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Hello, i have a 20 gal currently. Had it for about 3 years now and it is perfectly cycled and well balanced. I've only had community tropical fish all this time but am down to my last tetra. once he goes i would like to try some semi aggressive fish like tiger barbs, etc. I really want to...

it's been about 2 years since i posted on here. I've had my tank up and running ever since thanks to the help of this forum! Unfortunately I havn't kept up with the reading. Most of my freshwater tropicals have died off from age and i have not restocked them with the intentions of packing it...

Hello all, I'm having a terrible time with brown algae. It just forms on my plants which are fake. I've tried phos x and it seems to help for about a week. I use carbon in my filters and do weekly changes. My pleco won't touch the plants, just the side of the glass and gravel. I had otto's...

I noticed today that one of my rasbora's has a very swollen belly. As i looked closer I could see a pink spot as well. It looks as if somehow the fish cut itself or one of the other fish bit him, not sure. I think the pink spot is actually internal matter protruding out of the wound. I...

Can someone help me? I have a red minor tetra that has had this problem now for about a month. It started as this white cotton spot (cotton wool) right between her eyes and i got some AP plus anti fungus and treated her in quarantine and put her back in when it looked better. Now she has...

There is white fuzzy felt like looking stuff growing on the forehead area of my red minor tetra. Anyone know what this is and how i should treat for it? it covers very little area but is still there and noticeable. thanks

I'm not sure whats going on here but im losing a fish every week now. Water parameters are fine. Everything is ok in the health of my aquarium. I lost my guaramis last night. Overnight he became skinny and thin with no visible signs of sickness. I hope there is nothing in my tank that would...

Well the beginning of the week i lost a danio and about 3 weeks ago i lost a danio as well. Now today i came home and turned the light on and now my guaramis looks terrible! He is all skinny and having a hard time staying level. There is nothing visibly wrong with him. He even ate some...

Just lately my biowheel has gone from spinning nicely to barely spinning at all. It does go around but it seems caught up and nothing is there to slow it down. I take it off and it spins freely on the axis, put it back in and it goes slow. The water flow is the same and the cartridge is not...

Can carbon in your filter change the ph of the water? I'm thinking of taking the carbon out and replacing with pete. I've never used pete but i need to do something to get my ph down, i'm still at 7.6.

Does anyone know the ideal ph level for otocinclus fish? I got three of them on sunday and couldn't believe the second i put them in my tank they were frantically looking for algae! And i had some for them too!! They have done an incredible job and it sure beats cleaning the plants off by...

I had been using test strips for ph but the water has lately had a hazey look to it so i went and got a liquid test kit for ph and just as I had suspected it is high at 7.6. the rocks i have in there are reddish brown from a creek bed and i'm suspecting they are slate or some kind of clay...

Do betta's need a heater if they have there own tank. We keep it around 70-72 degrees in the apartment.

Do airstones REALLY do anything. All they seem to do is make a mess out of the hood. Are there any significant benefits to having one in?

Ok, I had posted a little bit ago and was asking about rocks for my tank. someone had mentioned that shale would be ok so i found some nice brown jagged chunks that look great with my black gravel and washed them really good and stuck them in my tank. I did not test them because i just assumed...

what can i do to help my beta get his fins back in shape. Ever since i've gotten him his fins are horrible, like a bunch of fish ate them off. He's not sick or anything, just ugly fins!

I thought i had serpae tetra's but found out that they are red minor tetra's. what in the world is the difference because they both look the same to me.

Does using an air stone contribute to brown algae? I get terrible brown algae on my fake plants but no where else. Was wondering if too much oxgen causes this?

do breeding tanks have to by cycled? other than the fry, the adults i would assum are only in there for a little while. any info on breeding serpae tetra's?

Well i was going to switch over to all live plants but from what i've been reading and hearing it sounds like a lot of work and just as much to learn about the plants as there is to learn about aquariums. My fake plants look nice but real ones i think look better. Are there any nice but low...

I have 3 tetra's but can't remember if they are just "tetra's" or neon tetra's. they are orangeish red with black on the gills and black dorsal fin. anyways i posted earlier but didn't get too much feedback about sexing them. how do you tell male from female?

I'm only into this hobby 4 months now and not a day goes by that i can't stop and look at that aquarium!!!! How I wish i could just jump in there and join them. Anyways, I have learned alot from you great people, how to cycle, etc. But i was thinking last night and could not answer myself...

ok, i've had some help with this from tankgirl but i think i'm gonna really do it this time. I want to change out my gravel in my 20 cause i can't stand the gravel in it now. Its not bad, its black and my girlfriend picked it. the deal was if i wanted a tank she got to pick the gravel. well...

Is there a difference between just frozen blood worms and freeze dried bloodworms as far as nutritional value? I have freeze dried bloodworms from Tetra. Are these worms sufficient enough to serve as the main meal because on the container it just says "treat" but then it says for energy and...

Can anyone tell me how to sex tetra's? They are red tetra's(orangish in color and black fins). I have 3 of them right now but don't know the sexes. Also how about Rasbora's? thanks a lot