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I have a 125 gallon tank that's been set up over a year . In it I have the usual mix of an Oscar , convict ect. I'm wanting to spruce my tank up. But every time I add a new artifical plant or something my Oscar treats it like a new toy at Christmas and it's fast destroyed by the pulling and...

Hi I bought 3 frontosa about an inch long. 2 reds / 1 blue. I have them in a 20 gallon tank by theirselves until they start to grow some. I am currently feeding them cichlid flakes, shrimp pellets and frozen brine shrimp. I am rotating the foods every feeding. I have a pair of convicts that...

Please no fussing. I have a 15 g tank with 2 firebelly newts. I would like to add 2 round belly goldfish in it. What kind would be best? I have a place for them when they grow( my brother has ponds/tanks Sent from my iPhone using Aquarium Advice

I wanting an Oscar . I have a 20 gallon tank do you have any idea of how long it could stay in a 20 gallon ( about how big it could get ) before I would have to move it. I have a 125 but the Oscar would have to grow out some before I could add it to that tank Sent from my iPhone using...

I have a 5 gallon tank it's got a mini back filter we have kept it cycled for an er tank. Yesterday my hubby decided he was going to put an African chichlid in it that was carrying eggs. ( we done this before then transferred babies after a month into 20 gallon grow out tank) Anyway he adds...

I was told at a lfs that I could put 3 newts on a 5 gallon tank . I ordered 3 of them? that was about a week ago. Since then I've located a tank I actually want. It's a 15 g with same footprint as a 20g just not as tall. I'm wanting to find some kind of small gold fish that I could add. I'm...

My tank is cycled. I took my water to petsplus tone tested they use the liquid test kit. I have the paper strips that give a general range but I wanted to be sure. Right now I have 2 dozen or more feeder guppies in a 20 gallon. I'm going to remove them . Can I safely start out with 10 fancy...

I am at the end of cycling a 20 gallon tank . I've got 2 dozen guppy feeders in it now. I'm planning on using them as feeders for my Oscar . Hubby says I should keep the females to breed the fancy males with. He claims it will make for healthier babies. Will it or will they mostly be blah...

I've noticed on a lot of your threads that you recommend prime conditioner over stress coat . Any particular reason . I know that our Walmart doesn't sell it but does sell stress coat . Sent from my iPhone using Aquarium Advice

I bought a nano tank with a back filter it's designed for a betta ( I'm guessing) holds about 1/2 gallon of water is there anything I could stock it with besides a betta ( oh the top is open -- no lid Sent from my iPhone using Aquarium Advice

I got a nano tank on clearance it holds About 1/2 gallon water. It has a mini back filter. It designed for a betta. Is there anything I could use it for besides a betta ( just wondering ) it was a impulse buy Sent from my iPhone using Aquarium Advice

I been wanting a guppy tank and hubby bought me a 20 gallon marine land led kit with a a bio filter last night . When we got home from petsmart I wanted to just take the filter out and run it for a couple weeks on my 125 gallon tank. And leave the tank in the box for now . He didn't want to --...

I have decided that I am going to set up a 20 gallon guppy only tank. I've heard that if you use a black light that it will sterilize your fish. Is the same true of the blue led lights. I'm thinking of doing my tank with some of the glofish decorations Sent from my iPhone using Aquarium Advice

Ok so I have a 125 gallon Oscar tank. He has a few buddies and hubby has a 75 gallon africAn cichlid tank. It's a my tank/ your tank kind of thing. I've been kinda toying with the idea of a 20 gallon max tank with guppies only unless I add a couple Corys. If I do can I run a filter on mine for...

I have a 125 galleon tank with lots of places to go . I bought a green terror this past week . It's about 3 inches. I watch my tank a lot and haven't seen any signs of aggression beyond a little chasing . When I went to fees tonight my adult male convict was floating . Could my gt have done it...

I went yesterday to my LFS and bought a 2 " jack Dempsey to go in my 125 gallon tank . My tank been up since October . In in I have a 3 1/2 inch Oscar ( my biggest fish) a parrot fish and a couple convicts. Along with some smaller fish including a feeder guppy that has been there almost from the...

Hi I have a 125 gallon tank that's been up about 3 mos. all my fish are doing good so far?. Anyway my husbands cousin is wanting a tank . He got a 29 gallon ( community ) tank . I told him I would run his filter on my tank to jump start the cycle. How long do I need to do this? I know he's...

My husband is setting up a 75 gallon tank . He's wanting a tiger Oscar in it because I refuse to add 1 to my 125 gallon tank with my longfin Oscar . Anyway what kind of catfish can go with it besides a pleco? Sent from my iPhone using Aquarium Advice

I have a 125 gallon tank . Yesterday I went to a Big chain store. To give them a blue gourami that just wasn't working in my tank ( it had been give to me along with a Pleco & equipment ) I took a water sample in as I went. The sample come back showing my tank is cycled. I have been taking...

I'm not sure what this is I've had the Pleco about a week ( give to me) it's about 8 inches -- my tank is 125 gallons been up about a month . I had a water test at my lfs last week before I got it and it was ok then -- this was before I got fish-- I have 3 filters going 1 canister plus 2 back...

My 125 gallon tank has been set up about a month . I had planned to slowly stock it over a period of weeks ending around my birthday ( June) with a long finned oscar -- I had asked the fish only store here if they could order me one and was told if they could find one it would be $40-$60 . When...

Not sure exactly where this post goes but I been reading some of the other ones I was wondering if you have a list of what you use the different abbreviations for. I figured out that lfs is local fish store but not sure when you are talking about fish exactly what kinds you mean. I'm such a...

Hi I went to critter barn today. They will be closing in a few months. Anyway all their fish are gone . I got several plants for free (plastic) from their old tanks . A big log for $9.00 . I bought algae wafers , amazon black water,2 nets,a air pump & bubbler and a big marine canister filter...

Last Saturday I finally got my 125 gallon set up. I took 1/2 the rock from my 10g to seed the tank plus took my back filter off of it to get my cycle started. ( after 4 days I put filter back on my 10 g) let it run all night then on Sunday I bought 3 dozen guppy size feeders . All I have...

Hi. My brother is giving me an old 125 gallon tank. Hubby making me a stand. I'm going to take the filter from my 10 gallon n run it in there for a couple days plus I bought bacteria starter . I'm planning on adding a couple dozen feeder guppies. Then letting it run a couple of weeks. I want...