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My oranda seems like he may have a broken tail. I'm not sure if that's even possible, but a lot of the time, it just seems to hang limp behind him. Any ideas? He seems to have some trouble swimming and my moor has been picking on him a bit. Thanks guys!

So today I picked up my black moor that has been in my mothers care for over a year. The last I saw him, he was only about an inch and a half. Today, he's 5-6 inches! He's huge! Anyway, he seems to have quite odd looking gills. They almost look floppy or flowing like fins. I've never seen this...

I would like to buy some low light plants! Preferably a few different kinds that can all be shipped in one go, so I can save money on shipping :) This is my first go at plants, so I don't want to spend a bunch if I'm not very good at it :P Anything from anubias, java fern, moss, moss balls...

Hello! Firstly, a little background. I've been wanting to redo my 29 gal Goldie tank for a while, so I figured I could use some live plants! While at my favorite lfs, I was browsing their AMAZING plant selections, all of which are gorgeous and healthy... BUT! I happened to notice some...

I'm curious to see if anyone else has experienced aggression with fancy goldfish. I have a rather large 4-5inch brown oranda named Hans that doesn't seem to get along well with other fish. For over a year, he only had one tank mate who unfortunately fell very ill and had to be euthanized. This...

Unplugged my filter to move it and now when I plug it back in, nothing happens. Ideas on how to fix it? I'm a little desperate. It's been off an hour now. I have a bubbler running, but that's it. HELP!

Bought a top fin metal T valve so I can run two bubbling ornaments, but it doesn't specify whether or not it can be used in the water. I know the general rule of thumb is no metal in a tank, but if it's specifically made for an aquarium can I use it? I would rather have one tube running down the...

Hello friends! Like the title says, I am brand new to SW and want to make the transition from FW. I've been looking into having a 3G nano with only beginner corals and maybe an invert. I'm aware that tiny tanks are notorious for being difficult to keep stable parameters, does this change at all...

I went today for the first time and this place was AMAZING. They had so many fish that were unbelievably gigantic. Here's one of the monsters that is easily bigger than me.

My roommate put laundry detergent in my water change bucket. Is there anyway to get it all out and ensure it won't harm my fish or should I just scrap it and get a replacement?

Today, I had to put my oranda down due to a mysterious illness. He was treated in a hospital tank at my lfs and was not responding. This is probably one of the saddest moments I have ever had in fish keeping. We all lose fish from time to time and this particular little boy was one of my...

I've had a really bad problem with diatoms in my tank for months. Now, my fish has been rather listless and he has diatoms on both his sides! What do I do?

My 29 gal has had diatoms for months and they've recently begun to get much worse. I've heard that they'll go away on their own, I've tried leaving the lights off, I'm at my wit's end!!! I'm already stocked with 2 fancy goldies, so Otos are out of the question and I can't find nertite snails...

My oranda is looking very swollen today. Yesterday I noticed his cheeks looking much pudgier than usual and one one side his scales look a little raised. His appetite is fine, he seems a little listless. Water params are all good. I moved about a week ago and took care to make sure they made it...

Last night I did my weekly 25% pwc and when I got home this morning, my brown oranda was laying on the gravel looking very unhappy. I immediately did a 15% pwc to try to perk him up. Now he swims every now and again, but mostly sits toward the bottom. He usually loves to swim around and nibble...

My oranda has a strange bump on his base of his tail fin. Today is the first day I've noticed it. It's definitely not ich, it looks more like a raised bump or pimple or something. Any ideas?

Hello friends! I was rearranging my tank today a noticed I have a lot of bare space toward the middle and top of my tank. I'm curious to see if anyone has some ideas on a good (preferably inexpensive) way to make this space more visually appealing. Bonus points if it's diy because I love making...

My goldies seem to be having some excrement issues as of recently. Sometimes stringy, sometimes with bubbles, sometimes normal. I feed Hikari Oranda Gold pellets once a day (usually 6-7 pellets per fish, is this enough/too much?) and peas once or twice a week. I recently found out that my mom...

I went to my favorite LFS and picked out a gorgeous black oranda (Hans) to join my fishy family. I chose their smallest fish, which happens to be the same size as my largest oranda (Augustus). Now that Hans is in the tank, Augustus keeps following him around menacingly, but not really chasing...

This dw was in my 10 gal for months and has been boiled and soaked a million times. It now resides in my 29 gal and thankfully doesn't seem to leech tannins anymore. Now there are these little rust colored patches on it. Is it some type of algae or something? I don't know if it's...

How long will amazon sword last floating in a tank? My 2 small plants have become dislodged and are now free floating. I won't be able to replant them for a week or two because my hand is in a cast. Will they be fine or should I take them out and put them in a glass of tank water? My options...

Very cheap or free, if possible. I want to try my hand at some aquatic plants/moss, since I'm awful at growing normal plants. I can't afford to spend a bunch of money on plants at my lfs if they might not thrive in my tank, so maybe someone here can help me out. Anything helps, thanks guys!

I thought since this is my first upgrade, I would start a new thread so you guys can help me out. I currently have a 10g stocked with 3 juvenile fancy goldfish that I got before I researched proper tank sizes. They started out at about 1/2-1 inch each. My panda and black moors are just under...

I'm finally getting a bigger tank and I'm not sure how to use the seeded materials from my old tank to instacycle my new tank. Do I just use the same gravel (or put some in a stocking, I haven't decided on substrate yet) and use the filter media along with the new media for the tank? Any help...

I was wondering about how people choose a specific fish out of the tons of choices at most lfs. Most people are attracted to a certain species, but which fish to choose from the tank? Is it personality, cuteness, physical fitness? What traits do you look for in your new addition? Personally...