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I have a 10 gallon tank with 5 danios and 1 nertie snail. 1 long fin zebra, 3 gold long fin zebra, and a little leopard long fin who I have named Dinky because even though there's a gold smaller than he is it is fatter and happier. When I feed these guys the zebra (who is an inch long compared...

Where I live there aren't any local fish stores so I bought what was labeled as a Narrow Leaf Amazon Sword from Petsmart. After taking it out of the tube it turns out I got 5 individual little plants, so I gently rinsed them off, trimmed the dead leaves and roots, cut the tips off of the good...

So, my family has set up a 45 gallon freshwater tank. It has a canister filter that's good for up to 100 gallons. The fish it is stocked with are: 5 gold barbs 5 serpae tetras 2 blue dwarf gorami 3 oto cats 4 nerti snails (sorry if I didn't spell those right, I don't want to look them up right...

Ok, so I have a 45 gallon tropical tank. It's cycled, has a good filter, and had LED lights. When it's not taken over by algae it is beautiful...but it's hardly ever like that. I'll clean it as best I can, scrub the decor with a toothbrush, clean the walls of the tank, clean the gravel as best I...

I have a 45 gallon tank that's completely cycled. In it I have 2 powder blue dwarf gourami 5 gold barbs 5 serpae tetras (I wish I could take these out) 3 oto cats 1 albino bristlenose pleco I know it's pushing it for a 45 gallon tank, but even though I'm the one taking care of it it's a family...

So I have 4 oto cats in a 10 gallon tank (they'll be moving into a 45 in a week or two) but one of them has a 'white' splotch on its face. The others are perfectly healthy and, for the most part, this one is too. They're all eating well, are nice plump, and are swimming around. I just don't know...

My oto Bertie has been pale for a while now but I thought that maybe it's just her color, but now her eyes are bulging out and aren't right at all See how pale she is compared to Bots, her boyfriend. And then here she is with her plump belly after her dinner. You can clearly see the eyes.

I started out with 3 otos, Auto, Bertie, and Bots, but a few days ago Auto died. Here's how he looked: He had these red marks at the base of all of his fins. He couldn't swim and only laid on his side until he died. Now one of the other two has a small red patch at the base of one of its...

I was checking up on my otos this morning and I noticed that one of my three otos had red marks at the base of his fins and tail. I tried looking up some information but got caught up with my day. Now poor Auto is almost panting, still has the red marks, is laying on his side, and can only...

My father and I are setting up a 45 gallon tank and he's letting me pretty much pick out the fish that will go in there. I'm torn with what tetra to get a school of. Here is what I was thinking 3 oto cats 5 cory cats 3 honey gourami and the tetra school of 7-11 individuals. So...who prefers...

So, I'm trying to decide what to do with my 10 gallon tank. Do I turn it into a divided tank for two bettas (I have one right now) and put my 3 otos in the 45 gallon my dad and I are going to set up or do I keep it as is? I'll be going to school most likely in Utah and will be driving there...

I found a sick baby betta at the store today so I bought him to see what I could do. He stayed at the bottom and on his side for a long while but is now periodically trying to swim. He just can't seem to do it right. He can't stay straight and keeps turning over. He's made it to the surface a...

Hello, I could use some help with my 3 oto cats. Two seem darker than they were and the other is a lot lighter. I'll post pics of two and then explain what's been going on. Now A few days ago Now A few days ago Ok, so here's the story. Two days ago my tank sprung a leak so I moved...

My dad and I are going to be setting up a 45 gallon freshwater tank hopefully within the next few weeks. I want to use Aqadvisor.com to help me pick the species of fish to place in there once it's cycled (though some of them will be for the fish cycling). Having an idea of what to stock it with...

((I know I misspelled "bumps" in the title. I blame autocorrect since I'm on my phone)) I just got a male halfmoon Betta and on his body, near the gap between his caudal fin and anal fin, there is a bump on both sides. They're symmetrical and don't stick out all that much. I only noticed them...

I have two little otocinclus but I can't figure out their species. I'm torn between Otocinclus vittatus and Otocinclus macrocpilus The top one is Bots and the bottom on is Auto. The difference is that Auto has a stripe in his/her tail fin and Bots doesn't. Anyone have any thoughts on...

Yesterday I got a betta and two otto cats. I read from several sources and was told by the lfs employee that they should go well together. They were fine and just chilling around last nigh but this morning the betta was nipping at their tail fins. There's been no damage done so far that I can...

I'll just start with a little info about what I have. I just set up a 10 gallon Betta tank It used to be brackish for a f8 puffer, but I gave him up to a local pet fish store because I just don't have the means to upgrade him to the 20 gallon he needs. Also, he'd be the only fish in there...

I'm planning on setting up a 20 gallon long tank for my F8 puffer fish and, to help control the nitrates, I would like to put in a few live plants. I've heard that Java Ferns and Anubius (did I spell that right) are ok in brackish water (despite what the Petsmart guy says). Are there any true...

Will a Figure 8 Puffer eat Guppy fry? I have my puffer in a 10 gallon tank right now (I'm saving up to get a 20 gallon so he has the proper sized home) and I feed him mostly freeze dried bloodworms, dahpnia, and tiny shrimp along with a pond snail or two a week. I want him to hunt around though...

My Figure 8 puffer, Bruce, seems bored all the time. He sticks to the walls of the tank and hardly ever moves away from them. I've tried changing the decor around several times but he just doesn't seem to notice. Is there any other way to entertain this guy? I'd like for him to start swimming...

I have 5 spotted salamander larvae and things aren't going well. Everything was GREAT until last week when I ran out of brine shrimp. The store I get them from his out and doesn't know when they'll get more and my larvae won't eat anything frozen, freeze dried, or anything other than live food...

They'll start at the bottom of the tank then float a few inches up, stop, stay there for a minute, then float back down. What the heck are they doing?

I'm sorry if there are typos. It's 3 am and I'm on my phone. Anyway; does anyone know the right level of alkalinity a figure 8 puffer should have in his tank? I just measured his stats and his alkalinity. It was around to round. It's serious then. 80

I've heard that if the water is in decent condition, in the mid to low 70s F, and there's plenty of food then the MTS will reproduce. How true is this? I know it's easy enough to look up but I have a follow up question. If I manage to breed them how long does it take the babies' shells to...