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Good afternoon! I'm hoping someone can help me with a salt water question. I have a completely cycled, disease free 55 gallon fw tank. My mother is starting a salt water tank and it is currently in the middle of cycling. She has a clown and the ammonia level is very high. I was wondering if I...

Now that my tank is cycled and established, I'd like to give my new fish friends a treat now and again. Here's what is in the tank: 6 Tiger Barbs 3 Gold Barbs 3 Clown Loaches 3 Otos 2 "Julli" Corys 1 Dojo Loach I found a couple of small fishing worms that had made their way to the top of th...

Good evening all! I've come to ask some advice on what to do with a bully. I have 6 tiger barbs and when I bought them, one was noticeable bigger than the rest. He didn't seem to mind leading the pack around and for the first week, they were fine. Now, he is being a big bully. He is always...

Okay, to recap...here's my situation: I set up my 55 gallon tank last weekend with a couple of live plants. On Monday, I added 6 tiger barbs. They are very happy! On Tuesday, I added a red tail shark and yesterday I put in 3 gold barbs. I've checked my water daily and it has not started to...

I exchanged out the tank with the broken brace and got a new one. This one is perfect and we added our first 6 tiger barbs today. They are very curious but don't seem to like the water flow from the filter! They'll probably just hang out on the "quiet" side of town! :) Anyway, I wanted to...

In my 55 gallon tank, there is a piece of plastic that spans the middle of the tank. I think this may be just to hold my 2 24" light hoods but fear it could be there for another reason. I noticed that the piece was cracked and when I started to fill the tank up, the top must have bowed out and...

I'm getting ready to set up my 55 gal tank and would like to add some real plants. I've read through the posts and OMG...waaaay too much information! I do not want to concentrate my efforts on the plants and would prefer to concentrate on the fish. So, I need some suggestions for adding some...

I'm not quite sure how to go about cycling my 55 gal tank. My plans are to eventually have both plants and fish in the tank. Should I put some plants in during the cycling stage? Will this help it along? I'd also like to use Tiger Barbs to cycle the tank. In a 55 gal, how many would I need? I'd...

Hello everyone! I'm back with another very important question. I need to know what a good test kit includes and what price seems to be good. I'm looking online at PetSmart.com and there are so many test kits to choose from. What are the necessary ingredients? I know that I should test for pH...

Okay, I went to PetSmart yesterday just to look at fish and plants. I found some fish that I like and was wondering if you could give me your thoughts on a combination that I chose. Below, I have a list of the fish that I'd like to have in my 55 gal. After each fish, I have the number of fish...

Good morning! My wife and I are going to be setting up a 55 gallon fw aquarium within the next few weeks. We need some advice on setting up a great environment for our fish friends. We were thinking of getting some clown loaches (we both had these in our single days and loved them!) but wanted...