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I am stocking and aquascaping a 55 gallon tank. I've fishless cycled it and the substrate is sand. It has filter, heater, and lighting. I also have a large piece of driftwood that I can use but other than that I have nothing. I can't decide what type of tank to have. I can't keep fish that...

I'm helping my mom start up a tank in her office. We've already established that she is going to have a betta. My question is: Are bettas and platies compatible? I know alot about bettas and have around 20 of them but don't keep other fish with my bettas. I was wondering if anyone else had and...

I have a 55 gallon soon to be planted tank and need to figure out what to stock it with. I have a really high pH. Do you have any suggestions?

I recently set up my 20 long tank for my guppies in the winter. (they live in a pond in the summer) A female guppy that we got in a pair in a lfs died within a week. A few days later she was followed by the male who came with her, then by a female that I had bred. I was away for the weekend...

Yesterday, as a combo b-day and x-mas present my family gave me a $250 petsmart giftcard. With it I want to start a female betta tank. What I'm not sure about is the size of this tank. The $250 needs to cover just about everything that goes into the tank along with the tank and most of the...

This is a quote from a user on another forum. So far we have not been able to identify the disease so I thought I'd see if someone here could. Any idea what this could be?

I got this poor little betta at my lfs. He looked so sad and beat up. The problem was that I just couldn't stand to keep him in that tiny cup. . . I put him directly into his tank (I know, Not the best thing. . . But he couldn't stay ina cup while I fishless cycled) But I had to go to San Diego...

There's something wrong with her. She has developed reddish brown coloration on her front fins and is a deep red around those fins. It's the color of blood to give you an idea. Her head's turned white with red freckles and she breathes every 20-30 seconds instead of her usual 100-150. She tried...

Before I haven't had to get a heater because it was always so warm that the temp stayed in the 70s. But I just moved and now I need to know what heater is best for a 10 gallon. I'm looking for a low price heater that will do its job and I'd rather have 1 that'll last several years that's more...

She's currently in a ten gallon alone. I want to get her some tankmates. She's still relatively young. Could I put some cherry barbs in with her? I know that barbs are generally nippy but maybe the cherry barbs will be ok? Or some dwarf cories. Maybe an adf? Some sparkling gouramis? The cherry...

Sea Monkeys Are Brine shrimp but is there something different about them that's not good for fish? Or is it just a way to get inexpensive brine shrimp? (Buy starter pack, put in jar) I've had them before but as pets when I was tiny. They mate constantly and if they don't then there's something...

How Much Is A 20 Gallon Tank? (Not counting later costs, just to get it up and going, No fish with any special needs, just basic landscaping with driftwood and java moss, no big or expensive fish) I have time to maintain one, and matinence costs are'nt what I'm worried about now. But how much...

http://www.finclub.com/started.html If you click on that link, it will take you to a page with "The Secrets of Smart Fishkeeping!" If you click on "don't crowd that aqurium", it will tell you how many fish you can fit in your Explorer II 2 gallon aquarium: 10 guppies or white clouds!! 5...

How Much Time Do You Spend Monthly On Your Tank? (Feeding fish, trimming any plants, cleaning substrate, PWC, basic matinence) How Big Is Your Tank? What Do You Spend Your Tank Matinence Time On? What Type Of Fish Do You Have? I'm trying to figure out if I have time to maintain another tank...

I'm getting a small school of cories for my new tank and have no experience so I thought I'd ask Which cories are easiest to care for? Which cories are hardiest? (They might all be equally hardy, I don't know) Which cories are smallest? Which cories are easiest to breed? What's a good...

This summer I'm going to make a small pond. It's going to have a waterfall and I want to have small fish in it. It'll have floating plants to provide protection from any predators and I need to keep in mind that it gets cold in the winter (not really cold, and not for very long, but I still need...

I do a thing where I get salmon eggs every year and raise them till the salmon are big enough to survive and put them into the salmon stream. The eggs are dying in larger numbers really quickly. I'm not sure what's causing it. They're to the point where I can see their eyes through the eggs...

Both my dad and a friend have kept fish for awhile, both think that they are doing nothing wrong. My dad overstocks tanks and stunts his fish. My friend does (for one thing, not the biggest, but the most recent) his cycling with fish. Not without. He also seems to have a habit of not testing his...

My neighbor's cat has destroyed about a thousand dollars worth of fish and furniture in my house (clawed a hole in the screen door so that she can get in)I have my guppies in a pond in the warmer months (which is about 9 months of the year) so that I can best mimic their natural habitat and...

I want to stock a 20 gallon long tank. It will be very well planted and I'd like fish that: a. Will not mess up plants b. are very peaceful c. are not very big d. are colorful e. can breed fairly easily (not required, just something that I like alot) f. I'd also like a "centerpiece fish"...