ago. Since it has started, My wife and I have had an angelfish and red tailed shark die. We have also had...