Recent content by Calico7

I usually quarantine fish before adding them to my tank, but this time I decided not to, and it came back and bit me in the butt. I brought home 4 mollies that seemed healthy in the store, but once I got them home and in the tank, one of them was very lethargic and uncoordinated. The next day, I...

        Thank you all for the information!   The current light is a T8 15 watt bulb. Three of my anubias have grown just fine with it. The other plants are surviving but not thriving.    I think I will go for T5-HO lights since it seems like you have to pay big bucks to get quality LEDs. I used...

I have one 18" fluorescent bulb on the tank right now. I would like my tank to have moderate lighting. I am thinking of either buying a dual fluorescent fixture or a LED fixture. Which would be the better choice? The tank is a 20 tall, so the lights would be about 17" from the substrate.   For...

She's not a lazy fish. She was perfectly fine and energetic before the melafix. She now lays on her side, whether she's in the cup or the tank. I have kept up on changing the water in the cup so it is clean.    The flow wasn't a problem before. In fact, she liked it. Now that she's ill, I think...

The cup is floating in the tank so it's warm. She moves maybe once a day, so I think the current of the 20gal would be more stressful than lying in the cup. It's also easier for her to eat in a smaller space. At this point, I don't think she'll be able to recover.

Hi Everyone!   I have two tanks: a divided 5.5gal with two male bettas and a 20gal community tank with a female betta. About a month ago I treated both tanks with Melafix. I noticed my bettas becoming more lethargic, so I researched "bettas and Melafix" and sure enough I found information saying...