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Hello, I have a pleco and his lower stomach area has been bulging out for a couple weeks now, but it has gotten worse. He spends a lot of time upside down at the water surface lately too. Usually he would only do that when I drop flakes in the tank to nibble on them. The top half of his...

Hello, My heater for a 20gallon tank busted, and all I have is a big 250watt ebo-jagger submerssible heater. My question is, will this be too powerful for a 20g? No matter how powerful a heater, it should just keep it at the set temp. and not be a problem, right? Thanks.

Hello, We have an oscerellis clown that seems to have developed small white spots on the very tips of its fins. There are no spots anywhere else, and all the other fish are fine. It has been like this for going on a week. For the past 2 months the clown basically stays in one corner of the...

Hello, I have a Valentini puffer in a 30g tank. I put a clam in from the grocery store this morning for him, but he didn't tear it apart like some said he would. He picked at it, and I could tell from his stomach growing that he did eat some, however there is a lot left over. How long would...

I bought a new plant, and it infected my tank with what I thought was ick. At first it looked like small white specs, so I bought Ick Guard II which is supposedly for scaleless fish. I did a 25% water change before the first medication, took the carbon out, and re-added medication every 24...

Hello, I'm new to aquariums, and I would like to know how my tank got Ich so that I can avoid repeating mistakes. I have a 55 gallon tank that is about 3 months old. It is a community tank, but also has a figure eight puffer. The fig8 was biting fins, so I decided to give him his own tank. I...

If there is an experienced ghost shrimp breeder here that could answer the following questions and help me get started, I would be forever grateful. I just bought a bunch of stuff today to get started, but I don't really know what I'm doing. I could only find vague information using yahoo...

I bought a tank from a guy in the classifieds, so everything was used, even the substrate. I didn't clean the substrate when I first set it up, and the ammonia levels were sky-rocketing. I took all the gravel out and put it brand new gravel. It's a 55gallon 43" tank, with an emporer 400 power...