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Hello! So some of my friends decided to join me in breeding mollies and they are sort of first time fish keepers. So for there fry tanks I decided to look up cheap diy filters that you can make that are fry safe. I came across a lot that recommended the use of water bottles and the sort and I...

Hey I was just surfing the interwebs looking for a list of swordtail breeds but I could not find any. I wanted to know because I'm starting to breed again and I wanted to know which breeds would be cool to get. Does anyone know where I cam get a list? Thanks

I recently purchessed live plants and now some of them are slowly dying and I don't know why or what to do. They looked somewhat normal this morning but now they are losing all their leaves. There's also this clear hair like thing growing on them. What do I do?

Hi my Ehiem 2015 impeller broke and now in need a new one. Is it possible to use an impeller from an Ehiem 2215?

Hi. I was just wondering if Molly's were completely fresh or brackish fish because I have gotten mixed answers and am also considering breeding them alongside swordtails. Does anyone know?

Well now it's time to cycle my 55 gal tank and i decided to do a fish less cycle. I was wondering if anyone could tell me anything special that I might need or need to do? Thanks.

Hi I just got a 55 gallon tank and I was wondering what are some good fish and plants that I could put in it once it is set up and ready. Please note I do not want any very large and aggressive species and that there will be swordtails in said tank and a Pleco, do nothing that will attack them...

Hi I recently received an aqurium that was used in a saltwater set up. However it is too expensive for me to use it as a saltwater tank and I want to transfer it over to freshwater. The filter model is a Pro RS800G external filter and it has not been used in a very long time so I don't know if...

Just got a new used tank and all I know is that it was used previously as a saltwater tank. I don't know wat that means for the filter, and I don't know if I can still use it for freshwater. I might just buy a new filter anyway cas it's old and hasn't been used in a long time. I want to know wat...

Hi! I know its been a while since I last posted and I need some advice with upgrading to a larger tank. I'm looking into getting a 55gal but I may go higher. I would like some recamendations for types of lighting, types of plants, what I should look for in a filter (I prefer HOB) and heater...

Hi! I know its been a while since I last posted and I need some advice with upgrading to a larger tank. I'm looking into getting a 55gal but I may go higher. I would like some recamendations for types of lighting, types of plants, what I should look for in a filter (I prefer HOB) and heater...

Hello this is a thread not only for mae but also for whoever else has issues/questions/comments when upgrading or getting a large aquarium. I was looking into a 55 gallon set-up and I posted a thread a couple months ago regarding whether to get an aqueon aquarium kit. you guys said not to get...

On holloween I was out w a bunch of my friends and we were hanging out when we see these kids with bags of goldfish. So we ask them were they got them and went there. Sure enough the people at the house were giving away goldfish. But isn't that animal cruelty? Even if they are gold fish their...

This post was suggested by Eco so that i could explain this concept more indepth. it may seem like a radical thing to do whic is why i HIGHLY RECOMEND that you DO NOT try this if you dont have a high understanding of biological processes and/or are just starting out in the aquarium comunity...

I've been looking for tanks and a company I've come to know and trust is aqueon. They make good and affordable products and make kits for ten to I believe 100 gallon tanks correct me if I'm wrong. I was looking to get a 55 gallon wen I get the money. A LFS has a current sale on fish tanks and...

My adolescent male swordtail just tried to mate with my female guppy. Idk if she will carry or not and for some reason she gets fat and then skinny avery couple of months so idk wat that's about. Is it possible to breed them? Cause she is so beautiful and the out come would be breathtaking...

Title says it all. I'm getting eater a 55 or 30 gal tank and keeping my ten gall for da baby swordtails/breeding. Larger tank is for the adults pretty much. I already have a 3.7 inch common spotted Pleco and a chinese algea eater thats 4.5 in. Wen it gets 5 in long I'll put the Pleco in the...

Hi I'm in the direct path of Irene and will get power outages and water shortages so how should I prepare my 10gal and 2.5 gal ? Both have filters and heaters and my 2.5 has 30 or less offspring and my main tank has 10 fish. Any help?

I has some shells that would go nice in my tank so I was wondering if it would be appropriate to ad them. They are clean but also do I need to biol them first? Or let them sit in water over night? How should I add them? Can I even ad them? Ps this post also is to help out anyone else w the...

Hi my female swordtail is pregnant again and will square off next week and i don't know wat to do. My breeder box is housing her first babies and if I put her in a separate tank the babies could get eatn by my common guppy. As u can see I'm in kindof a pickle here. Please help!

I have at least 30 new swordtail fry less then a week old. How long till they are mature or at least a cm and a half long?

Is it safe for fish to inbreed? I know that they do it in the wild but I mean can tropical domestic fish? Or will it cause problems?

Hi my swordtail is pregers and i just noticed today 5/26/11 that the fry have hatched inside her and u can see 3-4 just by her gravid spot alone. They have black eyes. When can I expect fry? I just put her in a breeder box so my platy doesn't hunt them down. Councedently she is also pregnant but...

I've got a question, I have two fancy guppies in a 2.5 gal and I was wondering if ther is any way to speed up the breeding process. One of them might be pregnant but I'm not sure. Also u can post any info u have on breeding fancy guppies. Thanx

Hi i recently found a fry in my tank about 3mm long and transparent. It was too small to be a liveberer fry but I wondered if it could be from my Chinese Algae Eater. It was skinny like it but idk were it came from. A little help please and no I don't have any pictures I tried to put it in a...