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Hello! I am currently cycling a planted 10 gallon freshwater tank with 2 Sunset Platies, 2 otos, 3 Julii Corys, and will be adding 6 Chili Rasboras. I live in Southern Calufornia where we have pretty hard water; pH 7.4 straight out of the tap. I currently have aquarium gravel as a substrate...

Hi! I think this qualifies as a getting started question, so here goes. I have a 20 gallon planted freshwater tank that has been up and running for 2 1/2 years with 3 pink zebra danios, 2 otos, 2 female sunset platys and a few fry. The platys are the root of my problem. When I got livebearers...

I have a 20 gallon freshwater tank with live plants, a few of which are anchored to driftwood with sewing thread. Last night I cleaned he tank and ripped out some plants. This morning I found my rubbernose pleco Daizy caught in a loop of thread. I carefully cut her free, but the thread had cut...

I have a sunset platy with fuzzy white spots about the size of sea salt granules on her sides. She has clamped fins, is not eating, and is hiding in the back of the tank in the plants. She occasionally flashes, and has been behaving oddly and not looking her robust self for some time now...

I want to upgrade my 20 gal freshwater tank to a 40, but here's my question-do I have to completely cycle the new tank like a new tank, or can I move my fish over with the plants, used filter media, and most of the water from the old tank? Of course I would wait a week or so and check levels...

Help! My 20 gallon tank has been fully cycled for about 2 weeks. A week ago I added 6 Pink Zebra Danios, 2 Red Cherry Shrimp, and a Rubber-Lip Plecostomous. After 3 days I tested levels and ammonia was registering a teeny bit, as was nitrite (not even enough color to actually be on the chart...

I'm cycling my 20 gallon tank which has been up and running for a while, but I am finally cycling it properly (no fish). I added ammonia up to 4ppm, nitrIte was 5.0ppm, nitrAte at .5ppm. Today it is cloudy as heck and getting cloudier! Ammonia was down to 1ppm, so I dosed back up to 4ppm like...

We have an almost cycled 20gal and are looking at what fish to add. I would like to plant the tank, and have a large-ish driftwood, and a couple of decorations. We know we want a rubber lip pleco, which could reach 7", and needs a rock. My daughter likes pink zebra danios, so I thought a...

I currently have a 3" common pleco and no other fish. My daughter wants a rubber lip pleco (so do I), but I have heard that they can be quite aggressive, especially with other plecos. My common has her own driftwood. I understand rubber lips need a rock. Would having these separate "domains"...

I just re-homed my 6 goldfish to a friend's beautiful pond, and am left with an (almost) empty 20 gallon tank. It was seriously overstocked with 6 goldies and a common pleco, so even with daily or twice daily water changes, the ammonia & nitrite levels were always ridiculous. I need to know...

I have had my goldfish (common, comet, combo) for 2 1/2 months and they are about 3-3 1/2" long. They just began this sort of "swirling" around each other behavior. One in particular seems to be chasing the others, going after their bellies and rubbing along them. I don't know how old they...

My pleco Daizy developed a single white spot on top of her head about 5 days ago. No redness or funny skin, just a spot. I've been watching her closely, and a couple days ago she started acting funny-not hanging in her usual spots, coming out a lot during the day, not jumping on her wafers or...

So, I currently have 6 small goldfish together in one tank, and lately they have taken to lining up almost perfectly straight along one side of their tank, and just hanging out, looking out the "window". They are generally quite active and friendly. They seem to "line up" in the evening. Any...

So, I know this is silly, but when someone says to get "filter media from a healthy established tank"- what kind of media am I getting? I know I can get gravel, but I have to do my first filter change on my new Aqueon filter, and I'm wondering "do I get an entire used filter bag from someone...

So I would love some input/insight to help with figuring out where to put a large tank in my small house. I currently have a 20gal with 6 goldfish; 1 common, 1 comet, 4 comet/common mix, I think, and one common pleco (don't bother telling me how overstocked I am. I know). I think the correct...

I currently have an overstocked 20 gallon with 7 small goldfish and a tiny pleco. I am planning a second tank, and to upgrade my outdoor pond for 3-4 of the goldfish, but right now I need way better filtration than what I've got. I'm manually doing what a filter should be doing, I think! I...

I have a new 20 gallon setup with fish added immediately. I read the article "I have fish and I just found out about cycling, what do I do now?", and I also read an article on "old tank syndrome". My question is-since I'm doing so many partial water changes (every day), will the...

I just got a tiny(2") pleco for my 20 gallon tank. I would eventually like to upgrade to a 60 gallon, don't have room for anything bigger. Will this be large enough for a mature pleco? Also, she shares the tank with 7 goldfish. Way overstocked, I know, but that's another story for another...