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As soon as fish spawn things change. They become more territorial and protective. If it really had been a 100 gallon tank you might have been able to create zones for them, but this is much harder (though not impossible) in a 55 gallon tank.    What have you done so far to ease the aggression...

I'm not sure which plant you are asking about. The tall bladed plant looks like a Vallisneria species. 

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There are actually many fish that go well with betta. Like Hunterprey I've kept Harlequins with one as well.

Well..that's got to be on the device itself. 

I do see emoticons in your post. 

[emoji20] [emoji30] [emoji19] [emoji21] [emoji29] [emoji28] [emoji19] [emoji11] I just tested using them with tapatalk the new app installed on the forum and got the above. So give that a try. That's hopefully the solution. 

In order to help make the site more accessible via mobile devices tapatalk has been installed on the server.    Tapatalk is an application to allow access to Internet forums on mobile devices, and is designed to provide improved forum access on phones and tablets.    You can get the app from the...

This all might be an issue with the mobile skin. I will see if there's anything wrong there. 

Probably. If you can't see that toolbar there's got to be a browser or platform specific reason. 

You should see the emoticon selector as shown in the image above. If you don't then there's some setting in your browser that is restricting Javascript. 

There are several things that it could be. A photo would really help if you can. 

On top of that I find that barbs are much easier to care for and more hardy. 

Here is the nutritional break down for frozen bloodworms.    Crude Protein (min.) — 3.2% Crude Fat (min.) — 0.2% Crude Fiber (max.) — 0.7% Moisture (max.) — 95.1% Ash (max.) — 0.4% Phosphorus (min.) — 0.1%   Here's how it compares to brine shrimp   Crude Protein (min.) — 7.1% Crude Fat (min.) —...

If you can upgrade, do. I'm just not a fan of corner tanks. I think their shape is limiting. Barbs don't care about substrate really, they don't spend time there. As long as the substrate isn't going to alter the water parameters to something they don't like, they will be fine with your choice...

It's possible that the fish had a firm bowl movement that simply resembled the worm.    As for the cory, they are "supposed" to do that, but they can. the gills are openings that go all the way through.    It doesn't sound like you have anything to worry about. 

That's what my gold barbs did. They moved within their own circles and left others alone. The only exception to that is they would eat any cherry shrimp that would fit into their mouth and they could catch. But the same is true of cichlids. 

Welcome. Fun is, of course, subjective. I prefer barbs myself. Especially gold barbs. I think they are a lovely fish with very interesting behavior in a shoal. I have successfully kept them in a community tank as well so they mixed with tetra, molly, platy, and cory without issues in a 30 gallon...

Do me a favor and try clearing the cache and trying again please. 

You just now did this?

Yes, it's quite normal. My 210 gallon tank evaporated at least a gallon a day, more in the summer.    On my marine tanks I use an automatic top off system to replace the evaporation. This is vital in a marine tank as evaporation alters the salinity but in a FW tank it's not as important. But...

It's likely an issue on the user's computer rather than the site, especially since it's browser specific. However, just be on the safe side we'll check it out here. But often browsers get hijacked. It's a very common "virus" that users get. Sometimes it's a bit of malware, or others a virus but...

Thanks. I'll check into it. 

While it is true that a 10 is better than a 5, I'm not recommending a 10 either. :)

It's certainly something you can do. But the smaller the reef tank the more difficult it is to keep and the fewer creatures are available to keep. Below is a picture of a 5.5 gallon reef I kept.      It was a great tank and I loved it. But, this was done after I had a lot of experience with...

You certainly can. However, small marine tanks are the most difficult ones to keep. Nutrient buildup, trace element maintenance, and salinity fluctuation are much harder to manage. What might be a small change in another tank takes over quickly in a nano.    Also, there are few marine fish that...

I've had good luck getting high quality red cherry shrimp from Ebay. Like Eagles says, you have to be careful, that you aren't getting just any old shrimp, be picky. But I did find that the price was good. Normally I buy only locally but this was during a time when none of the local shops had a...

That's going to depend on the plants of course. If you had a PAR meter you could test. But experimentation should work as well. The manufacturer might have some PAR readings for you at various settings. 

I've used marine lights for plants before. The blue was never an issue but the brightness can be depending on the plant. My lights are controllable so I can dim them but if you can't you might have to make decisions on plants, plant placement, shading etc. 

Welcome. This is a great hobby. I've found the more you plan and learn before you get anything wet the more fun you'll have in the long run and the greater will be your success. We're all here to help!

That's a very nice gesture!    Now on to the fish stuff!    I'm in the camp that removes my fish then my gravel when I'm making a change. There will be an impact on bacteria but the filtration media should be enough to prevent a full on cycle.    As for cleaning it...I keep mostly marine tanks...

Before we get too off topic, let me interject...the best action is to type in your own dialect and if others have questions about meaning let them ask or use Google to discover the meaning. No need to debate language. Even in parts of the US words mean slightly or drastically different things...

Awesome!

Me too. 

I think if you are keeping with freshwater those are good alternatives. If she has to do salt then I recommend keeping the banded coral shrimp with fast growing soft corals like xenia, cloves, green star polyps, or the like and having pajama or banggai cardinals as the fish. They are mid to...

You should know that coral banded shrimp are very aggressive shrimp. They will kill any other shrimp in the tank, worms, snails, snip at corals (especially anemone), and once they get large enough have been known to take small fish as they sleep for a nice meal. It's a beautiful shrimp for sure...

Oh yeah, emperors don't care about anyone but themselves. Ha! Aptly named. 

Personal preference of course but yes, I like them with their own kind and bottom dwellers. I've done them in mixed tanks a few times and everyone is just happier when they aren't around. 

I love angelfish but I stopped keeping them for that reason. Even when I had angels that weren't all that aggressive there's just something intimidating to the other, smaller fish, about a deep keeled species. 

I know how you feel. I hate losing fish, or shrimp, or corals. I even hate getting rid of my extra macro algae from my sump because I know it has amphipods living in it.