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I used to have zebra danios when I first started in the hobby. Nasty, nippy little things that constantly harassed my mollies simply because they could. They are neat to look at but they can have nasty temperaments, at least my school did. I'd keep up on your water changes and steady and make...

Beautiful angels, but what is going on with the angel in the third photo? It's fins look shredded.

She's the only female in a tank with 2 males. They will harass her nonstop for mating, even though she's pregnant. The same can be said for female platies and mollies that have too many males in the tank. They will stress her to death. You can keep her in quarantine or get a breeder net so that...

I personally like this guide for some info, although lots of people on here will have suggestions! http://bettasplendid.weebly.com/easy-care-plant-guide.html

I have anubias, water wisteria, amazon swords, and I bought some Cryptocoryne Undulata after my last post, but they were out of the wendtii. None of my local lfs sell the water sprite in safe tanks, I always see snails and weird looking things crawling along the leaves so I never buy from their...

I also have medicine, epsom salt, and aquarium salt on hand I purchased from the store last night, so If you think treatment is necessary I am prepared and ready for instruction :(

He did have a lot more silk plants and the like to hide in. His tank is not as small as you may think it is, its actually a 5 gallon minibow like this https://www.amazon.com/aqueon-17776-mini-desktop-aquarium/dp/b002ltfi00&tag=ff0d01-20 The reason its so bare, as I've stated, is that I found...

He is originally a dark blue color so I'm not sure if he has stripes. I examine him every hour when I'm home and not asleep/out at work. I'm not noticing any discoloration except on his tummy.

If you read up top you'd see I described his symptoms. His belly isn't swollen but it is pale. His scales are not raised but he is lethargic and his breathing is much slower. He shows little interest in anything other than laying where he is or food. I very rarely feed him blood worms. He gets...

Sure can! Please excuse the lack of well... anything in his tank as I figured out his tank decor was causing the slime buildup so I had to remove them. That's him down by his cave, he's been laying inside or near it for the entire time he's been this way :(

Are you saying you only put water conditioner in the tank ONCE a month? You DO use it when you replace the water that you removed during cleaning right? You replace the removed tank water with conditioned water right? As for his tail I've not heard of fin rot advancing that quickly unless the...

You've already done the right step by doing a water change, but you should do another one. A 50% water change of conditioned water that is nearly the same temperature as your tank. Make sure you are thoroughly cleaning the substrate so no rotting food/poo is lying about. Next we need some...

Pictures please, sounds cute!

I know betta are not known to be crazy swimmers due to their long fins, but my little Bartholomew is not himself. He hasn't rested on his floating leaf in a week, he hides a LOT more, and his belly seems slightly pale, but he isn't swollen or showing signs of raised scales. He's eating fine and...

Good for you. If you don't have the space for the molly fry you can always raise them till they are large enough to give away, or if you know anyone with fish like oscars/ larger fish that like to be fed live good, they can make a nice snack/feeder fish.

Here is a little picture to help you sex mollies in the future if you want to avoid getting females

Looks pregnant to me. The fun thing about Mollies is that the females can actually retain sperm from the last mating. Meaning that although she may not be in a tank with other males right now, she can have even more pregnancies from that one mating without the help from a male. Hopefully she...

You need to baffle your filter intake/outtake or lower the water line so that he can't swim up the current and through the outtake. Loaches are known to go into a filter in search of food or a place to hide. He hasn't adjusted fully to his new home yet, so he's probably still searching for...

I do have salt on hand, for right now I'm going to do a medication remedy because another of my fish has become lethargic. I've bought a medication and am currently using it now. If I don't see any progress within four days (as the instructions on the package states) I'll follow up with the salt...

I've been monitoring my fish with the raised water temperature and steady 40 percent water changes every 48 hours for about a week now in hopes that I can determine if its ich or not. Yes, I've added an air stone to the tank as I know warmer water means less oxygen. I've noticed no improvement...

glad to help :D

You can most likely call the company and tell them the model ID of your aquarium and they can send you a hood replacement, if you don't have a warranty then you'll still need to pay, but aqueon should be able to help you with a replacement hood.

scratch pads?

LOL some of them ARE fake. The only real ones are the anubias and the little... thingy in the sand. I'm slowly switching to a planted tank :D

Quilt batting? The heck is that?

Yeah, I plan to dilute some of the surface glare with some black aquarium sand once I have the money. Brighter isn't always better :D

Believe it or not its just one anubias plant on the wood, it grew like a weed :D I've thought of a background but I can't decide if I want themed or to go with just black. I'm terrible with designing decisions! I've got some small anubias glued to the back caves and one on the roman column...

If you read my post you'd see that I intend to mix it with a darker aquarium sand because the glare can be hard on the eyes. Sand like the one here https://www.amazon.com/dp/B007R55QUU/?tag=ff0d01-20 The good news is that during the day I usually rely on the sunlight that is let in through the...

My tank before I switched the substrate. I forgot to take a picture before I started siphoning once my fish were removed.... My fish sitting very patiently in their heated bucket :| And my new sand substrate is done! Just waiting for the rest of the water to clear and get back to temperature...

I'm off to home depot to pick up some pool filter sand. After much more video/guide/article reading and watching I've decided it will be the easiest to switch to. I'll update with before/after pictures once I get all the supplies I need. I'm thinking of mixing the sand in with some black...

Oh its a 36 gallon tank, sorry I didn't mention it!

I've noticed one of my small angels has been rubbing against my anubias leaves anytime he swims by them. He doesn't rub against the gravel or any other ornaments and while the rubbing is infrequent, I've seen him do it at least once every day for three days. I noticed one of my corydora was...

How many pounds of sand do I need and how deep should the sand be :|?

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You seem like a person that doesn't like conflict to me so unless you were doing something to be OUTRAGEOUSLY rude, there was NO REASON UNDER THE SKY for the managers to be rude to you. Unless you were calling people names, trying to steal, or legitimately threatening the comfort and quality of...

I wasn't saying that fine gravel is great for corydora, I was just pointing out that its not always dangerous for them. All cases are different, but I do know it's not in their best interest. I think the reason my gravel doesn't hurt them is because it's not sharp and doesn't cut their...

Well I currently have small gravel bottom in my main tank and about 9 corydora. None of them have damaged/short whiskers or scratched up undersides. I'm just wanting to go for a more natural environment as well as the look.

I'm kinda late on this topic, but do you know ANYONE in your life that keeps a tropical freshwater tank as well? If you do see if you can get some used filter media from them. This does wonders to seed the tank with beneficial bacteria and can help you with the cycling process. Don't get any...

How do you rinse sand? How deep is too deep? How much would I need to buy for a 38 gallon?

I've finally decided I want to switch to sand for my main tank and whole my corydora don't seem to mind my fine gravel, I'm sure they'd like the change. Now onto my question. What sand to get? I've read that people use play sand but that it is bad for clumping and dirty. I've read that pool...