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Yesterday I did my weekly water change. I did do a rather deep clean and in doing so I think things spiked within the water. My favorite fish, a black balloon belly molly was found this morning stuck to the filter. I'm kind of upset, he's been my first casualty since starting up my tanks. He was...

Thank you everyone! I have some playing room and I'm happy you guys have added some ideas to help it's quite fun thinking about stocking :) both tanks have been up for a few months now without too much change

Thank you :) I actually do have a a rather large java fern in the center of my tank haha it has lots of little ones growing off of it :) deff isn't as heavily planted as my 20 though :(

Thank you! I was deff considering a single Bolivian for my 30 I know they may not be as bright as say a blue or golden ram would be but he'd make for a fantastic centerpiece. I did not think id be able to do 10 rummy I was planning on starting with maybe around 5. I do have a question about the...

If I did the rams do you think it'd be better to do 2 females or just one either male or female? Or even 1 Bolivian ram? Or would he get too big. I do agree that Cory's and rummy nose in the 20 would be a great idea :) do you think 4-5 Cory's and 6 rummy would be decent numbers for schools? My...

I have a coral life t5 came with a 6000 I believe and a colormax for my 20 long. 30 inches and I couldn't be happier with the results This is what my tank looks like after having the light for about 2-3 months now. I've even had to remove some plants do to overgrowth -.- If that helps any!

A little backstory so everyone knows what's going on. I had a 30 gal tank which I planned on having 2 german blue rams, a school of rummy nose tetra, and possibly a few marble hatchet. Well things happened in my 10 and 20 long and I eventually ended up with 4 adult platy 3 juvenile platy a...

Thank you all for the input! Deff left the tank and was on my ceiling. I'm in VA and haven't seen any bugs In the longest time due to the freezing cold weather. My apartment is also always closed. Positive it came from inside my tank since the bug was directly above my tank. It did have its...

So I couldn't find the little bugger for the life of me last night. Today I turned on my tank light looking for it and gave up to eat breakfast as I was sitting down I saw a bug on my ceiling on closer inspection it's a dragon fly -.-

One more thing! Could there be more??

Does it bite 0.0 It's in my tank hiding somewhere I will uproot all plants and remove driftwood to get rid of the bugger. I did research online but it's mostly of its life cycle. One of my fish did give birth a few days ago so in sure it's eaten the fry which isnt terrible since platys are...

Was it easy to catch? It didn't seem to move when I was staring at it haha I hope it's in the same place as it was when I get home!

I do have driftwood but it's been in the tank for about a month as well as plants. Just really creeped me out

I just found this creature in my 30 gal tank. Does anyone know what it is?? I'm on my way to classes so I can't take it out like I wanted, is this thing bad?

Good luck! And don't be discouraged just because it doesn't work for one doesn't mean it can't work for another, I hope you are able to keep a beta with you platy :)

I highly advise you be careful and keep a close eye on your fish if you do mix a beta with the platy. I have 7 platys that are all in a 30 gallon tank. 3 of those 7 platys use to be in a 20 gal long with my male beta and they tore his tail fin up. He's now alone and going through treatment for...

So today I watched the tank I had the beta in with 3 fry platy turns out the platy were actually nipping his tail fin. I separated the babies from the beta and now he is alone in the 20 gal. Should I still use some aquarium salt or treatment for his damaged tail or continue water changes and...

Thank you both! How much should I dose for a 10 gal? I've read about the salt and many day 1 table spoon per 5 gal and then do a 100% water change and not to run the filter or lights Is this correct or have I gotten some bad info?

I just got in from a 10 day vacation, hoping for the best I left my fish with no one to care for. I'm super happy to say they are all alive, a little skittish and probably thinking what the heck. The only one who seems to have suffered any problems is my betta, his tail fin is deff not okay...

That little guy looks awesome. I've had a total of 5 african dwarf frogs over the last few yrs. I currently have one. Your frog looks a lot bigger than what my little guy looks. How big is he? Size tank?

That makes me feel a little relieved. I worked very hard getting all my tanks cycled before December knowing id be leaving. I've had some of my fish since day one when they were just in the 10 gal. Then they had babies the only new addition is my beta who I've had for several weeks now maybe a...

Well thank you for that mini lesson. I have done bigger changes on the tank while it was cycling due to having fish in. I just did a 50% And will do another reading I'm positive I'll have to do another 50% to bring nitrates down to a good level. With me being gone for those 10 days since you...

Oh dang :/ there was a lot In the gravel hence why I did such a clean. My tank is rather heavily planted, a few hidden plants had been leaving debris in the gravel so I did that clean and moved some around. I have only done 1 water change today so far there was about a gallon of evaporation and...

I have a 20 gal long that's really confusing me. It was cycled with 3 baby platys. After the tank cycled I added my beta with the babies, everyone gets along. But my water has been doing weird things. I have a filter I had in my 10 gal which was cycled several months ago. For a few days the 20...

Update I went ahead and took the anubia completely off of the driftwood and rearranged some of the plants I added my 4 platys and 1 ballon belly molly to the the tank. The 10 gal they were in has 2 nerite snails which I will be moving into my 20 gallon. The 10 will be a quarantine/sick tank when...