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Hi See below and myinfo for tank information. Sorry I don't have water parameters at this time. I found an algea problem while looking at my tank this morning. It covers some of my java moss and there is a bit of it on my ambulia (looks like a cabomba). It is green (darker and bluer than the...

Hi, One of my amano shrimps has eggs under her belly... wow! I just read that she should be in a separate bowl (probably so that the eggs don't get eaten by the other fish when she lays them). I don't have an extra tank with heater and all for her. I'm just wondering if I could put her in a...

Hi, I bought 6 amano shrimps about a week ago. The first night, one of them died. A couple of days later another one died. Do they need something special? My tank is planted. They've got plenty of algea to eat and there is a piece of wood they can hide under. Thanks Vero (see below and...

Hi, My tank is ready to get some fish (well, I am!!!) I'm looking for 2-3 larger fishes to complete my tank. My lfs has received Cobalt Cichlid (Melanochromis johannii "maingano") and Pseudotropheus demasoni. They look amazing. They don't get very big (max 4"), like the pH of 8. But it says...

Hi, I recently moved and decided to take that opportunity to give a new home to my fish. They used to have very coarse pale gravel and fake plants. I didn't like the look of the plants and the corys didn't like the gravel as they couldn't rummage throught it - which resulted in a lot of...

Hi, There is brown dust in my tank. It's everywhere: on the fake plants, on the wood, on the bottom, in the filter, but not on the glass. It doesn't stick on anything (if I stir the water it floats and falls back). Is it some kind of algea? What can I do to get rid of it (I vaccum once a week...

Hi, I have a top fin 30 on my 20gal aquarium. I think it doesn't filter enough. I really have to do a 20% pwc every week. The water gets yellow (some of it is due to the piece of wood I have in there, but it seems that the water is not just tinted but also not clear, though it is not really...

Hi, I have an established tank with plastic plants. I'm tired of the plastic plants and I'm starting to do my research to move to a planted tank. Yes, it would have been simpler to have a planted tank right from the start because now I have to change the substrate (I want to go for...

Hi, I feed my fish once a day (because of my schedule), usually end of the afternoon of in the evening. I drop one aglae wafer (hikari) and one freeze dried tablet (nutrafin) or 4-5 sinking shrimp pellet (nutrafin) for the 4 bottom feeders. I give 2-3 pinches of complete flake food (nutrafin)...

Hi, The piece of Mopani wood I have in my tank is covered with little white dots. It looks ugly and I wonder if it is some disease. They are flat and white. I crushed them and it feels like a thin eggshell. There is nothing under them. When I scratch them off the wood, it leaves a little dip...

Hi, I discovered what looks like eggs this afternoon. They are white and tiny balls (about 1mm in diameter) and they are stuck on the glass and there are a few on a leaf of a plastic plant. I can tell that 3 are already missing, probably eaten or maybe they fell and are in the gravel. Are they...

Hi, My tank is pretty clean. I have no algea, no stuff growing on the glass, piece of food or gravel. And my cories are pretty good at eating anything that drops to the bottom. The rest will fall between the pebbles, too deep for them or the snail to reach. My snail hangs out on the pice all...

This is also posted on the getting started.... From animal-world web site: Serpea Terta (or Red Minor or Hyphessobrycon serpae) Phantom Terta (or Megalamphodus megalopterus the black one and Megalamphodus sweglesi the red one) How can I see the difference between the serpae tetra and the...

From animal-world web site: Serpea Terta (or Red Minor or Hyphessobrycon serpae) Phantom Terta ( or Megalamphodus megalopterus the black one and Megalamphodus sweglesi the red one) How can I see the difference between the serpae tetra and the red phantom tetra. My lfs sells both (the serpea as...

Hi, One of my Bronze cory is sick. He looks "swelled" (for example, his ventral fins look thick). Some of his scales are sticking out. He has some translucid and round bumps close to his dorsal fins. His barbels have started to get shorts. He looks also bloated (his "stomach" is sticking out)...

Hi, I'm ready to buy more fish for my tank. Right now, I have two cory (the lfs called them long fin cory; they are much like the emerald green cory on liveaquaria.com) and 3 male blue cobra guppies. At the moment, I wish to buy one more cory (probably panda as it is so cute!) and 2 guppies...

Hi, Parameters: amonia=0, nitrite=0, nitrate possibly 5. I lost a guppy last night. He was doing very well all day, very active (I've had my our guppies for at least 2 weeks). I left the house for 2 hours and when I came back he was lying at the bottom of the tank, barely ever swimming, which...

Hi, How long do you let them react? I did the ammonia and nitrite test last night. I let them do their thing for about 15 minutes (recommended is 10) and when I checked them they turned out 0. I didn't empty the tubes and when I looked at them this morning, the nitrite was still pale blue = 0...

Hi, I have 2 corys in my tank. One of them is doing fine and the other one has no barbels. He looks like parts of his mouth are missing. His mouth looks like a big gap. They are very very shy and I barely every get to see them. I thought he had something like mouth rot so I started treating the...

Hi, Can one keep one male betta and 4 male guppies in a 20gal tank? I thought that the male betta would see the guppies as other males (because of their fancy fins) and attack them. But then I looked at the liveaquaria compatibility chart an was surprised to see they are compatible. Thanks

Has anyone heard of the big al's multi-purpose bio-support? Is it something that could be used to cycle a tank? Can it replace Bio-spira? Are there other product comparable to Bio-spira? Thanks

Hi, Is it possible to buy bio-spira from a store in Canada or do you absolutely have to order it on-line from Marineland in the USA? I looked in petsmart, big al's and a few lfs around here and nobody has bio-spira. Most have bio-coat from the same company though... Is it possible that...

Hi, This is not my first time writing about my fish dying. I still can't figure out the problem though. My tank has been set up since March. My water parameters are: ammonia 0, nitrite 0 and nitrate less then 5 (close to 0), pH 8, GH 8 drops. I'm using AP tests, except nitrate which is from...

HI, I'm thinking of setting up a small tank to use as a quarantine/hospital tank. Could be useful as I am still in the process of stocking my tank. What do you people think of the Marina Goldfish Starter Kit (it comes in 7 and 10 litres I beleive and you can see it on petsmart). I think the...

Hi, A question about pwc. I've seen in some recent posts that a lot of aquarists use a python. As I understand it, this is connected to the tap and so the tank is filled with tap water, chlore and every thing. Isn't the tap water bad for the fish? I thought the aquarium had to be filled with...