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I am now the proud owner of a pair of powder blue dwarf Gourami. Anyone out there can give me some tips on these. They are now in a well established tank, I have had running for about 2 years now. They are with a few Cory's and 2 small zipper loaches. Tomorrow I am going to replant the tank more.

Does anyone out there sell their live plants online? How do they do it.

Could someone please ID this plant for me. It is the long one that is multiple. Thank You Also how do I straighten my pictures.

I have found this growing in my tank. I am not sure what this is or where it came from. It looks like hair grass BUT I do not have any in my tank. (the white spots are my snail eggs) Maybe its an algae? Sorry the pic is sideways I am having some issues with it. Thank you

I got 3 Zebra loaches today. They are juveniles. I thought they were Yoyo's but was wrong. I now have them and like them. They are currently in a quarantine tank which is only 10 gal heavily planted with LOTS of snails I somehow got. I will be re-homing them into my 75 gal fish tank after...

Hello my fellow fish keepers. I have a MAJOR issue going on. My fish tank has had an explosion of snails. I went out of town on Thursday and before then I seen 1 or 2 ramshorn snails I would pick them out and dispose of them. I get home today and BAMB they are everywhere! What is the best way to...

Someone please try and tell me what this is. I will describe it a best as possible and I tried to take some pics the best I can. Symptoms are: a open mouth that will not close very puffy. Also I now have seen to me it looks like white string or even a whisker on the side or coming out of the...

How many Cory's can a 10 gallon tank can live safely. My son has a total of 7. Is this ok or to many? 10 gal 2 mollies 7 corys 1 mystery snail Sent from my iPhone using Aquarium Advice

I have NO idea what is going on in my tank. I seem to have possibly 2 different issues going on. 1 is I will get 1 fish at a time get this lock jaw issue and slowly die. The other is 1 fish at a time will develop a curvature of the spine. I have a heavily planted tank and have watched this go on...

I have 2 Horseface loaches. They are always together. Well now I can only find one. I've tried algae tablets hoping that the missing one will appear. Seems to have disappeared overnight (this is the 2nd day). I have looked under driftwood. Nothing. Its like he grew legs and walked away. I LOVED...

Does anyone know what kind of snail this is? Sent from my iPhone using Aquarium Advice

Anyone ever give mosquito larva to their fish? Is this OK for them?Should this be considered a treat to the fish? My son gave 3 to his mollies and he is concerned maybe he shouldn't have. Any info on this is a great help.

What is a good temperature to set my tanks at? I have a basic community of fish. It is heavily planted. Right now one was reading at 83.6 I'm wondering if that is to high. My fish are all fine and happy and the plants are to so I was just wondering. Sent from my iPhone using Aquarium Advice

I have a snail free aquarium. I try very hard to keep it that way. So I got a plant that came from a snail tank. I really like the plant and want to use it. Someone told me to dip the plant in Alum that I would get from the store. Anyone every done this before? Please advise me so I know how to...

I did a re-design of my tank. Now my crypts seem to have melted. I am hoping that this will only be temporary and maybe they are stressed. Hopefully they will come back to life. I currently don't have any pictures of it. Anyone out there know of this?

Does anyone know if you can use plexiglass in a fish tank? Sent from my iPhone using Aquarium Advice

Has anyone out there put sea shells in their thank for decorations. I have a heavily planted tank that I was thinking of adding some sea shells to it for decoration and wondered if it would effect the water some?

I have a 75 gallon tank which I so hate the look of it. All my plants have overgrown everywhere. And yes it is my fault I let them get this way. I want to do a rescale from removing all the plants and reposition them back in. I hope to accomplish this the weekend of July 4 since it's a long...

I am wanting to start a new Nano tank in a somewhat tall glass vase. Planted. So my question is do I need a small filer on it? I could do an air/sponge filter on it. What I would like to do is get some shrimp and possibly a beta. Not sure on the Beta yet.

Hello, Currently I have a 10 gal fish tank with plants and 1 otto. I would like to make it a shrimp tank. In the past I have tried ghost shrimp and they died. I was told that the water temperature was to high. I think I need lots of information on how to establish a good colony of shrimp. I have...

I am sick and tired of how my 2 tanks look. I want to rip everything out and replant. What I really need is someone to come and redo my tanks for me. *Good luck on that* Anyone ever take everything out of the tank minus the fish and replant it? How do I begin? Do I take the fish out also? Any...

Does anyone have a tank that is mostly crypts? I have a 75 gal and about 80% of my bottom is crypts. Do they spread? i have notice that mine really don't. Or maybe its because I really have a lot so I don't notice. I LOVE mine they are VERY full and lush. I would like more information on these...

I have a 10 gallon tank that I've been having issues with for awhile. I haven't been able to find the balance between the lighting and algae issues. I have eco complete and canister filter with led lighting on it. So for awhile I have been battling algae issues. From stag-horn algae to brown...

I was wondering if I was to take a gold dust Mollie and breed it with a Dalmatian Mollie what would the babies look like. Has anyone done this before? Sent from my iPhone using Aquarium Advice

I have 3 different tanks. 2 are 75 gal each and 1 is a 10 gallon. What I have learned is each tank is different. One 75 gal will grow certain plants while the other 75 gal will not grow the same plant. (Ex: Amazon sword wasn't doing well in the one tank just moved it to the other and now...