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Hello. I just got a dwarf gourami. I've never seen this color variation before. Let me know if I'm just not observant at the fish stores or if it really is new. He's a dwarf, but is a little thinner than and less rounded than most dwarf gouramis and he's all honey red bud the top of his back...

Hello there. I went to my lfs today and asked for a honey and blue dwarf gourami. They had like 20 in a tank and I looked them all over really well and they all seemed healthy, so I didn't pick out a particular one. Well, when I get home and put his little bag in to adjust to the temp I...

Hello. For some reason the water from my tap has had an ammonia reading of 5 for the past couple of months. We have an Aquasana water filter attached to our kitchen sink and that has an ammonia level of 2.5, so what am I supposed to use for water changes? I have read that bottled drinking...

I have a six week old platy fry that was born in my 10gallon tank with three adult platies and four zebra danios. After he was born I put him into a 2.5 gallon tank. I want to put him back in the 10 gallon, but I'm wondering when he will be "old enough" to be able to swim freely around the...

Hello. I have a 2.5 gallon fry tank that has been running for a little over two months. I cycled it with gravel from my 10 gallon and a little Biospira. Water readings have been perfect for a solid two months until this week. I've got an ammonia spike of .50. It's totally my fault. I let...

Hello. I'm just wondering if long-finned blue danios have whikers from their chins. I looked up their profile and it said they have "barbells". What is that? Just curios. littletank

hello. I have four 5 week old platy fry in a 2.5 gallon tank. You know how they are orange and kind of see through, like you can sort of see their organs? Well this morning one of them has a tummy that looks greyish black inside. Is he just constipated or does he have an illness? His...

Just wanted to say thanks for such a nice welcome! Rubysoho reccomended this site to me. Everyone here seems very nice, helpful, and well, seems to have useful advice. I am in Lafayette, Louisiana, very south La. Actually the coast is just 20 mi South of me. It's not like a real beach...

Hello. I have had a blue dwarf gourami for about a month now, and he has never really seemed healthy. I have only seen him eat once and he has had ich for three weeks even though my other fish do not. He had columnaris on his feelers last week, so he barely has any feelers left. Now he has...