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Hey Guys, One of my skirt tetras has develop a large white dot on a back fin, and I think I can see a vein in it (or something red)? As of this morning it appears to have a second one. I've attached a pic, sorry for the fuzzy quality. It's to large for ich, and doesn't look fuzzy like a fungi...

Hey, I'm new to plants tanks. My plants started to develop spider like tendrils, I think they are budding? I would love to plant the buds but im not really sure how to do that? Do I bury the leaves? Do I tear them off? Thanks for any and all help

Hello All, I have an established tank and recently one of my pictus catfish has taken to either swimming in place or just laying against the corner of my tank. He still seems to swim around at night (he's not in his corner when I turn the lights on in the morning). But pretty much anytime...

Hello All, I have a Clown Loach with small holes in his fins along with slightly raggy fins. He is also about half the size of the other loaches, despite getting them at the same time (I've had them a little over a month). In addition he was swimming with his dorsal fin clamped when I pulled...

Hey all, My new 55g has ick. This is day 4 of treatment using super ick (my usual go to). I've half the dose and upped the temp to 82 (as directed). Plus vacuumin gravel Every other day but it's getting worse. And the pictus are looking skinny.... I have pictus, clown loaches and clown...

Hey all, I got these guys (swordtails ) maybe a week ago and their tails are turning white and falling off. My guess is fun rot but ive never had this issue before. Would you agree? What's the best treatment? The tank of fully cycled (up since nov) Ph 7.5 I have catfish in the...

Hey All, 24 hours ago I added 5 clown barbs and 4 clown loaches to my tank. I expected the loaches to hide, however the barbs seem to be schooling with the loaches and hiding as well. Is this typical? I thought barbs tended to be bold?

Hey All, I have some fish I would like to re-home. I got the tank in November because the previous owner kept loosing fish. So the tank has a lot of 'odds and ends' sorta thing. Its keeping me from building the tank I want, but its not the fishes fault so I want to be able to find them a good...

Hello all, I live in an old apartment building. For various reasons I had to move my 55g aquarium from the only level area of floor. The floors in my building are badly tilted and so i moved it to the most even place I could, but it's not great... I have two questions: 1. Is there any...

Hey All, I'm about an hour north/west of Parsippany NJ and I'm looking for a good LFS. Does anyone have any recommendations? Thanks!

Hey all, I just saw this really cool tank that had plants growing out of their filter. I would love to do a diy version. I have an overhanging filter, and some pothos vines I thought I cold try it with. But I don't really know how to set it up. How do I keep the roots from messing up the...

Hello All, I've never done a planted tank, but as my first 55g is maturing I'm finding I'm cleaning up the algae more often then I'd like. I don't want to turn the tank lights off more, so I thought plants might help. Are there some slow growing plants that I can plop in to the gravel...

Hey all, I spilled a bottle of api ick treatment and now I've stained the hardwood floor, whiye door and white cuborts blue! I rent so this is not good. Any idea how to remove it? I tried a bleach mixture already. Thanks!

Hey all, I've lost three fish already to what I think is a fungus infection. I've been treating with pimafix for 4 days but I keep losing fish and no one looks better. Is that the right course of action? I've attached two pics. It looks like large white spots. But theirs fins look bad too...

Hello all, My 55g was having algae issues so I put in a dose of algaefix. 15 mins later the fish are swimming all over the place. I do a 25% water change. I Come back 30 mins later and my fish are crazy. The angels at the top gulping air. The skirt tetras are swimming frantically. And several...

Hey all, I've got a fish who might have the start of a fungle infection or it might be nothing. She has a bit of a white patch above the eye But it's very small. I've put her in a quarantine tank, but I'm not sure if I should start treatment or wait to see if it becomes worse. Thoughts?

Hello, Several of my pictus have lost there long whisker. Is happened to several of them so I'm worried something in the tank is damagin them. I've got fake plants, Mollies, skirt tetras and an angel. None of the fish seem to be chasing them so what are the big no no s for decorating their...

Hello All, I got two Pictus for my 55g yesterday and today one of them is freaking out. Swimming up and down in a corner of the tank, so obviously very stressed. It’s the larger of the two. I have lots of plants and hiding places for the fish. And I have mollies and skirt tetras in the rest of...

Hey Guys I’m unhappy with how my stocking is coming together so I’m trying to modify it some. The original plan was some skirt tetras, some black mollies, pictus catfish and a dwarf gourami. But the dwarf gourami is so tiny he’s not standing out as much as I want him to. And he doesn’t cause the...

I got my 55g a month ago and it came both uncycled and with skirt tetras. Changing the 55 to keep the ammonia low is...tedious. can I put the 6 skirt tetras into a 5g bucket for the next month while the larger one cycles? It will be easier to keep the levels stable in a smaller container. And...

Hey All, After much research I'm working on final stock combo for my recently acquired second hand 55 gallon. Existing fish in tank: 5 skirt tetras 5 black neon tetras 3 fancy male guppies New Additions: 3 dwarf gourmi 4 black molly 4 swordtail wags 1 pictus catfish I'm not sure what algae...

Hey All, After much research I'm working on final stock combo for my recently acquired second hand 55 gallon. Existing fish in tank: 5 skirt tetras 5 black neon tetras 3 fancy male guppies New Additions: 3 dwarf gourmi 4 black molly 4 swordtail wags 1 pictus catfish I'm not sure what algae...

Hey all, I ran into a deal to good to pass up, so I'm getting a fish tank 48.5x12.75x25h. (65g I think). My question is... what the hell do I put into it? Is there anything I need to know about upgrading to such a large size? I typical like schooling fish. I'm considering putting my guppies...

Hello all, I have a 10 g open and was looking to stock it with guppies and tetras. But I have a few questions, 1. Will the tetras nip the guppies fins? (I was thinking 5-6 tetras in the tank). 2. I know typically you want 2f and 1 m guppy. But I don't want fry. Could I do just 2 m guppies...

Hello, I have an empty 20 gallon tall tank and I'm looking for stocking ideas. I've been thinking about some Threadfin Rainbowfish, but I've never kept them before. Would a 20 be large enough? What other fish would you suggest with the rainbowfish? Or any other thoughts or ideas? Thanks!