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update.. also should I give my fish garlic? I keep seeing that online? Now the heartbreak! It was for sure that it was time for him to be put out of his misery. I ordered clove oil, but before it arrived, ultimately needed to do something sooner and had to go with the ice water method... More...

Update but also seeking more advice after a few weeks... The lump seemed to get larger for a few weeks and then went away completely. Similar to a pimple. He also seemed to stop looking so skinny once the lump was gone. I was hopeful. But now... Overall... the fish today looks like it’s blind...

Hello, Large bump at base of my daughter's Tetra GloFish. He's eating, active and acting normal otherwise. 20 Gallon Tank. Water parameters all ok. 5 Tetra, and 5 Danios, 1 Bristlenose Pleco... no one else is looking or acting different. Three questions: What do you think it is? What should I...

Thank you and good points. The fish seem to be loving life, so I’ll keep going.

I was not able to find the foam at the 3 pet shops I visited and I was not able to find pot scrubbies at the 2 grocery stores I visited last weekend. As a result, I got the sponge filter that I could use asap and I ordered the foam from online with the fastest shipping I could get. Thank you...

A little update and just looking for some reassurance. Ultimately, I was not able to find pot scrubbies anywhere nor the foam suggested, so I ordered the foam online and in the meantime I got a Seapora sponge Filter (large) installed last Sunday morning. I was able to replace the filter...

Hi, I'm hoping someone can help me identify these hitchhiking snails so I can research whether to embrace or evacuate them. (I'm sorry if they are flipped sideways.) I'm guessing bladder or pond snails?

Okay... doing some basic browsing of canister filters and I definitely need to do some more research before I understand them and can confidently purchase one. Since I need to get this tank dealt with ASAP I'll go get the suggested filter media tomorrow and get both my hang on back filters set...

Ok, wow! This is so helpful thank you. I will try to stop asking questions soon. I will definitely be getting a canister filter and the appropriate filter media for the 55 gallon. Would you suggest I look for one of the two you mentioned or is there something else I should get for this...

This is the 55 gallon kit I have. I’m using the filter and media it came with. https://myaquarium.net/aqueon-led-55-gallon-aquarium-kit/ It claims this about the filter: “ The QuietFlow 55/75 power filter simply hangs on the back of the tank, supplied with two filters and is ideal for this 55...

Okay, thank you. I will go get another filter first thing in the morning.

Oh wow! Thank you for this! I’m new to the hobby (as you can tell) and trying to do things right. So from this info, I feel I need to do 3 things: 1) Improve filtration 2) lower ph (via chemicals?) And 3) move the baby/all the fish until this is settled Please clarify if I’m on the right...

I just tested... I have a hard time reading the colours so it’s between 7.8-8.2

I'm two weeks into a seeded cycle of a 55 gallon and added 3 Molly fish a couple of days ago. My nitrites have quickly gone down to zero and nitrates are at 10ppm but my ammonia keeps coming in at 0.25-0.50 (it's so hard to tell with the colours). I just tested my regular water and it's the...

New problem.. I searched for ammonia and couldn’t find it and got talked into adding fish from my LFS (I hope it’s not bad advice). I ended up with 3 mollies. Got them home and acclimated and sitting there admiring them when suddenly... What’s that? Is that a... snail? Yep! Yep it was...

Thank you so much. One last, probably stupid question: If I add the ammonia do I continue to add stability ?

I'm on day 9 of cycling a 55 gallon freshwater tank. This is my second tank (first one is 20 gallon), but my first time doing a fish-less cycle. The first time I followed the advice of the LFS and added the fish after a few days with Prime and Stability. I only started testing recently, but...

Looks nice! I’m super new so can offer no advice. But so curious about the stand. Is that custom or a kit or something else ? I feel like stands are my biggest roadblock to more tanks.

Hi! New here as well! Welcome! Sounds like you already have some helpful hints!

Ok follow up questions that I might as well ask. 1)Is my current 20 gallon way over stocked (once I get the Pleco out) - 6 glofish tetra - 5 glofish danio - 3 other danio 2) Do danio need to be with their same type? Like are my glofish danio and my other 3 danio happy together or should I...

Hi! Thanks for having me! Still a newbie but experienced enough to know that I put my first round of fish through a lot of unneeded stress. It all started back in February with a promise of 3 blue fish for my daughter who was suddenly afraid of the dark. Here I was picturing a mini fish bowl...