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I have a 29 g long planted tank with a 50g capacity filter -- I currently have 5 neon tetras and would like to up the school but want to know how many I could have. One male betta one albino bristlenose 8 juli cory 5 neon tetra there are like 2 or 3 ghost shrimp and a few baby red cherry...

I have a female Betta who is about a year old. She is fully grown and is in my Betta sorority of 6 females in a 20g tall tank. (No behavior problems so that's not the issue) she is definitely the Alpha female so tends to eat first and most. But she is really really bloated for the past few days...

I can't remember where I read this, but I saw it recommended that they like the company of other bamboo shrimp. I have one in my 20 long... I would gladly get him a friend but only if it is necessary.

So I did a silly thing and talked my LFS into just giving me three of their not-dead-yet male Bettas. My case was helped by the fact that I pointed to the stack of three dead Betta cups I'd found already that morning. I said - these fish will be dead in a few hours if they stay here, just let...

Hi all! I've looked at several sites about filterless tanks and still find myself confused, so hopefully someone here can advise! The Inspiration: I have a beautiful male betta with long delicate fins who seems completely unable to deal with any current. He is in a 10g tank and even with the...

#1 I have some java moss in my new fish/ QT tank and I'd like to move some into an empty low light area of another tank - but I'm not 100% sure the new fish are disease free yet. Is there a way to kill any possible yucky things to move it? #2 I have some lovely cabomba and some stems are a...

Hi All! so i have a habrosus pygmy cory who is swimming on her side and lying on her back. I keep thinking she is dead, but then she swims around some more, even righting herself for bits of time and acting otherwise normally, but always ending up resting on her back. I am assuming this is a...

Caught Funky Fred the apple snail sneaking up on Bertha the Rabbit snail just now. I figured he was just going over and past her, but nope, he wanted more than that! I saw the whole thing happen so no guessing there. Is there any way babies will come from that?!? She has been churning out baby...

So I have one BR who I was told was a male. I have been trying to find some females for him (looking for just one pair for my 20 long). I got two more BRs hoping that at least one of them was female and they would bond. He has managed to chase both into the corner behind the filter to hide...

I fell in love with a black lyretail Molly at my LFS - she was almost fully grown and all by herself. I went ahead and got her and a few friends for her. She was very glum in the store and for the first week or so in my tank. I was fully prepared for an ich outbreak so I wasn't surprised when...

My dwarf flame gourami has been swimming back and forth in my 20 long for days now in some sort of a panic. The params are good- is this normal? He isn't bothering any of the tank mates or flashing - and he is eating normally. What is making him so frantic?

My java ferns are developing black/brown spots that eventually turn into holes. Someone told me it was black algae and I should immediately pull it out and toss it. But in researching it - it doesnt seem like algae, it doesn't rub off. I just figured it was some kind of nutrient problem and...

So I think some of my fish have a bacterial infection and I'm going to try maracyn -- should I move the apple snails out or are they ok with medication like that? What about meds for parasites or other things? I know that if I add salt I should move the snails, but not sure about other types of...

I have a 10g with a trio of platies and two male guppies. One of each is swimming a little wobbly. Thats the best description I can come up with. This tank has recently recovered from a mini cycle- and one guppy had dropsy and died... Since he had just gone through the mini-cycle it seemed it...

I can't believe this happened and I'm not really sure how it did happen- but my betta Dragon got sucked up into the syphon while doing a water change today. I put the syphon in the bucket of tank water and was wiping off the glass and ... Where is Dragon??? I then see him swimming in the bucket...

20 g long with marineland penguin 200 50g filter Dwarf gourami Bn pleco School of neons 2 upside down catfish There are 2-3 ghost shrimp in there that have survived for several weeks so I am thinking a bamboo shrimp would be ok. It has a stronger current than the tank it is in now. Whatcha think?

K, I have a hood with two screw in fixtures. The hood says to not use anything over 20 watts. I want to replace the stock lights with something better for plant growth. It's a 10 g tank so if I got two 20 bulbs I would be considered "high light"? I don't want to get into CO2 yet but dose...

How many upside down catfish could I have in a 20g long tank? I see they are better in groups of three or more. But I also have an albino bn pleco in there. Can I even fit three upside downers in there? Do I need to re-home? Current residents are : one dwarf flame gourami and seven neons, in...

I bought some pretty "black beauty" black sand for my son's 10g tank. It was in a big bucket and you just scooped it up yourself so there was no label on it. We had guppies and a female Betta and a mystery snail. When we changed the gravel to the sand we had a mini-cycle and I didn't catch it...

I was doing my saturday water changes in one room while the kids were running in and out. Then as I finish up, 4-yr old comes in and says "come see my room!" I follow him in and he makes a TaDa gesture to the guppy tank. I first notice that there are some new plastic plants in there in front...

So it is pouring here right now and I collect rainwater for my house plants and I'm staring at this bucket filling with clean non-chlorinated water and... You see where I'm going here, right? Can anyone think of a reason to not use it in fish tanks? I have a feeling that the only things that...

We have a litte goldfish situation on our hands here- a little comet goldfish to be exact. The four year old won it at a carnival (can't believe it) and has become completely attached to Cute Cupcake. His big brother has a tank with guppies so he has decided he wants his fish tank to be for a...

When do you use each? Ich = aquarium salt, and I'm treating dropsy with a salt bath with Epsom salts. How do you know which you need to use?

10g tank- We do weekly 50% water changes and it was cycled and things were fine. Then we changed the gravel to sand and I added some root tabs. Now the nitrites are spiking and it looks like a mini-cycle? One guppy has died suddenly - and another has the signs of dropsy. I'm did one water...

Hi! I got two GBRs at the LFS and the guy said they were too young to sex. I had left my phone in the car so couldn't look up pictures... And I think I have two females. One has a very faint black spot but a nice pink belly. The other one with the darker black spot. The other one has...