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First time fish keeper. Just set up new tank for first tim with 6 Danios. Shop sold me NTlab probiotic food - saying feed 2 ‘pellets’ per fish every 2 days. But the ‘pellets’ are minuscule grains. Almost impossible to Count out 12 ... and don’t seem nearly enough to feed all 6. Does anyone have...

Hello! I am relatively new to the aquatic world. I have been an arachnid and millipede keeper for going on 7 years and have had my betta and a pair of female snails since October. I also had a fish tank growing up so I have a little knowledge from that. I purchased a 2 gallon upright...

Hi All, I wasn't sure where else to turn to and I am out of ideas - I'm hoping for some advice - All my fish I've had for 6+ years are dying. I recently moved house and had to purchase a new fish tank to fit the space of a wall in the new house. The new tank is not as long but taller - same...

Hey guys! My boyfriend and I just started a new tank, and tonight we noticed something strange on one of our gouramis and need some help. We're new to fish keeping, so we're not up to date on diseases, but we're thinking maybe anchor worms based on pictures we have found. Any help would be much...

Hi everyone I'm setting up a new 500l tank and need help choosing the best fish to go with clown loaches as they are the reason I'm getting it. I don't really want fish like guppies in there, I'm looking for more exiting fish that still fit in a community tank. Thanks for any help

Hi - I'm an intermediate fish keeper who's looking for a new aquarium for my kitchen. I really like the look of the Biorb Life 30 litre tank. However, I've heard mixed reviews for Biorb all together. Would any of you have any suggestions for a modern looking 30-40 litre tank that is...

Hi TFF members, i have a question about upgrading my tank, i have been asking around & researching online & have been getting mixed opinions on my options. so wanted to put it to general public :) i currently have 1x jewel cichlid, 4 hillstream loaches, 16 danios, in a 100 litre (26.42g) tank...

Hi everyone! I have a new tank which has 12 Neons 5 Salt and Pepper Corys and a male Betta in. The tank is rougly 18gallons (though I live in the UK so its 70 litres). I've been using the JBL proscan test strips and app. I've always had really reliable results and my local aquarium shop...

A few months ago, I bought a nerite snail that apparently had some bladder snails eggs on its shell. My tank has hundreds of them now. I've since decided to shut down this tank. But question - I have a rubber lip pleco in this tank, is it possible he will carry any eggs over to the new tank...

hello I'm just after some advice as I'm new into been a fish parent, I have a new tank 15 gallons, had it set up 10 days before I put fish in and the temp is at 26.5 degrees, I put 6 mollies and 5 little tetras in, I've done an ammonia test and that was with api test kit but it was hard to tell...

Hi all, having started fish keeping six months ago with two 30 ltr tanks we are upgrading to a larger 160ltr tank. We want to combine our inmates in one freshwater tank. We have 3 platties, 5 white mountain minows, 6 armino shrip and snails in one and 2or3 greenfire tetra and 5 barbs with 4...

I recently bought some white skirt tetras and one of them is swimming all around very fast up and down the tank. I was wondering if this is odd behavior because she is the only one doing it. Is this normal? And if not what should I do to help her?

Hello im a newbe to both the forum and to fish keeping. I have two 30ltr freshwater cold tanks and im looking to up grade to a 100ltr or there abouts, what tank or tank system would you recomend? I have some redfire or Rathbuns bloodfin Tetra, some Dwarf Golden Barbs in one tank and some platies...

Hi guys I've got a Fish R Fun 21.6 Litre Granite Effect Hexagonal Aquarium, that I have owned for aroound about a year or so currently (and only just recently) I have added to me Black Neon Tetras bumping them up to 13 along with one Dwarf Gourami and 2 Peppered Corys. After purchasing a 120l...

Hello all, I have had my male crowntail in a 1G filtered and heated Betta tank for the last 10 months. I have been using Topfin Betta water conditioner with him (Yes, I know prime is supposed to be better but this is what he came with), and giving him 90% water changes every 10 days. It sounds...

Can anyone help me please. Sorry if question has been asked before. I bought a new 105 litre tank on Sunday. I have sand as substrate (as want Cory fish once tank is cycled) NO FISH IN THE TANK. I rinsed sand until the water was clear. Added decorations which were also rinsed. However I added...

So I recently bought a used 125 gallon tank. Cleaned it up real nice with zero chemicals. Transferred majority of water from my 55 gallon tank (cycled) and still using the same cycled filter on my 55 so I know I have plenty of beneficial bacteria. I did add a lot more decorations, but dunked...

Ok, so i've been thinking about getting a tank for a little while.  I finally bit the bullet today.  I'm starting to think my research didn't even scratch the surface, hopefully I've got the basics covered.    So here are my purchases for the day...                   Fluval Roma 125 Aquarium +...

Your help here has been fantastic... so fantastic that I am obsessed  with my fish tank and have ordered another slightly bigger one, hoping to run them both. I am going to transfer the fish in the first tank to the new one. Am I right in assuming that I should put all the eater in from the...

I have decided to start keeping fish. I have set up my tank with real plants and used Tapsafe when I added the water. I put in flints from the garden which I washed thoroughly having checked that they are suitable for tropical fresh water tanks. The nitrate and nitrite readings are really high...