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Hey all I'm converting my tank to real live plants!! I'm going to be real!! SO excited. I am putting Eco-Complete gravel in my tank but I also want a co2 unit. Does anyone have instructions on how to build your own? Any advice on maintaining planted tanks would be helpful too as Ive always had...

Congrats on all the new babies!!! I love mollies they are soo cute and I love the way they will come and nibble on your fingers. Hope all your new little ones do well and I'm sure they will enjoy their new home once you have it ready for them. Good Luck!!

Sad News Hey guys.....irreguardless of all my efforts and care my little turtle passed away earlier today. The wound was just too great for her to possibly survive. I did my best and gave her all my love and attention......but sadly it wasn't enough. At least she is no longer suffering. I cried...

It does sound a little like mouth fungus. Pics would def be of some help as well as tank readings. I own 1 bala and he doesn't have a bleached or white face. Hmmmmm. I use Melafix whenever any of my fish get mouth fungus or body slime and it works really well. I also raise the temp a tad and add...

Welcome to aa finch!!! Hello Finch, I warmly welcome you to AA. This is absolutely the best site to come to for any and all advice reguarding aquariums. This place has helped me numerous times in the past, especially when I'd first got started. Thanks to this site I have 2...

Hey everyone, I was fishing at a lake recently and found a baby red eared slider. One of her feet had been bitten off by something! She was floundering around by the shore paddling in little circles going nowhere fast. I took her home to see if I could help her to get better, and to feed her...

I need help fast. I just put two bubble curtains in my tank a few days ago. Well my dragon goby loved them right away swimming through all those bubbles and being quite playful. Last night I found him lying on his side, his head is swollen to the point his eyes are almost covered, and a tooth...

Ok so should I get 3 more clowns then? Hopefully 4 will be ok together in a 75 with groups of other much smaller schooling fish. Unless the clowns will eat the others? Doh! I will just go looking up more info on clowns for the time being I guess. Thanks 7enigma. Well I'm off to research and...

You have my heartfelt sympathy manny, I cant imagine what I would do if I came home to find what you did. I'm so glad that the all glass company is going to make it right for you again though. Hopefully you will get an even better tank out of the deal! Best wishes for you!

OhNo! Thats terrible! I hope at least some of your finned ones make it out ok. I hope things go better for you soon, and that you'll get some rest as well. Its a good thing youre off tomorrow. Hang in there, it couldve been worse. Everything will turn out ok. :)

My house is only about 40 years old, I know my floor should be ok. As long as I place the tank properly so it crisses the weight supporting beams making a big + so that the weight is spread evenly and not pinpointed. ++++ Like that. Thats how my big 29 sits now. I can jump up and down and the...

Yes I'm totally watching my temps now, I don't ever want to have to do that again, and I'm sure the loach doesn't either!! The loach is a baby clown. He's only 1.5 inches so you can imagine how nervous I was when I was thumping his chest to get his heart started again!! I know hes going to get...

Yes there were other fish in the tank and snails too. The mollies just swam over to the heater and waited patiently. Snails didnt care. :) The loach had swam directly under where the water was coming out and blasted himself with the too cold water. Poor guy! I hope he will continue to be...

First off welcome to Aquarium Advice!!! If you are going to get a crab I'd say at least 5 gallons per crab as they are VERY dirty. Be sure and get a very good filtration system with the tank too. As for substrate really small smooth pebbles or gravel would be fine as sand is harder to clean. A...

Hello all, I just thought I'd share an amazing experience with you. I was changing the water in my tank the other day and when I went to fill it up I did so slowly as not to blow the fish away with the python. Well apparently the water was a little colder than I had anticipated and I gave my...

HA! I know what you mean flushing fish, I now have a 10 gallon set up for fry and baby apple snails. It is currently got my baby apples and now a swarm (100+) of baby molly fry. I had to fish all those fry out of a moderatley planted 29 gal, I was about soaked by the time I got them all. Oh...

I am so sorry goose. It may have been dropsy tring to develop all along. I hate that disease, it has claimed some of my mollies and a few of my barbs in the past. Whats maddening is there is no cure and we dont know why it happens in the first place. Truly terrible way for a fish to go. You...

Oh no! Your poor little betta! Don't give up on him. Get some Melafix and or Pimafix right away as it will take care of any nasty bacteria, especially the sneaky coloumnaris! He may be bent over from a swimbladder infection as well, again its a bacteria so Melafix or Pimafix should cover it...

Hey all, I have one big man molly and four gals. He's got a little harem going! Well now the gals are popping out babies everywhere!! I have a gigantic live plant in the tank, dont know what it is, but its a big fluffly leafy wild looking thing. LOL The fry have made it their...

camallanus worms or pin worms as theyve been called due to their appearance. This gross pest is a nematode and you will need Levamisole to kill them off effectively. I don't have the dosage right off hand but I will find where I put it in the morning and let you know. I had the same problem...

YEsssss!!! recovery!!! I've found the culprit as to the shimmy. I did some intense research and found out about a tricky disease that most commonly causes shimmy. Its called cotton wool disease and it looks all the world like a fungus. You can treat it with anti fungal till your blue in the...

Yes I'm afraid its shimmy. It says it is not a disease but a disorder brought about by stress. Perhaps she is pregnant and close to giving birth. That would cause her some stress. I will just have to try to make her as comfortable as possible and keep an eye on her. Hopefully she will calm...

Hi all, My new black molly is sitting in QT swimming really fast in place and breathing rapidly too. Her fins are somewhat clamped and her anal vent is kinda sticking out. Sorta makes her belly look like a square. She's been like this since Wednesday when I bought her. Also her bottom...

Thanks all for the food tips. Just today I put a freeze dried tubifex worm cube in a lil tray of tank water till it got soggy. Then I swished it around in the tank and it broke up into thousands of little worms. The current moved 'em everywhere and the bees went after them. I watched as they...

Hi all I just purchased 2 bumblebee goby for my violet gobies tank. The man at petco told me they would eat fine ground flake food. What a liar he turned out to be. I have the small current required in my tank to make the food seem "alive" so that the bumblebees will see it and try to eat...