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We have a 20 gallon tank with a 30 gallon filter. We had a major snail problem, so we got rid of our stock of guppies (the breeding was too much), and started fresh with a couple yo yo loaches. We kept our existing 2 pygmy corys (we can only keep those 2 alive...Petco is the only store in our...

So, somehow a leaky bottle of tide detergent dripped some detergent in my 10 gallon quarantine tank. We had 2 pregnant guppies who did not survive, 2 African dwarf frogs, and a platy. We moved the adf and platy to a Tupperware container for the time being, but what are the chances they are going...

I have a 13 gallon tank, lightly planted with 5 neon tetras, 1 endler, and 1 mystery snail. Lately the snail does not seem to be doing its job cleaning the tank. I do a 50% we every 2 weeks since I have such a small bio load. All of a sudden, I have green spot algae growing on the glass. Is...

Sat night, all our fish looked great. Sun night, all 4 phantom tetras were COVERED in ich. I slowly raised the water temp (it's holding at 87), and gave the phantoms a salt bath (I have a snail, so I couldn't add salt to the tank). Within hours of the salt bath, the smallest phantom died (he...

I'm starting a new tank for my son's room. It is a 20 gallon regular, not sure what filter yet, but it will be fully cycled before I add fish. I had a lot of trouble finding tiger endlers in my area, and a couple of my local lfs's have said that they would buy them from me if I bred them. I've...

I'm getting a few new fish for my daughter's 13 gallon tank today. We have a few fish in there now, so I'm thinking I want to quarantine the new fish for a few days. The only extra tank I have is a 3.5 gallon with no filter. Depending on stock at my LFS, we will either be getting 3 endlers or 3...

I have a 13 gallon tank. Parameters amm <.25 (high amm level in tap water...adding second filter tomorrow), nitrite 0, nitrate <10. Inhabitants: 5 neon tetras, 2 black flame tetras, 2 endler livebearers, 5 RCS, 1 mystery snail. We added the 2 endlers on sat of last week. I have been keeping a...

I recently moved, and noticed that my ammonia level is hovering around .25. I tested the tap, and it registered between .5-1. What can I do to remedy this? Fwiw I have 0 trites and 10 treated, do gravel vac and 25-50% WC every week. I'm at about 50% stocked right now, and tank is planted. I...

We have a planted 13 gallon tank that currently houses 5 neon tetras, and 1 mystery snail. We plan on adding 5 endlers and a few RCS. According to aqadviser, we have room for 1 more small school of nano fish, or a centerpiece fish. My husband really wants a cp fish, and really likes the dwarf...

I have an aqueon quiet flow hob filter, and I would like to upgrade to a new filter, and use my current filter for a qt tank. Do I put the new filter media in the current filter with the existing filter cart until it builds up bb? If so, how long? Then would I move the new media to where the...

So, this might be a dumb question, but I'm new to all of this! I understand that neons are really hard to breed, and I'm not set up for that anyway. My question is will neons lay eggs even if there aren't any males in the tank? I have 5 neons, and 4 of them are for sure female as the blue line...

I've had my adf since 12/29, and it has been an active little bugger. I got it to join the adf I already had once I learned they liked companionship. 2 days ago, it started nibbling at me and sitting in my hand if I reached into the tank for something. Then he spent a lot of time floating at the...

This might be a stupid question, but I'm new to all of this... How do you vacuum your gravel when you have small shrimp like RCS? I'm afraid they would all be sucked up. :( Sent from my Galaxy Nexus using Aquarium Advice mobile app

I am going to be getting some RCS, and I read that copper is bad for them. I looked up the ingredients in the leaf zone that I have, and there is copper. Is there a better fertilizer that I could use with the shrimp? Also, I'm going to get the shrimp in about a month...would 4 50% water changes...

Hi! I need help choosing fish to go with my neon tetras. We have a 13 gallon tank and 5 tetras. I was originally going to go with platys or guppies, but someone here suggested that might not be a good idea. Any suggestions? Sent from my Galaxy Nexus using Aquarium Advice mobile app

I'm new to all of this, and didn't know about cycling a tank until it was too late :( I'm now doing a fish-in cycle, but my ammonia levels are still above 1.0. I now have nitrites (about .5), and am starting to get nitrates, but the ammonia is still high. I've been doing 2 50% wc's daily using...

Hi! My daughter received a 13 gallon tank as a Christmas gift from her grandparents. According to the instructions on the aquarium and from the people at Petco, I only let the tank sit for 48 hours before I stocked it with fish. Because of this, our wonderful and sweet betta (that we had in a...