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  1. tgwthf

    stocking my 55 gallon freshwater aquarium, thoughts?

    Hello everyone! I'm nowhere near close to setting up the tank, stand is still being built and needs to be cleaned out of all the sand and stuff, but i'm in the process of trying to find some fish i can put in there, will be keeping it around the 24C temperature mark. so far i'm thinking of...
  2. Tanya farrell

    Please help me with my mollie

    I think my mollie might have white spots can someone clarify it for me please ? If so can I treat her with the treatment whiles she is pregnant? Is she has it does the other fish and well I have to do the tank ? Thank you
  3. C

    Found my guppy nose up in plant and a funny colour help!

    Hey! So I got this guppy for my brother about 3 months ago now and I just found him nose up in a plant dead very sad brother, I got him with 1 other guppy who is fine but when I got him he was acting strange straight away, when I got him he was black then he turned white and this carried on I...
  4. tgwthf

    marine filter to tropical?

    Hello!, i'm new to the whole fish thin and recently was purchased a large 250L Aquarium ((was second hand)) that had everything with it, however, it was used as a marine tank and it has a large Aqua One Aquis 1200 external canister filter with it with all the media in there already but i was...
  5. Tanya farrell

    Can someone help please

    I have a 160l tank for tropical , I have taken a test could someone just clarify that the test is ok , thank you
  6. A

    Help Identify this bug in my tank

    My tropical tank was setup about 2 months ago. Nothing has been added in last 4 weeks. It is planted tank with 3 cherry shrimps and some babies (YAY!!). 3 bumble bee snails. 4 endlers and 2 mollies. Today spotted this white insect. What is it? is it dangerous to my tank family?
  7. alvintayyw

    First time planted tank

    Don't know if it is too crowded.. http://imgur.com/pg4dqic Any suggestion / improvements?
  8. C

    Check my fish shopping list?

    Hello! I've recently started sorting out the tank I've had since childhood (The scrub mistakes I've made over the last ten years...). So far I have replaced the rubbish internal filter with an eheim ecco pro 130, replaced the substrate and decorated it with some Java ferns, Java moss, Hair...
  9. X

    Pea Puffer Community Help

    Hello all (first post!!!), I am about to pick up a 60 gallon tank and am trying to plan out my community. I know I want freshwater tropical fish. I am not completely new to the hobby but it's been awhile and I have never had a large variety of fish. I had a 150 gallon Oscar tank with one Tiger...
  10. R

    White Grub look alike in Tropical fish tank

    Hello, I'm pretty new to owning a tropical fish tank, ive always had cold water fish, I bought a pre-used fish tank with all the items and fish, the fish that came with it are: 2 albino catfish, 2 snails, 3 clown loaches, 2 plecos, 4 gouramis, 1 zebra catfish and 5 head and taillight tetra, its...
  11. V

    Fish sitting at the bottom of my tank

    My fish are all hanging around the bottom of the tank, I just used API algaefix for the first time the yesterday and I noticed that all my fish are very flaccid. So I checked the PH for the first time and it read 9.0+. I quickly did a 50% water change and they acted a lot better. Now today I've...
  12. S

    Help curing tank of whitespot?

    So i suspect my tank has whitespot and i need to begin treatment to get it under control, just looking for a bit of help or advise! Got a african dwarf frog, plec, bamboo shrimp and a bengal loach in there as well im a little concerned about adding treatment to the tank with also. The tank uses...
  13. Fish-mates

    What is on my dwarf gourami's side?

    Can anyone help my fish please? I thought the gourami had damaged it's side crashing into a branch in the tank. As the side wasn't healing and looked white in the damaged area I moved the gourami to a QT and started treating with Melafix. What's weird is the white is not cotton like but looks...
  14. P

    Thoughts on an Aquarium for my university final year design project

    Hi I'm at Huddersfield Uni studying Product Design and for my final project I am researching into tropical aquariums. I have had experience with a variety of small, tropical fish but wanted the thoughts of you lovely folk to help identify the niggly things you find difficult or frustrating about...
  15. V

    What type of algae is this??

    Hi everyone!! New to this site and aquariums! I've had my freshwater tropical community tank up and running for about 2-3 months now and I've had one reoccurring problem. This black algae keeps coming up and I have no idea how to get rid of it?? Any suggestions would be helpful! Thanks in...
  16. M

    Is My 46G Tank Over Stocked Or Can I Add More?

    I currently have the following in a bow front 46G tank that was already cycled: 7 balloon mollies 1 platy 4 mollies 8 tetra glofish 2 dwarf gouramis Both pet stores told me we could add up to 35 fish around the size we have, but upon reading some of the forums I've become skeptical of...
  17. S

    Hi! New And Excited To Learn!

    Hi Everyone! My name is Victoria and I live in New Zealand.   I've recently purchased my first tank (70 Litre) and am so eager to learn and be able to keep beautiful fish! I'm very friendly and will happily take on any advice offered to me so please don't be afraid to say hi!    
  18. FroFro

    Got Some Driftwood!

    I got back home an hour ago with some driftwood sold to me by the store directly from the tank. It's mopani. A medium piece that won't take up too much space. I did notice one thing however when I took it home and took it from the bag, it seems to have some very small white spots in the crevices...
  19. FroFro

    Best Driftwood For My Tank?

    What is the best driftwood choice for my tank? None of my fish other than a small pleco can benefit from it, but I read its good for the overall health of the tank. What is the easiest kind of wood to cure/boil/soak of tannins before putting it into the water? I work nearly full time so a wood...
  20. M

    New 75Gal Tank

    Good afternoon All,    My name is Sam and I'm from New Jersey, USA. I have recently purchased a 75 gallon freshwater aquarium and I am looking on input on my ideas for stocking it. I grew up helping my parents care for numerous different freshwater tanks as a kid and now I am planning on...
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