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  1. T

    Honey Gourami male or female?

    Hi everyone, this is my first time posting so bear with me. I was reading other posts about people with similar issues but I am still unsure of what kind of Gourami I have. I picked up my Gourami for my lfs last week, they said they only had one male and were waiting on getting more. When I...
  2. abegonzalez0221

    Help, what kind of cichlids are these?

    Okay so I work at a pet store and we have these groups of cichlids we randomly got delivered from corporate. Iā€™m the fish guy but I honestly donā€™t even know what these are, could someone help?
  3. P

    HELP SICK CORY

    Hey guys i have 3 corydora catfish i have had for a while now and i have never had any issues with them. today when i got home from work i went to feed them and i noticed one was sorta laying on itā€™s side and wouldnā€™t move so i tried to pick him up with the net (i honestly wasnā€™t sure if it was...
    • pepper169
    • Thread
    • #corycatfish #sickfish #swimbladder corydora corydora catfish help need advice need an expert need help sick cory
    • Replies: 7
    • Forum: Corydoras
  4. D

    Fishless cycle not progressing after 3 months

    I've been trying to cycle my tank for 3 months and I'm not seeing any movement in ammonia, nitrite or nitrates. It's an unplanted tank, I dosed ammonia using Dr. Tim's and used Tetra Safestart about 2 months ago to try and get the cycle kickstarted. The most I saw was an increase in nitrite to...
  5. P

    1-2 gallon planted snail jar questions

    hello, i hate to be a newbie here. but, i grabbed a pickle jar while working fixing kitchen equipment on a service call at a restaurant. my questions were after i put some top soil under the gravel and plant some basic plants such as java fern which i have an exorbitant abundance of, and...
  6. Aquarist2020

    Help!!! Is turbo start lethal for fish?

    The directions say to put turbo start before fish. I did that but can I still place the turbo start with fish inside(problem is i already put some with fish inside and just saw the directions)
  7. K

    Guppy is sick donā€™t know what to do

    Hey guys! Iā€™ve had my guppies for about half a year and one of them is just lying on the bottom looking weird, heā€™s been listless for a couple of days and itā€™s getting worse. Heā€™s just chilling round the back under a log right now so I had to do some sort of fish tank yoga just to get my phone...
  8. Lgoldman

    Platy inactive and breathing heavily

    One of my female platys has been breathing heavily and staying at the bottom of the tank all day. She ate this morning. I moved her to a smaller tank. The small tank only has two platy fry that will go into my bigger tank soon. All of my other fish are fine. I canā€™t tell if she is pregnant or...
  9. Mistymercer

    TANK WATER help!

    I have a 10gl freshwater aquarium. I use my tap water and treat it with "nutrafin tap water conditioner for bettas) and a filter. I have; 1 betta 1 molly 4 tetras I did a tip test and my GH and KH are both at the max (180 and 240) my PH is 7.5/8!!! I've been cycling the water and treating...
  10. J

    Guppy with lump and red spot, getting worse

    Hi, If anyone could reply thatā€™s great, Me and my partner have had our 6 female guppies since the start of april, they were pregnant at the time and i think this one still is. We added three albino corydoras and some shrimp yesterday and later that evening we noticed one guppy which we think...
  11. D

    911 BETTA HELP

    bavent been able to find my betta since last night, it took about 10 minutes of removing stuff from his tank to find him and he was laying in the gravel on his side not swimming. I took him out of tank so I would could see if he would swim and he didn't move. He's still breathing. Whay can I...
  12. D

    Help! My glofish are dying and I canā€™t figure out why. :(

    Iā€™m going to try to provide as much information as possible, so please bare with me. On March 26th I bought a Aqueon Neoglow Aquarium Kit Hexagon. It is an 8 gal. tank, I realized afterwards that the fish have to be in a tank of 10 gal. or more. My mom told me that we had to let the filter run...
    • Desreyes1
    • Thread
    • advice needed dead fish dead glofish disease glofish help help advice needed help emergency help needed
    • Replies: 7
    • Forum: Tropical Discussion
  13. abegonzalez0221

    Need help trying to figure out the species.

    Hi there, was wondering if anybody could help me identify the type of school fish I have. Iā€™ve never seen them before, a friend gave them to me and she didnā€™t know the name either. They have a little green vibrant spot under their eyes, and black tipped fins. Ignore the cardinal in the back...
  14. R84achey

    Help fluval 207 canister filter stopped working

    I accidentally switched my filter off whilst trying to turn on my air pump and now itā€™s not working. Iā€™ve taken it apart as if to do maintenance and nothing looks broken etc and still nothing? Help
  15. sweeteybabey

    I Need Some Quick Reasurance!

    Hello everyone! I'm not particularly stressed, but I'm just curious and slightly worried about one of my albino female corydoras. She had a red spot that faded to black on her egg area around a week ago, but it's completely gone now and she was lethargic for one day but instantly improved (it...
    • sweeteybabey
    • Thread
    • advice albino cory aquarium cory corydora fish help is this normal
    • Replies: 2
    • Forum: Corydoras
  16. Lgoldman

    BN pleco spiraling?

    Last night I boiled a small amount of romaine lettuce, red cabbage, and carrot. I left this in my 20 gallon tank overnight and removed it the next day. In the morning, my plecoā€˜s stomach was blue and a tiny bit big, but it seemed normal. I had a piece of lettuce in the tank attached to an algae...
  17. M

    Gourami not eating

    I have a 60 gallon planted tank with a dwarf gourami, two opaline gouramis, a veil angel and 6 Von Rio flame tetras. Iā€™ve had the gouramis and the angel for about two and half months without a problem, and the tetras were added 3 weeks ago and have been doing great. Then a week ago, my dwarf...
  18. fishiefreak

    Weird leafy bug? on Fancy Goldfish tail - what is it?

    Hey there, today I pulled this odd looking character off my niece's fancy goldfish... it's super thin and leafy looking with legs/arms - anyone know what it is? Video Tina
  19. Lgoldman

    How can I add more fish without overstocking?

    Hi! I have a 20 gallon tank with 3 mollies, 3 platys, a BN pleco, and nerite snails. I usually siphon the tank every week and my filter is the one that came with a tank. (Its either Tetra or Aqueon). Recently I found fry in my tank. There were only two left by the time I found them, but I moved...
    • Lgoldman
    • Thread
    • filter & filter media fry help mollies platys
    • Replies: 11
    • Forum: Livebearers
  20. Lgoldman

    Questions about Molly/platy fry

    Hi! I have a 20 gallon tank with three mollies, three platys, a BN pleco, and nerite snails. Yesterday I noticed fry in the tank. Iā€™m not sure how old they are, but there were only a few left by the time I saw them. I was going to leave them in the tank but I felt bad and ended up moving the two...
    • Lgoldman
    • Thread
    • fry fry care help mollies platys pleco
    • Replies: 12
    • Forum: Livebearers

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