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All right, so I saw one of my fancy guppies yesterday with the top of his fin missing. I thought maybe it had gotten nipped... Then today, I realized that his fin wasn't missing but rather not fanning--it was clamped. It's little more than a point now. Then I noticed another guppy is...

So, I recently got myself three otos to help keep down on the algae in my tank. I rather underestimated the amount of eating they do and see them busily cleaning away. :] Adorable little guys... Anyways, I'm trying to think of names for them. Generally, I like ones that work together or have...

Just got this little guy last weekend... I fell in love with him straight away and named him Kiernan, which is Gaelic for little dark one. You can't tell due to the blur of the picture, but the very very crest of his dorsal fin is yellow. Almost reminds me of those black birds with splotches...

Started off with a 10G tank and I liked the planted look right out of the gate. Had a couple fakes and an amazon sword. As time wore on, I realized I needed more gravel for plants and more space in my tank. Introduced green myrio, a moss ball and white arrowhead. After realizing that the...

So, for some reason, my thermometer in my tank keeps telling me I have really warm water... 78-82 degrees. Every time I do a PWC, I try to cool it down, but it continues to warm up. I've unplugged my heater in my tank as I've had no use for it, but I'd really like to know good ways to get my...

This is Kiernan. I just got him yesterday and he seems to be doing great so far. When I got up this morning, I went about my routine check for pond snails. The first fish to greet me was Kiernan, who readily swam to the surface to see what this new creature was doing with the snails. I've...

So, today I was watching one of my decorative rocks in my 29G tank this little white thing was wiggling on it. It was very small, maybe two millimeters long, but moved about like an inchworm. Never seen one of those before, though I did just add a number of new plants to my aquarium. Is this...

Well, let's hear it folks! What was YOUR freshwater?

So, my sister has had a betta named Bildeschoen. You'll have to forgive the spelling, as it might be off, but it's German for "pretty as a picture". I took this picture yesterday. I already know what you're thinking. So begins my long-winded and boring story. My sister turned 11 today...

This probably seems like a no-brainer of a question, but why use a filter? If the mechanical filtration can be done via a gravel vaccuum, the water is stirred via good aeration, the bacteria grow in the gravel and on other surfaces, and you don't have any sick fish that you would need the...

All right, so I have a box of this stuff... I've heard it's good for curing diseases. What else should I know about it? Should I use it occasionally with my PWCs for any reason? Are there any benefits from regular use of aquarium salt in a FW tank? If there's any information you guys need...

This is my 29-Gallon FW Aquarium. As you can see, there's a bit of a problem. For a planted aquarium, the light is pretty dim. Sadly, over time, my plants have suffered from the lower light. Considering I didn't have many options in the interim, I decided to do a hick job of trying to get...

Recently got a dwarf gourami as a centerpiece to my community tank. I have a 29G tank and a dual T5 24W fixture on the way to provide adequate lighting to my plants. I've never seen a fish eat plants before, but for some reason, the gourami really loves my Amazon Frogbit floating at the top...

I'm not planning on getting a betta by any means, but I am curious, do you think a female betta might go well with my 32g stock? Red Neon Dwarf Gourami Glass Catfish x3 Serpae Tetra Rosy Tetra White Skirt Tetra x2 High Fin Tiger Stripe Danio Peacock Gudgeon x2 Hillstream Loach Common...

I have a school of white and black skirt tetras in my 29 gallon tank. The two white skirts are female and the four black skirts are male. Near as I can tell, they're all quite territorial and fin-nipping each other. So much to the point that some of them are showing some minor symptoms of...

Hey folks, just got myself four black skirt tetras and they all seem to be getting along reasonably well, barring one who seems to get picked on a lot. My white skirt chased after him once and he started getting tilty and wobbly for a few moments. I checked his fins and they seemed fine except...

All right, so my mom got a male and female pair of peacock gudgeons last week and they tend to disappear... Wouldn't see the male, especially, for days. Well, I found exactly where he went. There's a rock with moss in our tank and the male had burrowed in under it. With him was a moderate...

I had a white skirt tetra, so I wanted to complete the school and got the rest black skirts. For what it's worth, the white skirt isn't dyed. I couldn't ever support that. But they all seemed to be schooling along great. The white skirt is the only female, and she's a bit bossy, but overall...

Some backstory: http://www.aquariumadvice.com/forums/f60/adequate-lighting-for-29-gallon-planted-aquarium-146311.html Now that I have the technical aspect out of the way, regarding my means of improving my light in my tank, my question is this: Will this fixture provide enough light for my...

I recently received a 29-gallon tank as an early birthday present from my girlfriend's parents. I moved everything over from my existing 10-gallon tank and was quite pleased with the new room. We got the tank used, but by all I could tell, it was a Tetra brand kit, just like my 10-gallon, but...

So, I saw this beautiful spirally snail, in what happens to be my favorite color: black. And since I wanted different snail than my apple snail, I just had to have it. See, I wasn't so brilliant when I made this decision. The gravel in my tank is also black and any number of the different...