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I moved recently I got rid of my big tanks but kept my betta in a 10 gal the new house has well water it's untreated no water softeners it's not very rusty but it has a slight metallic taste to it my questing is will prime be enough to make the water safe for my beta or should I find another...

I am moving this weekend I am keeping my tanks and will set them back up eventually but I am shutting them off for now I am going to donate my cichlids and my community tank fish to my lfs unless someone here wants to come pick them up before Saturday I'm in lake county illinois about a hr north...

I was looking in my cichlid tank last night I have 1 clown pleco in there with my cichlids I noticed both of its eyes are missing and I noticed a few of my cichlids nipping at it is there anything I can do for the fish both its eyes are missing I feel bad I didn't notice this sooner he's been in...

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I did a water change today and cleaned out the media on my fluval c4 hob filter when I put it back together and plugged it in it did nothing so I took it out and noticed the impeller had debris on it so I took the impeller out of the housing and cleaned it the best I could. It's now working and...

Tomorrow me and my wife will be going to a local flea market just to look around and get a few things every time I am there there is a old guy with a booth and he sells birds and fish I have always been hesitant to but from him tho because I'm worried about getting a sick fish or the fish being...

I wanted to redo my 20 gal tank, I removed all the fish and snails and drained the tank completely removed the sand substrate (wanted to do a glass bottom) then replaced the decorations rocks and driftwood I am still using the same well established filter and media my question is would the 100...

I recently got some juvenile cichlids from a family member who's cichlids spawned I put them in my 36 gallon guppy tank to grow them out a bit before I move them into my cichlid tank but in the last week almost all my guppies now have tattered tail fins I have not seen any of the cichlids...

Can anyone id this cichlid I got it in a assortment but I'm not sure what kind it is

I did a water test on one of my established tanks been running over a year and I got a reading of 0.25 ammonia (api master test) this was about 5 days after my last water change it has always read 0 ammonia when I test it I'm not sure what caused the slight spike the filter media is established...

I'm starting a new tank it's 55 gallon long tank 48L14W 20H (inches) I am setting it up as a african cichlid tank I have substrate with pH buffers going to be running a canister filter along with a sponge filter still waiting for everything to arrive in the mail and get the tank set up and...

Looking to get a canister filter for one of my tanks I have never used a canister before I was looking at a few on Amazon they are all priced relatively the same between 100 to 150 for ones rated for 50 75gallon tanks I'm gonna be using it on my new 55gal I'm setting up any recommendations on...

I'm looking to upgrade to a bigger tank I currently have a 36 gal bow front I'm looking to upgrade to a 50 60 gal tank the issue is I want to keep as many plants as I can out of the 36 and I don't have room to run both tanks at the same time so I want to just swap out the tanks my filter in my...

I have a 36 gal bowfront tank that's well established and semi heavily planted I had 4 Bolivian rams and 6 forktails and my wife came home with 3 more rams that are juveniles still the 4 we had already are fully grown I'm not sure if I'm overstocked I read online 4 rams is acceptable in a 30 gal...

I was looking to get rid of the filter cartridges in my hob filter and replace it with other media the filter has 2 cartridges side by side so I want to do them one at a time so I don't mess up my cycle too bad and plan on using the cartridge to seed the new media. my question is what kind of...

I have a 20 gallon established tank and over the past month I have been getting alot of brown alge building up on the decorations in the tank I don't have any live plants in it. It has a few fake plants driftwood rocks and a artificial rock structure. Inhabitants are guppys neon tetras a blue...

I have 6 guppys and 8 neon tetras in a 20 gallon I know the guppys will increase their numbers over time. I want to add either more neon tetras or another school of small schooling fish but I also don't want to over crowd the tank any suggestions on how many more neon to add or another...

What fish would you recommend to add into a guppy tank what will get along with them gonna head to my lfs in a bit

My local water supply has very hard water and high ph I use api ph down to keep ph in acceptable range for my fish but as far as the water hardness goes will hard water have any effects on my inhabitants and what can I do to lower the hardness if need be I live in an apartment so I have no...

I moved some fish around between my 3 tanks and ended up with a empty tank 20 gallon I restocked it with 6 fancy guppys 2 male 4 female I know they will breed and increase their numbers my question is is there anything specific I need to know for keeping guppys I have a sand substrate drift wood...

I have a tank that was fully cycled but the fish I had in it got moved into a bigger tank. The filter and heater have been running but other than a few assasin snails there's no other fish in it. It's been empty about 5 days I want to restock it with a school of guppies but I'm not sure if my...

Due to unforseen circumstances I was away from my house for over a month and because of lack of light all my plants died in my 36 gallon bow front tank so I want to start over looking for any ideas, suggestions on types of plants arrangement ideas etc before I start buying new plants im going...

There are these weird bubble like growths on one of my Cory's my wife just noticed any ideas as to what it could be?

I have some white fuzz growing on a pice of drift wood in a 20 gallon not sure what it is or how to get rid of it any info would be great. thank you

I started a new 20 gal tank with a fish in cycle 1 black sailfin Molly I seeded ot woth media from one of my established tanks its been running about 4 weeks now just got a api master test kit and ammonia nitrate and nitrite are all 0 if I'm reading this correctly first time using this test kit...