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    Guppy sexing question

    A few months ago someone offered me an absolutely beautiful male cobra guppy and a couple of pretty yellow females with orange tails. In a total lapse of judgment, I took them, and predictably, I now have more guppies than I know what to do with. I kept the babies in the tank with the adults...
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    Tap water nitrate levels: Is 14-27 ppm a problem?

    I've been struggling a bit with some algae problems in my tanks. Nothing huge, but I've also noticed that some of my fish aren't as active as they used to be. Water tests consistently show that my nitrate levels are high, and I can't seem to get them down. I'm doing 20% water changes every week...
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    Suggestions for upgrading hood/lights

    I want to upgrade the cheap integrated hood/light combos that came with my aquariums. My tanks are all small (20g is the biggest), and they're mostly non-standard shapes/sizes, so I'm not going find off-the shelf hoods for most of them. And I have inverts, so I need to replace them with...
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    Spontaneous Mystery Fry

    I have a planted 6-gallon nano tank that houses two clown killifish, three amano shrimp, a nerite snail, and nothing else. About a month ago, I noticed a few tiny white fry in the tank. After about three days, I had a dozen or so of them. Obviously I assumed they were baby killies, as those...
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    returning to the hobby, off to a bad start already

    Hi. I haven't had an aquarium in 15 years, but when I had them, I had three freshwater tanks. A couple of months ago someone gave me a little 5 gallon desktop tank, and I thought maybe I'd do something small... like some plants and a few cherry shrimp. Well.... I cycled the tank with white...
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