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We have a female albino cory catfish, and a male false cory catfish. The female is laying eggs on the glass. Can these two varieties breed successfully, or will the eggs just not be fertile ?

A few of our guppies have Ick. We treated with API Super Ick Cure, and raised the water temperature to 82. One cycle of the Cure. 3 days worth. Most of the spots have disappeared, but a couple of the fish still have a spot or two. I am wondering if it is safe to keep dosing with the meds for...

It seems we can't keep the water clear in our 3 tanks. All the maintenance we do to them, partial water changes, cleaning the glass (but leaving the back walls cruddy for the bacteria content) , skimming the gravel,etc. and the water continues to get cloudy. **When cleaning the filters some say...

I think we lost our cycle. Our 28 gallon was getting hazy, so we did a pwc. --about 1/3 volume. I added bacteria starter, API stress coat, stress zyme, and Tetra EasyBalance. Next morning the water was so hazy that we can barely see the back wallpaper. Any ideas ? or explanations ? or REMEDIES...

I understand the premise behind the 'good bacteria' keeping the water clear, but I don't know what 'bacteria' look like. I just assumed (and yes I know what happens when a person 'assumes' ! LOL) it was mostly invisible. My question is about the 'brown gunk' that accumulates on the filter...

Does anyone know how long Albino Cory eggs take to harden enough to get off the glass ? We have 'mama' laying eggs. The guppies were after them so I made some protectors from netting and would like to know how long it will be before I can scrape them off the glass without having them all...

We are wondering if anyone knows how old a male guppy would be before it's tail is fully developed. We have several young males with beautiful colors, but the tails are not wide and flowing. Does the tail continue to develop as it gets older, or is the tail mature as soon as the colors develop ...

You've helped me before, so I thought I'd give you another challenge. We have a couple different varieties of plants in our 38 gal. bowfront tank.(Don't know the names of them) The decorations AND the plant leaves are getting a noticeable amount of brown algae on them. We keep the lights on...

I just got my packet of Purigen. I wanted to use it first in my little 5 gallon tank to clear the water. It says to use one pack for 100 gallons of water. Is there any hazard if I put that packet in the filter of the 5 gal. tank ? Can it do any harm to the water or the fish ? (I don't intend to...

I am a new addition to your forum and I have a question (or 2 or 3). We have a semi new (6 wks) 38 g. tank and it has had those 'dusty' particles in the water. We are doing a 50% water change now and I'm wondering if half the water we put back in can be R.O. water, without adding any additives...