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I did as you suggested and got black tetras :| So I'm a bit confused, hopefully I can return them. If not, my Uncle has some expensive feeder fish for his oscars. I'm not quite sure what do do anymore. I guess I'm stuck with angels and cory cats.

They charge a fee to sit? Here in the USA when we buy a ticket, it comes with the seat, the parking, the little pamphlet for the program, and all that hoobie doo. They only thing we have to pay extra for, and its optional, is to meet face to face with performers or get the "goody bags" which...

I went to the LFS and bought some black skirt tetra, I must say these fish are feisty! They tried to nip at me through the tank glass when I got my face too close. I observed their behavior and I saw no aggressive charging/chasing through the water or biting, I'm slowly acclimating them to the...

really? I thought the larger tetras were prone to be fin nippers. I've always liked the look of them, but I feared they'd harass my angels

So I was thinking of getting one more small school of fish, nothing too large like gourami or anything, as I don't think they'd get along with my angel fish. I was thinking perhaps a school of neon tetras or something of the like. Any suggestions?

And Nick mentioned that the water flow from your filter is too strong for your betta. If you don't have one where you can adjust the flow, you can always baffle the filter outtake yourself to redirect the water flow so the current isn't pounding down on the fish. Although the music in this video...

UGH snails are a nightmare. Have you thought of tossing out the old gravel and cleaning the entire tank/filter/decorations in diluted bleach? Regular unscented bleach will not leave a dangerous residue in your tank once you clean and dry it as long as its diluted when you use it. You can...

I'm partial to bottom feeders. There is nothing like a school of corydora catfish swimming around a tank foraging for food. You could also consider an algae eater like a pleco of some sort. They don't bother other fish and are fun to see sucking around on all the surfaces of the tank. Not all...

Wouldn't play sand be the cheaper route anyway? Fifty bucks for some "fancy" gravel? Does it even work?

I wouldn't be requesting to pick up live plants from a stranger on the internet, even if its for something as random as plants for your tank. It's not safe. I would suggest ordering online and making a new post about website recommendations to order from. You could also go to your LFS (local...

That pet store doesn't label its fish tanks with the species? I'd be pretty skeptical of that place, just my opinion. Even the family owned stores in my area accurately display pictures and names with little species info charts for all their tanks :/

The image you posted is not visible or clickable for me, however here is a handy photo that can help YOU determine your fish's gender.

You can actually buy the larger bottles of water conditioner. The "betta" water conditioner isn't any more special for bettas. The best IMO is Prime water conditioner but I also like Aquasafe because it works and is a reasonable price for the amount of water changes you can get out of it. And...

I don't see how its difficult to regulate temperature of you have an automatic heater, which you should if you keep tropical fish. The heater will only turn on when it senses a change in the water and then heat the water to its setting, then turn off again. I lived in Ohio before I moved a few...

That picture isn't very clear so I can't properly determine the platy's gender. Perhaps it is just bloated from over feeding? If so you will want to withhold food for three to four days. Here is a picture to help determine its gender.

They could have overfed on the feeding block. I suggest three to four days of fasting and see if the swelling goes down on its own. If it doesn't you have other options to consider. The white stringy poo can be a sign of stress caused by the constipation and your fish just needs to let it out...

Never trust a big pet store employee's opinion on meds. They may sound informed but half the time they are speaking out of their ass to just sell you a product. And I suggest you NEVER use pimafix or melafix on your betta ever again. I've read horrible reviews on how those products can damage a...

There are like 12 angelfish, but four or five would be good for a 4-6 foot long tank. These are extremely beautiful fish with a lot of personality. Picking them out and raising them from young little awkward things is very rewarding. My angels are very docile and always swim gracefully through...

If you see multiple angelfish in a tank it's more often than not that they were raised together from a young age and have bonded. That or they are all female. Angels are part of the cichlid family and are considered to be on of the most docile types of cichlids to keep, for a cichlid. Males will...

Look at him from the top, do his scales stick out away from his body in a pine cone shape? This is a clear sign of dropsy and it is most often fatal. How much do you feed him, how often, and what food do you use? It also wouldn't hurt to list your water parameters for us. Nitrate, Nitrite...

Betta are known to be pretty chill fish, those long fins make excessive swimming difficult. If he is still healthy and alert I'd not worry too much about it. Is the output from his filter strong by any chance? A strong current can tire a betta out quickly and they'll be less active. You can...

The petsmart near my place is having a new year's sale on their aquarium kits and aquariums/stands combo. My exact 36 gallon bowfront with stand is on sale for 129$ right now. I paid a little over 200$ for both in June -_-

Firstly you need to let the frozen pieces thaw and to size them just right. Betta have stomachs that are just smaller than the size of their eye so its VERY easy to overfeed them and get them constipated.

So I've been feeding my angelfish a mixed diet of flake food and they've taken to eating the brine shrimp pellets I feed my cories. A few weeks ago I decided to mix it up after my Uncle suggested I feed them a few blood worms once a week as a treat/to add a little more variety to their diet...

Some do, and if they do end up as feeder fish it's not as if they'd go to waste. A lot of family owned pet shops in my area readily take in fry when they can and if they don't use them as feeder fish, they carefully raise any fry they decide to sell. So yes, its not uncommon. That is why I also...

Well if she IS pregnant, mollies and tetras are known to eat fry, so you can guarantee that some will be eaten. A second option is to raise them in a separate tank until they are large enough to give to a pet store. I've read of people getting large totes and filling them with water as well as a...

I noticed an odd sort of... musty water smell on my fingers when I touched the residue but my aquarium itself didn't have any odd odors coming from it.

LED, I bought new bulbs when I bought the tank/hood combo the lights are only about six months old. I keep the lights off for half the day.

No, its my established 36 gallon bowfront. Water parameters are all reading fine, tank is cleaned regularly with two forty percent water changes a week. Fish fed a specific amount of food once every two days. Gravel is also vacuumed regularly. I have NO idea where this residue came from.

I came home from work to find a fine layer of brown residue on the rough surfaces of my ornaments, on the underside of the plastic leaves on my plants, and along the plastic parts of my aquarium heater and filter intake. None of the glass has this residue. My fish seem to be fine and active. I...

Have you checked your water parameters lately? An established tank should still be tested to keep an eye on things. Please list your Ammonia, Nitrate, Nitrite, Ph, and alkalinity levels. When was the last time you cleaned the gravel? How often and how much do you feed your fish and with what...

I say it in a loving sort of way, I don't think my betta is really a jerk, just a spunky fella, thanks for the advice though.

I went to my local LFS because I had a coupon, I planned to buy a big bottle of plant supplement. Right next to the end cap of plants they had shelves of betta in those damn cups. I saw a red and white male who I at first thought was dead (because he was holding VERY still with his mouth tilted...

It's just a regular chunk I bought from the pet store, uncertain what kind. It's very dark though even when dry. The wood has gone through hell in back since I first bought it from boilings/soakings/drying out/water-logging and so on. It just made his water REALLY cloudy over night. The wood had...

Woke up to find the driftwood and plant combo made my poor betta's tank a milky disaster. I tested the water before doing a 50% change and his reading came back stable. No idea why the wood would do it, but now only the plant is in there tied sadly to a little rock ornament :( His water has...

To add on to what Byron already thoroughly explained, when you do start adding more stock to the tank you should do so slowly. Don't dump a load of fish in there all at once, it's better to do as Byron stated and start with a few, quarantine them, and introduce them to the tank. Once the first...

Is the red part of his fin swollen or oddly shaped? Like is it bent at an unnatural angle? It could be a severe bacterial infection if the red spot is only on the surface of his skin. It's hard to tell from the photo as I'm not an expert :/

Yeah I know, it's kind of odd. What is nice though is that the petsmart near my house likes to mark them down to half price if they see the slightest sign of decay on a plant. It's funny because I can buy it and take it home and literally remove one leaf and the plant is otherwise healthy and...

Well after my first betta died I let the wood dry out for about a month before boiling it several times and allowing it to soak in dechlorinated water for three days to get it water logged again. I also did this several times when I first bought the driftwood. Boiling and soaking and so on. I've...

Ok that sounds about right, I plan to smother the wood in Anubis and use a safe superglue to attach them to the wood, so he should be fine swimming around it.