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When an otherwise healthy betta has some parts of his tail looking shredded or missing, what are the signs that help us know if he is self-mutiliating it vs. an outside infection causing the damage?

I live in an agricultural valley (Watsonville CA) and my well water recently tested 60-80ppm for nitrates. I have to do WC's on 2 tanks and want to know if store bought RODI is ok to use I prefer this to 1-2 gallon drinking water (spring, distilled etc) for the price but need to know what the...

got this guy for free at my lfs going out of business sale :confused: http://i1269.photobucket.com/albums/jj586/bettaruffage/photo54_zps616001e3.jpg

I have been a member for 2 years, yet I still don't understand why I cannot get any responses to (non-social blah-blah-blah type threads) for actual aquarium advice. I would do anything to be an active member of this community but don't know why my threads, WHICH I TRY TO PLACE IN THE CORRECT...

Hello hello! My lfs is going out of business and today I stopped in for a couple female mollies and came home with lots and lots of free livestock--- I really need help so I can introduce all these fish into my two established tanks safely. I need to know what additional filtration I need and...

hello, I have a 3 year old betta male whom I love dearly who is on his 6-7th day of suffering from swim bladder disorder (a symptom of some other ailment, possibly overfeeding and another issue like parasites, in my estimation). I would love to hear the stories of any fish, particularly betta...

I brought home a 3" Farlowanna and would like more info on the fish. How large will it grow? any tips? Thanks so much!!:flowers:

this is a possibly ridiculous idea.. Can I re-use a SW tank with a sump as a fresh water low-light tank with guppies and use the sump below to separate the fry from the adults? I have a dormant 29 acrylic with a stand and built-in overflow to a 15 gallon sump that was used as a SW coral and...

I have a few saltwater projects, basically a tear-down tank that has been donated to me with no fish, no inverts unless I find the missing snails, serpent star and I doubt I will. It has a 29 gallon display tank, a 15 gallon sump and is very full of great pieces of live rock, including tonga...

I have been given two pond liners, kiddie pool shaped and 3" deep with tiered levels so deepest point is 3" or deeper. I need to learn up on the method of properly installing these but I estimate the total capacity of both pre-shaped pond liners equals at least 100-175 gallons? I want to tank...

Hello, I have two pond liners recently donated which I am installing I. The next 3-6 months. I live in California so it never freezes or rarely. The empty tank I wanted to use is 55g, and I can supply multiple filters. If I choose koi, would more than one be able to live 6 months max in the...

Hi! recently I divorced a man who, bless his soul, tried to get into reef tanks as I enjoy freshwater so much, and never did much research. Now it sits abandoned looking gross, and his other stuff is all gone so I guess he is not interested in this tank because he left it here! I am starting...

My tank was neglected during the last month while I was getting a divorce.. :banghead: Worst thing possible today I see I need to hospitalize my baby!! Marsh, I've treated him a year ago when I first had him for fin rot in a ten gallon QT "rubbermaid" container so I have the 10G, a non-seeded...

Hiya! I just got a magazine gift (not spam!!i won't sell magazines I promise) that was meant for my aunty up in the New York Adirondack mountains, because well, My granny mixes up all our names! Lol. It is called "mother earth news" and it was for my aunty who works with a farmers market co-OP...

I replaced a cleaner shrimp I had lost to my overflow sock recently and I brought home a new one yesterday. She seems like she is berried with eggs! My RCS look similar and hold them under their "fans" on the underside of their tail/abdomen What can I do, any chance they will hatch? My tank...

I have a planted tank (29 gallon) and a school of 5 neons, plus a male halfmoon Betta and a pea puffer. There was a screen between them but the edges came loose, for 3 days no visible bullying between the two predators. The tank was overrun with pond snails, can't even find one, or any RCS. So...

My two family fish are Marshall, my half moon Betta and Piiopi, my husbands pea puffer. Marshall has lived in a 29 low tech but heavily planted tank established 9 months ago. He has had 5 neon tetras with him

I will post a pic as soon as i am at home, but a star fish I purchased 48 hours ago has a pea sized amount of white ooze from one leg. He was put in too little water at petco and may have been exposed to air on that one leg. He has settled and moved about an inch on my sandbed. Any ideas?

I have a serpent star and today bought a blue starfish. They are both about the size of my palm, the serpent of course is very thin. However he is so fast I believe he has killed 2 small chromis. Will they fight for territory? I have a lot of sand at least 30-35 lbs and a 15 gallon sump with...

I have a 55 that I am breaking down to move to another room, it has a HOB skimmer and T-12 lights that look fine but won't support any corals. I am moving the algae blenny, 2 small Chromis and inverts into a new reef tank my husband set up and I want to find a new fish for this tank, something...

This is for the movies you don't tell anyone you love in real life... Hot Shots (omg I know every joke, Tito, Latoya, Jermaine) Strictly Ballroom ("I just want to DANCE with you") Um.... An old classic "Guys and Dolls"; because unless you have watched it you don't know why I think marlon...

My knowledge of tanks is limited to freshwater but I need help setting up a sump and skimmer correctly: The black skimmer is the one I plan to use, is it in the correct position? I have a pump for it and a few parts that are not in the photo, tubes basically.. Can I set it up as shown, resting...

Hi all! I am trying to put a 29/30sump tank together that I got from someone getting out of the hobby, so I think I have all the parts I need... I don't have a clue what I am doing, I am just putting parts together until they fit, any help would be wonderful! I started a thread in "getting...

I was given a great set up with(supposedly) all the items I need and I am trying to build my sump and fill the tank. I am a bit lost, please help me figure this out! 29 gallon tank with built in overflow 15 gallon sump (I think: 20' high, 10" deep, 18" long) Octopus skimmer NW-110-6520 (have...

So... Nobody I have met in a decade at least has heard of the "prank" we (French-American) students would play on April's fools or "Jour des Poissons/fish-day" usually on professors and other students. Maybe it was imported with our teachers but I thought I would get an answer from the aquarists...