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So I rinsed well and added a new substrate so I can plant plants. Or of course is cloud but went down today, I imagine by tomorrow it should clear up. I did this because I had mystery snails die and the betta die that was in there. I still have a clown pleco, is he okay in the cloud? Also, will...

Is this a good tank mate in a 20 gallon tall heavily planted tank? I’m going to order baby female betta from a breeder and have the brisstlenose in their first. I don’t think the betta will be much of an issue, I’ve heard pleco sucked the slime coat off a betta, is this possible for the pleco to...

I just set up my 20 gallon. Once it’s established I would love to add bamboo shrimp. I have a bubble filter, can they filter feed and eat well with a bubble filter if there is food in the water colum? Can they eat off the filter moving upward? Thanks

I had to restart my well established tank. I made a dumb mistake. I had a betta fish pet dying( had him 2.5 years) and I was soo nervous to euthanize with clove oil ( which was a peaceful death) I didn’t think things through. I had the snails in a hospital tank for treatments I was trying for...

So my old betta is dying. He was swimming in his side weird for awhile and after betta revive medication he started doing doing the vertical lay. I lowered the water, stopped the filter and yesterday he found a spot on a leaf where he has been ever since yesterday. This morning I thought he...

So I had a betta fish that has fungas on his fins. He was still eating and swimming so I tried betta revive. 24 hours later he was so much worse! He is now doing the vertical death hang! He went from being sick to eating to not in 24 hours on this dumb medication! I changed the water last night...

So I think my betta has body rot. Long story short. 1.5 years ago he shared his tank with ember tetras that I found out were nipping his fins. I kept removing stuff from the tank, until I saw it! I rehoused those fish. His fins never healed, they looked okay, but they never fully returned and he...

I’ve have a Beta fish in a planted 10 gallon for 2.5 years now. I had him for about 10 months with embra tetras until I saw them nipping at his fins. I kept taking things out of the tank thinking he was hurting himself. So I brought them back to the fish store, he been alone on there with some...

I have a betta in a 10 gallon. I previously had him with Ember tetras, when I found out they were nipping his fins I found them a new home. His fins never totally healed bir it’s been 9 months and he seemed fine. Now he has white fuzz on his top fin and his body has two discolored spots. The...

I have a betta fish in a 10 gallon tank with driftwood and Anubis plants. I had him in with ember tetras for about a head before I saw them snipping at his fins! He’s a half moon betta and his fins are destroyed! I re homes the tetras about year ago and his fins never fully healed, but he...

My toddler dumped three containers of fish food in my 10 gallon betta fish tank when I was up putting baby to bed. I didn’t notice it until 30 min later. I normally have it in a locked cab but didn’t latch it after morning feeding! Ugh! I immediately started cleaning the tank. It took me 2...

I put in peppermint flavored tums to raise ph and add calcium for snails but then I read the peppermint flavor is bad for snails and I already saw my nerite on the tum! Will he be ok? I took it out.

I have a betta in a planted 10 gallon with nerite snails. My water ph is low 6.6 and I did a water change 2 days ago. I have driftwood with plants, how can I raise the Ph safely? One of my snails shell is soft on part of it So I need to stop any further issues. I’ve had her for 1.5 years . I...

Hello, I’ve had a nerite snail for 1.5 years in a heavily planted 10 gallon tank with driftwood. My other nerite snails shells are fine but my black racer has a part Of it that’s disintegrating. Will adding a small amount of tums help? I’m worried about it hurting the water quality. Will...

I had my beautiful elephant eared betta fish in with ember tetras who were apparently supposed to NOT be fin nippers based on articles online and even the fish store experts at a private fish store near me, but they nipped my betta fins to shreds, I had to bring them back to the pet store. I...

I have a betta fish in a very heavily planted 10 gallon tank. As long as the water is good, Can I do a quick 15% water change a week without removing anything and gravel vaccum the substrate bi weekly? What would you guys recommend with a betta? I have sand substrate and 3 nerite snails and...

I feel so bad, I had ember tetras and they’ve been nipping my betta fins. I’ve had them for 8 months and they were babies when I got them, so I think the nipping started more recently or at least got worse. For awhile I could tell his fins were damaged and removed driftwood, coconut cave, ext...

So I’m trying to create a black water effect for my ember tetras and betta, my embers have been nipping at my betta so I thought this could help. Will this lower the PH to much for the snails? I also put in half a piece of Caprita bark to release tannins. I’ve had them with driftwood before and...

I’ve had 9 ember tetras in a 10 gallon tank for months now with a betta. I’ve been noticing my bettas fins are very frayed. At first I thought it was the driftwood, then the coconut cave, ext So I took it all out. Today I noticed for the first time that the embers nipped my bettas fins like...

I just noticed this on the top of my betta skin, little marks. Any ideas what this could be? Just had green water problem after banana plant died and did two large water changes.

I’ve wanted to keep shrimp for awhile but I have a betta fish and ember tetras. Do you think ghost shrimp would be ok? I just would feel bad if they got picked on and lost a leg or something, but aren’t embers tetras mouth way to small for a ghost shrimp and bettas to slow? I have a growing...

I bought two banana plants a couple months ago. One of which rooted and sprouted flowers, it was so pretty. I reduced my grow light to about 70 percent decrease throughout the day to reduce algae in my tank, it’s on a total of 8 hours. Well the flowers died and I noticed the bananas are...

So I have a golden mystery snail for 11 months now. It says they only live around a year and he was full grown when I got him, so I hope it’s just old age. I didn’t feed him a lot, maybe every 1.5 weeks I’d throw in some veggies and he’s get the food the tetras missed, I hope it was enough. I...

Is this ok? Small dent on outside of 10 gallon, doesn’t go to silicone inside at all. Is it ok As long as it doesn’t grow?

Here is the picture of my crack or dent on the side of my tank 10 gallon aqueon tank. Its on the outside and the inside isn’t cracked at all. Is this typical as long as it doesn’t grow? Should I add some glue? I bought this back in October so I’ve had it less than a year, I hope this thing...