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Hi all, I have no prior knowledge of aquariums and so I am looking for some help. I am hoping to buy some plants for a tropical aquarium as a gift (Or other items maybe). I have to deliver them from here in England to a friend in Singapore. Sorry in advance if any of my questions seems very...

Hey guys! I'm in the process of cycling my 20gal high freshwater tank with AquaClear 50 HOB (almost done!!!!!!! double-checking later this evening to see if 3ppm NH3 were cycled to 0 in 24 hours so fingers crossed!). I planted what I thought were some hardier plant varieties about 3 weeks ago...

Hi everyone! I'm in the process of cycling my first freshwater tank (yep, google took me down the rabbit hole and I learned alllll about fishless cycling) and I have some questions I hope some more experiences aquarists will be able to help me with. For starters, I have a 20g high with...

Hello, I started my new tank about 5 weeks ago. Brother bought my daughter 2 goldfish from a fair and brought them home to her. I put them in a one gallon tank, only because I wanted to set up my new 28 gallon tank and let it cycle for at least a week or so. Well one of the fish became sick and...

I'll be moving into college soon and I am allowed a ten gallon tank or smaller. I was wanting some information on starting a small tank. Preferably, I would like a five gallon tank as I will soon be living in a small box. However, I am open to a ten gallon tank if needed because I know the...

Hi, I have owned freshwater fish for nearly a decade now, but recently I've expanded a lot. I joined mostly to learn more about fish and such, and hopefully share some knowledge. I'm excited to get started. :) GK

Hi, I am a new owner to a fish tank. I have had it for two weeks and I have had my guppies for a week. Last night I had all 7 guppies and 1 Pleco alive and happy. I fed them this morning and went off to work. When I got home I went to count them and notice I was missing one. I look in my fake...

I have only ever had male bettas, but recently I started researching into starting a larger tank. Since I'm in college living in a dorm room, I'm restricted to 10 gallons. I've been looking at Flame Tetras, and I like them a lot. I just know very little about what to do with tanks, what fish do...

I've been out of the hobby for about four years now, and BF and I just decided we missed having fish, so we're setting up my old 10gal in our apartment (the 60gal has to stay at my mom's for now). Re: cycling: I got a bit of gravel from the guy at the LFS and all related accessories (the only...

Hi, If you couldn't already tell, I am new. I am ordering my first aquarium, which is a 10 gallon aqueon. I am planning to put some guppies in there, because my uncle (He is a marine biologist) said that would be a good starting point. I was wondering how many guppies would be good for a 10...

Hello everyone, so back in December of 2014 I was gifted my first fish, a beautiful blue betta. Immediately I went out and purchased Petco's Arc 6.25g fish tank and fell in love with it's setup. Unfortunately, it's time to change the filter catridge as they are no longer doing their job (as...

Hi All, New to this forum and fishkeeping so understand i may be wrong about a lot of this so feel free to correct me :) I have a Tank with lots of assorted ornaments/fake plants/drift wood. I don't have a plan as to what gravel will be used in the tank at present, the tank comes with dorset...

Hi there, I have a 17 Gallon with 1 silver molly male, 1 silver molly female, 1 black molly male and 1 gold dust female. I also have 2 Guppies. I've heard it's wise to have more female mollies as to males but my problem is my male silver is only chasing the silver female. He has never looked...

Hello all, I recently purchased a 10 gallon tank after having betta fish for a while. My story is not a long one, but a painful one.. It started with the tank. I purchased this one from petsmart...