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I rescued 5 female bettas from Walmart a few weeks ago. I got them home, put them in their new 20 gal home. Now that they've had time to adjust and color up, I'm thinking that one of them that was marked as a female might be a male. Not sure. Need some opinions. I do have a beautiful male...

I've got a semi-planted 20 gal up and running with DIY CO2 and decided to make it a betta sorority tank. I bought 4 females yesterday and added them to the tank. I noticed that the waterflow was too much for them to handle (Aqueon Flowmax 30) so I unplugged it. I can't figure out how to make the...

I set up my DIY CO2 system and I must be doing something wrong. I'm not getting any bubbles coming out of the pump. Any help would be great!

I was at my lfs the other day and discovered Dwarf Puffers! They only had one so I brought him home and put him in my 5 gal tank. I read that they like planted tanks so I bought a couple more plants and some ghost shrimp. I guess he tried to eat the shrimp because the next day they were all...

I visited with a guy at my lfs yesterday who told me an easy way to set up a DIY CO2 system using a 2 liter bottle, water, sugar, and yeast. One question I have is (and I've watched a few Youtube videos), can I use the air stone I have in the picture or do I need to use a regular cylinder air...

My Neon Blue Dwarf Gourami got attacked my another fish in my 55 gal tank and lost his tail fin. As soon as I noticed it I put the DG in my hospital tank. What do I need to do to make sure he survives? Here are before and after pictures.

My friends gave me a jewel cichlid from their cichlid tank because he was getting his butt kicked. I had him in my little 5 gal until I made sure he was going to live. They are afraid to put him back in their tank so we put him in my 55 gal tank. I am wondering if this was a good idea. I have 6...

I'll take a picture this evening but I keep getting algae on the glass lids from my lights. I've started keeping the lights off most of the time now but I'm afraid my plants will suffer. I don't have a lot of live plants but would like to add more. I'm going to quess it's not safe to keep the...

I have a 5 gal tank set up for a quarantine/hospital tank. Right now there's no fish in it and there are a few live plants. I just noticed some snails in there. Anyone know what kind they are and if I should get rid of them? I'm thinking about putting a betta in there but I don't want a tank...

My friends brought over their parrot fish because the big one was getting slaughtered by their cichlids. He seems to be doing better in my community tank since they brought him last night. He's getting more confident and eating but look at his coloring. Why is one side of him going white???

One of my Giant Gouramis looks like he swallowed a marble. My other one and the rest of my fish look normal. I accounted for all my fish so I know he didn't eat one! Anyone know what is wrong with him?

I've heard that fish like spinach leaves so I bought some. Then I heard that I have to blanch it first. How do I blanch spinach? I know I should know this but I'm not a big cook!

My friends have a smaller blue cichlid that was attacked by one of their bigger cichlids. They have them in a 95 gal tank and right now they are leaving the little blue in there and doctoring with Melafix (?) because they are afraid moving him might stress him too much. They took pictures. The...

I have a 55 gal with some live plants in it. So far I have 6 glofish, 2 regular zebra danios, 1 small rafael catfish, and 2 eartheaters. Do you think it'd be alright to put some dwark gouramis in there? I love their coloring. Oh, and my friends are giving me a small plecostomas, Carl, to go in...

My friend has a Convict who's in a 95 gal tank with other cichlids and they are all doing OK except the Convict. They've had the same fish for about 4-5 months with no added plants or fish. He checked his levels and said it all looked normal. He went ahead and did 2 partial water changes...

I have a 55 gal fwt with 2 zebra danios, 6 glofish, (danios, I know), 2 eartheaters, 1 small striped Rafael Catfish and some live plants. (included a picture of my tank). My friends are having to rehome a small (2") pleco and a Frontosa cichlid. Would the Frontoa be OK to have with the danios...

I think something's wrong with my baby Rafael catfish. I put a piece of zuccini(?) in the tank last night for him to munch on and I forgot and left it in overnight. I think he ate too much of it. His little belly is big and when I turned on the tank lights he was frantically swimming all over...

I put a piece of Mopani wood in my 55 gal tank after leaching it for a week. I put it in on Friday night and tonight (Sunday) I noticed that there is this white foggy stuff on it. Anyone know what it is and if it's harmful to my fish? Plus, what can I do to get rid of it? I'd appreciate any...

I bought a new baby betta for my 5 gal yesterday. All it said on the bowl was Baby Betta. It looks like he's going to be red but I can't tell if he's a boy or girl or what type he'll grow up to be. right now he's about an inch long. Any clues?

I got a little too overzealous today I think. I had 2 zebra danios in my 55 gal and they've been doing OK so I went and added 3 plants, 6 glofish, and 1 baby rafael catfish. A couple of hours later, (now), I checked my levels. Ammonia - .25, PH - 7.6, Nitrite - 0, Nitrate - 0. What happened...

I have one zebra danio not doing well in my 55 gal. There are only 2 other fish, both danios, in there. I put my sick fish in my hospital tank so I can keep an eye on him for a couple of days. Do you think he'll be OK by himself? I know they don't like to be alone but I didn't want to make...

I bought an Aqueon tank vacuum and it won't fit my kitchen faucet because I have the kind that turns into a sprayer. It also won't fit my bathroom sinks when I unscrew the thing, whatever it is. There are no visible threads to screw into. Give me a break, I can change my own oil but can't...

I'm pretty new at this so bear with me please. I have had my tank cycling for a couple of days and had taken a sample in to our lfs to test and the first day only my ph and ammonia were high. I moved 4 zebra danios to my 55 gal tank after having a friend check the ammonia, ph, nitrite, and...

I bought 8 zebra danios to help cycle a starter tank. 5 gal, I know its small but I'm just getting some media ready for my 55 gal I'm still setting up. I lost 1 on Sunday, 2 today, and I have a sick one tonihgt. I ran tests on my tanks and I came up with Nitrate 20, Nitrite 0, GH 300, KH 180...

OK, I bought a 55 gal tank I'm still working on. In the meantime, I bought a little 5 gal to start my media in and put in 8 little zebra danios. They seemed to be doing fine all day yesterday but today, one died and one looks like he's having seizures. I'm testing my water once a day and my...