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My Amazon Sword has the long piece (runner?) with five young plants on it, drifting upwards to the top of the tank. All the baby plants have roots, except the very top one. Do I just cut off each baby plant and plant it seperately? And leave the top one attached to the one under it until it has...

It's the hairy green stuff, and it's coating the glass, ornaments, and gravel. I have a few live plants in there, too, which have algae on them. (I was originally under the impression that live plants were fine during a fishless cycle :roll: ). Should I leave it alone? Remove it? I don't want to...

Today my fishless cycle showed 0 ammonia and nitrites. I'll give it a few days to make sure, but I'm close, if not there. It's a planted 33 gal with an AC 300, temp at 78, PH 7.2. I need help stocking because I can't make up my mind!! I'm thinking of maybe breaking up my 20 gal community...

I just set up my 33gal, ready for a fishless cycle, and found out the hard way that the (used) AquaClear 300 filter has a crack in it, just behind the propeller in the space where the water is pushed down into the media. The crack is tight, meaning I can't separate it by pulling or twisting, but...

I took one of the AquaClear foams out of my 10gal filter and put it in another tank to use as seeding for a hospital tank. Now once the hospital tank is shut down and the fish is (hopefully) returned to his community tank, should I throw out that foam? I would think it may be contaminated by the...

My male swordtail is thin, listless, and sunken in behind his lower fins. No new changes in his established 20gal community tank. All his tankmates seem fine. I've had him for several months, along with the rest of the fish in the tank. Last water change was a couple days ago. (Done every week)...

I read in my local paper (small town) that someone's wanting to sell their 55gal aquarium "complete, with stand and fluval filter" for $500. I find that expensive, even if it was totally complete with ornaments, gravel and heater. What do others think? I know it depends on exactly what they mean...

One of my platies died and I have no idea why. :( I'm hoping someone here may have some ideas. It's a 20gal community tank with an AquaClear 150, plastic plants. Established in March/04. Ammonia 0, Nitrite 0, Nitrate 10-20ppm. Temp 78F. Never any problems with water conditions coming out of my...

My 10g betta tank came with incandescent bulbs. Since the lights heat the water up so fast, I never have them on, which is a drag. I read that I could switch to screw-in flourescent bulbs, since I don't want to have to replace the whole strip or cover. My concern is first getting this info...

I'm going to put a male betta in my cycled 10g. It has an AquaClear Mini, heater (78F), silk plants, and a few ornaments. No light for now because all that it has is an incandescent bulb, which heats up the water too much. I'll eventually get a flourescent strip. I'm trying to decide what to put...

I had a betta alone in a 10g tank, non-planted. He got a terrible case of fin rot, and also got that white fuzzy wool-like fungus on his body. I treated him with Jungle Fungus Eliminator, but he didn't make it. Now I'm worried about re-stocking the tank. I've done another dose of the same meds...

I don't know what's wrong with my tank. A couple weeks ago, my cory was stuck to the filter intake. He looked healthy prior to that. Within a couple days, he was dead (after being stuck, he never recovered- unstable, wobbly, weak). Now my new cory (of a few weeks, I bought him just before my...

:?: Hi. I'm a new-comer here, and a newbie to fish keeping. Though I've learnt more in the last couple months than I ever knew possible! I'm glad you are all here, to help those like me who don't know what to do when a problem arises. And here's my problem: My danio is floating near the top of...