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I bought a Betta about 3 weeks ago and I have so far never seen her eat anything. When I feed the fish, she watches the food float past her face but doesn't react to it. She seems healthy enough, although she likes to hide more than my other betta (a male, now deceased) did. Also, although the...

Answers to Imrandome1's questions: 1) Female swordtail. White spot on her head. Hard to tell if it raised or not. No other spots on her. She is not rubbing herself on anything as far as I can tell. 2) Ammonia: 0.5 to 1, Nitrites: 0, Nitrates: 5, Temp: 78, PH: 7.6 3) 29 gallons - 2 1/2...

I noticed a white spot on my female swordtails head, behind her eye. She behaves normally, and the other fish seem fine (although 2 cory's suddenly died for no apparent reason a few days ago). I have attached a picture (a bit blurred). Does anybody know what this is and what I should be doing...

He has lived with the danios for a couple of months and seemed fine. There are lots of places to hide away from the current, although lately he seems to like to lie on the bottom of the tank right where the current from the filter is. His tailfin was originally torn by an aggressive gourami...

He is in a 29-gallon tank together with 2 swords, 4 zebra danios, 3 panda corys, and some shrimp and snails. There is a thermometer and the temperature stays pretty constant.

Yes, some sort of antibiotic at the LFS

Betta has some fin rot, and now he keeps one of his pectoral fins up against his body and doesn't move it, making it difficult for him to swim. He is also losing some colour. Help please as we are deeply attached to him.

I have a 20 gallon tank with 4 zebra danios, 3 panda corys and 1 short-finned betta. Last night, we added a dwarf gourami. In the morning, the betta had his fins torn in 2 places and one of the danios has a big red wound on his gill. Should I get rid of the gourami or will he settle down with...

I've had a 29 gallon tank for about 3 weeks. Ammonia was at 0, so I added more fish and now have 4 danios, 1 betta and 3 corys. In the last several days, ammonia has been at between 1.0 and 2.0 ppm. I've done 25% water changes 3 days in a row and have vacuumed up all the crud at the bottom of...

I have a fairly recently established 29 gallon aquarium. So far, it houses 4 zebra danios, 3 panda corys and a short-finned male betta. I would also like to get a dwarf gourarmi and possibly 6 cardinal tetras. Can I add any fish after that and if so, any suggestions? Thanks

I recently bought three cherry shrimp. I saw my betta eat one, and now the other two are missing. Are there any shrimp I can put in a tank with a betta?

I am an ignorant beginner. I recently set up a 29-gallon tank and let it run for 2 1/2 weeks before buying fish. On the advice of the local fish store guy, I bought 4 zebra danios last Sunday. They seemed fine at first, but last night I wiped the outside of the aquarium with a paper towel, which...