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I woke up this morning to find my RTS laying on his side at the bottom of the tank. I thought he was dead until I tried to net him. But swam away into a cave and is laying on his side breathing very slowly. Now I never see my shark go for any kind of food so I'm not sure what happened. I did...

Recently I acquired four Peppered Corydoras and have the in my 29 Gallon a long with 6 Bloodfin Tetra, an Opaline Gourami, a Red Tail Shark, and a Kulie Loach.. yes I know a pretty decent Bio-Load but I have plants and keep up with water changes regularly. Anyway that's not the problem. The...

I'm looking to get a small bottom feeder for my 10 gallon. Are there any catfish that will stay small and don't require a school to act "normal"?

So Me and my Girlfriend have recently acquired a 55 gallon with a whole bunch of equipment from a friend who just took down their SW tank. I have two FW tanks and now I'm going to try my hand at SW wish me luck! Be prepared for many questions! =)

I've been in the Fresh Water game for a little while now I have 3 tanks I care of now. A 29 gallon, a 10 gallon, and my GF's 2.5 gallon. Anyways on to the point. My GF has just recently moved into a new house that has a 2,000 gallon pond (Estimated Guess). From what I see the pond contains a lot...

So I got a nice big bundle of hornwort in my new 29 Gallon. Now I'm pretty new to growing plants. I only have a 25w long flourescent light. So I'm only going to grow low light plants. My question is. Since hornworts can be planted in the substrate or floated, I decided to weight the bottom of...

Has anyone here used bio-spira a few local friends of mine have but I haven't got in any contact with them. Should I add the bottle with fish? Or put the fish in for a day or so to build ammonia then put the bottle in?

So I've been looking into getting four of these little guys for my 29 gallon since they love to burrow and play in the substrate. Will having a few of these guys be good enough so that I don't have to stir up the sand every week?

I went out today and picked myself up a brandy new 29 gallon at petco. I also picked up an AquaClear 50 for it. Now the box says it's for 20-50 gallon tanks at a GPH of 200 but we all know the box isn't always correct. My question is, would this be sufficient or should I also use my Penguin 100...

I will be getting a new 29 gallon tank tomorrow and will be changing my RTS over to it when it's done with it's fish less cycle. I'm going to be leaving my snails in my 10 gallon and turning it into a QT tank. My questions is will the snails provide enough ammonia to keep bacteria in check? I...

Going to petco tommorow to pick up a 29 gallon since they got that sweet $1 per gallon deal going on. It's going to be FW planted. I'm going to be going with pool filter sand for the substrate. I'm going to be moving my RTS to this tank and I need some good tank mates. Now I have nothing in mind...

Are snails sensitive to water parameter? My fish has just recently come down with Ich and I plan on removing the Apple Snails and Unkown Type Baby Snails and putting them in a temporary container while I begin to add salt to my tank. After 2 weeks I plan to add them back into the tank...

Well, my RTS came down with the dreaded ich and I just did a water change lowered my water level for aeration and turned my airstone on. I plan on raising the temperature 1 degree every 12 hours and adding one tablespoon of salt per 5 gallons. I'm also going to do daily 25% water changes and...

Got these plants for free at the pet store today, not sure what they are. They also aren't in the best condition

My name is Andrew, I'm 19 years old and have been keeping fish since I was 3. I've had experiance with several goldfish, tetra, and catifsh. After a few years hiatus from fish keeping I recently purchased a 10 gallon which currently houses 1 baby Red Tailed Shark (Temporarily) and 1 Apple Snail...

Hello I'm new to this forum but have been browsing for awhile and have been fish keeping for about 6 months now. Anyways I recently purchased a baby Red Tailed Shark he's about 1 inch long right now. He's by himself in a 10 gallon (Established Tank) for the time being and will be upgrading...