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I did everything you said, jcarlilesieu, and the problem has improved. Th noise is for the most part gone... it is absent for a few minutes and then I hear it again for one second. The water is slightly dripping out of the filter, not pouring out like it did before. But at least its moving to...

Could you explain to me exactly what an airstone is? And why would them not having one just start causing problems now? I've had the tank running for 7 months without any problems. Thanks. Kristin

I have a bio-wheel filter which just broke yesterday when I cleaned the tank. Now it doens't do anything but make an annoying noise. I clean my tank every three weeks to a month. The violent fish has been bothering the other fish since June, I believe she may have contributed to the death of...

She just died :( I feel so guilty. Now I have two fish left, and one is a violent bully. So I'm keeping her in a breeding net because she keeps antagonizing the other one. Now the one outside of the net appears very lonely (if fish are even capable of that emotion, I'm not sure) but she just...

I use one of those vacuum things to get all the crap out of the gravel.. that takes out almost 50% of the water. Then I fill it up again with conditioned tap water.

What is ammonia poisoning???

I know this is bad, but I don't know how to check the parametres :( Well, her gulls are moving a lot, just as much as her mouth is opening in closing. For the most part, she is either sitting on the bottom, or swimming at the surface as if she's trying to get air. I just cleaned the water and...

I own a 10-gallon take of three platies. A few weeks ago, a bought a container of "dried bloodworms" which the salesperson told me were great for any tropical fish. After I gave it to my fish, one died. (She just stopped having an appetite, did nothing but sit in the corner by herself, etc.)...

How can I tell if she's the boss of the tank, or just very violent and stressing out the other fish? Thanks Puriti for your help.. the new platy was in there for about three weeks before she started to act violent. Yesterday when I put her in a seperate bowl for an hour, she got soooo...

Thank you to everyone who keeps answering all the questions I ask about my fish. I am really new with platies and am slowly starting to pick things up! I do have another questions.. I have four platies (all female) in a 10-gallon tank, which has been running for a little over a month. Within...

Hello, I have four platies (all female) in a 10 gallon tank thats been running for a little over a month. Besides a bully that I had to replace a few weeks ago, everything has been going fine in the tank until now. There is algae growing on the walls of the tank, and on the gravel which I...

Hi, I think ym aquarium needs to be cleaned out, because there is a brownish substance growing on the walls that I'd like to get rid of it. Is it algae? Also, I don't know how to clean to gravel. I don't have a vaccum, so should I just take all the gravel out and rince it off? Thanks in...

Hey, I've had four platies for about three weeks now, and I just cleaned the tank out for the first time tonight. (I replaced about 30% of the water.) I know I did something wrong and probably made a lot of mistakes because the tank looks dirtier now than it did before (theres all these little...

I recently bought four female platies, and ever since the beginning I have noticed that one of them (who happens to be the smallest one) is a big bully. She constantly chases the other fish around the tank and head-buts them. I know this could stress them out or eventually kill them - what I...

Hi, I recently bought a 10 gallon tank, with four platies (all female.) They seem to get along fine, except for one of them who continues to bully the other fish. She is the smallest, yet most agressive - I'm afraid what she'll be like when shes full grown, or if she could stress out or...