Just got my second bichir. Heās quite a bit fatter than my first , Iām just wondering if anyone could help me maybe determine how old mine are and tips with feeding and BOOSTING growth rate. Cause Iām seeing videos of people senegals that are HUGE compared to mine
Iām doing 2 40% WC a week...
Hi, this is my first time posting and I have no idea what to do. Iāve only owned my guppies for three months so Iām quite new to fish keeping.
I found my smallest guppy (Canyon) struggling to swim this morning. I found him struggling near the bottom but when I came near, he was twirling...
Recently i bought four dwarf acaras/smiling acaras and after i put them into the tank they went hiding as any new fish does.I made sure to properly 'prepare" them to water and temperature before adding them.Day later i see all of them alive but one started to act weird.He (the only male of this...
This white stuff showed up the other day, I think it was maybe the day after a water change? Does anyone know what it is or how to get rid of it?
I first noticed it on the plants (none of the plants are new) and now it seems to be on the substrate too.
My tank currently has 3 old guppies (I...
Hello, I got up this morning and noticed this white spot by my platys eye. Iāve not seen anything like it before but look sort of red aswell?
Any help or ideas of what it could be would be greatly appreciated!
I noticed my keyholes forehead area color was changing so I did water change but figured it was due to stress since my beta died and they've been together for years (beta was old no signs of sickness) but then today I noticed this. What is it and how do I treat it?š„ŗ
65 gallon tank
Ph 7.6
Ammonia/nitrites 0
Nitrates 20-40
1 pleco, 1 cory, 4 clown loach
All pertinent info:
I had old tank syndrome for a long time. My pleco started acting strange and it lit a fire under my ass to try and fix it, thinking it was the reason my pleco was being weird so I began...
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Long story short, I bought some Asian glass catfish for my main tank today.
They had been in the shop for quite some time. I asked the guy how long they had been there, and he told me it had been 8 weeks.
So, I naively thought, "Well, okay, that seems safe. They've pretty much already...
One of my cardinal tetras has a small yellowish lump on the side of it.
His colour is great and hes swimming around normally with the others.
It doesnt look like ich, maybe a tumour?
None of the other fish have it.
Hes about 4 years old and 1.5 inches.
I cant seem to take a picture of him...
Hello , trying to get some information on my peacock bass dying out of no where. Iāve had him about a month in a 55gal with two small Oscarās and a small arowana . No tension has gone on in the tank itās been perfectly peaceful. The only thing I checked that was off was the ph it lowered to...
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Today I went to me local pet store and found this fish in one of the tanks. The employee didnāt know what kind of fish it was and did not have a price for it. I thought it looked cool so I bought it. Iād like to know what kind of fish it is so I know how large it will get and...
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Iām new to owning fish so have very little experience.
I followed the shop instructions by starting off with 6 neon tetras, then a week later added 4 more then a week after that added a 5 more fish of varying species.
I went to do my weekly 1/3 water change and found the nitrate...
I need urgent advice for a sick goldfish. It's a bit of a messy situation and there are no local fish vets available.
I moved a sick goldfish from my parent's pond to a 60L hospital tank. She has a swollen abdomen, red patches on her face and near the base of some fins, and her one eye has less...
Hey there guys Iām new to aquariums Iāve been doing good but lately my plecos have been dying off one by one and when I see the bodies there are little white spots all over I looked it up and found out about ick and now my dwarf powder blue gouramis are starting to have white spots can anyone...
Hi everyone all help is appreciated!
We have had our tank set up and running for nearly a year, we have mollies platies and a couple of plecs,
Recently we got a couple more mollies and brought with them some sickness, We've now had about 7 die in just over a week
From looking at forums the...
My betta fish has just grown out of stress stripes and is growing new fins; now I see these dots.
Do these look like ich? I couldn't get good photos of the sides, but the most noticeable is his head.
10 gallon tank, filtered, heated to 82 F (to see if it helps) normally is at 80 F
3 guppies +...
I have a 3 yr old Rainbow shark. I believe it's a male but not 100% positive. He is refusing to eat unless handfed via a small syringe. I noticed this about 2 days ago when he was out in the tank spinning in a corner. I thought whirly disease or swim bladder but he is not visibly bloated and he...
I have giant amano shrimp in my 30 gallon and they donāt look like this. The color is red and blue but it could be what they were eating. Their patterns are VERY differant from normal Amano shrimp. These guys have tiger stripes instead of dots and dashes. Plz help.
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After a few years I decided to convert my 30 gallon gourami tank into a livebearer community tank. I re-homed the last surviving gourami and added 4 platys, 9 guppies and 8 tetra. Stupidly I didnāt quarantine in any way and now regretting it (Iām not an experienced fish keeper Iāve only...