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My younger brother asked me this question, and I don't know the answer. Will a fish survive with 1 half tank of its old, gotten-used-to water and 1 half tank of new, clean water?

Our local aquarium store closed down, and the clerk told me the aquarium market is losing its grip. That was a year ago. Now, I don't see these kinds of store anywhere near my home. How should I check my tank's water condition without using the water testing kits? I don't want to buy the...

I have a freshwater tank with just 1 large common goldfish. The tank is placed next to the wall, where there is little light. The light level is about the same as a bedroom with the windows covered with a medium thickness of curtain. It still has light, but somewhat dim. I've noticed that my...

I couldn't get any pictures for it, due to the angle of viewing. It looks like a small scale oil spill in the ocean, except the oil itself is white. It appears whenever I do a partial water change in my tank, filled with one type of plant. I don't know what plant it is. It only grows leaves...

I poured 30 c.c. anti-chlorine and 30 c.c. general tonic into an outdoor pond. The water level wasn't what it used to be, so I had measured it to about 150 gallons or so. I poured both of them into the pond at the same time, and was wondering what will happen to the fish that were in the pond...

Looking at a lot of these threads, I have no knowledge about test kits. 1. How do you determine water parameters with a test kit? Comparing them to a graph, or seeing how many grain particles left in a small measuring cup? 2. Do we need to buy a lot of these test kits? Where is a video that...

1. Not considering any water parameters, when fish are in a pond with not-so-murky water (still visibly clear in some areas of the pond), are they okay with it? (Just worrying about fish sucking in mud particles.) 2. In a newly-stocked outdoor pond aquarium, with newly-stocked fish, how long do...

Introduction: --------------------------------------------------------------------------- Dad bought 6 paradise fish and wanted to place them in the pond outside. And we did place them in a pond, but at that time, we didn't clean out the pond for two years. Then the next day and the day after...

Since I only know brine shrimps live in saltwater, I think this is a best place to ask about this. I've met a clerk of a local aquarium store, and he keeps frozen brine shrimp eggs in the freezer. It was just when I reached home, I got curious about it. Does frozen brine shrimp eggs hatch into...

It's not the radiation poisoning or anything, just electrical magnetic waves. Our power company arrived today at 10:00 AM, and he was suppose to check on the TV cables, when he noticed there's a spike of electromagnetic radiation on his meter of some sort. When he went to the source, he found...

Here's a picture. Beware, Wall of Text. Suppose you have this unique aquarium tank that rolls 360 degrees nonstop with a motor. And you wanted to make sure algae don't grow a lot inside the tanks. And you're lazy. When considering the old saying "A rolling stone gathers no moss", and you...

I'm curious to know how big should the water volume be when raising guppy fry after carrying out the fry from the main tank? I'm also worried that guppy fry, when in a tank with a high depth of water, would kill the lungs from water pressure or something that isn't disease-related. Thanks in...

A fry just died this afternoon. I have realized it died of hunger, as the other five guppy fry didn't have any health problems. The dead fry didn't noticed there are food on the water surface, and it kept eating the algae at the bottom of the tank. This was all I know before it kept sinking to...

I need to find a way how to grow an aquatic plant, so that I'll be able to keep other tanks with healthy plants in case something goes wrong. Again, the plant I'm trying to grow is hornwort. The tank is an outdoor tank, about 240 gallons, possibly more. It's really big, as it's made out of...

The small hornwort just spruced a branch, but the branch is completely yellowish. Tips of the leaves are either yellow or brown. What is this sign? :confused:

I'm curious to know what are the signs of your fish that indicate it's hungry, and it's begging for food. I'm comparing it to my lonely common goldfish, who always stays put in the corner nearest to the computer, and "wags" its fins whenever I appear in front of the tank. Usually, the goldfish...

Here's a scenario: You have a lamp nearby, with a few healthy fish. It doesn't matter what fish you have in your tank, just enough for you to spot any unusual behavior of each fish. The lamp is turned on, and was allowed to stay on until it's night. Finally, it's nighttime, and you are to turn...

I have a new tank, with a few guppy fry in it, and a piece of hornwort in it. Nearby the tank, I have a Philips lamp, acting as the tank's lighting. There's no article about hornworts here, so I'll keep going. Looking closely at the hornwort, some leaves are separating from the main, and the...

There is a tank, with 6 guppy fry in it, that has bubbles trapped in the surface of the water. They (bubbles) appeared about 6 hours after I had placed a small piece of hornwort in the tank. There is also a thin film of substance floating around the surface, and it looked like the surface of...

Looking around, I see a lot of these phrases: XX-gallon tank Let's say there's a tank with an unknown tank size. In my country, we don't use gallons to measure a volume of water. Instead we use liters. I know there's an online converter, so this doesn't worry me. Should I fill the tank to the...

Let's say your guppies have given birth to guppy fry, and all of these fry are female. Outcome that it's a male is 0%, which is just like my case. I'm left with 3 male adults, 5 female adults, and 6 female guppy fry. I have checked each of the fry fins for any signs of a gonopodium at the rear...

Hello, everyone. First time here, the name is Temp Lee. You may call me Temp. Anyway, I have already gotten started on cultivating guppies and one 5-inches long common goldfish. They are both separated from each other. I am worried about dust and clothes lint in my room, thinking that the...