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Hey guys, it's been a while since i've been back here! But this time i'm asking for help for my sister's 40 gallon tank instead of my own. She knows for sure that she wants green tiger barbs and wants to build the rest of the stocking based on that. First, how many barbs do you guys suggest for...

I am new to owning shrimp, so I just wanted to start with the cheapest and see how it worked out for me. I bought 2 “ghost shrimp” they were in a tank with red shrimp and Amano Shrimp. Did I end up with two different shrimp? They look nothing alike. The one with white spots is a lot larger than...

Hey, so just recently bought a tank, it’s a 37 gallon tall tank. I have heater, air pump, topfin 40 filter, two live lowlight plants, a fake decora rock, gravel substrate, two kissing gourami, 2 gold gourami, 3 Chinese algae eaters, and my other smaller tank is a 20 gallon, with 3 platys, 2...

I've recently set up a new 125ltr fluval roma. I've got a large piece of driftwood in the middle, angled so theres hiding spaces, 2 rocks, some mossballs and a plastic Plant to break up sight lines. I filled the Tank And treated the water i've got a filter and a heater and the water has been...

Help! I bought some Fiddlers! I brought them home and initially had them in a tank for about a day, but then transferred them to a new tank with a sand side and a brackish water side. Now, I will admit that the first 2 deaths were my fault, as after adding what I was told was the right enough...

Hi all, I'm sorry for the bold title but I'm in a bit of an emergency with my fish. The filter of my family's tank broke and my parents decided to install a new filter, as well as replace the majority of water in the tank to clean it (yes, I know, bad idea, but they didn't know). In reaction to...

Hi everyone! My boyfriend gifted me with a 37 gallon tank. it is 30 H by 12 W by 22 H. It's tall! I'm looking for stocking ideas that people don't usually do. I say this because I'm tired of the usual stockings. Angelfish, Gouramis, Tetras, Rasboras.... Some of these are okay, but I don't want...

Hello all, I’m brand new here and in need is some advice. I set up a new tank, a 15 gallon Aqueon column. I’m aware of cycling new tanks and have that part under control. While I’m new to this site (and Cory cats for that matter) I’ve been running Betta tanks and cichlid tanks for years so I’m...

Albino corydora has a shiny white blue fin im Worried that it’s fin rot or some other issue is it normal?

Hello, as the title suggests I need advice on making the best possible life for purple Vampire crabs. (Geosesarma dennerle) Right now I am attempting to set up an aqaurium for them, however there is very little information I can find about these crabs. So far my idea is to have a 50/50 split...

Hello I am in need of help with my future Vampire Crab habitat. I already have a tank, and initially was thinking of having the tank 50/50 for water and soil. The water side would have a heater and filter (interested in Exo Terra Turtle Cliff) The solid side would have soil on top of a...

Hello, I am a new betta fish owner and while doing a bit of cleaning in my betta's tank today I noticed his back tail fin looks tattered and pieces are missing. It wasn't like that yesterday and I'm pretty worried. This is what his fin looked like a few days ago: Looking back on pictures...

I'm in the process of doing a fishless cycle on my very first tank ever. It's a 29 gal freshwater tank planted with anubias nana, java moss and a red sword (I'll also be adding a jungle val this week). I'm using all seachem products including Flourite for the substrate and prime as the...

Hi my name is lydia and my baby betta marvin is sick! I've been googling and trying to figure out what is wrong with him! Here is some background. I got marvin as a baby boy betta about a month ago I got a baby girl beta at the same time and she has been doing great she's eating and growing but...

I have three goldfish in a forty gallon tank (Black Moore almost two years old, red cap oranda half a year old and a new Ryukin a few months old) and I'm afraid I may be putting too many chemicals in the water. I have Well water so I have no concern for chlorine, but I do get heavy metals. I...

EDIT: Dumb autocorrect, I meant 'LID' not 'KID' (I don't know how to fix the title) I just recently purchased a 40 gallon long tank for my goldfish but like most tanks you have to buy a top separately. It's split down the middle so it would fit two lids. I measured it and it would need two lids...

Hello! I bought my Black Moor from PetCo, and the employee told me to give it 3-4 pellets, once every day. I read online that you should feed it twice or three times a day, with food it can eat in 30 seconds. So, my question is, how much should I feed it each day? Thanks so much!

One of my dwarf neon rainbowfish doesn't seem to be doing well...I just looked in and saw him looking very roughed up and barely swimming. I moved him to a small bowl of water (i don't have a quarantine tank at the moment) because the water current was just blowing him all around the tank and i...

I was wondering, if i chose to use old filter media or gravel from a friend's established tank, how much would be enough? Like, is just a handful of gravel good enough, or would it have to completely cover the tank bottom? And how long would i typically have to wait before adding the fish in after?

Help! I have a 30 gallon tank with a goldfish and a pleco that I cannot move. My house needs to be fumigated for remotes. How do I protect my goldfish from the fumes? We just moved to this new house and I can't move the fish again or they'll die of stress.