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How do baby fish know how to do everything as soon as they are born? Like how do they know how to run away from a hand, know what food is and how to eat it, and know how to use their flippers? How can they do this with a brain the size of a grain of salt, while baby humans don't know how to do...

Hi! I use a 20 gallon Tetra whisper filter, and it has room for one media insert. My phosphates are extraordinarily high, and I want to use phosguard to reduce them. How do I go about inserting the phosguard in my filter? If I take out my current media insert for a couple of days, then I fear...

My glofish is a tetra. We got him/her when they were at their full size, and he/she has survived in our tank for three years. I don't want it to die :(.

Does anyone know how long it takes for a glofish fry to become the length of an adult? I'm just trying to determine the age of my glofish. Super random, but thanks anyway!

I don't think squashing its head is too necessary...

Hi! I need help, ASAP. So, my alkalinity in my fish tank is 0-40 ppm right now, and I need to get it up another 100 ppm (at least). It is so low that one day my fish tank’s ph is a 7, and the next day it is a 9. I need to stabilize my PH by getting a high alkalinity in my tank. The issue is, my...

A Kissing Gourami. They are pure evil. Pure. evil. They nearly kissed one of my fish to death.

Hello! How on earth does one fix their alkalinity without increasing their PH as well? Just a little bit of background: My tap water has a PH of at least an 8, so whenever I do water changes, I get a PH spike. To fix this, I am using acid buffer immediately after each water change to get the...

I am pretty sure he has dropsy, as "pineconing" and a bloated stomach are two symptoms of it. What are your water parameters?

After looking closer, I realized that its a female. Thank you so much!

Hi! I just bought this platy today from a local fish store. It is a male. Does anyone have any idea what that black spot is on my platy's stomach and why on earth it is so fat? Thanks :)

I just made a stupid mistake and replaced my filter media with a new one, and now my nitrites are increasing. Do I just do constant water changes until the nitrifying bacteria is built back up in my filter?

So you don't think that it is a parasite?

Hello, I am new to the fish forum but have had a fish tank for about two years now. All my chemicals in my tank are balanced, and overall have had a good run with my 20 gallon tank. However in the past month, two fish have died. Both of their bodies have had a thick, white string hanging from...