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    Guppy acting weird

    Hey all. My oldest guppy has been acting weird for the past couple weeks. He is swimming sideways and he pays no attention to the other guppies. Usually he's right ontop of everyone swimming in a group. Now he just randomly swims around the tank sideways sometimes and regular other times I have...
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    Help heater broke

    I was away from my fish tank all of yesterday. Today when I got home to feed them my fish were all acting weird. They were weird colors. Some disappeared. And some are laying on the sand. I checked my heater and the tank is 59. Non of them will eat. I have plattys, amono shrimp, my common pleco...
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    Fish fighting?

    Hey all, My butterfly loach has been in my 36 gal tank for three months with all my other fish, guppies, rainbow shark, sail fin bristle nose, snail, and my two Cory's. Recently I have noticed that my butterfly loach is constantly terrorizing my Cory's. It's like he's trying to suck on them...
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    Help ten gal tank full of.......

    Hey all, I have a ten gal tank which was for my guppy fry but was now turned into a healing tank for my two sick neon tetras... The tank was sitting fully cycled with only two ottos for about a month. Recently I noticed an algae bloom on all the walls of my tank, however I thought the ottos...
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    Old or sick neon tetra?

    Hey all. I recently noticed that one of my neon tetras was a little less colorful then the other two. And under further observation I noticed his color is fading.. He's not lethargic, and he is swimming all over with the other fish. Is he just getting old or is he sick? Here's some pics. Thanks...
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    Pleco description

    Does anyone know what type of pleco this is. Thanks for the help Dan
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    Do ghost shrimp shed shell?

    Hey all I have 3 ghost shrimp. Today I thought I lost one because it looks like there is a dead shrimp on the floor of my tank. But I still have 3 so idk what this is. Here's a picture. I am very confused.
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    Need help with a loach

    Hey all. I don't know what type of loach this is, but he is doing some weird things. First he keeps trying to get into my filter exhaust. He gets pretty far in and I don't want him getting into my filter why is he doing this. Also he is digging out the corners of my tank. Is he not happy in my...
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    Fungal outbreak.

    Hey all, About 3 days ago my pleco had a white spot on him. Someone suggested it might be a fungal thing. Now my gourami has a white spot on him I attached a picture. What is causing this... My tank is only about 3 weeks old, what could it be from and what can I do to stop it. Thanks for the...
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    Got a new bristle nose what kind is he?

    Hey all I got this new bristle nose pleco, and I just wanted to know what kind he is. I really think he is cool... I have an albono bristle nose in mo other tank. Thanks for the help Dan
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    White stuff on driftwood?

    Hey all, I had recently set up a 75 gal tank... It is now fully inhabited and the driftwood seems to have this white stuff growing on it... Is this bad? Will This infect my tank, kill my fish? I don't have this on my other driftwood in my other tanks, this price has been soaked for two weeks...
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    Does this look like a burn?

    Hey all I noticed today on my common pleco this white spot... It wasn't there this afternoon, and he was just added to this new tank 2 days ago... Do you think this looks like a burn? Thanks for the help
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    Opinions and ideas for my tank.

    Hey all I'm still setting up my 75 gal Tank and I have a couple things that are starting to pile up and wanted to know if any one had suggestions on ways to make my tank better b4 adding fish. I am trying to figure out what type of moss to get still maybe java moss? is there any flowering plants...
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    75 gal cycle stall?

    Hey all, Im doing a 75 gal fishless cycle, and I added a biobag from my cycled ten gal tank. After 4 days of having the tank running my ammonia and nitrite was converted to nitrate over the third night. I added more ammonia, and that day I added my driftwood and my plants. Now last night I did...
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    Nitrates wont go down.

    Hey all, I am fishless cycling my 75 gal tank. I'm into day five and my amonia, and nitrites are zero. But my nitrates won't go down. I did a 25% water change, and I checked my permitters and no change. So I did a 50% water change and still no change. The only thing I did today was add plants...
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    Got some plants in my tank!!!

    I took some suggestions and got a couple plants for my tank. There were a couple that he don't have so he is going to order them For next week. But here's some pictures, what do you guys think so far?
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    Cycled already?!?!

    Hey all. I just set up a 75 gal tank about 4 days ago... I don't really have anything in it yet but the sand substrate and two little rock houses. Anyways I added a bio bag to my filter... It was the bio bag from My ten gal tank... Which is already cycled... I have been dosing with ammonia drops...
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    Finally got my 75 gal tank!!'

    Hey all I finally got my 75 gal up and running. I added a second bio bag to my 10 gal filter 2 weeks ago to transfer bacteria. I took the old bio bag and put it in My filter and dosed my tank with ammonia. Here's a couple pix Of my tank... Pretty empty as I'm waiting for my driftwood to soak and...
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    My big piece of driftwood came!!

    Here's some pix of my driftwood that came. one piece is already soaking its small but here's a pic of my big piece. I can prob get so many plants to attach to this!!! What are the best type of driftwood plants... My pleco is going to love this. What do you guys think?
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    75 gal tank build.

    I am still waiting on my tank... FedEx lost it:/ but I have almost everything I need to get it started. Black sand for the substrate, driftwood, rocks, lighting, a glass lid, a cascade 1000 filter, 300 watt heater, my stand all put together.... Etc... Should I add aeration to this tank? It will...
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    Pleco keeps picking my snail up.

    Hey all I recently got a snail and last night and when I got home from Work... I see my pleco like clean the snail shell, but then he picks it up and swims it over to the driftwood drops it and goes under the driftwood, why does he keep doing that lol. Is he trying to hurt it... He always puts...
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    New fish for my tank!!!

    What do you guys think.... It's a butterfly loach I think!!! Here's a picture I also got a snail and some other type I don't know what he is. I added then to my 36 gal tank that has guppies tetra and my pleco.
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    Ranbow/ bala shark problem

    Hey all I just got a bala shark today and I noticed my rainbow shark Keeps trying to Lay on My bala shark it's like he's trying to push him down... Should I separate them?
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    New 75 gal tank!

    Hey all, first off is there a way I can delete a thread I accidentally posted in general discussion instead of getting started. Ok I am getting my 75 gal tank on Tuesday. I am going to go With a black sand for the substrate I was thinking a driftwood log... And real plants the fish in it will be...
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    Questions about my 75 gal tank.

    Hey all... I'm getting a 75 gallon tank hopefully Tuesday in one piece the first one which came Saturday was broken :/ but I have a common pleco and a rainbow shark which will be in this tank. My first question is. What is a good home for my Pleco that he can have for a while and not outgrow...
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