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Hi all, I noticed that my guppies have started flashing, yet I have looked and looked and dont see any white salt crystal type things on them.... could it be somethign else causing ich? water parameters are all good amonia zero, ph 8.2 (always been that high) nitrite zero, and nitrate...

I have had scarlett for quite awhile now, (2+ months) and she has just gotten bigger and bigger, and for the first time ever had a fish squared off more than three days, more like 5-7 until she had her fry... I found her this morning, with a fry head sticking out of her, and her belly much...

I baught him 3 wks ago... he was doing wonderfull then one day about 4 days ago I find him vertical in the tank. either which direction.... if I watch him closely its only every once in awhile that he flicks his tail, and this usually straightens him out to a more horizontal position. For 2...

Hi everyone. 20 gallong tank. 78-80 degrees. ph 8.3 (noramlly always 8.2, comes out of the tap that way) amonia and nitrite are both zero nitrate 10-20 (hard to tell with the api freshwater master kit) I do weekely waterchanges, adding stress zyme and stresscoat. I keep the temperature the...

Ok I was doing my weekly pwc and I sucked larry up with my hose and now he has a area at the front/base of his dorsal fin. Im assuming hes missing a scale or two?!?! I added some melafix to the tank,.... any other suggestions, I feel so bad!! I put him in the breeder tank for a little bit to...

I have a month old balloon molly (well I think its going to be balloon, but we'll see) its one inch long and is showing great interest in getting out of the maturation tank. I know my other fish cannot eat him/her, but im worried they'll try and nip the tail etc... I only have it in the...

Ok running risk of sounding like a complete freak, When we have a fish die that seemed otherwise healthy, I've been known to cut it up the middle and take a peek... We mostly have livebearers and I also like to know how the little babies inside were doing..... My daughters largest (possibly...

I can't believe it, it was so awesome, my guppy gave birth tonight and I watched for about half an hour! She already had a couple when I got there, the I saw her deliver 5 of them I stlll see a couple sets of eyes low in her belly but I wanted to turn off the light, the boys woke up and...

For those of you who use this test kit, what do you do when you start running out of a certain one? can you buy just the nitrate (eg) or do you have to buy a while new kit? I have a bit of a test obsession, I cant wait for the weekend to test my water and do a pwc :) and theres 3 tanks in...

I never see them poop, yet the fish do all the time.... :confused: am I missing something?

I purchased a used tank awhile back and this guy was in there with some guppies, (its suppose to be my QT tank) Hes about 3.5-4 inches long. Hes very shy and hides most of the time under some driftwood I put in there. Rarely have I seen him on the glass... I was cleaning the tank this...

Hi everyone, here are my 2 week old lonely fry... one is twice the size of the other one and quite big for only 2 wks old.... Anyone know if daddy was also balloon how long until they take on the balloon form? I baught it preggo so im assuming its daddy was balloon, but not sure :) here...

I was playing around taking some pic's earlier today, thought ide share. My balloon molly gave birth to a small batch of fry 2 weeks ago (only 2 left surviving), I was watching one night shortly after and notcied one of the fry get sucked up by the filter intake, so I instantly turned it off...

please! I originally had them turned on, when there was activity in a post I was involved in, then I turned it off a couple days ago, or thaught I did, but im still recieving notifications... is there more than one spot to turn them off?

Ok, for those that have been following, this is my second infestation of the worms. First tank, I completely euthanized :bawl: I tried, parasite food/tabs, all the way up to panacur.... wiht no success and alot of deaths prior to euthanization.... Ive been talking with a marine biologist and...

I just had to ask, my daughter keeps bugging me about this, insisting there just has to be.... I've never seen one, but maybe, would be pretty :)

A month or so back I euthanized my whole tank, after treating and treating for these worms, with no success. Before my QT tank (and now the reason I have one) I put the newly purchased molly in, and noticed noticed not even a hour later that it had worms. after researching I found out it was...

my last post got me thinking about how many of us even us carbon, unless for removal of medications. My new filter is a aqua clear 50, for those of you you who dont use carbon, you keep out the bag, but do you put in another sponge to take up its empty space or leave it empty?? :)

I was reading in anothe post that you shouldnt change your filter media until its almost falling part. true? one of my filters is a all in one cartridgf for aqueon. I was told at the pet store if you dont switch it every 4-6wks the bad stuff the carbon has collected will get released back...

I have 3 corydoras in my tank. One Julie, on long finned pepper, and a bronze. They are so fun to watch and each have their own personalities. But I have noticed my Bronze has a afternoon/evening ritual, or so it seems... He/she has an imaginary race track of sorts in the tank, and each...

Hi there, Im in the process of slowly turning up my heat. Once at 86 I leave it there 2 wks past last spots seen?? I have corydoras in the tank with my mollies, so im thinking salts not a good thing, but how do the corys do with heat? If its a issue ill move them over to my other tank...

Hi there, for those of you who use this test kit, when I check for nitrates, you have to shake vigirously for 1 min after adding the #2 solution, I find my caps dont seal and when im done shaking I sometimes only have half the amount of fluid left in there that im suppose to have... is this a...

I recently purchased a female molly and shes beautiful. Shes a warm brown, lyretail, and she has the red eyes of an albino..?! is this a hybrid or why type is she? AND she had fry last night!! I didnt know if they were hers or the balloon molly I have in there as well, but I saw some of them...

When I purchased my aqueon 20 gallon "kit" it comes with a power 10 filter :rolleyes: So I want to switch my power 10 over to my qt tank,and purchase probably a 30 -40 gallon capacity for my 20 gallon. There are SO many types to choose from. I was looking for the aqueon power30 just...

I was just wondering how many of us had a QT tank and how many of us didnt. If you dont what do you do, or look for to minimize the chances of adding a fish that may contaminate your tank?