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My mom has a female molly that we thought was pregnant (she's HUGE, but definitely not sick so obvi=preg, right? Apparently not.) but it's been like 2 months and nothing's happened. My mom got a mesh breeding tank and put the molly in, and says that in like a day there was a crazy amount of poop...

It's rather small compared to other hobby-suitable birchirs, so why does it require the largest tank? Liveaquaria says the ornate birchir (over 2 feet) needs a min tank size of 50g while the Cuvier birchir (8 inches) needs a tank over 90 gallons. False information or is there a specific reason...

He's brand new and actually translucent, so his pink gills don't worry me. However, he has one spot that's bigger than the rest and is brown, not black. It's right behind his pec fin, sorry for the bad picture but he won't keep still. He's eating and swimming just fine, and the spot doesn't look...

So all of my filter media has grown this nasty green hair algae. I don't know why (or how, since it's literally housed in a black box) but it has. It started to jam up my filter, as I discovered today, so I've removed all the media (keeping it wet in tank water in a Tupperware rn), and replaced...

My mom has an SAE in her 10 gallon (along with 3 danios and 3 BFT) and he's doing very well. He's possibly past 2" at this point, but if so then just barely. Obviously they can get up to 6" and maybe bigger and become semi-aggressive when they mature, something not suited for a 10g with tiny...

Would a large (4"-6") Siamese Algae Eater bully small (1") Otos? I've heard they can get nasty as they get bigger and more territorial, but I'm looking for some personal experiences! Sent from my SGH-M919 using Aquarium Advice mobile app

I just realized the filter in my 10g community tank cut out! I really don't think it's been out all day, but I didn't pay any attention to it in the morning. The air pump is still working perfectly fine so there's still water circulation and oxygenation and it's been cycled for many, many...

Can you introduce a jewel Cichlid or a jewel pair into a community tank (approx. 50g) Sent from my SGH-M919 using Aquarium Advice mobile app

I've had my eye on a 3-4g tall glass vase for a little while and I'd like to put a fish in it. I don't have the dimensions, but it's at least 2ft tall, with a 5in square base. My hexagonal stillwater is going to be converted into a dwarf puffer tank, so I'd like an eyecatching place to house a...

My nitrates recently spiked due to a stocking error on my part. Lost 2 fish from it, but performed a 40% water change and added 3 more (healthy) plants from another tank. Everyone is doing fine again, but maybe 4 after the change, my nitrates haven't moved. Should I do another big water change...

I have a fully cycled tank that's been rather empty since I lost my last betta. It's a 5g stillwater with a slight snail problem. I bought a bunch of ghost shrimp, hoping they'd clean up the debris, but for the most part they just died (although something cleaned /them/ up pretty fast). As I...

I know that dragon gobies are best suited for brackish tanks, but: The dragon gobies in my lfs are always housed in freshwater. If I wanted a dragon goby in a freshwater tank permanently, would this be okay since they are not going from brackish to fresh? Would they have a shorter life span in...

Are all non-annual killies surface hoverers? Which Killifish like the middle of the water column? Sent from my SGH-M919 using Aquarium Advice mobile app

I'm wanting to put hatchets and German rams in my new tank. Hatchets like the top of the water column, so I don't want to crowd them if rams like the same. I would prefer a fish that swims in lower half of the water column, do German rams do this? Sent from my SGH-M919 using Aquarium Advice...

I'm wanting to move my Ropefish into my stillwater tank while I set up my 50g. Would he be okay in there for a few weeks or not?? Sent from my SGH-M919 using Aquarium Advice mobile app

Does anyone here have personal experience with owning Elephant Nose? I won't be getting one for any tank I have now, but I really REALLY like them and would like to know if I should cross them out completely from my fish bucket list. I'm getting mixed information from every source I can find and...

I'm considering putting a peacock eel or a black spotted eel in a community tank, but I know they can see smaller fish as food. What counts as "small" when referring to things could be mistaken as provided food to the eel? Are we talking molly small, or baby tetra small?

I've been looking at other forums reading about various "household" things one could use as filter material (pot scrubbers, plant pots, etc) and someone mentioned that hypoallergenic PILLOW STUFFING works wonderfully as filter floss. Would you recommend this? It sounds like a fantastic idea.

Could the two cohabitate in a heavily planted tank, or would the puffers just eat them?

I love the sleek look of the teeny half gallon tanks petsmart sells, but it's ridiculous to think a fish could live in that. Shrimp, however, totally can. How many small-medium shrimp could live in a 0.5g? (Bio-load is not an issue)

Does my oto need an air pump to be happy? I put in an air pump for my goldie, but I don't have her anymore and now the sound of the pump is just extremely irritating. If I took it out of the tank, would my oto suffer at all?

Sea horse breeding and selling: how much would you make (estimation) vs how much it would cost. Just guesstimate here, I know nothing of sea horse prices.

I'm posting this in both fresh and saltwater forums because I want opinions from each side. After my beautiful fantail goldie was murdered by my filter, I firmly decided that my 5g was a single-betta-tank, and nothing else. But I've always been in love with fancy goldfish and after having...

I'm posting this in both fresh and saltwater forums because I want opinions from each side. After my beautiful fantail goldie was murdered by my filter, I firmly decided that my 5g was a single-betta-tank, and nothing else. But I've always been in love with fancy goldfish and after having...

There's no actual reason to do it besides wasting money, but I'm just wondering what the effects would be. Glare off the hood? Less light for plants? Relief from too strong of lighting?