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Hi, we have a 75 gallon aquarium set up. For the past few years, it was a cichlid tank, but we had some sort of illness and now the tank is empty. We have decided to just transition to a more general community aquarium, but we have cichlid sand and the pH is 8.8 (tested with a API master test...

Thanks, I will investigate those suggestions, we did see some nice swordtails at one of our lfs. Though one of our females appears pregnant so we may not add anything :-)

Thanks for the opinions about the guppies and aqadvisor. We have a regular 20good tank. Maybe we should just get more female and male guppies!

We have a tank with glass catfish (4), 3 each of male and female guppies, one apple snail and a few shrimp. We plan to get 2-3 more male guppies and are aware we'll end up with fry at some point. We're just wondering if we should add any other types of fish and if so, suggestions? We just gave...

Hi, I got a 5 gallon/19 litre Fluval Spec tank for Xmas which I currently have cycling (empty) at my office. Because the building's heat is turned off overnight and on weekends, I definitely want a heater for the tank (probably going with a betta once its ready). Had some bad luck with the...

Our leaf hammocks don't have any exposed metal, they seem pretty safe. Maybe its a different make.

Our bettas love their leaf hammocks, put it just below the surface and the fish will rest on it quite a bit

Kale is a vegetable. Leafy green. You will find it in most grocery stores. To feed it to snails, blanch it in boiling water for 3 minutes. or you can stick it in some water in a bowl, and put it in the microwave for 2-3 minutes. blanching is just to soften it so the snail can eat it. Kale is...

I don't know anything about crayfish but you do with snails, from what I've read. I give my black mystery snail kale for that purpose, and he is growing steadily bigger!

If you did get two males, make sure they have their own spaces, a place they can chill out. I have 2 males, they have divided the tank in half and if the other violates territory, they chase each other. They don't really fight anymore, but the first two weeks while they established dominance...

I am fairly novice at fish keeping but had gouramis in past (dwarf, blue and kissing) and have 2 dwarf right now, one red flame, one powder blue. I love them! I got them at Petsmart but I'm in Canada, maybe our stock are coming from a different region, we've had them a couple months and they are...

This may seem a stupid question, but we just got a black mystery snail. We've been feeding it blanched kale, I've seen it eat some of the kale but I'm also seeing some of our guppies eating it. I assume it is okay for the guppies to eat? They seem to really like it!

He/she was munching on a piece of kale this morning so things seem to be going okay so far, thanks for the info!

We acquired a black mystery snail for our 20 g aquarium and have been doing research on feeding it. We know it can eat algae wafers and veggies but no real details on that, such as do all the veggies need to be blanched? how long do they need to be blanched? How much and how often to feed (read...

Thanks, I am going to go plant shopping tomorrow and now have a list of potential plants to look for, hopefully I can find them at our local stores (the selection isn't great here)!

Thank you, I will look for those types, bigger thicker leaves seem to be a good idea, so I can have some plants undamaged in there. I do wonder if it is good for his "mental health" to have something to do, other than bug the other gourami....

We have a 20 gallon aquarium, with a red flame and a blue powder gourami as well as some guppies and ghost shrimp. The blue dwarf gourami really likes picking the plant leaves off some of the plants, the leaves then decay or go plug up the filter intake. I pulled out the plants he was destroying...

Thanks! I will look for that plant, guess I'll need to get some sort of timer for the lights for weekends as well.

I have a 3.5 gallon aquarium kit in my office. I would like to put ghost shrimp in but am having trouble finding clear info on the minimum requirements for them as far as plants, lighting, filters, temp. I've tried searching the forums, there is lots about them but not exactly what I'm searching...

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Thanks for your replies. I have no interest in breeding so would only have a couple of males anyhow. does anyone know anything about the feeding guppies more than 1x per day issue?

Hi, I was just reading about guppies and it says to feed them more frequently, like 2-3x per day? I also want to know how more about guppies, would 2 do okay in small 5 gallon aquarium? but this is for the office so fish wouldn't be fed on weekends, not sure if guppies are suitable. I used...