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I was able to see pictures on line and it was an iridescent shark. Thanks to all who replied. I at least can now learn more about how to look after it.

A few weeks ago a friend brought her fish to live in my tank. One was a large "shark" and I have not been able to identify it on line. Looks very close to a Columbian Shark but has no barbs near its mouth. This fish has large eyes that protrude from the side of it's head and it's mouth is...

The planaria description sound a lot like what I saw except these were red instead of white. I can try to cut back on the food for a bit but I have baby fish hiding in the gravel and until they are large enough to see clearly I may need to wait to vacuum the bottom. thanks for help. i will...

I was cleaning the substrate in my tank and I noticed that there are small hairlike creatures in my tank. They are reddish colored and they crawl across the pail like an inch worm. I also see them swimming around in the pail. I think they basically hide in the gravel and i thought they were fish...

Thanks for all the helpful tips. I also spoke to someone at my local Big Als and he recommended the PVC as well. I really liked the suggestion about covering it in the same substrate as is in the tank. I will probably go in that direction. The Pleco is probably getting too big for the 55...

I have a 55g tank and I have some fake plants and a fake 1/2 log that my Pleco hides in. The problem is he has outgrown it. I was thinking of using some rocks to make hime a new home but after looking at some slate slabs I found the $$$$ was a bit extreme and my tank is high and long and not...

All the Molly females are different types. I have 3 ballon females (an orange, a balloon heart, and a brown) and 1 dalmation. There are now 3 males (a balloon heart, a dalmation, and a black). He was only picking on the dalmation which was the largest of my Mollys.

It appears that the two new males I added yesterday have joined in and the female has taken to fighting back against the original male instead of running away. They are ignoring the other 4 females and picking on this 1 large Dalmation female. I have no idea what they do when they are mating so...

I have a male ballon Molly that in the last couple of weeks has been harrassing the female Mollies. He was the lone male in a tank with 5 females. I did start with a 1 male to 2 female ratio but due to losses it ended up this way. He picked on one of our large Dalmation females but she died and...

I am using Jungle Labs test strips tests. I know they are not as accurate as the chemical ones. I have been reluctant to use one of those chemical ammonia reducers as I think this will alter the tanks cycling. My tank is a 55 gallon tank and it is 48"L x 13"w x 30"H so I think he has enough...

My last test came up with these parameters; ammonia - .25 Nitrite - 0 nitrate - 40 Hardness - 150 Alalinity - 80 PH - 6.8 I do a 25% water change every week or two as the Pleco makes a large amount of waste. I have not as yet cleaned the filter canister as the instruction book I got with it...

I started with a 10 gallon tank a few years ago. I started with Goldfish but they kept dying so i changed my focus to Tetras and a small pleco. they were in the tank for a couple of years and they thrived. The pleco grew very big. He began to spend more time out of his log and every so often he...

I am still learning the site and do not know how to set one up. May be you could let me know how and i will set one up.

This is my first post on this site. Our first tank was a goldfish bowl with a small goldfish we won at a local fair. A few months later we bought a 10 gallon tank with all the accessories and added a couple more goldfish and a pleco and a black mystery snail. I found out the hard way that...