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Hello everybody :flowers: Wasn't here in a long time because everything in my tank just went smooth.. BUT now I have the worst of the worst: Camallanus worms NOOOOO:eek: I lost already my pretty angel and my favourite Mickey Mouse Platy. All what they have here in Canada is PraziPro which...

My guppy mom gave birth to 50 healthy fry nine days ago. But she is doing really bad since then. Her back seems to be broken and useless. For the first few days she sat on the gravel and the platys did harass her so I put her into a hospital tank. Now she sits on top of tank, eats a little but...

And now I am here and need your help. All my platy and Cory have ich. I can only see a white stripe on one platy but the others starting to bounce on the rocks. **** It's the entire group that had to go through my horrible cycling. I got the old platy out of the big tank three days ago and...

hello everybody, still waiting on my platy fry but my big guppy mom had her babes this morning. I noticed it early enough that I could put her into breeder box during birthing. I managed to safe 14 and much more are swimming around in the big tank. Now I am wondering what to do. My other 10gal...

hey guys, I made it and have now this great big heater for my 75 gal tank. BUT I'm having issues with it. It has this error code LF for low flow. I tried all kind of different positions in the tank and this is always coming up. I have two biowheel filter and the water movement is on top. To...

I just put all my fish into the aquariumadvisor and I am a bit confused. I run my 75 gal with two marineland biowheel emperor 400 filter. I have now: 1 Angelfish 6 emerald green cory 6 guppy 14 Platy 2 mystery snail now it says the stocking level is at 74%. My question is now: how...

Hello boys and girls, I managed finally to make usable pic from my I THINK pregnant girls. Weird is that they are like this for three weeks now and still no fry. Am I hallucinating? Who else sees the gravid spot and agrees with pregnancy?:cool:

Hello fishifriend3, just moved over to the planted section.:) You mentioned the crypts yesterday and that they can be planted in gravel just not to deep. I found this info on line: The ground is really important for these plants, because as said before, they have a really developed root...

It's just a question. Does fish care if a plant is plastic or real? Or is it just us that care? No doubt about it, real looks more beautiful...just wondering: does the fish care? except the ones that like to eat them of course :)

My Platy girl is really big by now and the guy is sticking with her since days. Wherever she goes he is right beside or behind her. I am assuming her time is coming soon. But why is he doing that? Is he waiting for snack being served any moment?

hello everybody, I need help to find nice and interesting tank mates for my peaceful 75 gal community tank. My community includes so far: 1 baby angelfish 6 Guppies 5 Platy 3 emerald green cory 2 mystery snails I like dwarf gourami but not sure about their personality. Mixed info...

Hey everybody, I planted for now java moss and dwarf hair into my 75 gal (48") tank. My tank came with the cheapest light there is and I would like to invest in something nicer. Now as beginner the information about different light systems are very confusing. I will tell you what I would like...

hey guys, where was the nice stocking page/side/thread in this forum? I can't find it and found it really helpful. :thanks:

so I moved my fish (Platy and Cory) from my 10gal tank over to the new (used) 75gal tank after the water parameter were great and the temp ok. After 24 hours all Platy had 3 inch long dark poop and all at the same time. After that they all have white long stringy poop. The old tank owner said...

Does anybody know how to built a hill/mountain with java moss? I've seen something like that in a store and fell in love with it. It looked like a grassy hill with a tree on top. Has anybody done that before? What would be the substrate underneath and how to keep the hill in place? :angel:

Hello everybody, on Friday I will have my sweet 75 gal tank and I am so excited. Now I need some help for the planning to get it started. I would like to use sand and gravel in the tank. I know that it will have beside canister filter an under gravel filter with air pump as well. I have no...

How much does Prime affect the water readings? If the ammonia reading is still high a few hours after treatment with Prime conditioner ... what does it mean? Does it still give the high reading even if it's treated? I don't know how to explain it any better :huh:

hey guys, I have the chance to buy a used Fluval 404 for next to nothing. Apparently in very good condition. How his your experience with that one? Next question: what is a light ballast? :thanks:

I'm planning my new freshwater tank which will be at least 55 gal big. shopping around gets me confused because there are so many options and so many different opinions. There are good complete kit deals out there that come with bio wheel and LED lights. But I've heard so many bad things...

hello everybody, here I am finally and I am in so much trouble. I started my first ever aquarium three weeks ago and made already so many mistakes. I thought I did my homework but I have to admit that it was not enough. First mistake: only a 10 gal tank. oh what a headache Second mistake...