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As a clumsy person, I've had my fair share of struggles. I always end up spilling some water on the floor during water changes. I accidentally tipped over the bucket I was using for a substrate swap, so I had to start over. I spilled a water test on the floor when I meant to dump the liquid in...

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I have one cycled tank and another in the cycling process. Also, I get asked a lot on here about my water parameters, so I do need to know what they are to the full amount.

I would but there's no way I can catch this on camera. I'd have to be lucky. Any other time he swims normally, the upside-down habit is a rarer occurrence that only lasts for like a second. I might be able to catch it on camera only if it gets worse.

I noticed that just now when my male platy was swimming away, he did like a flip. His body was upside down for a moment. So, he might have a swim bladder issue. Most of the time he swims normally but I've noticed occasionally he will flip upside down briefly. No idea why. It's not the filter...

I finally saw the test kit I wanted today and picked it up. My mom put it back, saying it was too expensive and that test strips do the same thing. The strips have 5 in a package and could potentially be inaccurate. I have a disability that prevents me from getting a job, otherwise I would have...

I live in a place where it rarely gets cold, it only ever snows one day out of the year. So, for the most part they should be fine temperature wise but there might be a few days when it's too cold. When it is cold, I hope a pond heater is sufficient enough because we plan to use their main tank...

Doesn't matter, I had to get sand for the cories. Also, if I do more lighting, I'll have more algae growth.

I'm pretty sure she is older as she's bigger than some of the others. I wondered why I've never seen any of the fry I've counted be eaten, all the ones I've counted since birth are still here weeks later (and more). Maybe it's because the adults are fed and lazy like you mentioned. Whenever I've...

My platies had babies, idk if I want to keep them all but this is definitely one, I want to keep. Should I throw her in the breeder net for safety? I do have places for them to hide but despite this the fry are out in the open a lot. I would like her to free roam, so it doesn't slow her growth...

I'll see about the other options, I've tried both cloth and an algae magnet, neither of those did anything.

Thanks, I got the product you recommended now. The last bit, not to buy other brands, that's the part I was worried about, that I would have a problem if I got something wrong.

There's been algae on the tank walls for a while now. I can't scrub it off. I have the light on for seven hours each day. It's a planted tank. I've had algae on decor and plants too but that's been easier to wipe off. I have a snail and platies that sometimes pick at the algae. I don't want to...

Yes, it is an amazon sword. I have the tank light on for seven hours a day to cope with algae growth. Sorry about the poor photo quality. I don't think I see any new leaves. On the first photo I wanted to show that on one of my plants the leaf is turning brown. It has holes. The amazon sword's...

This is the article I've heard it from.

I'm not sure what my lighting is, but my plants are all rooted in. Here's the problems I'm having with my plants. The third photo with the dark brown at the top is my snail.

So, I've being trying to convince my parents to have a pond. They have turtles in a big tank, but I feel like the turtles look big in it as well. I want them to have more room. The water gets dirty fast, but they won't listen to me because they said it's okay since the turtles are hardy and can...

I want to help out my dying plants. I recently switched out my gravel substrate to sand. I wanted dirt instead but was told that cories need sand. I'm new to keeping live plants and there's only one product near me that says plant fertilizer. The other products help in different ways. There are...

10 to 12 hours? I was told to reduce lighting because I have algae. Also, I already space out the time between turning on/off the room light and on/off the aquarium light. I usually just turn on the aquarium light shortly after waking up then I can calculate in my head what time of day I need to...

But you just said an established tank will have stuff for them to feed of off. It is established. Like I said, I'm new, I don't know much fishkeeping jargon, but from what I can remember the plants I bought were amazon sword, anubias, and java ferns. No idea what light I have, it's been two...

I have a variety of live plants in a 20 gallon. I usually keep the light on for seven hours a day. I have livebearers. I don't know much about plants and that's probably why they keep dying off. I have sand as the substrate. I've heard about all these products but I'm not sure what I would need...

I just want a general consensus as to what's popular in this hobby.

So, do you mean I can't put in fish unless it's heavily planted? This tank is 5 and a half gallons for a betta. I do want it to cycle first but idk if I'll be able to afford and keep alive lots of plants.

There's been a lot of confusing info online, so I didn't know what guide to follow. I haven't been testing that often, this was my first test for everything else, the ammonia I have tested before. The reason I haven't tested much is because I only have a limited amount of test strips, test kits...

This tank is for my betta from a community tank that didn't work out. No algae growth so far.

No, not this tank.

Ammonia used to be at like 1 but now it's back to nothing. Maybe because I've been a little sloppy and forgetful with adding it. I added more after these results.

It looks really funny to me when platies eat off stuff. They peck at it, but it looks dumb. What are your funny/positive moments in fishkeeping?

So, like for baby shrimp to survive. But platy fry doesn't get caught in the intake and they're pretty smaller.