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So I am going through another frustrating fish less cycle. I got a fluval spec (5 gallon) the day after thanksgiving, as soon as I got home I opened the box and put the media in my fully cycled 75s filter , then I wrapped my tank and put it under the tree where it belonged until Christmas, so...

So my tank is in a full explosion of diatoms right now:/ has been for a while, I have tried just waiting for them to go away like I have read but I just can't stand looking at my tank anymore, it is so ugly I want to throw a sheet over it when people come over:( I read otos love diatoms so I...

So I got a new angel on Friday and I acclimated him for over an hour, made sure the ph in the bag matched my ph and he seemed fine and happy until this morning, he is now hiding and not eating:/ this happened to my other angel I bought a month ago and he died the next day after he started...

I just started treating ich with paraguard. I have panda Cory's so I treated a Lil more than a half a dose to start with. There are also rainbows, platy, 1 German blue ram, 1 Bolivian ram, rummy nose tetra, lemon tetra, cardinal tetra, neon tetra and a black Molly. I am wondering if I should...

This morning when I turned the lights on I noticed one of my rummy nose in the back looking stressed. I noticed to white bumps And instantly thought ich, but then I looked at all my other fish and they are all fine so after comparing the sick rummy with the healthy ones he seems to have a red...

This platy had fry on oct 1st. I knew she was going to have more but I thought maybe another week until today she is dropping tiny clear eggs and looks just like she did last time she had fry. Is it too soon for more fry and what's with the tiny clear eggs she is popping out? I guess I'm just...

I am in need of some floating plants. My lemon tetra are nutso and I hear they may help ;) also I have been searching for some java moss near me and have had no luck on that either:(

So my lfs finally got my lemon tetra order in and I picked them up yesterday evening, after acclimating them for over an hour mixing my tank wAter with their bag water every 15 min I netted them out and when I got the last one out they all schooled so pretty around my tank a couple times and...

Noticed some green algae in my newly cycled tank and I am hoping for suggestions on how to get rid of it. I have a few low light plants in there so not sure how to go about it:/ thanks for any and all help :) I have vacuumed it up a couple of times but it just comes right back. here are some pics:

I started cycling 9 days ago with some help from my established tank (2 baskets full of grAvel, some deco rocks) and I thought things were moving along fine but now nothing seems to be happening. Dosed with ammonia on the 29th well kind of over dosed but I did 90% water change and bought it down...

My platy has been pregnant since before labor day:/ does she look like she is ready? I have never had a pregnant fish so this is all new to me. I have looked at a lot of pics online but to me she looked like she was ready to pop 2 weeks ago:/

Hey everyone:) so searched the forum for how much ammonia to use and ran across a link for a calculator and put my info in and it said 14.2 ml but I just squirted 14 any ways after I squirted it in I thought maybe I should have double checked with you guys first. Lol. Seems like a lot of ammonia...

Hi everyone! I am kinda new here, been doing a lot of reading and I need some help. I am buying a 75 gallon tomorrow to move my 8 platy and 1 black molly into so I can have the 20 they are currently in as a nursery tank, 2 are preggers already. My question is what else can I put in the 75...

Hello everyone. I am new here and need some help! After my water change yesterday I noticed one of my female mm platy acting strange, she went and hid under one of the decorations and when I fed them she didn't come up to eat. There was nothing wrong with her until the water change. I woke up...