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I am curious as to my inability to keep one Alive. The kids and I pick one out every couple of monthe we take him home add some water to the bag then scoop him out add him to the tank feed him in the night. Then anywhere between 24 hours and 3 weeks he is stuck to the filter. Now we are...

1. I have had the same bagged rocks from the pet store for 10 years. After a 6 month blind eye to my aquarium, I have noticed a lot of the rocks are broke or the brown colouring has been chipped per say. I have the original bag in storage with some unused. Do they expire ? I guess is my...

I came home from work and saw ants crawling up the outside if the aquarium

Ok so I set up my 20g up again last aug, pretty much a novice I had it running in the past but did everything wrong this time I have been doing my research following advice by fabulous people on here and everything has been dealt with as soon as it arises. Well today after I did my pwc and...

So a girlfriends moving because her hubby's being posted and her guppies and tetras are having babies like crazy, and she has evy intention of leaving me with the babies. I am very excited and thrilled that she would offer them to me :) tetras are one of my favs, I have always kept them but they...

Unfortunately after many fights our Betta, had to be put to sleep. :( After the latest treatment, we were optimistic that he was going to recover. With a very heavy heart after many days of lethargic behaviour and only swimming for food or because he was spooked I filled a stainless steel bowl...

The Otto in the photo is dead another is starting to look like it, my Betta is beyond and it happened in a day, I looked at him on Sunday and his scale looked like it was flaked and I tested the water and it was perfect no spikes I did a water change anyways.. I always do when we have a dead...

So on Saturday I got two new oto's not aware they should have three in their group, and was under the impression my water was good for them. We had good algee growth and lots of wisteria in the tank growing soo well I snipped the tops and placed them in the gravel. Well by yesterday my tank...

Our LFS is going out of business and as tragic as it is because it is now a two hour drive to the nearest one with a good reputation. I managed to get some good deals on the fish and supplies. I managed to get out of work early today and got five neon tetras that was that was left in the tank...

So last week tested the ammonia surprised to see between 0 .25ppm so I did a pwc and add more meds for our slimy growth. Had a road trip with hubby today found an awesome fish store, never seen anything like it in my life, hubby pulled me out kicking a screaming lol joking but not far off...

We are in a small area and only have to local stores that sell fish supplies and fish, one has a very bad reputation for not caring for the fish and other animals but carries great stock but their business practises make me queasy. The other store the staff is friendly but not really informed...

Sad to say our betta has ripped his fin, Was wondering how often I should do partial water changes to reduce his risk of infection and how long it will take to repair itself? He behaviour is for the most part normal but occasionally when the kids are around during the day he hides in the...

Ok so I have seen clay pots in other aquariums, was wondering if these are safe? Was also wondering how these will effect our ph if at all? Our plants will be in tomorrow afternoon so I was thinking about putting the root tabs in the bottom and adding a small amount of sand in the pot as we...

Filters // Pond Supplies Canada - Aquarium Supplies Canada - Reptile Supplies Canada // Pets & Ponds Found this site everything is cheaper than in our local store that I would like to get even with shipping I am about 40 dollars to the good just wondering if anyone else has used this site.

Alright so after supper tonight we were getting ready to p,ay with the kids and one of the toys went awfully close to going under the stand. When I reached under to get it I felt water slime....:facepalm: So I removed 50% of the water so I could move the aquarium to clean up the mess. No...

:thanks: to the wonderful people who identified my house plants... Not aquarium plants. :( and gave me such wonderful options for low light plants, I wanted to say both spider plants are safe in a pot on my end table now enjoying the soil and air. My beta however is not keen on this change and...

Some may disagree with me but I want to remove the snails that came home with the plants I purchased that in turn turned out to be house plants. I tried to reply to a forum that was already started on this topic but it was too old. So in turn I have a 50% water change scheduled for wed the...

So we liked these plants and really do not know what they are? Also you can see brown growth on them as well some are worse than that one in the picture but with my I pad I will be unsuccessful in getting a picture Santa is going to bring me a new camera I am at a loss with real plants, but I...

We have restarted our aquarium after a couple of years of moving.... And would like to have a better balanced aquarium for our :fish2: At the moment our fish seem happy but not soo much the plants... I had the fish store test our water about a month ago and our ph was 7.8 our tap water at...