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I have a tropical community tank (below) that has been untouched for about 3-4 months. In it I have 6 neon tetras. I noticed just the other day that one of the tetras is looking a little “scruffy” and his red stripe is rather dull. All the other fish look healthy, and when I feed them...

Hi, I’m establishing a 10g, and it now has 9 white cloud minnows in it (got six more yesterday). I’ve been keeping the tank slightly warm for the white cloud minnows (74ish), because I’d like to put a school of something else in there (red phantom tetras?). It also has a couple small...

I made a tragic mistake last week. What with all the family visiting, chasing the kids, Christmas, new years, and traveling all over, I was distracted and forgot to add the water conditioner when I changed the water on my goldfish tank… all three died, both Ryukin and the feeder. I am most...

When I set up my tank, I got 6 neons and 6 harlequin rasboras. Last time I went to the LFS I think that mine look a lot more like the Porkchop Rasboras than the Harlequins... How can I know what kind I got? How do I tell the difference?

I bought a dwarf gourami about 1.5 weeks ago. He's in my community 20g tank with neons, harequins, pleco, and khuli loaches. I think he's just got progressively thinner since I got him, and, until today, he has never come out - even at feeding time. Today he came up and ate about 2 bites of the...

Just wanted to post the tank I've been working on for the past month or two. I think I have all the inmates now, and it's just waiting to see if plants take now. Here's a photo: I have one question. I got a Drawf Gourami on Friday, and he's always very still and hiding in the back. Is this...

Just wanted to post the tank I've been working on for the past month or two. I think I have all the inmates now, and it's just waiting to see if plants take now. Here's a photo: I have one question. I got a Drawf Gourami on Friday, and he's always very still and hiding in the back. Is this...

I got up early this morning and turned on the light in my tropical tank and 2 of my 5 kuhli Loaches are , one very pale and his gills look red... everyone else seems fine. Yesterday I thought they looked fine, but I probably didn't see all of them. I did a 60% PWC and a bit of a clean (not...

OK, so now I have algae.... I was warned! Situation: Light: 1.75wpg Aq size: 20g high Filter: Eheim 2213 Inhabitants: 5 Khuli, 6 neon tetras, 6 Harlequin rasboras (all young and small) Future hopes: Plants: Java Fern, Anubia (first time plant) Fish: dwarf gourami, algae eaters - 3 of...

OK, so now I have algae.... I was warned! Situation: Light: 1.75wpg Aq size: 20g high Filter: Eheim 2213 Inhabitants: 5 Khuli, 6 neon tetras, 6 Harlequin rasboras (all young and small), dwarf gourami Future hopes: Plants: Java Fern, Anubia (first time plant) Fish: algae eaters - 3 of panda...

Proper food question (renamed) So I have 6 small neon tetras (1") and 5 kuhli (7cm/2.5"). I have been feeding a mini pinch of flakes 1-2x/day for the neons, and breaking up an algae wafer for the kuhlis. I can't find any food after so I figured that was about right. However I have...

OK, I thought I had it all figured out... but now I'm wondering... I have a 20g tank with ample filtration and completely cycled. Current inmates are: - 5 kuhli loaches - 6 small neon tetra (3/4") I was planning to put in: - 5 harlequin rasboras - 5 panda cories - 1 dwarf gourami But I'm...

I've had my new Eheim running in parallel with my AquaTech for 4 days now. Do you think that's long enough that I can take off the aquatech to get my other 10g tank started or should it stay longer?

I just got 5 kuhli loaches today and I think they are just SO COOL! However, my substrate is of about 1cm smooth rocks. I know that they like sand - so I'm thinking that maybe I should get some sand and submerge a little bit of sand (say in a shallow bowl) in the aquarium for them to play in...

Hi all, My 20g high tropical tank is just finishing cycling and I'm getting excited about putting it together. I currently have 3 goldfish that are going to be switched out to another tank, but I want some advice about species, habitat, and timing of introductions for my tank since it's my...

Background: I just set up my new Eheim 2213 on my 20g tank. I set it up according to he instructions. I also emptied a bucket of aquarium water and used that to rinse off the filter, and get it primed and checked and ran it for 5 minutes or so in the bucket. I think I did everything right. Then...

Hi, I know little about fish health. I have a 1.5" ryukin (caudal length) that periodically just hangs at the surface completely still. Is he sleeping, or is this a clue that he may be sick?

OK, I had only ever heard of feeding goldfish flakes until I browsed another food where jsoong mentioned 'natural food'... What the heck would natural food be for a goldfish?

OK, so the first thing anyone is going to say is - go out and get a Nitrate test! OK, OK, but I have an ammonia test, and a NitrIte test... and I test the tank daily and the nitrites climb overnight to 1.6! I do a 80%pwc once or twice (depending on the time I have) and I get it down to less...

Thought I'd post a hello! I've been hanging around the past week, after my disaster. I hope to start again with a little bit of knowledge and other people's experience, and get a healthy tank going. I'm now trying with a 20g high, and have managed to not kill the goldfish for a full 9 days...

Hi, Newbie here... use small words so I can understand!!! I'm currently setting up a 20g high tank, and want to put in a community like this: I am currently learing about filters. I have an old Aquaclear 300 (kijiji), and an Aquatech 5-15 (from an old 10g). The AC300 has a HUGE amount of...

We have a bunch of old aquarium driftwood that has been lying in our back yard since we moved in a couple years ago. It just occurred to me that maybe it could be used in our new tank. What's the best way to treat it before I put it in?

I'm thinking about adding plants to my new aquarium. Then adding fish in several weeks (once cycling stabilizes). I currently have plastic plants and 2 calico goldfish in a 20 gallon tall tank. I only set it up 4 days ago, but used the same filter as in the old 10 gallon tank set up 2-3 weeks...

Hi all, I'm a Noob... I usually research the heck out of stuff before I do anything, why didn't I this time? So, I have a 10 gallon tall tank. We had a bunch of feeder fish that had been in an outdoor pond all summer and thrived. I brought them in so they wouldn't freeze, and they all went...