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I need some tall stem plants for the back of my 29 gallon that will not bend over because of the current from my job. I have two hob filters and even with the flow reduced to minimum the plants I have get pushed down and toward the front of the tank. So far I have tried different ludwigia...

I got a new Beta last week and he has been eating the ramshorn and pond snails in his tank. Is that all right? He eats the newly hatched ones whole and somehow manages to get the bigger ones out of their shells. I see him shaking them like a dog with a bone. LOL. He is so cute when he is...

I found hydra all over the wall of my 10 gallon tank. I have had it set up for around 3 months and cycled it for a new Beta. I had an explosion of seed shrimp, scuds, detritus worms. Just about any critter that can show up in a tank showed up in this one. Never had hydra before but I have...

I have a 29 gallon, heavily planted tank with lots of driftwood that currently houses 3 adult mollies, a few babies, 2 guppies I have not managed to catch yet, and 7 neon tetras. I am removing all but the three adult mollies and upping the tetras to 10. I was wondering if I could add some...

I had my Beta for only around 5 months and he died last night. He stopped eating three days ago and was hiding in the corner of his 10 gallon tank. I noticed his fins were sticking out and he looked bloated. I tried to feed him a pea but he would not eat it. He just hid from me. I added...

I have a beautiful green and pink marble monkey face Beta that has finally started making bubble nests. His tank is beside my female molly tank and he has been trying to entice the girls over. He built his bubble nest close to his viewing window into the girls tank and he has been watching them...

I have 4 tanks now. A 5 gallon, 10 gallon, 20 gallon long, and a 29 gallon tall. I have been using diy CO2 but I am getting tired of mixing the bottles every two weeks. I was wondering is this would work. I am thinking of buying a Pressurized system and using a metal gang valve to split the...

I went to Petsmart Monday evening to check out their Betas and get a new tank. I picked up a 20 long for $29. Was that a good buy? They had just got a shipment of Betas in a few hours earlier. I went through several racks of Betas and it made me sad. One was dead and most, not all, looked...

I am getting a Beta this week and I have a question about the filter. I am currently using a small canister filter but worry that the water flow might be too much. I have an extra HOB and sponge filter. Would one of them be better? I added a video of the filter flow. I am going to remove most...

I found some strange small fish in my 29 gallon tank about 5 weeks ago. I do have three sets of Molly fry in this tank but they are from 3 months to 2 months old. Other tank inhabitants are neon tetras and male fancy and endler guppies. When I first saw them I thought maybe one of the females...

I just got a sponge filter and need a quiet air pump to run it. I have a Fusian Quiet Flow I am using on a hospital tank right now but it is kinda noisy. Not as noisy as I remember from childhood but still a distraction. It sounds like insects humming in the distance. Just enough to annoy me...

I have a heavily planted 10 gallon that I cannot decide what to put in it. The tank is currently housing a couple of small mollies to keep it cycled. I also have one baby ivory mystery snail and lots of ramshorns and Malaysian trumpet snails in there. I saw a pink beta at Petland a few months...

I ordered plants from aquabid and just found these round things inside a pot of Bolbitis. It was in the fibrous stuff the roots were planted in. Could they be eggs of some type or are they root tabs? I broke one open and it had a white, jelly like stuff in it. I pulled the fibrous stuff off...

I ordered some Wisteria from aquabid. It has arrived and I found out it was grown emersed not submersed. The photo on the auction was of submersed growth. Do I need to plant it differently or is it all right to just plant it like any other stem plant. Any precautions I need to take?

My male molly has developed a plant eating habit. I lost a downii and water sprite to him. I wasn't sure who it was until this morning. I had one water sprite plant left behind a stone fixture that had finally reached above the rock. I caught the male molly eating the leaves this morning. He...

I recently bought a 24" Oddysea dual T5 light. I was using three CFL bulbs in metal dome lights but wanted something less space consuming. My tank is a 29 gallon high and the water is 16 inches deep. My tank has a mixture of low, medium, and high light plants. They were doing great with the...

I have a tank full of water lettuce, duckweed, and riccia fluitans that are all mixed. I do not want to take the time to separate it. I will send you as much as I can fit in a small flat rate priority mail box for $5.60 There is no guarantee with this so be sure your weather is not too cold...

I have bought what I was told were female guppies twice so far and each time they turn into males. I checked them before buying and they had rounded anal fins. I checked with the store owner and she said they were female. I asked her if they were old enough to be sure and was told yes. I...

I was at the local pet store yesterday and saw a lot of deformed guppies. The owners supplier mixed a lot of deformed grown fish in her order. I would have been really mad but she said she would give them away or keep them. I made a deal to sell or trade her my fry once I breed mine but they...

I received these two plants in an RAOK deal and have no idea what they are. The first one grows tall and thin and must be easy to grow because I received a lot of it. The second one was only a three inch piece but has doubled in size in the last month. Would love to know what they are so I can...

I need a few MTS for three tanks. Shoot me a PM if you have any to sell or trade.

I have more water lettuce and ramshorn snails to share just pay shipping. Shipping will be $5.15 priority mail flat rate. I have about 100 snails right now and several plants with eggs. I can ship the water lettuce by itself in a padded envelope to make shipping cheaper. Send me your zip for...

I just got back from one of the local Walmarts in Paintsville, KY. I was checking out their fish when a sales lady asked me if I needed some help. I told her I was just checking to see what they had but I do not like buying fish from them because they are always sick. She introduced herself...

I am getting ready to order dry fertilizer for the first time. I have three tanks, a 29 gallon, 10 gallon, and 5 gallon. The first two are heavily planted and the second one has different mosses and a few dwarf sag and pennywort. I am upgrading the 29 gallon light to a dual T5HO light and the...

I am making some mushrooms to decorate one of my tanks. I am molding them out of sculpey clay. I want to paint them and was thinking about using acrylic paint. Would this be safe after it cures? I read that a lot of people use Krylon paint but I will need a lot of different colors and that...