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After fighting fin rot multiple times and Ich in my community tank, I would like to get a UV filter for it. These episodes have come from fish I brought home and did not quarantine (I know, I know... lesson learned), but even though I won't be making that mistake again, I'd like to invest in a...

I have a planted tank set up with a few ottos and platys and snails. My ammonia, nitrites and nitrates are always 0 across the board, and have been for months. I do a monthly water change out of habit, but I'm wondering if there's any point. Is it helping the fish? Is there any point in changing...

I have a 10g tank with 2 otos, 2 platys and 1 ghost shrimp. Tonight I found that one of the ottos is missing. I know they can be hard to find but I just spent 20 minutes poking anything and everything to be sure he wasn't just misplaced. Any thoughts on what could have happened to him? No signs...

I am treating my tank for ICH (heated to 90 degrees F), and I notice this on the side of my tank: Are these bits of ICH attached to the side or are they something else? I have a platy quarantined in a separate tank being treated with salt, and I don't see anything on the side of that tank.

Hi, I am setting up a Marineland Hex 5 as a quarantine tank for new fish and plants. I want to quarantine new plants when I buy them because I usually buy them from tanks that are stocked with fish, and I believe a plant may have been responsible for my recent ICH outbreak. I know that a QT is...

Question about ICH. Edit: Could be something else, new details, please see post 7. I am in the middle of treating my tank for ICH. It came about three weeks after I introduced marbled hatchets from my LFS (all died :(), and one week after introducing two ghost shrimp from PetSmart. I would...

I have two ottos in my 10-gallon community tank. There is little if any visible algae. I put in sinking algae wafers when I feed the other fish, but they don't go over and eat them like the other fish do with their food. The wafers are always gone later in the day when I get home, but I have no...

Hi everybody, I am setting up my first fish tank. I was wondering if I could get some advice on a number of issues. For reference, today is day four. It is a ten gallon tank. I have five real plants. I added a water conditioner but not any bacteria starter. My readings as of today are as...

I am starting my first tank. I got the API master test kit as everybody raves about it on here. All of the tests yield clear results except when I test for ammonia, the liquid just stays clear the whole time, it does not change any color. Does anybody else have this problem? Am I doing something...