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My fancy guppy has round growths coming out of his gills. They showed up a week ago, and are getting bigger. Does anyone have any idea what it is? And what to do about it?

Thank you so much for the information Aiken!! It’s a relief to know that it won’t harm my fish. So far it’s just on a couple decorations. I will keep on eye on it and if it starts to get out of hand, or attach to my plants, I will take steps to eliminate it. I will also cut back on the amount...

I’ve had my 20 gallon tank with ten pets in it for a year now and I noticed some black looking algae growing from a couple commercial decorations showing up last week. Not sure what it is, or if it’s bad for the fishies. [

Thanks Andy! Sounds like I need to just be patient then.

Hello I’m new here. I am on day 15 of cycling a 20 gallon tank, with no fish, using ammonia and Dr Tim’s one and only bacteria. I have gravel a few ornaments in the tank. Water temp has been at 80 degrees. I started with fresh treated water that had 0 ammonia, 0 nitrite’s and 10.0 ppm...