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So I just purchased a 5.5 gallon tank for a betta and I am currently looking for what filter would be best for this. The tank does come with a filter but it's top fin and I have had bad experience with their filters and I've seen they produce too much flow for a betta. I am looking into the...

So I have been having a problem with my comet goldfish. He has been excreting very odd stool. It's pretty much different every time. Sometimes it's pretty normal, other times it's white and stringy, sometimes it's a mix of both. But there has been one thing in common in all the stools, there is...

Hi everyone. I have a 20 gallon tank with one common goldfish (planning on moving him to a 50 gallon) and 2 nerite snails. When you bend down and look closely, you can see a bit of what appears to be an excessive slime coat on and around his dorsal fin. It is not at all very noticeable if you do...

Hello everyone. I have a common goldfish that is about 3 inches in a 20 gallon that I am planning on moving to a 50 gallon in about a month or so. I noticed a tiny bit of excessive slime coat on him and when I did a bit of research, he shared the other symptoms of Chilodonella. He seems to be in...

Hi everybody. The question I am asking is to ease a bit of worry that I have been experiencing. I have 1 common goldfish in a 20 gallon tank. Water parameters always look good, heavy filtration, and weekly water changes. So far so good. I haven't had any problems with my fish. What worries me is...

Lately I have noticed that my goldfish has two little white spots on his body that sort of resemble ick. He had a spot like this on his fin that lasted around two months, but it went away with ease. Where these two know spots are it kind of looks like he lost some scales. The spots aren't very...

So I noticed my goldfish has 3 tiny white spots on his fins. I am a bit conflicted because I am not sure about treating him. The spots have been there for about a month and they havent grown or spread and are only at the ends of his fins. Also he doesn't show any other symptoms of ich. He has an...

I started my fish tank about 6 months ago. I have had fish previously in the tank and they were diagnosed with dropsy. Since then I have deep cleaned the tank and put a new filter cartridge and bio media. About 5 months ago I purchased 2 platys 2 mollies and 2 gouramis. One of the mollies got...

I'm not sure if I put this in the right forum, but oh well. I have a 20 gallon tank with a goldfish and 2 nerite snails. I had algae growing on the glass when I noticed it started to turn a reddish purple. Is it because it's dead? And can my snails eat it?

So I noticed my goldfish breathing heavily and usually when he does this he spits out gravel soon after. He did spit out a piece of gravel but he was still breathing fairly heavily. I feel it is possible that after he spits out one piece of gravel, he swallowed another. Now I know the tweezer...

So I have 2 nerite snails in my goldfish tank. Recently one or maybe both has been laying eggs and personally I don't like the look of them. Ivery read that the eggs won't hatch in freshwater and if they do, the larvae won't survive, so I'm not worried about baby snails. I just don't want the...

So, I just recently got a fluval 50 filter. I was happy until I notice it was making a faint grinding sound that is all I hear while I sleep. I checked the impeller and everything was normal. I don't remember where, but I read that after a few weeks the sound goes away. Is this true? :ermm:

I currently have a 20 gallon tank with a 20 gallon top fin filter. Everything had been running smoothly for about 5 months, and then the filter started making irritable noises. Very loud vibrations and annoying crackling type sounds. Unfortunately, I have to sleep with this due to the tank being...