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Last night we went to the carnival and came back with an unnexpected fish. I set up our small med tank as my daughters fish tank doesn't have room for another fish and I needed time to set up a new tank. This morning I noticed this cotton like growth on the mouth, side and top fin. Obviously...

I've had this plant for almost a year. In the last 3 months or so little dark green almost brown growths all over the leaves. They are not sproutlets. I have had lots of them and these aren't them lol. I have tried to scrape these growths off the leaves but they aren't coming off without a...

Hello! Getting back into the hobby. I had 3 tanks up and running a few months ago but due to life getting to busy I had to take one down. Over the last few months my maintenance had fallen. I have recently gotten back into the hobby. I combined my 1.5 gallon tanks and my daughters 10 gallon...

Started with my daughters tank last year but due to new born baby and all haven't had much time to continue the hobby. Cut down to just my daughters fish tank: 10gal stocked with 4 make fancy guppies 2 cardinal tetras and an African dwarf frog. I have 2 fake rocks and a few fake plants. I have...

It has been a while since I have needed some advice it seems. The problem I have at the moment is, I have a bout 10 female guppies left over from my guppy breeding project. I'm no longer breeding guppies and am looking to get ride of these fish. None of the pet stores will take them( for feeder...

Just wanted to double check this with what I have found and think. This tank hasn't had a snail in it for 2 months and only had a snail in it for about a month. Thanks in advance!

I have 3 females ready to go. I also have 3 males that are also ready. Willing to sell females for $.75 and the males for $1. I'm also willing to trade. Once again this is for the Reno sparks area. Here's a picture of what the males look like

There is a crack on both of my mystery snails shells starting at the opening and going back. I have since added cuttle bone to the tank for added calcium( something I read about). Is there anything I need to do since the flesh is exposed on one of them?

I just started my fish less cycle on my second 10 gal. I know about the cycles from making the mistakes and getting stuck in a fish in cycle with my first 10 gal. My question is: if I use old water from the other 10 gal. and seeded material will this help? Do I even need to cycle? I'm being...

I am going to feed my snail some cucumber but wanted to know if I should use raw or if I should blanch it first? Thanks in advance!!

This might be a stupid question, but here it goes. I bought the wrong size cartridge for my filter, and instead of trying to exchange them or lose money on them I figured out a way to get them to fit. I took out the plastic frame work that was inside the media bag. Now it's just the media bag...

So I found this just last night. My java fern has sprouted about 9 or so plantlets on one leaf. Is this normal for so many plantlets on one leaf?

How many others out there have a spouse, significant other or loved one who dislikes the aquatic hobby? I ask this because my wife dislikes the amount of time I spend on my daughters tank. My daughter helps out with cleaning and feeding. I got a new tank today (15 dollars of Craigslist) and...

So as it says in the title my house is being sprayed for bugs. I was told that the fish will be ok. I'm not 100% happy with being told this. My question is this, what precautions should I take to be more comfortable? I was thinking if just covering the tank with some plastic to eliminate any...

I picked up a couple of mystery snails yesterday an was wondering what would be a better option for feeding. Should I grow some algae on a rock and place it into the tank or should I just use algae wafers? I plan on giving them blanched veggies here and there as well. Thanks in advance!

Was curious on what type of sponge people would recommend for a DIY sponge filter. I went to wal-mart and bought a car sponge, but am not sure if this will work or if there are certain material I should be watching out for. Any help is appreciated. Thank you!

I don't know if frogs count as unhealthy fish but here I am looking for help. Last night during feeding I noticed that our ADF was bigger in the stomach than normal. It also to it longer to swallow the blood worm I gave it. Almost like there was no room for food. I had a fish die earlier this...

Pairing our daughters bedroom and needed to move tank away from wall a little. I drained tank water halfway and took HOB filter off tank and am running filter in bucket with old tank water. I have a bubbler in the tank. My question is, is the filter and fish going to be ok like this for a day or...

I have a 1gal. Fry tank with a java fern. So far it is doing ok. I wanted to add maybe one other type of plant to it. A couple of plants I am interested in are as follows: taxiphyllumbarnieri, eleocharis sp., Egeria densa ad sagittaria subulata. I am willing and able to upgrade my lights a...

My java fern, that I have had for about a month now, is doing amazing! My question is: it is growing new plants off its leaves, how do I go about removing these to replant? I don't want to damage the leaves. Thanks for the advice in advance!!

I am looking for a goo clean up crew for my 1 gal. Fry tank. Ha a go with ghost shrimp but they started eating my fry. I was thinking about a snail or two. Any suggestions on a good type that isn't too messy? Thanks in advance.

I found one of our ADFs laying on its back not moving this afternoon. I scooped it up thinking it was dead, but then saw it take a breath. I tried to feed it and it didn't take. It's super skinny and not moving at all. I was wondering if anyone could help me in this and maybe tell me if I should...

In the next week or two I will be receiving my co-workers established 10/20 gal tank. She has had it up for about 6 months now. I was wondering if changing the water treatments she has to the ones I use will affect the fish or tank in any way?

So I just bought 4 ghost shrimp yesterday for my 1 gal. Fry tank. I was thinking about transfering two of them to my daughters 10 gal. Here in two weeks. The 10 gal. Is stocked with 2 fancy guppies, 4 card tets, and 2 ADFs. My first question is, will the shrimp and the frogs be ok together? My...

Just got a tank today from goodwill. It looks like it has had it's use and then was kept in a garage for some time. It came with an under gravel filter and some hosing as well as a gravel vac. I was wondering what would be the best way to clean all this up? Right now I have the equipment soaking...