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I'm babysitting an out-of-state dormmate's female betta over winter break, and seeing as how she's currently housed in one of those teeny little betta bowls, I'm considering tossing her in my community tank to give her some space. Only caveat is the male dwarf gourami in the tank. Can this...

So that pesky guppy that came in with ich also has cotton mouth and it passing it around the the other fish. Clearly this fish was a mistake, I will not be purchasing from that same store again. Anyways, I need to dose for the cotton mouth before the whole tank gets wiped out. What do you...

Okay, so the guppy tank has ich. My bad, I put a new one in there, and now that one has a couple white spots on it. I'm raising the temperature right now (we're at 76 and rising--still a ways to go) and adding in some salt. Hopefully this will be nipped in the bud. Here's the question: a couple...

My boyfriend and I are upgrading some of our fish soon, and we've been throwing around the idea of starting an oscar tank in the soon-to-be-vacated digs. We want to get a pair of juvenile oscars (the smallest size at the lfs, so we can "raise" them) and have them grow together, hopefully to form...

So one of my dormmates called me up a few days ago, saying they were tired of the tank their (now ex-) girlfriend had gotten them, and would I (as the resident "fish person") take them before he flushed them and trashed the aquarium? And so I came into possession of a 6 gallon bowfront desk...

Well, I'm a sucker for tadpoles in about-to-dry-up-puddles, so I now have a good thirty of the darn things in a spare 10 gallon that I have about a third filled. They are small but not tiny, about the circumference of the eraser on a pencil. Do you think I could add a betta to the tank and not...

I know a lot of us have tanks that are just a random assortment of compatible fish we like and random decor, but I also know a lot of people keep tanks with themes. I am curious as to how many other people on this forum are fond of themed tanks, and if so, what kinds. For instance, I...

Well, I just got a digital camera and celebrated by getting a few shots of the boys. These pictures aren't the best--I'm still not used the camera and I took the pictures before I cleaned the algae off the tank, which in retrospect was a little silly. Still, I felt the need to share. Enjoy...

Well, I'm back from college for the break, and had a few questions I wanted to throw out to you all now that I have time for internet leisure. For you BGK keepers out there, just how much are you feeding your Black Ghost Knife? Mine's now somewhere between 8 and 9 inches and he's still getting...

As I'm getting closer and closer to moving my aquariums for college, I decided to start going through my fish supply cabinet and make sure I was stocked on everything. However, I've come to realize that my quarantine/hospital tank is sorely missing some things, as I've only had to use it once...

My black ghost knife is driving me crazy! I'd been keeping him on a stable diet of frozen bloodworms, freeze-dried bloodworms, and sinking carnivore and bottom feeder wafers, all of which he consumed readily. Then I decided he might like to try some new foods. How about some frozen...

Okay, so lately I've been toying with the idea of making a little magnetic DIY container to hold all of my BGK's bloodworms close to the bottom of the tank, since I think he prefers eating there instead of at the surface, where the worms inevitably end up. However, while I was messing around...

On the way back from giving my best a friend a ride to work, I decided to stop at PetSmart, since it's right on the way. While I was there, I noticed there was one tank with just one Black Convict chiclid in it with a "DO NOT SELL" sign on the tank. I was trying to figure out what was wrong with...

Okay, I'm wanting to make the jump to a planted aquarium, starting with my new 58 gallon aquarium (not yet set up). However, all the literature about lighting out there has done very little but confuse me. Here are the main questions I need answered: 1 ) My aquarium came with both a light...

I'm still working on what exacty I want to do with my 58 gallon, but I know I want to have a sand substrate (I'm going for a faux river look and it will bring out my black ghost knife, the centerpiece fish). However, I think I'm ready to make the jump to planted tanks, and I would like to use...

So, I went to an estate sale today that had two what looked like 40ish gallon tanks, with a stand (and some filters). They wanted $45 for both tanks and the stand, and all the junk inside. Then at another garage sale I drove past, they had a 30 gallon tall with a stand, filter and gravel for...

I'm just curious to see everyone's stance on fish naming. I know people who name every fish they have, right on down to the last danio, and people who swear naming a fish will kill it. Of course, there are those in between (myself included) who just name the big ones. Where does everyone else...

Do you think a set up 20 gallon long tank with stand, filter, and all that jazz is worth a 50 minute drive and $12+ in gas to get it?

Okay, here's my current idea on my new 58 gallon setup: Rena XP2 canister filter with the intake at one end of the tank ad the output at the other to create a light river-esque current. Sand or fine gravel substrate. A central big piece of driftwood as primary decor, with some other, small...

I just bought a 58 gallon tank that came with a number of filters, consisting of an undergravel filter, a HOB filter, and a dual-biowheel filter. I'm not sure which, if any, to use, since I'm personally not very fond of UG filters--I had one screw up on me once--and I've also been hearing a lot...

Well, I just bought a new tank (58 gallon with oak stand, cover, three different filter systems, heaters, and a boxful of other accessories for $200!!!) and I'm planning to move my black ghost knife into it come the end of the summer. He's currently about 5 or 6" and has rather outgrown his 10...

Well, my mother had a moment with her pleco today that I thought everyone here might appreciate. You see, she is an elementary school teacher and had an aquarium she kept for her classroom, containing three Buenos Aires tetras, five mixed Danios, and a pleco by the name of Buddy (who is really...

One of my 10 gallon tanks has recently started growing some bright green sheets of growth that I had originally assumed was algae, but which a thorough internet search has seemed to indicate is cyanobacteria. I'm not too sure of the cause of this--the tank only has three bettas in it, and since...

Hey everyone, my name's Hannah. I'm from Dallas, Texas, and I've been getting into aquariums pretty seriously the last few months. Before 2005, I'd only ever had betta fish (though I was--and still am--an avid betta keeper), which all changed upon being given a black ghost knife and a clown...

I'm a senior in high school, and I currently have a 10 gallon tank, with one sole occupant, a black ghost knife. He was given to me Valentine's 2005 by my then-boyfriend--before then I had only had bettas--and now he has grown from his original 3-4 inches to easily 6 inches (that's my rough...