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hi, i was wondering if anyone has found a good chemical/product to remove the salt deposits from my tank. (on the hood, etc.) They dont really do anything harmfull, except for look ugly, and when i try to give the hood a good scrubbing, they are still there when it dries. any comments would...

hi, my 20 gal tank is infested with ich. Today i lost a pictus cat. One of my clown loaches has the specs on him, and is acting strange, and i just barely noticed that some of my tiger barbs were doing to scratching thing too. I am getting very worried now. I am treating with quick cure, i...

Well, in my 20 gal. tank i have ich. I am very worried. I noticed it on one of my 2 clown loaches day before yesterday, and today i noticed it on one of my 2 pictus cats (maybe on second, i cant really see him). It also looks like there might be a couple specs on one or 2 of my 6 barbs. I...

my clown loach has very small white spots on him. I have seen ich, and from what i have seen is they are fairly big white specks. My fish's arent large, in fact i could barely see them. What could this be?

hi, right now i have 2 clown loaches in my 20 gal tank. I noticed that they always are just laying on the floor of one of my cave decorations. It looks like they are very sick, and about to die. I know that they arent, because i sometimes see them swimming around, and they do fine. Water...

I have 2 swordtails ( 1 male 1 female ) and i was wondering what the chances of them mating would be, and when?

hi, i have 1 clown loach and 1 pictus cat that are ALWAYS hiding. They hide in my large rock decoration. The pictus sometimes comes out at night (seeing as how they are nocturnal), but i honestly havent seen the loach in like a week. I checked today to make sure he was still alive, and there...

hi, i have a 20 gal. tropical tank with the following in it. -6 tiger barbs (3 albino, 3 regular) -2 swordtails -2 clown loaches -2 pictus cats -1 pleco I was wondering if i have enough room to add 1 rainbow shark. I like them a lot. any opinions would be appreciated

i started this thread because I thought it would be interesting to know some tank setups. Just say your tank size and what is in it. I will start it off. 20gal -2 clown loaches -2 swordfish -2 pictus cats -6 tiger barbs -1 pleco

hi, i have an albino tiger barb with a split back fin. It has been like this for quite a while, and i have tried quick cure, but it hasnt dont anything. Any advice on what to treat with, or should i just wait for it to heal on its own?[/b]

hi, i have a red-tail shark in a 20 gal tank. Today I noticed that he was acting sort of funny. for one, he was laying on the bottom of a cave that I have. Next, i saw him swimming funnily, he did a roll. Next, i noticed he wasnt eating too much, and finally it looks like his belly is a...

hi, i have 6 tiger barbs (3 albino, 3 regular) and a red tail shark. I dont know what tiger barbs are male and what ones are female, but i figer with six my chances of having a male and a female are pretty good. I was wondering what the chances are of them mating?

hi, sorry this is kind of a repost, but here goes. well i have six tiger barbs in a 10 gallon tank. recently i bought a red fin shark from wal mart (my first mistake, heh heh.) and put him in with the barbs. At first i thought that he was just hiding a lot, but then i noticed one time when he...

hi, i have a school of 6 tiger barbs (3 albino and 3 regular) and i recently got a red fin shark to put in with them, because i was told they are compatable, and since they are both semi aggresive fish, they would get along together. He is usually in hiding, but i noticed today that he was out...

hi, i was just looking at my goldfish, and i noticed that one of them only has one anol fin, all the rest have two. I was wondering if this is bad, or simply just a defect. He can still swin perfectly normal. what's up???

hi, i am watching my brothers fish when he is away, and he said to keep a close eye on one of his bala sharks, because he said that he had been acting drunk (not ich). well, today i noticed that his fins had red in them, instead of thier normal color, what could this be? What can treat it...

hi i just took the ammonia levels for my tropical fish tank, and they were from 6 to 7. I was wondering if this is hazardous, and if so what can i do to lower it. Do i just have to wait? thanks for any help!

hi i have 2 ten gallon tanks, one for goldfish and one for tropical fish. my goldfish tank has been established for a couple months now with no deaths. and my tropical tank for a couple of weeks with 1 death. my ph in both tanks is good (around 7.0). My ammonia in my goldfish tank is at 0...

well, this is of no threat to me as of now, but i am still wondering about it. I while back i had a goldfish and one day i noticed a fairly large round thing on his tail area. I put some quick cure in (seeing as how it cures a lot of diseases, not knowing what it was.) No results. However...

hi, i have 3 albino tiger barbs and 3 regular tiger barbs. seing as how i have 6 of the same type of fish, if figure my chances of them mating is pretty high. for one, i need to know how to tell the difference, they all kinda look the same, and for two will the eggs get eaten? they are all i...

hi, this is a semi dumb question to ask in this forum, but i have heard about the fish calculater this site has. i was just wondering how to see it and try it out, i couldnt find it. thanks.

Hi, this is sort of a repost, but i have 6 tiger barbs (3 albino & 3 regular) in my tank. Since they are kinda aggresive, i decided i need to find out what they are compatable with before buying anything else. I was hoping to get a red fin shark. Does anyone know if they are compatable? thanks

hello, i have 3 goldfish in my tank. one is a black moore, one is a red cap oranda, and one is what looks like a ryukin. i have had them for a couple months now, and they have grown a lot. i was wondering how big do they get??

hello, i have 4 tiger barbs and 4 albino tiger barbs in my tank. I have read a few things that says they are pretty aggresive, and dont know what else would be safe to have in there. Please give me some ideas, i am open to anything.