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My brother brought home a small (around 1-2 inch.) goldfish from a carnival. I have a 30g tank with 3 Albino Cory Catfish, a female Betta, a Marineland Penguin 150, and a Steal-Pro heater set at 78 degrees F. Can I safely add the goldfish to this set-up? I realize that goldfish need much, much...

I currently own a Kindle Fire and am unable to install apps from through the regular Android Market. Is there anyway you could publish your app to the Amazon App Store? It would require no additional programming since the Fire runs Android and the Amazon App Store is designed for Android Apps. I...

I currently have a 29 gallon freshwater aquarium. I use sand substrate which as I have learned kills your filter. I have been through five Marineland Penguin Bio-Wheel filters, the sand just eats through th impellers which scratches the housing and ruins the filter. What type of filter is...

I am getting a 20 Gallon Long Tank for my new hamster, but the only store that had them was petco, and the were $40, which seems high but I can't find any other stores or online sites that sell them. Is this a reasonable price for a 20glong? If not, any online retainers you'd suggest? Thanks

My filter is partially clogged and making an extremely loud noise, and I can't sleep with it on, so would it be ok to leave it off for about 10 hours? I plan to do a deep clean on it tommorow, along with my tank, once my new filter/tank cleaning supplies get here (tomorrow afternoon). Id turn it...

I went to petco last weekend and bought a coconut hut with moss, and some tetra florapride. It didn't say what kind of moss it was, i was assuming java, is there any way to tell if its java or some other kind such as christmas moss? Also, how should i dose my tetraflorapride? I do weekly water...

I was looking online researching some fish i might get and found freshwater clams. I have a 28g with 3 platies, 1 betta, 2 apple 1 mystery snail. Its cycled with a penguin 150, and stealth pro heater at 79-80. I have shallow sand substrate, would they be a good addition to my tank? my ammonia is...

I have a 28g which used to have 6 cories, 3 platies, 2 apple and 1 mystery snail. Its been cycled for about 3 months. I started out with 1 female velitail betta, then added 3 albino cory catfish, then added 2 more cories, all was well. Then i added 3 platies, 2 male 1 female. All seemed well...

So i bought 3 mickey mouse platys from petco yesterday, and i picked out 2 female and 1 male and somehow i ended up with 2 males and 1 female, it hasnt been working out very well, so will petco accept returns on a live fish? On their return policy it says for deceased freshwater fish they will...

I have a 28g with penguin 150, 150w Stealth Pro, Sand, Silk Plants, mopani wood(driftwood), 5 albino cory catfish, 1 female veiltail betta, and 1 apple 1 mystery snail. I just tested my water with a API liquid FW master, 0ammonia, 0nitrites, and 0nitrate. 1.I tested my hose water with normal ph...

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I have a 28g aquarium with a shallow caribsea supernaturals sand bed, 17w flourescent lighting on during day but i have a piece of black cloth under the light to dim it because ive noticed my cories and betta dislike all that light.. I keep it at around 25c or 77-79f. I want to add live plants...

I was looking through some web pages and saw a bunch of articles discouraging regular use of carbon. Here's one of them, Carbon and aquariums So should I be using it? If not what should I use, marineland penguin filters only sell Pads with carbon built in, as far as I know, which isn't much. So...

I have a 29g bowfront glass aquarium with 150w stealth pro heater, coralife digital LCD thermometer registering a constant 79, sand, driftwood, 4 silk plants, penguin 150 power filter, 6 albino Cory catfish, 1 female veiltale betta, and perfecto canopy with 17w fluorescent light, which I keep...

For my birthday/christmis my mom wants to buy me a saltwater aquarium because I got accepted into some smart kid thing gifted student thing or I dont know what it is o was just told I got 99 percent on a bunch of tests lol. I have no idea why she says she chose another aquarium she said she's...

Ok I read the what is a nano reef thread and it didnt tell me much. Is a nano reef basically a small saltwater tank. If so just how small can they be to support life that will thrive? I have a tons of old 1-2 gallon tanks that I want to do something with I used them for bettas a while back. What...

I have a black mystery snail and am worried about it's shell not getting enough calcium. What should I give it for it's shell? Many people have said tums but it has a bunch of other stuff on the ingredients such as phosphate, sorbital, sucrose, etc. Is there any kind of pure calcium tablets I...

Help ick I think my betta has ick she has white spots all over her gills and it's starting to grow on her body. She keeps rubbing up on the glass. I don't have any experience with ick so what should I do? I've heard it spreads to your substrate and then into you fish and then it's impossible to...

I think my betta has ick she has white spots all over her gills and it's starting to grow on her body. She keeps rubbing up on the glass. I don't have any experience with ick so what should I do? I've heard it spreads to your substrate and then into you fish and then it's impossible to stop. I...

I have a bunch of small tanks just sitting around and want to do something with them. This one is my favorite it's blue. I used to have my betta in it. PETCO Mini Aquarium Kit at PETCO This is just bowl Classic Fish Bowl at PETCO This ones the same as the one above just plastic Imagine Deluxe...

Ok so i got a black mystery snail yesterday and now i want 2 more. But some people say they contribute very little to the bio load some say it contributes more to the bio load than fish. So which is true? Right now i only have 1 female veiltale betta and 3 albino cory catfish but i plan on...

I got a mystery snail today and they don't sell any calcium at our store so how do i supply my snail with calcium? I would prefer a liquid that you just pour in the tank every once in a while rather than tums or human meds. And i cant spend like 50 dollars on a calcium skimmer so i just want...

I have a 28 gal euro aquarium with 150 watt stealth pro heater, digital LCD themometer, penguin 150 bio filter, sand substrate, 4 huge black stone, and a large piece of mopani driftwood that has little caves in it. It is currently cycling with 1 female veiltail betta and 3 albino Cory catfish...

I have a 28 gallon euro aquarium with marineland stealth pro 150w heater, penguin 150 bio filter, sand substrate, 4 big black stones, glass canopy and 17w strip light.*3 albino cory catfish 1 female betta. Ok so I unplugged my heater filter and light to do a 50 percent water change. I took 50...

I went to petco today to get food for my albino Cory catfish and water conditioner. I usually feed my corys tetramin bottom feeder wafers. Petco didn't have them the only bottom feeder food they had was hikari tropical sinking wafers which was fine and all because it was just temporary until I...