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Hello all. I'm hoping someone here can help me. I'm an experienced aquarist, but I've been lucky and haven't dealt with sick fish much. However, my platy has been staying almost exclusively at the bottom of the aquarium for several weeks now. She eats on occasion, but does not come up to do...

Hey everyone. If I could get help, I would appreciate it. I've used the template to provide info. Will also include a picture. 1~What type of fish is afflicted? In addition, please describe what is wrong with the fish to the best of your ability (i.e. cotton like growth, bloated, etc.)...

So my step son is taking the last of his fish with him to college this weekend, meaning that I will have a 10 gallon aquarium that I could possibly us as a QT/hospital tank. My question though is what do I keep in there in order to keep the BB alive? Never had one before but since I'm at the...

I just completed a fishless cycle last week and later in the week proceeded to add some fish. I added 10 neons, 6 rasboras, 4 corys, and a few days later added a pearl gourami. However, I've been having neons die left and right and after having no problems, two of the rasboras have died. They...

Hey everyone. I just completed my first fishless cycle last night. I completed my 80-90% water change early this morning and am going to the fish store this evening after work (2 more hours). Here is my stocking list that I've formulated: 4x Cory 2x Sunset Platy (fry, already in tank) 10x...

So I believe I'm in the latter part of my fishless cycle, but I'm having a problem with nitrites not going down. This morning I checked my levels, and for the first time, ammonia went from 3 ppm down to zero in 24 hours. But nitrites are still sky high, as are nitrates. The reason I'm concerned...

Hey everyone, just got done setting up my new aquarium yesterday and sat down with my 7 year old son to decide what fish to get. I think we've settled on this list after my fishless cycle is complete: 4 Albino Cory 2 Sunset Platy 1 Dwarf Gourami 2 Boesemans Rainbowfish 2 Ghost Shrimp 10 Neon...

Hey everybody. New to the forums and have been studying a ton over the last few weeks. Been out of the aquarium game for a while but I'm getting back into it with a 45g tall tank. Planning on doing a fishless cycle for the first time beginning this weekend. My question though is about the...