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MM. One of my Serpae Tetras has been hiding, and when he came out earlier, he's pale, and there's a good chunk taken out of his side. He won't sit still long enough for me to get a good look, but it looks like he hit something that tore out a chunk....or one of his tankmates got really hungry...

Greetings. I may be posting this in the wrong spot, and if so, I apologize. But I have a couple of questions. 1) What is the test kit most of you recommend? I've gotten conflicting answers, so I don't know. Some say tablets, others swear by drops, yet more preach about the strips. 2) I am...

Greetings. I was orginally going to get a dwarf freshwater puffer, but saw some greenspotted and figure 8 puffers at the lfs today. I have an empty 5 gallon, and DON'T want saltwater fish. I've never done brackish water. Should I stick with the dwarf, or try the others? What advice can...

Okay. The lfs had a buy 2 get 1 free sale. Had to stop in, of course. They had a tank of 'honey and blueberry gouramis"...about an inch long, very active, and beautiful colors. They are an amber color with a navy blue patch beween the back and tail fins, blending into the sides of the fish. I...

Hey. I ordered two otos for a 40 gallon tank covered in algae, and will be here Wednesday. (I order them through a lfs that does not stock live animals, but there is a fish breeder in town that every monday they order their fish, and he drops them off Wednesday on his way into work). I didn't...

Greetings. I have 4 corydoras...two have hit it off really well, and are best buds. They feed together, play tag all the time (or at least I was told it was tag and not chasing), and seem awfully chummy. They have recently decided that the sunken log decoration is their 'territory' and will...

Greetings. I have a school of 4 senea tetras...only one is affected by this. Last night he started swimming head up, tail down vertically. This morning, he'd swim for a bit, then lay down on the gravel gasping. I put him in a breeder container, and added some stress coat, but I can't find...

Sorry I don't have a picture....it was at the LFS, and the salesperson said that it was a common pleco...but it doesn't look like the typical Trinidad. It's white, and has black leopard spots...he's about 2 inches long. He's really quite stunning, but I have no clue what kind he is. I have a...

I have a bow-front 5 gallon tank that I want to put my new betta in. However, the current filter is UG, and I HATE UG filters...I think that they never work. I'd like a HOB filter, but all are designed to "power through" teh water, and don't bettas like slow-to-no moving water? Also, how would I...

Greetings. I have lost 2 females and 1 male guppy in the last 24 hours. No other fish are showing ANY signs of illness. I managed to observe the last female before she died...I wanted so bad to find some humane way to euthinize her! She started swimming "sideways", and was eventually...

Alright, I confess...I kinda forgot. My digital camera was down (apparently dropping it will do that to a camera...), and just recently returned to the land of the operating machines. Anyway, who was it that was looking for some platy pictures? Drop me a message and I'll fire them your...

Greetings. The LFS has a new "sensation" in...Koi Angelfish. These are white angelfish that have koi goldfish markings on their head and body. Brooke (my lfs lady) said that they ordered 36 on Saturday...when I was in on Tuesday, they were down to 2. They are truly beautiful (imo), but I am...

I have one of those huge sunken ships in my tank, and my platy became trapped in one of the "holes" I had to push her back through with the net, but she had been there awhile, and is torn up pretty bad. From just behind her head to in front of her top fin, she is missing scales and is down to...

Several months ago, I moved my red-tailed shark to a 7 gallon tank, so i could add more fish to my 40 gallon. Since then, he does not come out of the decoration/hiding hole when the light is on. I know he's alive, sometimes at night I'll see him swimming slowly, and during the day if I lift the...

:oops: Okay, so I may be spamming, if so, I'm sorry. Just wanted to say that I got some fishies today... 2 Silver Hatchets 2 Marble Hatchets 5 Gold Longfin danios 2 Female guppies (they are BEAUTIFUL!!!!) 2 Male guppies and 3 Rummeynose Tetras I also purchased a container of tubifex...

Greetings yet again. I have a forty gallon tank, and as you can see by my signature, have some fish already. This tank has been established since October 2002. I am ready for some more fish, but am unsure of what to add. Here is an image of the tank in question: The shark is my main...

Greetings. I have 4 ghost shrimp in my tank, and all are fairly large. One however is no longer clear, but opaque, and pale in color. Is this normal? What's happening to him? I found one that looked like that trapped in my filter a few days ago...are they sick? water parameters are all okay...