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None of my other fish are at the surface for air, its just the cory cat.

Hi, I have a green emerald Cory catfish, and not only does it eat off the bottom, but it eats off the surface. It will actually go to the surface of the water, swim upside down, and eat. Catfish are bottom feeders and I know they are known to gulp air from the surface, but eat??? Is there...

ok, thanks guys.

Hello again, I have a 5 gallon tank and I am curious on what to stock it with. I am not going to do tetras again, that was a mistake. But don't worry, I bought a 10 gal for them. Any way, what kind of fish would be good for this size tank? Bettas, goldfish, etc. If I do Bettas, are a male...

Hello, I am pretty sure that the reason ALL of my fish suddenly died in a period of 48 hours is because of "ick".? I have a 10 gallon tank and had started out with 6 glowlight tetras. I waited about a week and a half before I added new fish. I decided to put two cory catfish in the tank as...

Thanks. I havn't really seen them on the bottom either, mainly on the Rock that WAS covered in algae.

Correction: The name of the fish in question is an "Otocinclus"

Hello, I just got a couple of Octicinclus bottom feeders. I guess they are in the catfish family, is that right? Other than some algae that is around the tank, what else can I give it? I do have a cory cat and I feed it sinking wafers, I give it half a wafer per day. The wafer package says it's...

Hello, is any amount of algae harmful for a fishtank? Is some okay, if so how much? Thanks, Matt P.S. I do not have an algae eater

i looked into those vacation feeders. DO NOT use them.I guess the plaster can make the water foul and harm the fish. just thought i'd tell ya.

that is a great idea. i am mainly concerned with Spring Break though, niether myself or my roommate will be here.

i am thinking about getting the white vacation feeder tablets for when I go home from college for breaks such as spring break are they any good? I have some tetras and some catfish.

as far a spring break goes, maybe look into one of the vacation feeders, i don't know how they are, but that is what I am thinking about doing when I go home for spring break. i am going to post a question on them right now. It will be in the beginner forum.

ok thanks, that's kinda what I thought.

Hello all, I have a topfin 25 watt heater in my tank, it was working great, kept the temp. around 80-82 degrees. Well the light went out and has not come back on, and the temp. has dropped to 73 degrees. The fish are fine, for now. My only concern is, it does get pretty cool in my dorm at...