Recent content by GrayTeall

These are not my fish, but my advice to the owner is welcome, so I've come here for help from you good people. I know absolutely nothing about cichlids or their care. There's 5 total tanks in the house (2 are five-gallons and another is a 20-gallon, which are all too small for the listed fish so...

I have a tall (torso-length) 55 gallon with mostly mollies and guppies of all ages. For around a month now, my male orange molly has been chasing my slender black molly who I think is also male and showing breeding behavior. I was worried at first, but the black molly hasn't shown signs of...

Where do you go to rehome fish when you're not friends with any aquarists and your local fish store isn't trustworthy?

My best guess would be reflections from your fish's eyes. Kind of like when cat owners just see two glowing orbs in the shadows at night.

I have a tall 55-gallon tank that's been spotless since I got it, with the help of a Chinese algae eater (named Nuts). There's not enough algae that grows to feed him properly, but my tank is full of cone snails that live in the sand and he snacks on those too, which is fine by me. I never...

I was convinced to get juvenile rainbow sharks in my first tank as a kid in either a 30 gallon or a 40 long by my dad and the pet store employee, and they ate ALL of my peaceful fish. They were the last species standing. I think it traumatized me a bit, and that may be the reason others are also...

I forgot to add, but there are no visual symptoms of disease. Gills are a normal color, moving at a normal pace, normal colors and translucency, no unusual spots or bloating, eyes are normal, fins are intact.

Since I set my 55-gallon freshwater aquarium up about 2-3 weeks ago, I've heard occasional splashing overnight. However, yesterday and today I've caught my dalmation mollies acting strange and I suspect it may have been them that I was hearing. What inspired me to write this post was my fish...

(Disclaimer: I'm a novice to the hobby, I got my first tank a week ago and have been learning as I go, though I'm an avid researcher and always check my sources for reliability. I do not know everything, I'm just doing my best.) From what I know about the nitrogen cycle, there's two main...

Background: two days ago I did a large percentage water change and pretty thorough gavel vac and immediately after the ammonia levels were almost at zero, so I waited until 5:00pm yesterday to change the water. (Normally I start around 10:00am-12:00pm.) However, I noticed that some of my fish's...