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Hi folks, I have a crowntail betta who has fungus on his fins. I have been doing daily pwc's and vaccing for about 2 weeks now hoping it would clear up but it has not so I need some advice on how to treat him. Here is some detail. 10 gal tank, running for a year and a half, no new fish...

Hi folks! I have a 10 gallon community tank with 6 neons, 2 juli cories and a crowntail betta. They have all been in there for a year and a half and have been doing great. Unfortunately I slacked off on my tank maintenance recently and wasn't vaccing as I should and the neons have developed...

Hey folks! I just moved my 2 goldies to their new 55 gal tank today. I set up a new AQ 110 and put the original AQ 50 and Biowheel 100 onto the new tank. I also transfered all the gravel, plants and a good amount of the water. Well now I have 2 issues. First, the intake on the biowheel is too...

Hey folks! I just scored a 55 gallon at the petco $ per gallon sale to replace my 20 long. Yippeee!! My dilemma is that I am leaving for vacation in 3 weeks and I'm afraid to make the change before I for fear of spiking or breaking my cycle. Obviously I want things to be stable before I go. I...

Hey folks! I am going away for a few days and I have 2 tanks. One is a goldie tank with low light plants and the other one is a tropical community with just some floating wisteria. I just realized that I only have one working timer for the lights. I'm leaving early tomorrow morning and getting...

Hi folks, So it's in the 90's today and my community tank has gotten up to 82 degrees. It's usually around 78-80. I turned the heater off and opened the top. Should I take further a action to cool it a little or just monitor it for now? I have neons, guppies, cories and a betta. Thanks!

Hi folks! I have a male crowntail betta in a community tank w/neons, guppies and cory cats. Everyone gets along great except Frank the betta is a hog and is eating too much food. He especially likes the shrimp pellets that I give the catfish. He's getting bloated and I am concerned. He doesn't...

Hi folks, I have a 20 gal goldfish tank that has been fish-in cycling for 12 weeks. I have a penguin biowheel 100 and a pond pump in it. It's been in the nitrite phase for a while now and I really want to help it along. I have a 10 gal cycled tropical tank with a lot of media in the filter. I...

Hi there! I have a 10 gal tank that I am going to do a fishless cycle on and then stock with a small community. I just used the tank to cycle a pump for another tank. The water and substrate are still in there and there is some algae on the glass. Should I start from scratch and clean it all out...

Hi! I just wanted to take a moment and introduce myself. I've been fishkeeping for about 2 years now but I just recently learned how to actually properly care for them. I have 2 goldfish, a lovely fantail and a chubby ryukin that I moved from 10 gal tank 20 gal tank that is finally squared...