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Hi all, I’m currently setting up a Sakura 5.5 G planted tank. There’s some Anubias, crested java fern, and. “tropica fern” (never heard of but got it at petco, looks like normal java fern to me). My tanks not filled with them, but I’d like to give my plants the best chance at thriving! As of...

Hi everyone! I'm setting up a Sakura 5.5 gal. I am cycling the tank using seeded media from a filter sponge I got from my established 30 G (cut it down to size to fit my Azoo Mignon 60), and I'm also using a filter intake from an established 40 G that I also have. After setting it up, I...

I have a 10g tank with a fluval HOB filter. I added 4 RCS and put a sponge on the intake to prevent the shrimp from getting sucked out. Is this precaution necessary? Or can I take the sponge off without fear of losing my RCS?

So I have frozen BBS from Hakari that come in individual servings. Even with three tanks, I find that I never finish the single serve packets entirely in one feeding. My question is would the Frozen BBS be okay in room temp to serve throughout the day? Or will I have to re freeze the little...

My 15g tank with 5 guppies is quickly depleting. Ive been having casualties once a week and now I'm just down to two. I noticed they have red coloring around their anal fins, but it doesn't look like the worms of callumnaris... I managed to get a picture of one. I did an 80% WC after the last...

Hi guys! Is anyone familiar with Pygmy Cory catfish? I was at my LFS ready to get some pandas when I noticed these little things. They were so adorable so I got 4 of these instead! They are very small (think a section of your pinky finger) and I'm worried about them in comparison to my ghost...

Hi everyone, My dear guppy of three years passed away this morning. She seemed fine and the water params are all within normal range, which makes me think she probably passed from age. She was in a ten gallon with three other guppies. My question is, do I need to do a water change? If so how...

I recently adopted a guppy about 3 weeks ago and added her to my 15g with 2 other females and 2 males. When I went over to the tank this morning I noticed that the newest female guppy's dorsal fin was nearly gone. This female is much smaller than the other two females, and I'm questioning if...

Hi everyone, Yesterday I noticed my 3 guppies being lethargic in my 10g. Checked the params and the ammo was high! Yikes! So I did a 75% PWC, twice in one day, and my fish and params were back to normal. However this morning the water was cloudy and the fish were once again lethargic. I'm...

Hi everyone, I have 7ghost shrimp in a 10gal (along with 3 guppies) one of the ghost shrimp has a "broken glass" look to it for a few weeks now. My params are fine, but I thought ghost shrimp are suppose to be completely transparent? I doubt it's ill, my ghostie has been active, eating, and...

Hi everyone, I'm treating my take from an ammo spike (yikes!). I did a large PWC and added prime to my replacement water. I understand Carbon in filters takes out the medications that are out in the tank? So I took mine out of the HOB AquaClear so as to not counteract the Prime. For how...

Hi guys So i set up a 10 gal last December to rehome 3 juvie guppies I had. I think I have a Bactria Bloom (water has been cloudy for weeks) and I keep doing water changes but it keeps coming back I'm starting to get worried because lately my fish have been lethargic, and hide all the time...

Hi everyone! So I've been wanting to get RCS in my 10gal for quite some time. I've been trying to wait it out since the LFS sells them at $5 each.. Yikes! But I finally gave in and took all they had...which was just 4. :( Anyway as soon as I acclimated them, all they do is hide in the guppy...

Hi everyone So today panic set in as I was watching the inhabitants of my tank and noticed my one female guppy exhibited very slight pine-conening. Having recently just treated another sick fish in my hospital tank, I didn't have a chance to change most of the hospital tank water and kept her...

Hi guys! The title pretty much says it all. Is it safe to do my weekly gravel vacuum cleaning if I get a kulhi loach? I know it is ideal to have sand substrate with them but after a disastrous attempt at having that kind of substrate I've sworn away from sand and kept with gravel. I know...

Hi everyone! I've been interested jn starting an invert aquarium, and I keep running into topics about scuds while looking up things. So what are these anyway and how are do they get in tanks in the first place, also, why are they considered pests? Thanks in advance! :)

I have an AquaClear 30gal (max) filter for my 10g. I have 2 female guppies and a few ghost shrimp as the stock. The instructions included with my filter tells me I should replace the corse sponge every month, the carbon every 2 months, and the BB bag every 3. Does anyone actually do that? I...

One of my male guppies in my 20gal has dropsy. Unfortunately I caught it in the "pinconeing" stage. He gradually was become more lethargic each day, but since my water parameters were okay and the rest of the community tank was fine, I just blamed it on old age. he's swimming alright, but...

Hello! So I just returned from the pet store with 5 new neon Tetras to add to my 20gal tank. I have them in the bag still in the aquarium, and upon closer inspection I see that one has a nipped tail- probably from being house in the same tank as Rams at the pet store :( Will this fin heal...

Hello! I have two juvie females in a 5gal. I rotate between a diet of flakes, freeze dried brine shrimp, andbloodworms. Before, these two would be so excited for feeding time but lately when I drop the food in, they just nib it once and swim away. Water params are normal...what could be the...

Saw this on kick starter today. Pretty neat, thought some of you might find this interesting...or criticize the hell out of it. Either way thought I'd share! http://www.kickstarter.com/projects/2142509221/home-aquaponics-kit-self-cleaning-fish-tank-that-g

Hello! So I have a particular female guppy who drops large batches of fry every month. The two batches I decided to save and try to raise are turning out to be All female! Why is this? She just dropped again, is there anything I can do to balance out the sexing of the fry, or are guppy fry...

So i read some of the threads on here about having a snail, and I'm curious as to why people like them so much? Are the beneficial to the aquarium? Nice to look at? I'm curious because there have been new shipments of mystery snails at petsmart, and am considering having one. Thanks!

Hello! So my guppy dropped about 35+ fry this past Saturday. Unfortunately she dropped the fry a week early and gave birth in a tank with gravel substrate (didn't transfer her in time to a flat bottom tank). So I am wondering how soon can I change the tank water of the fry tank? I don't like the...

Hi! So I just bought a 50watt heater for my 10gal. The instructions say to place it horizontally or vertically, but when I look at tank pics on this site, the majority of the heaters are positioned at an angle. Is there a benefit to this position of the heater on the tanks? Or is this just a...