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Help & Advice If you use a medicine to treat a sick fish but the fish is not sick, will this cause a issue? We think my moms male beta might have fin rot or velvet. Is there a medicine that treats multiple problems? We noticed something new yesterday as well. blue has on each side of him a...

Does Blue have Velvet,fin biting, or Finrot? My mom has him in a 5 gal aquarium, heater & filter & water levels are great. he sometimes clings to a plant but we don`t know if he is sleeping or scratching. Please click on the photo for a larger view

My froggy escaped again & also not knowing for how long. but this time one of my cats got him. He is fine doing great actually but he was scratched up on his back and had a little poke on his side. I really wish I knew the time limit he had been out of the water. Anyways I have a few questions...

Some of you are familiar with me & have helped with something different in the past, now I am back looking for new help. Tank set up 3 years Lighting times are different But I do not leave lights on for hours a day 30 gal tall, Fresh water, Ammonia 0.25, Ni-Trite 0, Ni-TrAte 20 1 albino...

Can the plastic hamster igloo homes cause ni-TRATES in aquarium water?

I finally hit the cycling stage of only having nitrAtes. I can not get rid of them. Will dead plants cause nitrAtes to stay high? I have been doing partial water changes & no improvement they will lower a level but go back up again. they was 80 last night I done partial chage now it`s reading 40...

She is in a 30 gal tall the other calico is fine. My question is why would she be floating towards the top one min. sunk on the bottom one min. floating on her side looking like she is dead. then the next she is swimming and looking for food/

I just noticed that my aquarium heater has like a moisture look to it on the inside. Is this normal?

My acf has been in her new tank for maybe 2 weeks. She is a year old, I used to have her in my fish tan. Since in her new tank she has maybe eaten one time & I noticed she regurgitated food from the day before. If water may be the cause of this. What do I have to test the water for. Is there...

If I have no ammonia & no ni-TRATES how come I have some ni-TRITES?

I just noticed teeny tiny hair looking like worms at the bottom of my frogs tank. Sort of all close together just a little spread out. Are these worms?

I have another question :) She is new to this tank being alone after a year of being with fish since she was tiny. & the water was obviously deep because of the fish. Since I put her in the new tank I only have filled 1/2 of the 20 gal long & she just stays in the corner. She has eaten...

I have a albino clawed frog in a 20 gal long, with 3 snails. I have a marineland penguin power filter 100. I noticed that there is a slime of some sort floating on top of the water. Would it be from the snails or the filter how it`s running? I have made a way for quiet water flow for the...

I noticed my frog throwing up this morning. She spit out 3 wax worms that I had given to her yesterday & a fish. I hope she is not sick, Why would she of done this?

Can someone tell me what color the ph is suppose to be? I have the API freshwater master kit

Can someone please tell me what picture best shows the true results. There the same test, just different picture takings.

My albino claw frogs was introduced to my aquarium ( with fish ) when they was very small. The frogs have not eaten any of my fish & some are small enough for them to eat. But if I was to put some rosey reds in there, them frogs would be all over them. Unfortunately one frog passed. I still...

Can someone let me know if she is normal looking. she is about a year old. I don`t know if she is just getting big or if she is getting sick in some way Thank You

I have a few Rangeri Swords & Green Ozelots & I do not know the other two that I have. My question. Is it ok to take off the rock wool & put the plant back into the planter with gravel in that? Plants do take away ni-TRATES & ni-TRITES correct? How do I know if my plant is bad, Do I tell by...

If there is a dead rosey red somewhere in my gravel. the size of the cotton of a Q-tip maybe a titch bigger but not by much. Will it cause a high ammonia test result & or cause anything else to the tank? If so how long will it last. I can not see it for my gravel matches its color.

What process/stage is my cycling in, if my water levels are. PH...7.6 Ammonia 1.0 ppm maybe give a little. ni-TRITE 0.25 ppm ni-TRATES 0 ppm

Can I feed my fish with high ammonia? My story is. I have had sky high PH and with partial water changes the PH have not lowered at all. My ni-TRATES was also very high for a while, but have lowered recently. My NI-TRITES have been beautiful. they went up a little after I added the new...

Does my filter look ok? & is it ok to leave it without a cover. if I can leave it without a cover is there anything I should try to avoid it being by? This is my first bio wheel filter too. does it look good or do I need to change it or anything,

When you buy live plants are you supposed to bury the planter too, that it comes in. Or are you supposed to take the plant out and just bury the roots into the gravel? Thank You

freshwater 30 Gal. PH is real high will not lower.Nitrates are high. Ni-TRITES are zero..Ammonia is low almost none. I have done several partial water changes & the levels still remain high I do not over feed & I vacuum the gravel. I have 3 danios, 2 tetras, 1 pleco and 4 barbs. my tank is...