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I recently took over care of an irresponsible friends' goldfish. The black moore has cloudy eyes. The oranda has very bad fin rot and cottony growth on the edges on his tail and his swimming fins. One big one just fell off, and you can see how terrible the fin rot has become. I removed the...

Hi all (: I'm looking to start a 5 gallon planted tank for 1 male betta and POSSIBLY some ghost shrimp. I'm looking for any and all advice and suggestions. In your experience, what are the best plants for betta? What lights do you use? Would you use filtration? In your experience, what...

I'm looking for any general advice to help me keep my tank as healthy as possible. About a month ago i lost 3 fish in a week. I was told my parameters were "safe" but have come to discover that doesn't mean much. an associate at my lfs told me that it was likely nitrate poisoning, as they were...

Last night around this time I found my female dalmatian molly floating. Two hours earlier I had been home and not noticed any odd behavior. this morning I noticed my male white mm platy lying on the bottom "panting" he was not roused by food. I netted him up and held him (loosely) in the net...

I'd like to hear your opinions on raising live bearer fry. Breeder box or no breeder box? Why?

I have a 45 gal with some platys that just dropped fry on friday. I had all intentions on letting mature take its course, so I put down some artificial grasses for them to hide in. But when I saw them I felt guilty because my usually shy barbs were scouting out the area for a meal :(( I scooped...