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I have had my 55 gallon African Cichlid tank for a while now and I have been bit satisfied with the look of the tank but I have never been content with the look of the tank. I have been thinking about adding artificial plants but quickly stopped thinking about it as they would instantly uproot...

Today I got the Aqueon Siphon and since my tank was due for a clean I decided to clean the tank but noticed a problem. After I cleaned the tank and replaced it with water, I noticed a oily residue at the surface of the water. I have yet to clean the tank again to remove the residue since I...

After looking at the rapid growth of cichlids, I am thinking that it is finally time to expand the entrances of my slate rocks. My plan is to get two Texas holy rocks to put on each side of the tank and keep the slates in the middle. I have been looking at two glue that say they are great for...

So I bought 2 cichlid's this week and one of them I am unsure what it is. The first cichlid I got was a blue johanni while the second one, even the guy from the pet store is unsure on what it is. He believes that it is a auratus but certain features is making him think that it is not an auratus...

Over the weekend I was cleaning my crab tank and I happen to have lost the hose adapter that comes with the Fluval 1 Plus Filter. The hose adapter is basically a tube that you attach to the section of the filter where the water is thrown out. Does anyone know where I can buy a replacement hose...

Recently the color change of my two yellow labs has had me concern in that they are getting black lines. When I first got them which was May of this year they were a little over an inch and were pure yellow but over the last few weeks they've been getting black lines (One has a little black on...

So I having been having this issue with my slate rocks recently, that I don't know if it's good or bad, so I decided to ask here. My slate rocks have been growing what looks to be moss but I am not sure, I just know that it looks like small white hairs. My test are perfect, I never overfeed my...

Over the weekend I got 2 red crayfish and 3 red crabs and would like to know if I can keep them with my African Cichlids. My cichlids are: 2 Compact Slim Zebra 1 Afra Cobue 1 White Top Hara 1 Kingsizei 1 OB Peacock 2 Yellow Labs 1 Red Albino Zebra 1 P. Nyererei 1 Cobalt Zebra And a featherfin...

I recently came upon a 10 Gallon tank and I've been thinking of putting shrimp in this tank. Now before I begin I want to know what other little critters can be mixed in with the shrimp (Like crab and lobster, if I can find those). So far I just have the idea of adding sand to the tank but not...

So after much decision I decided to switch from my tropical fishes (Gouramis, mollies) to Cichlids but before I do that I figured, let me ask some questions on here first. Since I know how much Cichlids want their privacy, I will need ornaments but don't know if I should get a big ornament with...

I've been having a problem recently that my 10 gallon goldfish tank's water quality is looking dirty very fast. Yesterday I cleaned the tank with a 50% water change and gravel vacuum, I changed the food I was giving them from flakes to sinking pellets (The flakes were crumbled very small, almost...

So today I got into a discussion with my cousin about me not using ammonia remover in my filters. I explained to him that having ammonia remover is bad because it starves the bacteria that has been establish in my two tanks but he says that every tank needs the ammonia remover and that is the...

My fish have been doing something for a few weeks now that is confusing me. They go to the top part of the ornament, then when their stomach or bottom halfs touches them even the slightest, they dart off almost like they've been scared, they don't do it often but enough for me to notice since I...

I am having a problem that I cannot make my fish tank water clear no matter what I do. Recently I replaced my carbon filter after the last one was breaking apart. Instead of me buying another one of those carbon filters that is for the filter, I just bought a box of activated carbon and a nylon...

Okay so my tank has been pretty empty and looking at it I have decided to decorate it. The tank has 5 artificial plants and a tiny ornament that I just threw in there just to be a bit less empty. I would like you people's opinion on a nice large ornament that can fit inside my 30 gallon because...

Hello today I purchased a male and a female mickey mouse platy for the 2 female platy I already have (Same type) but when I bought them, they were only available in red and the two I have in the tank are yellow. I want to know if the color difference would prevent them from schooling. Thank you.

So after I get back from work I noticed that my goldfish has 2 big red circle stains on it's back (Almost looks like blood clots). Does anyone knows what this is because I do not. I was told that maybe it is the fish changing colors but I don't know about that. I also do a partial water change...

Okay so I noticed yesterday that one of my fish has Ick, so today I went out to buy a new heater to replace the old one. I put 6 tablespoons of aquarium salt (1 spoon for every 5 gallons) and set the temperature of the heater to 76F. I just want to know what temperature would be ideal for my...

Hello I have a 10 Gallon tank with 2 goldfish in the tank (Temporary tank) and I notice that the pH level of the water was 6.8 but my test suggest that I keep it at 7.5. My fishes are happy and are active, so I was wondering is 6.8 good for them and if it isn't what should I do to raise the...

So yesterday night I noticed that my tank was at 72F, when I noticed it was that low I took the heater and raised the temperature to 75F. When I did this the Mollies, Guppies and Catfish were all acting very weird, the Mollies were still when they were active before, the guppies all hugged one...

Today I went to the petstore and bought 8 Guppies (Mixed), 5 Dalmatian Mollys and 2 Pepper Cory and as I was buying them the guy from the store said that I should probably add a little bit of salt in my aquarium for the Molly. The problem I see with that is wouldn't that hurt the other fish if I...

When I bought a 30 gallon tank from my cousin, he also gave me an AquaClear 50. The problem is that he didn't give it to me with any media so I have to buy it but they are four different things for this filter and can only accept 3 things. This filter has the Ammonia Remover which goes in the...

Earlier this month I posted on this site of solutions to cure the Ick that was on my goldfish, great response were given but regardless all of the goldfish died. I decided to take some time off from even thinking about fish again but now I am ready to take another chance at fish care. Before I...

Hello I am new to this site and decided to post this message because of the problem my goldfish are having with Ich. I have a 10 gallon tank with 8 goldfish (I will upgrade tank size accordingly), I had 3 of those goldfish for 5 months now and the rest for 3 months. Everything was fine until...