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    My little sister painted my goldfish

    Well it's hard to get a good picture of active goldfish but here's what she painted and the painting itself ?
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    Goldfish lethargy after separation/moving

    This whole story starts out with me getting my girlfriend a 20 gallon with a single black moor goldfish with all of the necessary decorations and a a good marineland emperor filter and a gravel substrate. Her black moor was really lethargic so she thought giving him a friend was a good idea...
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    Tank mates for 4 fancy goldfish

    Hello, I have 4 fancy goldfish in my 55 gallon aquarium, I was wondering what would be good tank mates without over stocking? My filtration consists of a emperor 400 filter and a sun sun 303-b canister filter (770 gph combined) and a pool filter sand bottom. Thanks! Sent from my iPhone using...
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    "Leaking" water from top trim

    Hello, my 55 gallon is leaking from the top trim. It evaporates and clings under the trim to cause a salt creep trail running down the back of the tank. Is it possible to fix this while the fish are still in the tank? Was gonna use some hot glue or some GE 1 silicone on it while the fish are...
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    Top trim salt creep/leak

    Well, i have had this set up for a while now, and just recently (2 days ago) this started to show up out of the blue in smack dab center of my display. It is coming from evaporated water settling in the trim. Is there any way I could stop this leak or salt creep without disassembling my entire...
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    Green sunfish tank mate

    I have a green sunfish that is bout 4-5 inches. He lives with a blue crawfish and a pleco (both are rather large) and i was just wondering what tank mates he should have? I had 2 small sunfishes that were about 1.5 inches. They got eaten while i was out of town (guy didnt feed them while i was...
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    ID this native for me?

    I have an fish that looks as if he is a mixed breed with maybe a bluegill and a green sunfish. He has outgrown EVERYTHING in this tank. He is a gentle giant though. I have him, 2 baby blue gills. A blue crawfish, a pleco, and 6 shiners Emperor 400 55 gal aquarium Driftwood and rocks Working on...
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    Possible parasite or cancer/tumor bluegill

    This is my bluegill. He seems to have a tumor growing near his pectoral fin. Water parameters are good and his only tank mates are a pleco and a crawfish. His diet includes: bloodworms, cichlid flakes, algae wafers, earth worms, and minnows. Sent from my iPhone using Aquarium Advice
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    Blue crawfish molted?

    Well i have had hermit crabs many times in the past. I knew the signs. He was hiding in his usual spot all day. Not moving much. And burrowed into the substrate a little bit inside of a cave. And i wake up today and his exoskeleton along with one of his claws???????? How could that have...
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    Dont have a strainer? Here is a solution:

    Take a water tester bottle that your test kits come in and drill a shiz-ton of holes into it with a drill bit of your liking. I wanted mine black so i coated it in Performix Plasti-dip (an all use rubber coating. Home Depot or lowes for 5-7 dollars) and cut a square hole for a tight fit around...
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    Looking for aquarium hood. Where to start?

    I have a hood i made myself in te heat of the moment about a year ago when i traded my old tank for a 30 gal (it was a 55 leaking for a 30 gal) and it came with a reptile screen hood. So i cut it down and put a shower liner over it and insulation tape over it (except where the light goes) and...
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    Rock fell on tail and took it off

    Well i was performing a water change. And as i was dumping water back in i heard a snap and saw one of my rocks fell and i guess fell on my blue aceis tail :( im already at a temp of 81 and are adding salt for ich treatment. Is there anything else i should do? Sent from my iPhone using...
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    First time running into ich

    Well. I didn't observe the acei cichlid when i got him and now that i look at him he has ich on his fins (i think they are called pectoral fins, the ones he swims with) and on the two antenna on his abdomen. My problem with treatment is that i have a blue crayfish in my tank. I have a 30 gallon...
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    Parasites on blue crawfish's head?

    Got this guy from an lfs a while back and noticed movement on his head. And white spots. He is behaving fine other than hiding all day. They are coming out of his head and i see them under his whiskers and near his eyes. What are these things and how can i treat the bugger? Will they kill him...
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    Cichlid food

    Sooo i have been feeding my cichlids, pleco and blue lobster "Top Fin color enhancing tropical flakes" for the longest time. And i have run out. So i went Black Friday shopping and got "API Tropical premium flakes for community fish" there is a big color difference and flake difference. The...
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    minimum size tank for a nano reef?

    what is the minimum size aquarium for a nano reef? i do have a 10 gallon laying around and a 30 gallon that has all of my fish in it bc my 55 is leaking :( but this tank would be invertibrates and crustaceans and possibly 2 tiny clowns or some other small fish. any problems i might run into? how...
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    $10 55 gallon tank.

    so long story short, i picked up this beautiful 55 gallon 4ft in perfect conditon. other than the trim and the seams/seals. it was leaking about 4 weeks ago. i have plastidipped a background and tore out all of the old silicone. it was leaking when i tested it (hey it was $10) i waited for the...
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