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My tank finished cycling with 2 green lantern platys about 3 weeks ago and I added new fish today! I got a school of 6 neon tetras, and 3 otos. I know that otos can be hard to keep, but my lfs uses good quarantine practices and these guys look healthy. They were eating their little heads off in...

Hi all, I know pH isn't the most critical part of my tank, as fish can acclimate, but mine is pretty high. It's currently sitting at 8.2. I'm I am the middle of week 2 of a fish in cycle on a 15 gallon with 2 messy little platys. Today's levels: pH- 8.2 Ammonia - less than .25 Nitrites - 0...

Well, now that I've decided my betta can't be in a community tank, I've been thinking about what I can put in my 15 gallon once it finishes cycling and I finish the ich treatment. (I think the ich was a product of the water quality in the betta's 1 gallon. Poor guy was not a happy fishy.)...

Hello again, I started a thread in the getting started forum, but thought I'd ask ovr here as well. I've had Brock the betta for just under a year. He had been living in a small 1 gallon tank with an underwater filter. This summer it got an algae bloom that I couldn't get rid of. He seemed...

Hello again, Newbie here that could use some advice. I posted my whole fish saga over in the introductions forum, so I won't go into it all again here. Suffice it to say, I am 2 days into a fish in cycle with a betta and 2 green lantern patys. 1) I've got a test kit on order, every shop in...

Hello all, New here, and new to fish in general. (I'm not counting my kindergarten era goldfish) Our household fish journey began in Oct. of last year when my niece brought my daughter a little carnival feeder fish which my daughter named Swimmy. I felt bad for the poor thing swimming...