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    How to treat Popeye

    I am having alot of problems, all of my fish are sick/dying. I think they have swim bladder but now one of the fishes eyes are popped out and one has blood in it. I have been treating with Mela Fix for a week now and i think one of them is getting better. I have a 5 gallon tank with 3 mollies...
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    molly swimming vertical

    I turned the heat up because i thought it would help after noticing the way they were swimming, was that a bad idea? should i turn it down? The tank is only 5 gallons with 4 mollies, 3 shrimp, a swordtail (and 3 baby fry). I know overstocked but they have been living fine for a few months all...
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    molly swimming vertical

    i have 4 mollies, and 2 of them have recently started swimming vertically. The one is pregnant and the other is its mating partner. is there anything i can do? i turned up the temp to 85 could that be why? thanks
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    Help starting a new aquarium

    so, i don't really know about prices. he is asking $150cdn for the tank, UGF, and he thinks he has an outside filter, hood, light, gravel and a cabinet stand. i am going to see it on sunday, just wondering if i should bargain him done on it. sorry if these are dumb questions by the way
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    Help starting a new aquarium

    and only 1 is needed right? sorry, i'm a newby at this. also is gravel okay for live plants or is sand better? thanks
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    Help starting a new aquarium

    I am thinking of buying a 35 gallon from the classifieds. It has an underground filtration system. Is that a bad idea?? i currently have a small 5 gallon tank. Just wondering what the pros and cons of this system is. thanks
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    Breeding mollies in 5 gallon

    I have a 5 gallon tank (kinda full) with 4 mollies, a swordtail and 3 small yamato shrimp (i know i am overstocked) but one of my mollies is pregnant. I don't have another tank and don't want to stress the fish out. But i also want the fry to survive. Is there anything that I can do in this...
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    Yamato Shrimp during Ich problem

    Thanks, I will definitely raise the temp. that isn't too high for mollies, swordtails, shrimp or snails?? To my surprise, I found all 3 shrimp just now feasting away on the plants!! So i guess they are resiliant little suckers. But next time, I will just add some salt and increase the temp...
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    Yamato Shrimp during Ich problem

    I have just recently had a small bout of Ich and treated with Aquari-sol. I have 5 mollies, 3 yamato shrimp and 1 snail in a 5-gallon well planted tank. I noticed yesterday the snail died (it was still in its shell but floating at the top of the water, and did not respond when i touched it). I...
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