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I have a female guppy who gave birth a few days ago and is having problems swimming. She doesn't have the flexability in her swim that she had before and she is tail heavy, swimming on a angle. She had babies a month and a half ago and 5 weeks later a second batch. She seemed really big for a...

Recently I decided to set up another tank. I placed the tank on a kids work desk, but had some concerns about how level or flawed it was. After hearing horror stories of tank explosions because of defective stands, I decided to put a cushion underneath. A lady at my LFS told me to use...

I got some guppies for my 15 gallon tank yesterday. Two of the guppies have, what looks like white fuzz or cotton in there mouth. Any suggestions?

Sorry for this off fish topic. But I need to change my email address in my profile. When I try, it tells me that it has updated it, yet when I look at my profile it still uses the old email address.. Does anyone know what to do? Didn't see a link for site admin. to ask.

Does anyone now where you go to load photos into the "My Gallery" section, I tried it and my photos ended up in the members area with all the rest.

I have almost no hair left in my head, from pulling it out. I have about had it with ICH! :evil: I have been a good boy and done everything people on this forum have told me to do or I have read. Temp has been at 86 for days, salt added and yet more spots and more fish seem to be getting it...

Last night I used my Python to vacuum the bottom of the tank and do a 20% water change as recommended on this forum. At first it would not siphon, so I turned up the water at the tap and it started. It was doing a great job vacuuming up debris. Problem is I ran it for only about 45-60 seconds...

I bought a python and am going to siphon off (approx. 20 %) and vacuum the bottom of my tank. The python will also refill the tank apparently from the tap. But wont that change the tank temperature too much and hurt the fish? I am on city water and was going to ad conditioner to the tank when...

My plants are not looking well, they have a rusty brown colour on them. I have attached photo. HISTORY: They were planted 3 weeks ago, a week and half ago we upgraded from a single 15w bulb to 2 - 20 w bulbs.(Life-glo2 and a Flora-Glo) I also added fertilizer a week ago. 4 days ago I added 3...

I went to take a water sample this morning, so I slid the glass cover open about 1.5 inches and turned to get something and I heard this little thud sound on my rug at my feet, and there to my surprise was the Gourami. Is this very common? I have the water level about 1 inch below the glass top...

I saw what I think was hermit crabs at a LFS and was considering buying one. Any thoughts or cautions about getting some kind of invertebrate for my tank. And if a good idea what would you folks recommend.

Can anyone advise on what is the best program out there for keeping track of your fish, maintenance, chemistry etc. for windows or on a palm pilot?

New to this hobby and have had our 20g tank running for almost 3 weeks. Today I notice this white waxing stuff on the african driftwood and some white egg like substance on the wood. Any ideas what this could be? I noticed the angel fish eating something off the wood so I took a closer look. I...

I have a 20g tank and near the top where the water line was there is a hard water stain. I have 100% vinager and a razor blade. The blade took off the scale but there is still a film on the glass. Setting this up for the kids for Christmas and want it to look like new. Any suggestions? :(

I just bought a used 20g tank that has a canopy with a single bulb, I was told from a salesperson that I would need a top with 2 bulbs to have plants. Is this true? And if not what bulb should I use? This is my first tank that I am setting up. I was considering going without plants, are they...

I am new to this hobby and I am in the process of buying a tank. I found a used Oceanic octagon with solid wood stand, 4 years old for $200 canadian. Is this a good price for a 42 gallon hex? And is there any problems with buying this sort of tank? Any help appreciated. P.S. Tank does not...