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HI! I haven't had any aquariums in 12 years. Moving into a new place and can start my adventures again. I'm starting brand new fresh again. Bought a 55 gal Aqueon aquarium from Petco for $79. Originally $169. Ordered: 48" Aquaneat LED Aquarium Light Aqueon Quietflow LED Pro 75 Power Filter...

I got my first Damasoni cichlid.... He or she is in my newly revamped 29g tank... What other Cichlids can be be kept with him/her? I read they can be quite aggressive?? Is this true? Yellow lab? What other cichlids? This is lake Malawi right?? So I'll have to stick with this type... ADVICE...

RIP Jitterbug.. you were the most beautiful Betta I've ever owned... All water quality steady and normal 8.0, 0, 0, 10 :-( he became weak and slow and stopped eating... no physical marks on his body... Here he was:

I got my Bristlenose Pleco today! He or she is just a baby and about 1.5". Anything special I need to know? It will be in my 29g... I have a big colosseum for it to hide in... Excited! Pics soon

Help please! My t5 bulb burned out after about 15 mths.... How do I change it? Doesn't seem easy to snap out... How do I do it? Thanks!

I couldn't resist stopping to look at the Bettas while I passed by on my way to the filter section.... Introducing my little baby Female Crowntail: I don't have a name for her yet... Help? She's in her own 10g swimming around so happily... She keeps playing in the filter flow...

I was at the store today and looking for something interesting.... And I saw a couple beautiful Opaline Gourami's.. Picked the one with the darkest black markings against the blue! I'm excited! Never owned a gourami before but read they're good with a community tank... Got him/her for $1.49! :-)...

Hello... I had started a thread about wanting to get Rams not long ago but the tank and stock have completely changed.. So I wanted to start this one and ask a few questions... I have an established 29g tank.. Established for 14 months... Inhabitants-- -- 1 Adult Female Dalmatian Molly -- 1...

My female leopard guppy disappeared! I looked all in the tank and no where to be found... I lifted the colosseum up and not there. :-( 29g tank: Adults -- 1 large 3.5" Dalmatian Molly -- 1 Black Molly -- 1 Mickey Mouse Platy -- 1 Guppy -- 1 Oto -- 1 Mystery Snail Juvies/Fry -- 1 1.5" Twinbar...

I'm completely redoing my 20g long tank and want your help, comments and suggestions. I have an established filter off my 29g and will move it over to my 20g so I can do everything immediately. I have plans to re-home several fish and keep just a couple. I definitely want to add a German Blue...

I have established filter media from one of my freshwater tanks I'd like to give my friend who is starting up her first saltwater tank... She's going to begin the cycling process this week. I want to know if there's any difference or effect from my media being used for freshwater and her using...

I'm going to be setting up a 40g tank within the next few months and am interested in a pair of German Blue Rams... I've done lots of research and absolutely love them! :-) Gorgeous fish! Does anyone have any available? And how much to ship to 92840?

As usual I always have tank ideas running thru my mind... I'm contemplating upgrading my standard 10g aquarium that houses my Betta to a 10g Hexagon. The dimensions of the tanks are: Reg Rectangular-- 20x10x12 Hex-- 14x12x18 It appears it will give my Betta slightly less length to swim...

First off I want to say I hope none of you view what's happened as a strike against my parenting skills... Let's just say my son has been a bit of a challenge at times over this last year... He's 7 1/2. I had 14 guppy fry and 8 Molly fry that were 2 wks old in a small tank and put it in my sons...

I ordered an Aquaclear 70 for my 29g and it arrived today. Questions... I've never used foam inserts or carbon, or carbon bags... I've only ever used the typical filter pads with carbon inside OR a pad cut to fit my filter without carbon... What should I do with my current filter pad? Best place...

What is coming out of my snail?! Is he a SHE and planting an egg sack? Do I need to hurry and lower water level so babies don't drown?? How weird it looks! This is my first snail... Help please!

It's been a rough few months and I haven't been able to test my water since I ran out of liquid... Ordered a new API kit and it came today. Yay :-) I've been keeping up on my water changes.. Let's see what the numbers are... < holding breath>

It appears my Mickey Mouse Platy Scarlett is jut about ready to go. What do you guys think? With all the birth lately my eyes may be playing tricks on me. The Platies are hard to catch and save... They're so tiny when they're born!

Cruella is on a roll... We'll see how many she has this time! Caught her in beginning... She has had 5 already.. :-)

I have a 1/2" male juvenile Gold TwinBar Platy. Still growing. Very active and healthy. Born January 31, 2012 Available for pickup in the Southern California area-- Orange County. 92840

I'm so excited! I just ordered a new filter for my 29g. I got an Aquaclear 70 for $39.95 on Amazon. I spent the extra $10 so I'm covered for an upgrade to a 40g Breeder in the future. My current filter is an ugly hand me down off of Craigslist and I was just waiting to see what I was going to...

I got my second batch of guppy fry tonight :-) 12 saved joining 2 I saved the other day... 14 babies total... I'm excited to watch them grow and see what colors come out! My first time raising a batch of guppies. I only have experience with Platies and Mollies.

I went and got 2 new guppies (one was a replacement)... A leopard tail and this orange tailed one here. Is there a name for it or just orange tail? Both are quite preggo and ready to go any second :-)

My first guppy fry :-) I was able to save 3 of them. They're 2 days old. How long before they color up and do males or females grow faster and do males or females get coloring first?

In my 29g I currently have: -- 2 Adult Mollies M/F -- 2 1" Juvie Mollies M/F -- 1 Adult Platy F -- 2 1" Juvie Platies M/F -- 4 1/4" Platy Fry -- 2 Adult Guppies F -- 1 Oto I change the water 50% twice a week and use an API Master Liquid Kit and feed Omega One Flakes every other day. I...