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I have a 10 gallon well planted with 8 celestial pearl danios and 2 Asian river cats/anchor fish. I originally had 3 but one just died :( I had difficulties getting them to eat at first but now they are eating frozen bloodworms if I put them in after dark (I've been a me to see then eating). I...

So I recently took apart my 10 gal, and I want to make it into a celestial Pearl danio tank, plus a few other bottom dwellers or a gourami of some sort. Long story short, I want a tank that is different from my 20 gal. (Sorry the water was cloudy) I fell in love with the simple mountain...

I'm doing a new scape in my 10 gallon, and I want to be able to grow a carpet of some sort, so I need to upgrade to high light. I'm currently using 2 13 watt 6500k bulbs, which give beautiful light, but not enough to grow a carpet I suspect (correct me if I'm wrong). Could I just take the 2 23...

So I'm about to move this weekend, and I also have a 10 gallon that I just broke down because the lone betta I had in it passed away about 2 weeks ago. I debated back and forth about turning it into a terrarium or paludarium and getting fire belly toads or poison dart frogs, which would be...

This weekend I am moving. It's a 4 hour car drive away, so luckily not too far. Still, I'm not sure the best way to transport the fish. They will be the last thing I take down before leaving, and the first thing I set up when I arrive. However, I'm planning on changing substrates, so I will have...

Hi all, I am moving soon and will have to take apart both of my tanks for the move. Currently, I have sand in both and am using root tabs to fertilize my plants, but I was thinking that it might make sense to use a fertilizer type substrate beneath the sand layer since I am already stripping the...

One of my tanks is a 10 gallon that used to contain one male betta and a couple of nerite snails. Right now it is planted with one amazon sword that takes up most of the tank, a piece of driftwood, and some java moss. The substrate is sand. I just returned from a week long vacation during which...

I have a 20 gal, heavily planted tank with 12 neon tetras and 4 striped Kuhli loaches (Oh and 3 nerite snails). I wanted to add a centerpiece fish, so after some research, I decided to purchase a pair of german blue rams. I've had them for about 2 months, and a few days ago my female died. I...

Hi all, So I currently have 2 tanks, both heavily planted and with driftwood. One is a 10 gal and one is a 20 gal high. I have a betta in my 10 gal who was my original fish long ago. I got some neon tetras that he was with for a while, but he became stressed so I moved him to the 10 gal by...

I have a 20 gal planted that I would love to have moon lights on so that I can see my Kuhlis when they're out at night. Does anyone have suggestions for the best/cheapest solution? I was looking at these on Amazon: Amazon.com: 57 LED Aquarium Fish Tank Bar Waterproof Submersible Stick Strip...

So I currently have 4 striped Kuhli loaches in a 20 gallon (plus some tetras and nerite snails). It's planted and has driftwood, which is where they spend post of their time. I recently noticed one or two of my loaches got super thick through the middle with a distended stomach and the color...

Hi all, I'm looking for a centerpiece fish for my 20 gal. It's fully cycled and planted + driftwood, pH around 7-7.2 and hard water. I have two Cambridge Aquatics 5-20 gal filters. I currently have 12 neon tetras, 4 striped kuhli loaches (will eventually be 6), and 3 nerite snails. I love my...

So I recently got some Myrio...I tried it once before and all the leafy bits turned brown and fell off. Now the same thing is happening again! I have new lighting so I thought that might help...20 gallon, 2 23 W CFE 6500K bulbs for 6 hours (turned up to 8 today), dosed twice weekly with a liquid...

I just returned from a 4 week vacation to find that my 20 gallon has exploded with green algae!! I had a friend taking care of it doing close to weekly water changes and feeding 2x weekly, so I don't think it's possible that she was overfeeding. She was dosing twice a week with liquid CO2 and a...

I just upgraded from a 10 to a 20 gallon high to make my tank easier to maintain since I'm leaving for a month in 4 days. A friend is coming over twice a week to feed and clean the tanks. The 20 gallon I got from craigslist with a decent light fixture, but it can't be set on a timer because the...

Hi guys, I'm about to leave for christmas break for 4 weeks, so I'm having a friend come over twice a week to feed my fish and clean the tanks when necessary. I recently left for 5 days for Thanksgiving break (a different friend fed them daily), and when I returned, my 10 gallon tank was a...

So I just got back from Thanksgiving break after 5 days and I had a friend come over every day to feed my fish/plants. When I got home, my tank was a mess, my betta was lying on the ground not moving, and all but 3 of my tetras had lost their color. One was all white. The water was tinted brown...

I just got two new zebra nerite snails and one tiger nerite snail yesterday. All of the zebra nerites in the store were at the top of the glass in their tank, and many of the zebras were dead. The one I got was under a rock. I figured it was a water quality issue and that they would be...

So I've been wanting to get some type of sucker fish since I started my tank, but I was going to wait until I actually had some algae growing in my tank. I have brown (almost redish) algae on the part of my filter where the water falls back into the tank, all over the filter media, and it's...

I recently noticed a few scales changing color on my betta's body. He is a beautiful blue/black color and a few random scales are turning light blue/yellow. He was sleeping on the bottom a lot when I first noticed this, but he is active and flaring often now, and I'm not noticing any more...

I have 3 Kuhlis in a 10 gal with some other fish. I see them scavenging for leftover food and they climb in my plants and appear to nibble on them. I feed them blood worms every couple of days as well. I always see one or the other eating, but I rarely see all of them eat the blood worms I put...

I have a 10 gallon 5 week old tank. It's cycled and my levels are always pretty good (ammonia and nitrite 0, nitrates 10). However, I know that it is overstocked by most standards. I didn't do this on purpose, I just took advice from a woman at my lfs and realized later it was too much. BUT, my...

Hi all, I'm an animal lover and have cats, dogs, horses, and now, fish! I take pride in giving all of my animals the best lives possible, so naturally, though I started off with just one or two bettas, I ended up buying each of them 10 gallon aquariums so that they could have adequate space and...