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I found the second neon I've had with what seemed like some sort of lockjaw. It was unable to close its mouth fully and seen from the side, it appeared to protrude from the rest of its body like it had a cigarette. No other species of fish showed signs of this. the tank is a 30 gallon...

I just got my first pair of GBR's. The male is fine. He's about 3 inches and started eating as soon as I introduced him to the 30Long community tank I have with tetras, rasboras and cories. The female is about 2 inches long and still fairly narrow/long - I'm assuming she's a few weeks/months...

I found some panda cories at my LFS the other day and went back a day later to purchase them. had I gone to a box store, I'm certain that the average employee would have simply bagged 'em and handed them over. the guy at my LFS said he'd love to sell them to me, but tetras in a neighboring...

in the last two weeks, I've lost both of my Pepper Cories, but my green/bronze cories are doing fine. The peppers were almost a year YOUNGER than the others. Is there anything out there disease wise that affects one cory set over the other. Rest of the tank is tetras/rasboras/danios/otos...

I moved a 4 adult amano shrimp from a 5g to the 30g community tank. I got them from the LFS and kept them in the 5 for about 6 weeks, feeding them algae tabs and the occasional left over spinach leaf. I did the usual slow transfer of water from the 30 into the container with the shrimp and...

If I get small ghost shrimp(?) to breed, can I keep some adults in a two gallon betta tank without losing them to predation or overloading the undergravel system in it? I'm assuming larva(?)/juvenile would convert to Betta food. I would move some java fern sprouts(?) with them to provide cover...

My LFS sells small shrimp as algae eating shrimp and just wonder if it's the same 'ghost shrimp' just labeled to a purpose rather than the common name. They are clear and just short of an inch long. I want to breed some for the fun of it in a five gallon with a sponge filter, Java fern and a...

I've got the 36" tank with inhabitants pulled from 2 independent 10 gals back in august. There are 2 aquaclear 200's on it (rated 50gal) and I rotate sponge inserts in and out of both of them about monthly (remove oldest of 3 and add one that's been rinsed and sun-exposed) I just tested it...

30gallon long with 7neons, 5 rummynose, 2 het. rasboras, 4 danios, 3 otocinclus and 4 cory cats. (two aquaclear 50's on the tank pulling through reusable sponges). I've intended to increase the rasporas to 4 or 5 total, but the lfs hasn't had them when I've visited. they have had ghost and...

Anyone have a quicklink to pH limits on tanks? My 30 long tested out at 6.4 today, which seems fairly low. Neutral gravel, low light, some wood and java ferns. Nitrates were at 10ppm (API master kits.) Not sure if I should worry about it. I pull a few cups of water from it irregularly and...

any tips on plants to avoid in the southeast US? I've got a ton of untended yard with lots of small shrubs/trees and I'm wondering if there's any of the plants I need to avoid if I'm going to trim some limbs and use them for 'scaping my tank. -debark a limb and hang it upside down in the tank...

We had a blowout in the supply line to the house, forcing the quick move of the current fish pool. It gave me a chance to 'rebuild' the pond with a camera nearby, so I uploaded some of the shots. I think if I bought the pump and gravel new, along with the odd/end plumbing supplies, I'd still...

A leftover apple brought on this thought: with a tight fitting tank top, would it be possible to feed fruit flies to aquarium fish? maybe use a hanging transfer box (like the LFS uses to collect fish) inside the tank so that adult fruit flies can fly out, hit the lid and then hit the water...

I inherited a 30 gal (36lx12wx16d outside measures) and over a period of 4 days I transferred inhabitants from 2 10gallons 4 zebra danios 2 green cories 2" 1 pepper cory 2" 1 panda cory 1" (MIA?) 3 otocinclus 5 rummy nose (not sure if true or faux) 7 neons 2 rasbora (het/harlequin) (23 fish at...

Apologies in advance for lack of photos! So I'm not ready to dig a hole, trench water and wires to it, add a liner and call it a pond in my yard, but I needed a place for some classroom goldfish that were getting too large to go back to school every year (20 gal limit in my classroom (self...

I haven't tested parameters yet, I'll give it a shot after I get my toddler to bed. The problem seems physical, one of my neons has a distorted jaw, bulging eyes and some discoloration along the lateral line between the anal fin and the caudal. The jaw seems to have the lower pinched and set...

my observations: -HOB creates a lot of surface disturbance - not so good for keeping CO2 in solution and undirectable current may be rough on fish like bettas. -Internal filters seem to occupy a lot of the space within such a small tank (not just the filter body, but the buffer between...

one of a school of 5 rummynose has developed a raised area just caudal of the gill plate/pectoral fins on the right side. It looks lighter in color as light reflects differently off of it. At first I thought there was a (infectious?) growth on the surface. Then after staring at the tank for a...

All advice points to keeping cories in groups, but does group require same species? I've got two 10gal community tanks and would rather mix a couple of individuals of different species rather than stock cories of a single species in both. [since I can't add more than a couple of a single...

One of my green cories is doing a little dance that may be normal or something bizarre. I've never observed it or seen it mentioned. It is rising as though it were going to do the Crazycorybreachdash, but it rises just a few inches off the gravel, hangs for a moment and then sinks back tail...

Suggestion? I've got a great locally owned LFS as well as the two major box stores within a short drive so the ample selection is actually a problem. Too many choices. CURRENT: 4 zebras, 3 otos, 1 green cory, 1 mystery snail java fern cluster, 2 hornwort clusters The current set up has...

Any tips on reducing/controlling a snail bloom? pond snails have run amuck in my 10 gallon with some neons and a cory. Their appetites/activity have started to damage plants. I enjoyed the action of a pond snail or two, but the horde is overwhelming. (cute to terrible in three weeks) The...

I've got about 50 eggs deposited in a couple of locations on the tank, including the vents on the intake for the powerfilter. The bulk of them are in one location about 8cm below the water line on the front of the tank. Literature I looked at earlier indicated that the apple snails tend to lay...

Some of the stems and leaves of my L. repens are blackening and then 'wilting.' I'm not sure if it is exactly black, I'm a little color challenged, but not completely color blind. It's definitely darker. I've got leaves separating from the stems and suspending on the tank surface too. The...

Not sure if this is a general discussion or a newbie topic for troubleshooting. Over the last couple of weeks I've noticed several clear "globs" with little white bodies at different spots on my tank - on glass, plants and a ceramic tile edge. A couple have disappeared and then others have...