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Stress also makes them lose their color. Is he the only red tail in the tank? Is anyone else harassing him?

That would suck. So even on the first stocking I am going to use my QT to play it safe. I have no substrate in the QT to make observation easier, though I will provide a couple of hiding places and perhaps a plastic plant to ensure new fish dont feel too exposed while waiting to be...

What are the risks to my filter if I put the new fish in my main tank right away and then have to deal with a parasite or something? The reason I am considering using the QT even for the first fish to go into my tank is I don't want to risk losing any of the bacteria on my filter after working...

Great ideas, but I don't want to keep it running all the time as right now I won't have a great home for it. I can see myself getting hooked on this hobby and 1 tank in the house wont be enough so will have to think about heating the attached garage better so make a full time fish room with just...

While waiting for tanks to cycle I have been doing reading, and am considering setting up a quarantine tank so all my hard work on getting the tanks ready isnt for nothing. How many here use one? My biggest concern is my bacteria - obviously I want a 'cycled' tank for quarantine use, but how...

Oh, and here are the 2 tanks we have as they sit now

Hi all, been lurking here for a week or so and thought it was time to say an official hi. I am a newbie in the aquarium world, but trying to learn what I can and enjoying the wealth of information here. Now the long story of what brought us here... I had tanks as a kid, but none faired real...

Hello from Calgary as well. Which LFS do you recommend for freshwater? New to the hobby but am finding some bad advice at some of these shops...