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My rainbowfish has been like this for a couple days now and I just don't know what's wrong with him. My parameters are excellent, (trates appx 30), WC due tomorrow. Not overstocked, no aggression whatsoever. 90 gallon with 2 AC 110's. Any ideas? Only thing that's changed is adding live plants...

Today I noticed one of my rainbowfish swimming funny. Like he's having a real hard time and breathing kinda heavy? He's not moving his tail a whole lot and his back end hangs down so he's swimming like he's swimming upwards at an angle... Hope I'm making sense. Anybody knows what might be...

So I now have a planted tank. Low light plants. I have the aqueon led light with a daylight strip and a colormax (red) strip. I have room for one more strip and was curious if anybody knows which I should get... Daylight Colormax (red) Colormax (blue) Which would my plants benefit from the most?

So I just made up 100 root tabs with Osmocote Plus. (pink bottle) They might last me a year lol. So my questions are: 1. Do they expire or will they be ok in the Tupperware for that long. 2. I have PFS so about 3" apart under my plant groupings? 3. How do I know when I have to replace them...

My favorite color is pink, and I've been going to the store every week waiting for one! Pink and fades to purple! Now just gotta name him! Any ideas?! :D

So I'm getting my first shipment of plants and I'd like to just make my own root tabs. I just ordered the capsules off eBay and was looking at fertilizers. I seen some YouTube videos and they use miracle grow. Would this one work? It's the pellets... Edit: Any ingredients I should look for? Or...

So I'm about to make an order for jungle val, Anubias (forgive spelling?), dwarf sag and maybe some java but not sure yet. So I've had my tank for 4 years (almost) and have NEVER had any algae problems. For starting I'd like to use just root tabs (I also have PFS substrate and low/moderate...

So 3 days ago, I finally finished my substrate change to sand. Over 3 weeks I've taken out portions of gravel during my WC to prevent this. Didn't work. Tested today and I have: Ammonia: .5 Nitrite: 1 Nitrate: >10 It's been years since I've had to cycle a tank, so curious if I should do a WC...

I've had 2 Bolivian rams for a few weeks now and the first 2 weeks they were both happily swimming all over. Now just one is and the other one just hangs in the back left corner and isn't eating. I don't know the sexes of them, holding maybe? Here's the one I'm worried about, sorry about blurry...

How are dwarf gourami's best kept (single, pairs, ratio trios?) and if they'd be compatible with rainbowfish and angelfish?

I hope someone here can help me, I've not kept live plants in about 15 years, so I have a lot to learn! I've had my 90 gallon tank running for about 3 years now and I'd like to change out my fake plants for live. I really know nothing about any of this. I doubt I have the lighting required but...

[Patience is virtue]... So I hear lol. So the last couple weeks, I've slowly been taking gravel out of my tank to make the change to sand that I've been debating on for years. It really sucks lol. Should've done it when I originally set up the tank! Now I know for next time. But I ordered 2...

I've currently got: 1 angelfish 9 Australian rainbows 6 corys 2 Bolivians 2 Pim pictus 1 BN pleco. 90 gallon with 2 AC-110's My question is would my angelfish and rainbows be okay with a school of 8-10 harlequins? Do they stay towards the top of the tank?

Now, I don't have any LFS besides a petco and petsmart and they are a good hour away. I do have a Walmart lol. So I order most of my things of Dr. Foster & Smith. Real good prices and they are located by Minneapolis so when I order, I get it the next day. I got 3 shipments from them this week...

I've never used a power head before and have a few questions. I have a 90 gallon FW community tank and I run 2 AC 110's. I only use the foam and rings but I also use polyfil to polish. Sometimes my water is crystal clear and sometimes there's small debris floating thru-out. Like my filters...

I just got these 2 today and I believe I have one male and one female. I know it's the coloring in looking at because they're so little. I don't know if 2 males would fight as they matured? The one with more color and darker stripe thru eye has pink on tips of fins, hard to tell in the pic, sorry.

This is my angelfish I just added today! Just got one for a centerpiece for my 90 gallon. She now lives with 2 pictus cats 9 Aussie rainbows 4 bronze corys Tomorrow I'm adding a bristlenose pleco and 2 Bolivians! Home sweet home!

I have a well established 90 gallon tank with aquaclear 110's (1 of the 2 is fully cleaned and taken down at the time). I currently have: 5 Australian Rainbowfish 4 Bronze Corys 2 Pictus Cats (5" ea and 3 years old) Would like to get 1 each of: Angelfish Bristlenose Pleco Bolivian Ram Would...

I purchased a pearl gourami from petco last week and she passed away the other day. She was fine, swimming, eating and such. My parameters are all excellent as my tank is almost a few years old. So I am going to return the fish tomorrow and was wanting another one. I'm curious if pearl gourami's...

I think I've finally made up my mind about going with sand substrate. Right now I have gravel and it looks ok. But I LOVE the look of sand. I've decided on PFS and I can't find it anywhere around here now that summers over. So I can order it from ACE Hardware and have it sent to the store. It's...

I acquired 7 of these little corys and I'm thinking thy are emerald corys. Can anyone confirm this for me? Sorry about the pic, kinda blurry but there's 2 if them anyway...

I've had my aquarium for about a year and a half and did fish less cycle on it. I recently changed all my fish but I also did a deep clean on my filters, not the media, but the filter itself (removed slime and such). Now, I did a 50% WC a week and half ago to help get all the cichlids out. I...

Afraid to admit this but I no longer have a Malawi tank and went community instead. Someday I will get it back but I added a male Bolivian to my tank which is home to 16 serpae tetras, 10 red eye tetras and 2 pictus cats. I want rainbowfish and a pearl gourami sometime soon also. Now my ? is...

It's been a while since I've been on here, but I recently switched my 90 gallon from Malawi tank to tropical. I know, some say I "downgraded", but I love my kids and let them choose however I do miss my cichlids. I will again someday. Ok, so it's a 90g with 2 AC 110 filters. This is what I have...