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Thanks for the suggestions   We did make sure we got all of the fish out of the tank so there are no dead bodies left in there, although there could be some snails, I'm not sure.   The tank is a planted tank but not heavily planted. I had also thought that maybe when my roommate vacuumed the...

About two days ago we had to move our 30 gallon that's in the living room. This tank has always been very healthy and has been established for a little over a year. In it we had several platies, a couple of mollies, 3 serpae tetra, a leopard pleco, a rainbow shark and 3 bosemani rainbows. It's...

I prefer otocinclus but they were out and I haven't had much luck with them. They seem pretty delicate and the last one I had lasted only a couple of months. But I haven't had much luck with plecos either.   What kind of tank would a Chinese algae eater be best in?

A couple of weeks ago I brought some new fish home from the pet store. I got 5 harlequin rasboras, and 3 variatus platies, along with 2 algae eaters. One of the algae eaters went into a 5 gallon tank with a betta and the other algae eater went into my 20 gallon tank with the rest of my fish.  ...

Thanks for the advice everyone. We did add salt to the water but don't have a way to turn up the temperature in the water as the heater is one that automatically shuts off after the water reaches 78f.

Last night we discovered that one of our balas in the 55 gallon tank had white spots all over him. We're not really sure where the ich may have come from because we have not introduced any new fish into that aquarium in probably a couple of months since getting a couple of new gourami.   I got...

  Thanks! He's a sweet betta. Not aggressive. He's shy and likes to hide, and absolutely adores the live plants in the tank. :)

 Yes, he is a crown tail :)

Here is my boy Caspian :)

This is Caspian. For about a month I didn't know what to name him and then one day I was watching him swim around and his name just came to me. He's a cute little guy and his favorite activity is laying in the plants. Edit: my phone won't resize the pictures and otherwise they are too big so I...

Wow he's gorgeous!

I have a small 3 gallon tank that has given me nothing but trouble since I set it up. I have lost 3 bettas in it and now some baby guppies and I'm starting to wonder if my tank is cursed or something. Lol. Anyway, I've discovered that the ammonia out of my tap tests at about 0.5 ppm. The...

With the recent problems I've been having in both my 3 gallon and 20 gallon tanks due to ammonia and nitrate levels, it was recommended to use some of the filter media from my 20 gallon tank to help establish my 3 gallon betta tank. The problem is my tap water has been coming out with an ammonia...

  Thanks, and thank you for all your help and advice the past couple of days, I really appreciate it.