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My daughter got a male guppy yesterday to put in with 3 female guppies. I think she bought him at Petsmart. She sent me these pictures asking about his tail. Could this be from just being with a lot of males at the store or is it possible it is fin rot? If it is fin rot what does she need to get...

Thank you. I didn't think about hooking the filter from the 10 gallon up with the new one. I think changing everything over to give them more room might be better. Hopefully putting in the same substrate and decorations will keep them from stressing out as much as changing everything would.

I have a 10 gallon aquarium that I started almost a month ago. We just purchased a 36 gallon aquarium to give 5 glofish tetras and 2 snails more room. I think the 10 gallon aquarium was cycled but I think I crashed it. I was having a hard time vacuuming the gravel and ended up with a 50% water...

Thank you! This was very helpful.

I don't think it is fully cycled. I set the aquarium up 3 weeks ago. I used the quick start and stress coat + and let it sit empty for a week. The guy at the pet store checked the water and said it was OK to put 6 glo tetras in. I know now that wasn't the right thing to do. I have been checking...

I am preparing to do a partial water change and put API quick start and API Stress coat + in my bucket of water. I tested the ammonia with API master kit after 12 + hours and the ammonia is testing at 1.0 ppm. I was curious so I tested the tap Water without treatment and the ammonia levels were...