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Hi guys, I am having some issues with my Jack Dempsey. He definitely has some issues. He seems to be breathing a lot heavier/faster than usual. He is also tilting his body up (not hovering in place horizontally if that makes sense).For a little while I thought that he had hole in the head...

Hi guys, I am having some issues with my Jack Dempsey. He definitely has some issues. He seems to be breathing a lot heavier/faster than usual. He is also tilting his body up (not hovering in place horizontally if that makes sense).For a little while I thought that he had hole in the head...

Hi All, I have a 7 year old male Jack Dempsey in a 55 gallon tank. He has been rather sluggish lately. I just noticed a swollen portion of his caudal fin. He has two other tank mates: a female jack dempsey and a convict. I have attached a link to the portion of his fin I am talking about. It...

My male Jack Dempsey. He's about 8 months old. Need to get live plants. I'm tired of the fake ones!

Getting real frustrated with my jack Dempsey. He's about 6" long and about 8 months old. He constantly freaks out when I walk in the room. He whips around the tank smashing into things. Tonight I went to open the lead to feed my fish and he freaked out and splashed all over the place, soaking me...

Hey everyone. Having a LOT of trouble with my tanks the last couple days. I came home tonight to see my gourami in rough condition (I don't think he is going to make it through the night). But I was wondering what he has for a sickness. I've attached pictures. I noticed he all of a sudden had...

Hey guys, I just noticed something on my electric yellow lab. I attached pictures of what is going on. It's a bit darker red than what the pictures show. I'm sure it's some type of fungal infection. The lab was my first cichlid I have ever had. So this fish is very important to me (not that my...

Hey guys, just noticed this spot on my jack dempsey. Can you guys tell me what it may be.

Hey guys, a friend of mine gave my sibling a fishtank that hasn't been running for some time now. It's out in the garage right now fill with water. We don't wanna set it up until we're sure it's going to hold. However, the tank came with a few filters previously run In the tank. I was given the...

Hey guys, not sure if this is the right place on the forum to post this. But I was wondering how you guy cool your tanks in the summer. I have a community tank as well as mixed cichlid tank. This is my first experience with the summer temperatures. I do not have an ac In my room. And cannot...

Hey guys, Recently my JD gets spooked all the time. It seems whenever I walk in the room he starts freaking out and darting around all over the tank. I'm concerned that he is getting stressed as well as the fact that he is smashing off the glass; I'm worried he's going to give himself a...

Hey guys, fairly new to this hobby (within the past 9 months) and just joined this forum. I have 3 tanks running right now: a 20 gallon community tank, a 10 gallon sick tank, and a 55 gallon cichlid tank. I made a beginners mistake and mixed cichlids from different waters together. So far so...