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At the moment it looks like the lights reflection on the water surface. If you noticed a large clump of bubbles that would be the bubble nest your betta built. Mine builds one almost every day. It's normal and a sign that the fish is happy and healthy as well as in the mood to breed.

When I was around 10 years old I was with my mum in the shopping mall. I'm pretty sure I was annoying her because she said if I stay quiet and leave her be she would take me to the pet shop, which used to be and still is my favourite shop in the mall. She took me there and I was looking around...

Hello everyone, Sometime around mid September I bought 6 assassin snails to help with the pest snail population. Soon after I noticed that they started laying eggs, and quit a lot of them. I was excited to see the babies, but after some research I found that it takes about 4 months for them to...

They look more like trumpet snails to me. These snails are know to burrow in the substrate, and since they are really small you might have gotten the eggs from somewhere and then they hatched. Other then that I agree with what has been said already, snails are usually harmless, even tho...

Hey guys, I was considering adding a pair or a trio of german ram cichlids to my planted community 180l (50gallon tank), stocked with 2 angelfish, 2 blue gouramis, 5 columbian tetras and three bristle nose pleocs. I had some concerns as this would be the first time I keep rams. I keep the...

I heard that the "angelfish pair up for life" is a myth. Breeders often mix up the pairs to get more genetic variations of their fish. I never bred any angelfish, so I don't have a lot of experience. I do however have a pair of angelfish, which I'm relatively sure are a male and a female. I have...

Hello everyone, my common bp pleco spawn a couple of days ago. This is the second spawn and the dad is doing a great job at fanning the eggs. It's been about a week now and the fish are at the wigglers stage. They are still tiny about 1cm. I could barely see them until I slightly moved the...

Hello, my male betta, who lives alone, keeps building bubble nests. This one is the biggest one he has ever built. I'm guessing that because he is enjoying the tank and is mature? Is this normal, I know they mostly build nests when they are ready to breed. I'm not sure whether I want to breed...

You can accomplish this with a lot of plants. And I mean a lot. Fast growing plants are the best choice for this especially stem plants. Low stocking levels are also necessary to accomplish this. The plant mass should heavily outweigh the fish, in fact the tank should be understocked. Balancing...

I got new test strips (the other ones were really old) and you are right the reading was wrong, it is in fact around 5ppm. Unfortunately the fish passed away. I need to say that it might have not be my fault interlay. I have bought another pair months before and they also died soon after. I...

Sorry I meant breathing The parameters of the tank are NO2 10ppm NO3 5ppm gh 70pmm KH 268 ppm and ph of 7.2

Great I was starting to get worried. It have seen a lot of eggs, so I'm expecting a lot of babies (which is what I'm hoping for). It was just that it's confusing to see all the eggs gone but no babies, makes me thing something eat them or the babies aren't surviving. Just trying to keep it...

Here are some photos of the tank. The anubius and the driftwood seems to be affect the most. I do believe it is a lighting issue, because the anubius plants in direct light are more affected than those who are shaded by bigger leaves.

About 2 months ago I bought 6 assassin snails. Since then I saw a lot of their eggs on the plants and other places, and I expected to eventually have babies (which I was looking forward to). I know the eggs take about 8 weeks to hatch, and I'm right around the 8th week mark. I still haven't seen...

I would say keep them running for a month at least. The bacteria need about 4-6 weeks to fully grow and establish a strong culture. Remember the filter media isn't the only place the bacteria are living they are in the gravel and the decorations as well all over plants.

Unfortunately I don't know that the light is I bough the tank years ago. It has red, blue, white and yellow/gold light on it. I don't use any fertiliser. Could the light be too strong? I assumed it must have been because of the stocking levels but I'm not sure. Are you saying I should try and...

I have a similar problem in my tank. Its a 180l planted tank and I keep getting BBA. I used hydrogen peroxide to get rid of them a couple of weeks back but they are coming back again which means something is imbalanced. Is it caused by excess light or excess nutrients? I keep my light on for...

Oh ok I didn't know it worked that slowly. The employee at my LFS said that the female gourami was filling up with water or something and that it was expanding. Don't remember her mentioning any bacteria but she could have. The fish has had it for about 3 days now and is still not dead just...

how would the problem be by fish TB? I haven't added any new fish for months and did a water change a 2 weeks ago. The tank is heavily planted and the water permitters are all in order. I highly doubt fish TB can appear out of nowhere, because if it would be in the tank, which has been set up...

I can hatch baby brine shrimp but they will be ready in about 24h. I have access to frozen brine shrimp, which I can easily feed. If he takes them what then? Should I keep feeding the tank and leave him in there or take him out and try and treat him on his own? If he doesn't take any food I...

As mentioned previously those are tannins form the bog wood especially if its orange. If the water is murky it could be from the sand substrate. In any case water changes will take care of it. Tannins are in no way harmful for the aquarium in fact some fish fell more comfortable in water full...

I haven't seen him poop at all. I will check but I'm pretty sure he has no white string poop. From your response I'm guessing there is little chance of survival right? This is very unfortunate as I wanted to breed these fish once they reached breeding size. I don't have any antibiotics or am...

Hello everyone, My male appistogramm orange falsh appears to be bloated (or at least I think he is). I first noticed this on Friday, a couple of hours after I fed blood worms. He had a fat stomach and seemed to be passing the food. I know blood worms cause bloating in many fish, so I didn't...

unfortunately the eggs are gone and the dad isn't in the cave any longer. I pulled the cave just now to check for eggs but there is nothing in there. I'm really disappointed as I really wanted to keep the babies alive. I don't know what happen, possibly other fish ate them or the dad. If they...

I have a 180l community tank. My bp spawned and the male is in the cave with wigglers. I saw 3 of them put of the cave, 2 were eaten but one is hiding close to the cave. You can see the fry but its mostly egg sack, but the fry can swim slightly. When should I pull the eggs? I want the maximum...

You could try killifish or hatchet fish. If you are interested in breeding I suggest keep a colony of killifish, if you just want something unusual go with hatchetfish.

I'm assuming this is referring to stubborn people who refuse to learn form their past mistakes. What exactly do you mean by knowledge? If you are talking about research, I agree it important to prevent some beginner and easily avoidable mistakes. But knowledge can be obtained from both...

I don't think appisots and snails would be a problem, but I could be wrong. Hatchet fish shouldn't bother the corries if they swim up to the surface every now and then. You could go with rams they are a dwarf ciclid that need higher temps(27-28). There are a lot of varieties to chose from...

Considering that I got 3 of them about 4 months ago and I haven't seen any babies so far, would it be safe to say that they are all the same gender? I guess I could get more if I want to breed them. The two aren't doing a great job of controlling the pond snail population so I was considering...

Hmm, the only place I see them climbing on top of each other is the aquarium glass. I will check the plants, but I have never seen any.

I haven't seen many eggs like that. Is it possible that pond snails are eating them?

I saw one on the glass but it was gone a day after. I thought they lay their eggs in the substrate

I purchased 3 assassin snails 4 months back. One died because it got stuck in the filter. I have seen the other two climbing and moving together for a long time (on and off). I assume this is breeding. Look at the pic bellow. How long do assassin snails need to hatch? Should I do anything in...