fish

Hiya everyone, Hope you're all well! Anyways pretty cool topic.. If you could have one freshwater fish, what would it be? Mine would be a blood red asian arowana but it's so much hassle to get them in the uk! Not only expensive but we have to have them microchipped aswell! It is all for good...

This might sound silly but could a pleco just survive on vegetables such as cucumber, lettuce, spinach, cabbage etc.(these are the ones I've fed to mine pleco) without any special pleco food and algae wafers...

Hey guys i’m new to fish keeping, i have 3 cory catfish in a 10 gallon. (i know i need to get more lol) but i have brown algae all over the walls of the tank. i do weekly water changes where i take 75% of the water out and then wipe down the inside of the tank with a wet cloth to get out all the...

I have a black skirt tetra that has popped eyes, is bloated, scales seems to be peeling off, he is breathing rather fast, and something red is hanging out of his butt, I think that's his but idk tho. I have him quarantined in case it is something contagious. He has been like this for 4 days. No...

Asian Arowana a with intestinal disease (or inflammatory bowel disease) is a common health problem. Although it is a large-sized fish with a long life span, the arowana is very susceptible to disease when the environment and care regime is not guaranteed. Arowana has intestinal disease that...

I made a post a couple weeks ago about my girlfriend's betta fish not doing too well. Well the day has finally come, Arthur is dead. I have to assume it's just that he was a PetSmart fish who is in one of those little cups. Water is how it should be and the same as my other tanks. This post...

Hi im new to the forum and I've made a account as im trying all i can to remedy the situation as best i can and any advice would be great. Basically, over the last 6 months and lockdowns, i got back into fishkeeping. Everything was going very well i had a happy 130 litre/35 US gallon tank with...

Hi all, can’t seem to log into my main account (Ava_Banana), however I’m shutting down my “thin” tank and have a last few fish that need a new home: these are FREE: no charge, but all to go together. 1 x Golden Bristlenose 3.5 inches 1 x Red-finned shark 4 inches 1 x Clown Loach 3.5 inches 1...

Do I need a bubbler for my tank? I have 1 running in each back corner currently but don't want them if I don't need them. It is a 45g (36Lx24Hx12W) It has live plants, rocks, and driftwood as decorations. Stocklist: 2 Opaline Gourami 2 Angelfish(Unkown what specific type) 8 Black Skirt Tetras 8...

Hey I’m new here! Just found this website while doing some research. Anyway I currently own three fish tanks, a 75g with a red Texas, jack dempsey and rainbow shark, a 20 gallon with just plants, and a new 10g that’s been cycling for a while now! Anyway I’ve been trying to figure out what type...

New fishy, spotted congo puffer in the 55

hi i was thinking about getting a peppered corydora and i have java moss on the bottom of the tank can peppered corydora lay on the java moss?

I’ve only got one of this fish left and wanted to get some more but I can’t figure out what it is

A few weeks ago I got a fish order and it came with 3 fish I dont recognize, The fish have been doing great but I recently decided to add aquarium plants to the tank and only these fish are tearing them out of the substrate and its driving me crazy, Hoping to find plants they wont attack maybe...

Hello guys, I just bought a 45 gallon tank and am just looking for ideas. It is sand on bottom and will be heavily planted with driftwood as decoration. If anyone has a similar tank a picture would be appreciated so I can get ideas. I was also wondering good stocking ideas. I have 2 angelfish...

Hi guys im under 1 year in the Fish game, i have matured my tank nicely but now have realised that due to my eager stocking of fish, i have housed my opaline gourami with Rams and there not getting on great, but i can live with that its more to do with my little guys CPD and Tetras, who...

Hello, So I made a post a couple days ago about some of my snails dying and people told me that the API test strips I am using are not accurate so they might have been getting ammonia poisoning even though the strips tell me that it's not an issue. It's not surprising since they were the...

As you may already know, I have a 240 gallon tank in the process of being set up but I also have a well established 20 gallon tank with a 4-6 month old clown pleco. I've only really seen him like 3 or 4 times!!! How can I get him to come out more?

Hi all. I’m new to the fish keeping hobby, I’m from uk. We bought a 40L tank from a pet shop, cleaned tank, gravel and plastic plants etc, installed filter and heater set at (25 degrees Celsius)that came with the tank, filled tank to the water level marked on the filter, we added tapsafe and...