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Hi, I had read that someone's tank cracked because it wasn't positioned properly on the Styrofoam (however it was alot bigger than mine and older). My tank is not on the Styrofoam properly :( . In your opinion do you think my tank will be ok?. here is a picture showing the left edge hanging...

Hi!!, Since the big move i have finally started up the tank so thought i'd share the tanks little journey :) This was the tank in the east side of Australia (sorry i couldn't find better pics.. looks terrible >.>): This is the tank in the west side of Australia (excuse the horrible glare...

Hi, I know this is a silly question.. and i did try to google it.. but i seem to be finding mixed results and wanted answers to my specific situation :) anywayyy I'm setting up a dwarf cichlid tank.. not sure on the stocking yet but i'm tossing between these species: bolivian rams, Blue...

Hi, I was wandering if anyone could give me idea's on what types of cichlids could go in my tank and the quantity? Tank is: 19.5 inches high, 24.5 inches wide and 18 inches deep. 37.2 gallons. by the way i like colour :) thanks, annie (i've also posted a thread on the general area before...

Hi!! I have just moved to the other side of my country and have an empty tank to play with. sooo while it's cycling i was wandering if someone could give me help with stocking it. I really want to try a tank of cichlids. More specifically rams. my tank is 19.5 inches high, 24.5 inches wide and...

Hi, My opaline gourami seems to just be hanging in 1 spot all the time. A few times i've walked past the tank and he is swimming like crazy and jumping and banging into the sides of the tank :( . His blue stripes are very very dark when he does this crazy buissness... but when hes just doing...

Hi, I have been researching cheap methods for substrate and have found that i could use garden soil underneath a layer of sand. Has anyone tried this? and have any advice with finding a type or brand of soil?... I asked my local aquarium forum and they are so useless and arrogant.. so im here...

Hey!.. I haven't been on here for awhile.. and i also have been very busy with university to give the fishy's much attention :( .. but today i bought a tank. I was after a 20 gallon and ended up coming home with a 37 gallon :) .. it looks huge next to my little tank. It's also an interesting...

hi, i need to move my fish tanks tomorrow.. and i'm not sure how to move the shrimp. i was wandering whether i could leave some water in the 8 gallon but i've read everywhere that you must not have any water in the tanks. Its only an 8 gallon and only going 10-15mins to the other house.. so...

Hi all, My little darling Opaline Gourami has recently developed an attitude against all my fish. I was wandering if anyone could give me advice on what to do. They are currently in a 8-9 gallon tank, i do PWC every 2-3 days. Im currently looking for a large house to move into and when i get...

hi, my betta has sort of white spots on his fins.. 1 of his fins he tries to clamp unless he needs to use it and that fin has a whole bunch of white spots on the base of his fin and the other fin has less. Is this ich? hes had ich before but it was all over him and not so concentrated in 1...

just brought home a fishy.. yay.. except its not what i thought it was. I wanted a dwarf gourami . i research and research making sure that i really wanted it.. i visited 2 different stores to find them and i had been to a store 40mins away twice because 1 of their sun dwarfs was just lovely. So...

I recently caught all my guppy to give to the pet shop and i took the opportunity to change from gravel to sand substrate. i scooped all the gravel into a bucket and put that bucket into my en suite while i did the sand. I totally forgot about the bucket until today i was cleaning the en suite...

hey everyone.. I hear there are 2 types of bumbleebee gobies.. 1 that must live in brackish and 1 that can live in freshwater. but websites are really confusing me because i read that the Brachygobius xanthozona tolerates freshwater and Brachygobius nunus is only brackish, then other...

hi, yesterday i found a bunch of ants crawling up and down 1 of my tanks.. and bunching up along the edges where the silicone is. I got rid of them.. and today there is a huge trail of ants heading to my other tank and there are heaps in between the plastic edging and the silicone!!! I've just...

hi, My betta has become very horrible to my corydoras lately and is always harrassing them. Today i found a big chunk of dorsal fin missing and definatly think it was mr betta!. I want to move all my catfish into the only other tank i have which is being occupied with guppy fry. Half of the...

hi everyone, I have around 25 guppy fry that are 10 weeks old and non of them have any colour. Some of them have black on them and most have nothing. I read that they start getting there colour at 4-5 weeks. is it strange that they still havent got there colours? if it helps there mother was...

hi everyone. i managed to save 1 peppered corydora egg from my hungry betta and about 5 hours ago its been trying to get out of its egg. it only has its tail out of the egg and has been thrashing around trying to get out but is still stuck. Just wanted to know if this was normal and i dont need...

hi all, my female corydora laid eggs today.. what a suprise! i really want to save at least some of them but my betta is having a field day eating them. the only other tank i have has around 30 guppy fry that are around a month old. if i put the eggs in there will the guppy fry eat the corys...

Dont you hate it when you finnnnally get the chance to buy a new tank, clean it and position it and start filling it when you realise its got leaks :( plus the shop has closed by the time i figure it out. darn

hi everyone, I have noticed that 1 of my peppered corydora's looks a bit off :( . He/she is very pale, looks like its peppered skin has been rubbed off and there are just patches of peppered colouring. its also a little pink and the others dont have this sort of pink.. maybe because i can see...

a housemates guppy in a bowl had heaps of babies today so i made a makeshift container to put in my tank to put them in.. so i did that and its all good.. but a few hours after that i looked at the mother and she is dying and its defiantly columnaris.. and its killing her so fast! i've medicated...

hi everyone, i bought some cory cats and a little baby black molly hitch-hiked into the bag. i thought ok.. "dinner" for my betta.. but hes so quick and has survived my betta hunting him. I've sort of gotten fond of the little fella but when he grows up will there be any trouble? i red...

hi, heard that cherry shrimp can die from meds/copper. i'm medicating my fish for finrot with pimafix it doesnt have any warnings and i cant find ingrediants does anyone know if my cherry shrimp that is on the way will be fine? thanks, annie

hi all. There is this rust looking stuff on my plants leaves and spots on the tank. i looked this up on the net and apparantly it is brown algea? and that it is harmless and will eventually go away. However its killing my plants!. my Corkscrew Val is loosing leaves to this "rust", my java...