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There's a male and female in the picture and from the looks of it that female is already pregnant.

For nitrates, water changes will remove them as well. Unless you have nitrates in your water source that is. If so, I can't help you there, the only thing I know that removed nitrates are live plants. Which is why planted tanks are more stable in the long run. Do you mean you bought something...

The cloudyness is likely due to a bacteria bloom as algae would be green. Your nitrates are way too high. A major water change is needed to get it down to 20 or less. I'd do two 75% water changes back to back for starters. Do you have a way to test for ammonia? If so, do that before the water...

The boys are coming along nicely. I just took this today, they are really starting to grow faster now. They've got a lot of attitude too. So far I think there's 3 males, one is still not colored up and gets along with the others. I've actually tossed the larger fry into the sorority to grow...

You need a before and after of your new boy too.

What is the lighting like and how large is the tank? What substrate are you using?

Larger numbers of schooling fish is key to keep nipping and aggression down. Your tank is roughly 70gal, which is plenty of room to keep 3-4 schooling species in groups of 10+ each. Can I ask what the parameters are? Ammonia, nitrite, nitrate, pH, hardness and temp are all helpful in...

Yes a pool or better yet a pond would do it well. I caught one of these fish and it was 31in long and weighted about 15 pounds. It also tasted delicious. No tank is really suitable for these guys, it would have to be massive. Have you heard of the king of DIY on youtube? Check out his 2000gal...

All fish can change their color to different shade depending on mood. My African cichlids will be rather drab looking when the dominant male chases them about, then when he's not looking and they want to flirt with the girls their colors blossom. Loads of other fish species will become brighter...

Something is very wrong with that fish. A guppy should never look like that when about to drop fry. Her belly is very distended and is likely full of fluid. I can't say much other than that. I'd try an epsom salt bath to draw out the extra fluid. Not sure why the pleco died. What do you...

Post a picture if you can. I doubt it is anything to worry about, a snail's shell is supposed to grow in a layer-like fashion around the edge. It's very interesting really, you can tell how well a snail was cared during its younger years by looking at the shell.

Besides the fact that corries require a 20gal and a group of 6+ of their own species, many corydoras are bought with internal parasites. Couple internal parasites with too small a tank and the stress of not being kept in a group, I can see at least one theory as to why it died. I've bought a...

Just do water changes, this is the quickest and most straight forward way to fix the problem. Not a clue why your pH would of went up from coffee seeing as it is acidic not basic, meaning the pH should of went down if anything. Sometimes water when left to stand for a few days will become more...

Choosing tank mates depends on tank size and number/species of fish already present. Usually synodontis species get on well with Africans, Synodontis petricola being the most popular and best suited species as they come from the same area and their breeding habits mesh with Africans in an almost...

Not all bettas are made the same, so he may keep his pattern, but then again don't be surprised when/if he does change color.

The white and blue is a double tailed halfmoon while the blue is either a normal HM or another double tail, hard to tell from the angle he's at. As for their color forms, the white and blue is a marble and the blue is just that, a blue betta with red undertones. Not dragon scaling on the blue...

It think you should read up on the nitrogen cycle while you are at it. Simply waiting a couple weeks won't cycle the tank, there needs to be an ammonia source for the bacteria to feed off to get the cycle going. As for fish in a tank that small, I agree with the above. A single betta is about...

Actually a 29gal is about perfect for an adult BN. These fish only reach about 5-6 inches long and I have a handful myself. 2 pairs in individual 29gals, one in a 36gal and another in a 10gal (he's only an inch or so). At around 3in you should be able to tell a BN gender. It seems that only...

Same, I need to come up with a solution so I can keep one or two of the males. I don't like splitting tank but I just might have to.

I got them to hold still for a moment, and my favorite is colored up this time ;) His neighbor, who apparently takes after mom.

I'm no good at taking full tank photos but here you go. Normal 10gal tank with the run of the mill tetra heater and internal HOB filter (can you see it?) Light is a normal T8 tube of 15 watts Plants are anubias, crypts, duckweed, a few stems of water wisteria. Inhabitants are a male plakat...

Can you possibly post a video or a few pictures of the molly?

Well past time for an update. I was dumb yet again and threw in some of the 2in OB fry. There's 2 left now, one being the male from above and the other seems to be female. The blue ahli is killing me. I traded in pretty much all of the other older OB peacocks to make room for the latest batches...

I think the balance is nearly restored in this tank. I still feel sick thinking about what went on, all those female bettas dying. Speaking of dying bettas, for unknown reasons the plakat died a while ago and the tiny DT I bought last time apparently harbored a nasty ich infestation that which...