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Sorry for not responding, I've been sick the past couple days. The plecostomus finally did die. I'm taking it back to the fish store that I got it from. The other one I had (purchased as the same time) is doing fine. I have a 55 gal tank. Ph is 7.4 ammonia is 0 Nitrate and Nitrite are both at...

I thought mine was dying, but if it is, it's taking over 2 weeks for it to do so. Each time I see it laying on it's side or back, it's breathing normally and I tap on the glass and it gets up and sucks up to the glass...I don't know what's up with it....I think I just got the "special" one....

I bought a Plecostomus a few weeks ago, it's a small one ( I know, it will grow). I noticed a few days after I bought it, it was laying on it's side at the bottom of the tank and I thought it was dead, but I noticed it was still breathing. So I tapped on the glass and it got up and sucked up to...

I have a 55 gal tank. I have a red tail shark that I've had for about 6 months. It is the same size now as it was when I bought it. It swims, eats, acts normal. My Mother-in-law is of the persuasion that it's a male because it's so small...from everything I've learned in research the male is...

I have a 55 gal tank, and I have 5 Serpae tetras. I have not had any issues with them. In my tank along with the serpae tetras I have 2blue gourami's, 2 sunset gourami's, 6 tiger barbs, 5 angel fish, 3 different types of cory catfish, pictus catfish, some small algea eaters, and red tail shark...

I have well water so I don't have to worry about chlorine, but I have used test strips before for testing other parameters and I have found that the test strips are not accurate at all...the only test strips that are even remotely close to being accurate is the pH test strips and they aren't...

I bought 6 algea eaters from the local pet store a couple weeks ago. They were very small, but they are growing nicely. One of the 6 is different looking from the others. His body is regular color and a small spot on his head is regular color, but the area around his eyes and his "face" (if fish...

I honestly do not know what Gh and Kh are. I have hard water. It's also well water.

I have a 55gal tank. I was having issues with pH being real low and my ammonia was real high. I read that if the pH was below a certain point and your ammonia was high then you had ammonium and that was not toxic to fish. I was finally able to get my ammonia to 0ppm and my pH was around 7-7.2...

Nah I'm not discouraged. I've lost many fish since starting. I don't get too attached to them because I know that things happen. :)

I was just looking at that. It could have been. Her scales weren't standing on end, but it still could have been. Poor thing. She was a beautiful fish. The male was steady chasing her. I guess he thought she was beautiful too. :) Thank you Tigerbarb 12 for your response.

Hmmm...so I could get a python and use it for my tank AND drain my water bed when I get ready to get a new bed....2 birds, 1 stone. LOL.

I had a female blue gourami, had her for about 4 months. She seemed fine, except her sides seemed to be getting larger (looked like she swallowed a rock). Tuesday she was fine, no noticeable issues, nothing unusual about her and Tuesday night she was dead. Any ideas what the problem could have...

What is the python?

I have a male and a female blue gourami. Just recently they have starting putting their mouths together then they back up and stick their "feelers" (I do not know the technical term for them) out then go back and do it again. While doing this their color darkens...after doing it a few times the...

I have the same problem. 55gal tank. Been set up since end of December 2014. My ammonia is showing between 1 .0 and 2.0. Nitrates and Nitrites are where they are supposed to be. I've used the ammonia remover, i've added the bacteria supplement, vacuumed the gravel, and done water changes. I have...

Ok I see. That makes sense. Thanks.

when I first started my aquarium i had 3 black mollies (55gal tank) and i got males cause i don't want to deal with the breeding issues. the all died so i took them back to the store and got 3 more black mollies but i forgot to tell them all male so I think i ended up with 1 female. the 2 that...

King Neptune, no the tank wasn't established when they were added. It was a fairly new tank. and the white skirts were given to me by a friend. the black skirts i bought. ImACoolGuy, how do you tell the difference between the males and females in the white skirts? This is my first time dealing...

Thanks for the info. Any idea why they would start doing it now? They have been in the tank together since the last day of December 2014...

I've got a Pleco that is 8.5 inches long in a 55 gal tank. I got him from my mother in law who had him in a 29 gal tank and had him since he was very small...he's close to 10 years old now. From my experience, if you over feed him he will produce ALOT of waste, the one I've got literally...

When I woke up this morning I found a dead Long skirt black tetra. I was puzzled as to why he was dead....this afternoon I noticed my biggest White skirt tetra was nipping at and ramming one of my long skirt black tetra and then I started wondering if that was the cause of death for the other...

No I haven't added anyone new to the tank. Last water change was last week, and it was 50%.

I had a pictus catfish that I got the middle of January this year. I noticed yesterday that he was swimming around real calmly around the tank and not being spazzy like he usually is and he didn't stay hidden in his log. I also noticed yesterday afternoon that his right eye was like bug-eyed and...

Thank you so much. I really appreciate all the advice and I will adhere to what you all have told me.