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I have a yellow guppy that last week its tail got a streak of orange in it. Now in that orange streak its missing some of its tail. The fish is active and eating fine. All water parameters are fine. None of the other fish are attacking it. Its in a 90 gal peaceful community. What could this be?

So I'm making the jump to sand in my tank. I'm getting the quickrete sand as its the cheapest I could find in town. Couple of questions. 1. I have a common pleco. Would there be any hazards to him being on the sand? 2. They have 20 grit and 30 grit. Which would be the best? Any help is...

I need some help with the nitrate test. Heres the deal.. I'm using the API master test kit. The tank is cycled, and I always have a 0 ammonia, and 0 nitrite. It seems like my nitrate is ALWAYS 40ppm. I have tested before and immediately after water changes, and have even tested water from 2...

Yesterday I stopped by petsmart, just to kill some time. I went looking at the fish. EVERY tank in the store had ich. A lot of the fish were completely COVERED in it. Seriously how do they expect to sell anything. And then the sales person gave me attitude when I told my son we weren't going to...

Ive been really thinking about converting to pfs. When I do, do I have to remove my underground filter or will that still be ok with the finer grit sand? Any help is greatly appreciated!

So my tank has been missing "something". Today I added some flagstone and now I love it. Its amazing how a few rocks can add so much to a tank. In the tank I have a mix of tetras to include neons, rosies, and black skirts, dalmatian mollies, and guppies. Once I get my German blue rams as my...

I got some pieces of flagstone that I want place in my tank. How and what do I need to do clean then before I put them in.

I have a 90 gal community tank with neons, Rosie tetras, black skirt tetras, dalmation mollies, a pelco and a few guppies. Its missing something. I want to find a nice colorful center piece fish, but one that wont eat the little guys. I was kinda thinking about a couple angels but don't know...

Ok so following the advice of everyone here I got a master test kit. This weeks results were, Ammonia- .25ppm Nitrite- 0ppm Nitrate- between 40 to 80 ppm. Color looked very similar to both. I'm new to this so wondering if theres anything I need to be concerned with. I did do a pwc today, the...

I have been looking and following alot of the advice I have found on this site. I figured ot was time finally sign up as a member. I am fairly new to the hobbie but I'm totally hooked. I got started with just a 10 gal with a goldfish for my kids. I was able to pick up a 90 gal show, and figured...