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I recently moved and had someone else take care of my tank while I was getting my new place ready. Unfortunately, that person forgot to do so and didn't tell me until all my fish except one died (needless to say, I was real unhappy). That was a month ago and I finally seem to have the tank...

Due to some deaths and damage, my main tank of 29 gal has been reduced to a 6" senegal bicher and a 6" black ghost knife. Considering both are shy fish, my tank often looks like I'm just growing algae. The tank has less than 1 wpg and is kept in a dark corner to help encourage the two to swim...

I have a few books on fish disease and I can't find anything about this. I have an angel that's about 3 years old. The base of his fins are red (bloody) and his eyes look blood shot. He's lethargic, barely moves, and doesn't respond when you move something near him. I put him in a qt but I...

Two of the three angels in my main tank started acting aggressive to a third. I didn't think it was a big deal until the third lost an eye (all those stories as a kid are coming back to me). I took him out, put him in a quarentine tank and bombarded with maracyn and maracyn two. He's now...

My tank has been settled for nearly two years now and I'm probably going to upgrade from 29 gal to 55 gal in a month or so. I was looking in my lfs and found a beautiful albino polypterus senegalus, also called senegal bicher. I've never heard of or seen this fish before. I did some google...

Sometimes I can find small white garden worms in my garden and I've tried to grow brine shrimp but they never seem to get big enough for my fish to eat them. I've tried asking my lfs about live food and get less than ideal answers so I'm trying here. For those that feed their fish live food...

My betta has dropsy :( I'll answer the typical sick fish questions at the bottom of this, so scroll down if you want to see that first. I set up a 2 gal a month ago with a heater but no filter and a male betta. Usually I did 75% water changes every other day or so but due to life I missed a...

A friend sent me this picture but didn't know anything about it. I don't know it's real name but it does look like a knife fish. Does anyone have one? How big do they get and where did you find it? Behavior, food, tankmates? I'm just curious. Any links to info pages would be great. Thanks!

I wasn't sure where to post this but I figure the answer is probably simple so "getting started" would work. I've been keeping fish for over a year now. A few weeks ago, I bought a 2 gal and my first betta. I want to do nearly 100% water changes to keep ammonia at 0 and not let the tank...

So I've been craving a second tank and decided to go with something small and simple that can sit on my nightstand. It's a two gal with a male betta. The only other things in there are gravel, a cracked pot from my LFS, and a 7.5 watt heater. There is a lot of conflicing information out there...

Some times I get concerned about this and lately I've been getting worried again so I figured I'd ask for some opinions. A few inhabitants of my main tank (29 gal) will eventually have to be moved (into a 55 gal or 75 gal). I have yet to set up the larger tank so I would like to stall as long...

I've almost decided what I want for my next tank but I still haven't figured out the numbers. It will be a 12 gal with a focus on bloodfin tetras. I'd like to also add in an african dwarf frog or two and perhaps a few flame tetras or serpae tetras. How many of each kind of tetra could I put...

Whenever I go to my LFS they have some odd shaped 5 gallon tanks (hexagon, pyramid, and more) that I think would look nice in a corner in a bedroom or someplace similiar. The problem is, I have no idea what to put in such a tiny tank. I was thinking maybe a single beta or perhaps a species...

I've never done a salt water tank before, just fresh water, but my charming significant other really wants one. He's been doing plenty of research so I'm leaving most of the details of setting it up to him, but since it's going to take up space in our house, we're trying to compromise on the...

I'm going to be moving soon to a much nicer place that is just a 1/2 hour drive from where I currently am. The problem is, what do I do with my tank??? It's just under a year old and I'd hate to have to tear it down completely. How do I move the fish? How do I keep all the happy bacteria...

My tank is a bit of mixture but I'd like to even out one of two areas, but I'm concerned about which to do and I don't think I can do both. Tank is about half a year old 29 gal 3 juvenile angels (can be moved when grown) 1 6" black ghost knife (will be moved when grown) 3 adolfoi corys 2 male...

I have a dear friend who recently became interested in fish but for financial reasons hasn't started up a tank, even though he spends more time than I do reading/researching. I've been considering starting up a 10 gal for him and giving it as a present. The problem is that he generally isn't...

Just two months ago I started planting my main tank. This is my first time trying this. I started with just two plants to see if the things would live (amazon swordplant and water sprite). I had bought an "aqua glo" 20 watt bulb for a 29 gal tank. They seem fine but I'm aware that I probably...