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I have never had this happen before. And even with 40 tanks, and most of those holding angelfish (including her brothers and sisters) this is the only fish with the problem. What are her chances of survival in general? So far, she has lasted about 2 weeks in this condition. She is the female...

Just created a new Facebook group for L134 plecos (Leopard Frog). https://www.facebook.com/groups/L134Plecos/ Also, there are groups for most of the states in the Southeast. Just look up *Statename* Aquarist on Facebook.

Well, I'm taking four 10G tanks down (double stands) and putting this in their place, but perpendicular to the wall. Then it's going to house my breeding guppies and shrimp, and then baby fish! Bettas, plecos, angelfish, discus, whatever! Prior to this, I had 29 tanks in my house. This counts...

Look what I scored last week! This week is being spent cleaning it up! Getting it in the house was a pain! And it was already late at night, so no one wanted to take it apart and risk losing pieces (so we just lost my screwdrivers instead....). But it's here and coming apart now so I can get...

I'm trying to find someone who sells WILD CAUGHT betta splendens. Does anyone know of a source? I can do the whole international thing, just have to set it up with a transshipper. I just REALLY want a wild-caught betta splendens!

Nice, right? Well, two days later, clear on the other side of town, I found his identical twin! So, naturally, I adopted him too! If you look closely, the only difference is actually the color that is at the base of the tail. The first one has blue "creeping" on to his tail, the second one...

After the fact, yes. It held a female betta for a little less than a week. Unfortunately, during that week she was treated with Tetracycline, which would have killed all the nitrifying bacteria anyway. So during that time, her poop, breathing, etc caused ammonia that wasn't eaten. It wasn't...

Okay, for some reason I thought PH was also tied into GH. So that answers that. I knew about the PH becoming acidic unless something kept it up, I was just thinking GH kept it up, and not just KH. As for the lava rock, I figured that out as I continued testing the other 1-gallons. Everything...

It was actually a male. A VERY obvious male once you got him out of water. Water really does make it all shrink. BUT, he has passed since I posted this. He wedged himself under one of the heaters, and got burned when the heater turned on. He DID escape it, and I moved him to a 10-gallon tank by...

I know very small tanks are harder to keep stable in terms of water parameters. But this one blows my mind. My tap water is so incredibly soft, I joke that you can try skipping a stone across it, and the water would reach up, swallow the stone and it would just totally disappear. It wouldn't...

It probably won't kill them. But you most likely won't see many offspring at all.

You're missing one of the best dishes in the world then!

Test your tap water. See if it has ammonia, nitrite, or nitrate in it. If a water change stresses him out even more, I'm wanting to say something may be in your tap water causing concern. This is especially true if you haven't done a water change on a 2.5 gallon tank in two weeks. He should be...

AND IN OTHER NEWS, aside from the penta and tetra.... lol You MAY also be looking at a disease introduced by one of the new fish. That's why it's not only important to add fish slowly, but to quarantine any new fish you get to make sure they are healthy. Petsmart and Petco have notoriously high...

If you just started it a few weeks ago, and you've already lost every fish, then it sounds like you didn't cycle it at all. So definitely visit the link Nick just posted, and it should help you out a lot! One exception though. Don't bother with mollies or guppies from Petsmart or Petco. Tetras...