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Part 1: Last night, I knew my Hillstream Loach had died. I held him in my hands, rigid and unmoving. My wife and I just moved the tank to our new home, and he seemed to have died from the trauma. We'd raised the little guy over two years from the size of a tack's head to just shy of a silver...

I recently added new fish to my tank, 6 1.5" Australian Rainbowfish and 6 1" Congo Tetras. Now, frustratingly, something in the tank is eating the Congo Tetras. They just disappear completely, no remains at all, every couple days. I never see any aggression in the daytime, so I'm betting...

Hi all, I've got a nocturnal loach (Botia family, but not ID'd any further than that) who has almost doubled in size from 3" to 6" since I bought him. He's outgrown his original shelter and needs to wriggle like a maniac to fit himself in. I removed the original shelter and replaced it with...

Hi all, The nitrate levels keep rising past 80ppm in my 4 month old tank, and I'm looking for some advice on keeping the levels lower (20-30ppm). I recently added a brighter light, which is my main suspect, but I'd appreciate any input. More details below: When originally cycling the tank...

Happy New Year all! The top of my aquarium is now very well sealed off--my fish would have to pull some "Escape From Alcatraz" moves to get out now. I've had glass covers for the top all along, but I recently added plastic strips in between my HOB equipment to seal off that area now too...

I'm considering a Current USA Satellite, which has combination of a daylight lamp (6700K / 10000K) and an actinic lamp (420nm / 460nm). Does the actinic light serve a useful purpose in freshwater planted aquaria?

(Warning: no question, story only) I spent the last three weeks stressing about how my 3" black loach was constantly fighting with my pleco. I rearranged the whole tank to make things better--I bought a cave, moved rocks, moved driftwood, and moved plants. I figured that the loach, whom I...

Hi all, Anyone have clever tricks for examining your nocturnal fish? My Snow King Pleco is showing some faded color spots, and I'm concerned about him. He's so shy during the day, though, that he I can't get a good look to see what's wrong. (I actually think that I've fixed the problem now...

I want to feed my fish as much variety as possible. Currently flakes and algae pellets are their morning meal, while bloodworms or brine are their evening chow. Any thoughts on the viability and/or feeding frequency for the following frozen foods? Krill, Daphnia, Mysis Shrimp, Tubifex

After approximately one month of aquarium ownership, my fish are happy, and my tank might even be cycled. However I don't think I'm acclimated yet. Each morning, before the light is on in the tank, I feed the fish and find horrible stuff wrong with the tank: an ich outbreak, flatworms...

I stocked my new tank two weeks ago, and among my initial fish I purchased a really small baby pleco. He seems to be doing well, since he's almost doubled in size from 1/2" to 1" over the last couple of weeks, but is there anything else I can do to help him along? Quick info on the rest of my...

Yeah yeah, just kidding. Hi all--you guys have a great website going here, it's been very helpful to me so far. I started my first aquarium two weeks ago, a 65 gallon freshwater. The fish are a bunch of little maniacs and a lot of fun--so far they're really active and are steadily getting...