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My ex sent my six year old home with an angelfish that my son says has been in a bag 3 days. I have a 6 gallon tank with a Betta and a 10 gallon tank with some Endlers Livebearers (3). Obviously neither of these are good tankmates. The question is- can I put the Betta in a bowl overnight while I...

2 months. 10 gallons, tankmates are three other guppies, an endlers and a ghost shrimp. Used to have 5 shrimp in the tank but they started fighting. One died early on, 2 got moved in with the Betta and two stayed. One of the two that stayed died last week. Water changes at 25% twice a week...

Not sure if these will post from my cell, but am going to try. They're from earlier before I quarantined him. He's acting slightly better so I'm thinking nitrite shock is a good bet. Am going to buy a test kit and ditch the strips tomorrow. I didn't have a quarantine tank set up so he's in a...

We had two ghost shrimp, one died. He didn't rot though, he started turning pink and stuck to the filter so I pulled him out and euthanized him. The other lil guy is hanging out. Will quarantine the sick guy. Any idea what type of treatment he might need? I feel bad for him, he does not look...

No new fish, in fact we just lost a ghost shrimp last week. The nitrites barely registered on the test strip, but it wasn't a zero. (I should really get a kit for that, I know) Could losing a ghost shrimp cause a small increase of nitrites? The tank is a planted tank. No recent changes other...

Update: His gills are now very red. (levels of nitrates/nitrites low, ammonia zero)

One of my guppies has become very thin and has been hanging our lethargically at the surface. He is not gasping, just seems very tired and frail. He is still eating but is very thin. His eyes are black and larger than usual. Water parameters are normal, did a 50% water change yesterday. The...

I just wanted to thank everyone and let everyone know that aside from one ghost shrimp casualty (I think it was dying already when I got it because it was less clear than the other shrimp) my aquarium seems to have cycled (ammonia has been at zero for nearly a week now and nitrates are present.)...

Awesome, so it seems like I'm doing the right things so far and should just continue to test the water frequently for ammonia and nitrite/nitrate levels, and do frequent water changes/gravel vacuums and clean the filter until everything levels out (barring sudden unexplained spikes in numbers)...

Yep, no more fish until I make sure I can keep these guys alive and until the tank is fully cycled. Got the ammonia test kit already. (test tube, drops from two bottles, shake, compare shade of yellow-to-green) I just need to get the other test kits as well (currently have the "5 in 1...

Hi- I'm a complete newbie to the wonderful world of aquariums and realized last week that I had made a complete mistake in not researching before jumping in. ("fish" person said guppies are easy, bought guppies, realized I know nothing. Regret the impulse buy but am happy I seem to be learning...

Thanks for the welcomes and the information! Tomorrow I am celebrating one week of "I haven't killed anything yet". Ammonia is starting to show up on my tests (Ammonia test kit. The little thing with a test tube and the 8 drops from bottles one and 8 drops from bottle two). I know that no...

"Get guppies! They're easy! You just dump them in." I was told. And stupidly I believed it. A google search for the question of how much to feed them lead me on a long journey of "OH MY GOD I AM GOING TO KILL MY FISH". (I knew to use water conditioner to remove chlorine, that I needed a filter...