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Hi folks - I have been trying to establish a school of harlequin rasboras in my tank for a couple of months now and keep running into problems. Tank - 29gallon high (cycled for 1+ years) fish - 4 panda cory cats (doing great) - 6 harlequin rasboras plants - 4 anubius plants parameters...

1. I have a Cardinal tetra that has a white spot. It looks small and hard - about the size of a pinhead. Is this ich?? I have never seen it before! 2. tank parameters - (ammonia - 0, nitrites - 0, nitrates - 0 (recently did several large water changes), temp - 72, pH - 7.5) 3. 29gal high tank...

Hi folks - I have a 30 gallon tank and looking for stocking advice. tank - 30 gal (tall) filter - aquaclear 50 substrate - gravel planted ammonia, nitrites, nitrates - 0ppm pH - 7.6 or 7.4 (depending on whether I trust the pH kit or high pH kit temp - I'd like to try to keep a cooler tank so...

Hey all - I feel like the fish in my community tank are becoming more aggressive. A couple of weeks ago I noticed my smaller guppy hiding in the tank and found that his back tail fin was starting to look shredded along the edge (but no spots or discoloration). I thought my biggest molly was to...

Hi folks - I need some advice for my male guppy who has been hiding for the past couple of days. [I have a not-great history with the guppies from my LFS - I've had mollies, danios (which I re-homed), and tetras that have all done great but several guppy deaths :( Please let me know if there is...

I have a 29g, 80 degrees, pH 7.6-7.8 (can't quite tell), nitrates - 0, nitrites - 0, ammonia - 0. Tank is only about 1 month old but I used filter media from an established 6-month-old tank that had been stable for months (also cycled with old tank material). Neither tank ever had any ammonia...

Hi folks - I'm thinking about a school of tetras for my 29 gallon. Any thoughts about neon vs. cardinals? I read one place that cardinals are more difficult/sensitive. tank plan: mollies, guppies, tetras, (maybe corys) 29g high planted tank, 80 deg.

Hi folks, I have 6 plants in my 29-gallon tank right now and I only know the name of one... Can anyone help me ID these? I jumped into plants without knowing what would do well and some are doing much better than others and now it's hard to even do the research because I don't know what they...

Hi folks - I traded in my 10-gallon tank for a 29-gallon. Yahoo! I'm wondering how many fish to add at once and how much time to give the biofilter to adapt in between additions. Ultimately I'd like: 3-4 Mollies 4-6 danios 4-5 guppies or platys 1 dwarf gourami/dwarf angel fish or...

Hey folks - I have a 10-gallon tank with 2 mollies, 3 danios, and 2 snails. It has only been 6 months but now I'm upgrading! So, any recommendations heater/filter brands to buy or not buy? Suggestions for community fish to include/not include? Thanks!

Hi folks - I have a golden molly that has been acting a little funny and I'm worried. I've found him a couple of times "resting" at the bottom of the tank. He's been on his abdomen, flipping fins just a little - not on his side. He may also be looking thinner... hard to say. This most...

I've heard about a bubble nest for bettas but I think my pregnant Molly is making one. Has anyone else had that happen? Or any other ideas for why? (10 gallon tank, 3 danios, 2 mollys, lots of plants, 76 degrees, 0 ammonia and nitrites, <5ppm nitrates)

Hi folks. I've been having one trouble after another lately. Most recently, I was doing a water change in a five gallon tank and I siphoned one of my guppies! He had been lying on the bottom of the tank this morning and I thought he was dead, but then he was swimming around (though possibly...

Hi folks - My Molly (who was sold to me as a male but I'm pretty sure is female and pregnant) has been having long poops that stay attached to her for quite a while. It otherwise looks normal (color, texture) so I assumed it was constipation and tried a day of fasting but it didn't seem to help...

Hi folks - I've only had a tank for 3 months (10-gallon: 2 mollies, 3 danios). It turns out that one of the two mollies (that the fish store said were both male) is female. I had suspicions for a while (when I looked up how to tell them apart) but now the one with more female-looking fins has...

Hi all... I'm setting up and cycling my friend's 5-gallon tank for her. I added some of my filter media to her filter as well as about 2.5 gallons of water from my established 10-gallon tank. (Per the advice of the lfs - I won't do this again). My established tank tested 0ppm for ammonia and...

Is it weird to be two-weeks into fish-in cycling and getting 0s for ammonia, nitrites and nitrates? I started with some filter media from an established tank. I haven't done any water changes because none of my tests have shown any readings. Fish are active and seem healthy and happy. I feed...

Sorry, I accidentally posted the same thing twice.

Hi. I'm brand new to the forum and fish keeping. I have a 10-gallon tank (freshwater, heated to 78, ph 7.4)and After over three days of fish-in cycling I have seen no ammonia, nitrites, or nitrates. Is it just too soon? The fish - 3 small zebra danios - are very active and seem healthy. One...