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I am going to try and answer all these questions the best that I can. And I will probably be jumping around. But the main story is my fish are dying left and right for a few months now. Haven't added new fish in 7 months. Clean tank regularly and change filter. As in regulary, I mean weekly...

Well not sure what is going on with one of my female mollies ... she is very fat and sticking to the bottom. Mouth is constantly going as if trying to take in more water. Thought maybe PG but that doesn't seem to be the case. Not sure if she is constipated or not. Haven't really seen her poo...

We are going on a 11 day vacation and I am going out to get an automatic feeder but I have a few questions. When I put it on my tank (it's a hex tank) and with the way the top is set up I will have to leave it open to accommodate the feeder. I am worried some fish will jump ship while I'm gone...

... and then my spotted tailfin catfish came along and sucked them all up 8O :roll: :? :x This all came about so quickly. I noticed today that they were cleaning a couple of columns on the parthaenon like crazy and chasing away any fish that got too close. Their ovipositors were also...

Well I am a bit confused. We purchased 3 mollies a few weeks ago (1 male, 2 female). Right away, the 2 females ganged up on the male and just about ate his tail away. I QT'd him for a few days just so he could get some relief. He's back in now and seems to be happy. Today, though, I noticed on...

I am looking for a good aquarium book to keep on hand. Any ideas? What are your experiences with books? I took a ton out from the Library but most of them were older books. I would like a book that showed what diseases look like (I am a newbie), how to treat them, etc. And general fish...

I have a fairly new tank (3 weeks old) and my ammonia level has been staying steady at 2.0. I can't seem to get it to ZERO. I feed the fish once a day, have been doing 25% water changes weekly and decided to do 10% daily since last Wednesday. Any other advice? Is this a dangerous level? I would...

Any good fish store recommendations for southeast Michigan? I am new to this and already not having good luck with the lfs that I chose.

Live and Learn, huh? I am one of the people who had ick (and posted last week) and am using the heat treatment. While surfing around today I figured out what kind of fish I had (my daughter just had to have 2 of them) and it's a Painted Glass fish. It's the one with all the ick. I have been...

... what happens? Do you just start seeing a lessoning of the white spots? My fish seem to be responding very well to the heat treatment but I am not seeing the spots going away yet. I have had the temp at it's peak of 87.5 since Thursday. I know it takes patience. I was just wondering what...

I am a newbie to a freshwater tank. How much salt do you add to your water? I have heard conflicting advise. All of it positive to add the salt but nobody seems to have a standard for me. Thought I would post and get your thoughts. I have a 30 gal hex and right now I am trying to get rid of a...

I have seen many posts that say to remove the carbon when you medicate a tank. Could somebody please explain to me why that is so? Thanks.

Last night when I realized I had ick, I took out the fish that had the original (& most) ick spots (listened to my father before I found this site) and QT'd him in a small tank. Would have taken out the neons but couldn't catch the little buggers. Now I am thinking that he should be back in the...

Just wanted to post and intro myself. I have a ICK problem and my tank is only up and running for 6 days. 8O Thankfully I found this site (but not before I put in the ick medicine). I am going to try Alli's recommendation for the higher temp and see what happens. Began raising the temp...