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I've had goldfish before, but this is something new I'm seeing. I usually get a couple black moors to put in with the goldfish when I have a goldfish tank going. The black one was purchased at the same time and place as most of the regular goldfish. The black moor seems to be a bully though. He...

I need to know what types of algae eaters stay small, and aren't aggressive towards other fish. I really need to update my profile where my tanks are concerned. I just got a pond going this past week, and my goldfish and 3 common plecos are going in there. I need to find some sort of algae eater...

Hey guys, my computer's been down for a few weeks now. I'll update later, but right now, I need ideas. I have a black moor that has fin rot, and I thought it was getting better, but it isn't. What's the best med for this? I'm doing the water changes, and I've tried several treatments, I just...

I was just wondering...I've been having trouble with internal parasites, as most of you probably know. The problem that I'm having now is most of the meds seem to be the kind the fish have to eat for the med to work. Some of the fish won't eat any type of the med offered. The jungle brand...

A good friend of mine has a 29 gal. tank, with just a blue dwarf gourami and 1 ghost shrimp. They were having problems with algae, and were talking about getting a pleco, so I just let them adopt Gus (he was my oldest pleco). I've checked up on him a few times over the last week, and he seems to...

I've been reading up on here, and it seems that most of you who are really knowledgeable about aquarium care prefer the fluval filter. I've got the kind that just hang on the back of the tank. What's the difference? And why the fluval, in particular?

I know that the female bettas can have horizontal stripes on their body, but is that normal to see on the males as well? I lost a male betta today, and after losing him, and two of my females last week, I broke my 'no more fish for now' rule, and got another male tonight. I noticed when I first...

I'd heard somewhere that you can soak seashells in bleach water, and then regular water, to make them safe to use in fw tanks. Well, I tried it. Now I have a question because it did something really weird when I added the bleach. Within about 10 minutes, the water got really cloudy, and within...

I'm trying to find test kits that are easier to read, and aren't too expensive. I've got mardel's 5-in-1 test kit right now, and it's color coded. Some of the color variations are so close, it's hard to tell. Don't they have something that shows you numbers? Or at least very distinct colors?

I'm noticing that I'm able to view SOME pics, but not all of them. In some of the posts, all I see are things like this:IMGP2258.JPG - 14 Time(s). Is there some way I can fix that???

I was getting ready to test both 10 gal. tanks and both 5 gal. tanks, but was wondering if recent pwc's will affect the reading. Should I go ahead and test now, even though they've all had pwc's (except for the newest tank) in the last 24 hours? And if so, should I test again soon?

I read the article for fishless cycling, but it was for a saltwater tank. What about for a freshwater tank? Can you cycle a freshwater tank without fish?

I thought that was a snappy title :lol: I have several mickey mouse platies that are pooping white, stringy stuff. I know that isn't normal, and I have others in the tank that aren't doing that. One of the ones that IS doing that is also flashing, and scratching against the aquarium gravel on...

I didn't look closely enough at my female bettas when I was trying to figure out what's wrong with them. I noticed my red female was really bad off, took her out of the tank, and have noticed that part of the bloated look was due to the scales sticking out. I think she may have already died. I...

I have a black moor that I'm having some trouble with. I got two of them about a month and a half or so ago. One of them appears completey healthy, and is growing well. The other was a little on the puny side when I got him, and doesn't seem to be developing quite as well. There are a couple...

I have seven betta's. Four are males, three are females. My females are in my tropical tank, 10 gallon. I just took out the glass deco beads that I'd been using in the bottom of the tank, and added regular aquarium gravel. I rinsed the gravel well, and soaked the gravel in water treated with...

I'd like to get opinions on the best treatment for black spot disease...any suggestions?

No more fish have died, since the last female guppy. The rest of them appear to be doing well. I started Jungle's Parasite Clear last Wednesday, and am following the instructions for anchor worm. I also started using Anti-Parasite Medicated Fish Food. There was a white spot on the tail of one...

Hi, I've posted in the 'unhealthy fish' section before, but not here. I don't think this is a question of some type of disease or parasite though. I have three female bettas that are in a 10 gallon community tank. They seem healthy and fine, for the most part. I'd been noticing this tiny white...

I posted another thread here in the past week or so, but my net connection's been down for days now. I had thought my male bettas had ich, but now I'm not sure. What's on them isn't just white dots, it's strands/threads that are very thin, clear-whitish color, with white dots mixed in it. I've...

I hope I don't get too longwinded with this, but I'm having alot of trouble with the fish I have. First, I have two 10 gallon tanks set up, one with tropical fish and one with goldfish and plecos. I have a 1 gallon tank set up with a male betta, and three fishbowls with my other male bettas...