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I have a pregnant swordtail and no experience breeding fish whatsoever. What do I need to know? She has been pregnant for about 2 weeks now as far as I can tell. Thanks! goldylox

Will my black swordtails just breed on their own or do they have to have certain conditions? From what I have read they aren't picky but I just wanted to be sure. I am not actively trying to breed them and I am not too sure what to do if they have fry 8O Anyone with experience, can you...

It will grow back? Wow! That is some pretty cool stuff. :D

I am guessing your tank is not cycled yet although I am not a pro so I could be wrong. If it is the case your tank isn't cycled yet then you will need to stop vacuuming the gravel and cleaning the filter. Then your ammonia will spike and the good bacteria will grow in reaction to that which...

The gouramis are quite alot bigger so maybe they are the culprits although they usually keep to themselves as far as I have seen. There is no white or fuzz. What does it mean if there is though just so I can watch for anything? It is a female that has half her "arm" bitten off. I have two...

I have a black swordtail and I looked today and one of his "arms" is half missing!!!!! 8O Who in my tank could have done this? Have I mixed fish that shouldn't live together? I thought I had done a good job of building a community but I guess two of my fish aren't getting along. Thanks for...

I had the same problem with my 10 gallon and I noticed that it only happened when it was hot inside my house and cold outside because my tank was near a door. Maybe there is a temperature problem that could be solved by moving yoru tank. I could be WAY off here but its just a suggestion :)...

Yes, I did replace my test kit :) Thank you everyone for your help and suggestions for getting to the bottom of things! goldylox

Well, I went to my LFS and got my water tested and lo and behold the tank IS actually cycled! I guess the test kits I had were not that great. That could also explain why I lost my blue dwarf gourami about a week after I put my new fish in my tank. The tests didn't show any ammonia spike but...

I couldn't get any danios so instead I got 3 neon tetras, 2 guppies, and 3 black swords. :D Thanks for your advice everyone!

African dwarf frogs are fun and easy to care for. I had two in my first tank. They can be little nippy IMO though so I wouldn't put them with small fish. I like fake plants myself and in terms of fish I like tetras because they look neat when the school. Good luck!

I am going to my LFS hopefully today to get that done. If not today, then tomorrow. I don't know what I will be getting after the tank is cycled though.

There are orange dwarf gouramis too that might be closer to a nemo looking fish :) I had a blue dwarf gourami that was really pretty as well. It was kind of shy around my tetras though and hid quite alot. Pearl gouramis are not as colourful but they are shiny. Good luck!

I want to get some new fish so I can increase the bio load in my 55 gal tank and get it to cycle (hopefully!). I really don't know what to get that will go well with my other fish. I have 2 pearl gouramis and 4 popsicle tetras. Anyone have any suggestions? Thanks! goldylox

I found my ADFs nipped at some of my other fish. They really didn't get on well with the loach that I had. I don't know if that is common though. Also when any of my fish died, the immediately started eating it 8O It was a bit gory.

African Dwarf frogs are really fun. I had two in my first tank. I will say though that they live for quite a long time (one of mine for a little over 5 years!). As someone said they are really fun to watch. Also with food you have to vary their diet to keep them healthy.

Wow, now I am really confused! Okay, I added my fish about a week after I got my tank which was about 4 months ago. I haven't added any fish since. The ammonia has been 2.4 for as long as I have been testing (about 3.5 months). I have some plants (plastic) and some stones from a tank that I...

I have a penguin biowheel 330 hob filter. I have not been cleaning the filter at all. I added the fish after about two days of having my tank because I was unaware I had to cycle the tank. They have been there ever since and are doing fine! Zebra danios? I will definitely look into! I...

I have had my tank now for about 4 months and I am/was cycling it with fish in it. The weird thing is, I don't think it is cycled yet. Everything I have read here from posts and articles says it takes about a month for the tank to cycle. My levels are: pH = 7.6 Ammonia = 2.4 Nitrite = 0...

That sounds like a crazy law! I had two dwarf frogs and I have never even heard of having a permit for them. They are so little and it isn't like they can hop about outside. I would say get them illegally if you can.

no NitrAte reading at all.

The ammonia was at a much higher level about two weeks ago and there was also measurable nitrite at that time. Around that time one of my fish died so I was assuming it was because the nitrite had spiked. How many fish should I add? Two, three?

I think my tank is cycled or at least very close to it. My levels are as follows: pH - 7.6 (it has always been 7.6) Ammonia - 0.6 Nitrite - 0 Nitrate - 0 The water is still cloudy though. Why is this? BTW I have had my 55 gal tank for about a month now and I have 6 fish in it (4 tetras and 2...

My tank is 55 gallons and I have 4 tetras and 3 gouramis. The tetras seem to go wild over the food but the gouramis hang back and graze later. I am using a vacuum that has a long tube with a large end. It works by first emerging it in water and then covering the end with your finger. Then...

1. approximately how long does it take for a tank to cycle WITH fish in it? 2. how do you properly vacuum gravel with out sucking it out of the tank too? 3. how do you know how much to feed your fish? (my fish seem to graze instead of feeding like crazy for a few minutes so the "as much as...