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UPDATE!!!! My boy is happy! He hasn't blown a nest or anything but he is eating and swimming around. I think the temp was the prob. I also got him some Hikari pellets and he's eatin 'em up. Thanks for all the input!

Got him all set up! He seemed to perk up some but not a whole lot. I've been watching him and as the temps rose he seemed to do a little better. I can't wait to get home and check up on him. He did eat a little last night. I'm going to try peas this weekend.

There is a silk plant in there and live plants are on my list for him. I've been looking for a cave type thingy and haven't been too happy with what I've found. So he doesn't have one yet. I'm going shopping for him after work today so I'll let you know how he does. My daughter had 2...

He's in a five gallon tank. It came with a mini filter and I've got it turned down quite a bit. And I don't have a heater for him. I was thinking that might have something to do with it and plan to get one today. I read your thread about stimulating your betta and I tried putting a picture...

I got mine a few weeks ago. He doesn't seem to be happy. I've not seen him eat. And he hides behind the filter is his tank most of the time. Any suggestions on what I can do to make him happy?

That's the logic I was using. Thanks for the input!

I am fairly new as well. The first time I did a water change (about 50%) i had the same thing happen. I continued to do 10% water changes every other day and it cleared up. It took a while (maybe a week almost 2). But now my water is clean. As MUSE said there will always be some particles...

I went and looked at neons yesterday. I didn't buy because I wanted to go home and double check my water.....good thing I did. My nondescript orange fish (which I found out is a starburst platy) had stringy white poop. I went to get meds for him and want to treat him and clear it up before...

I think I'm ready for more fish. My longskirt tetra passed on Friday so I only have 2 fish. I have a dwarf guorami and what I thought was a dalmation lyretail. I have since found out it is not and am unsure as to what it is. He is a peaceful fish and since the tetra is gone I've noticed my...

One of my fishies has white bumps on him. They're not just colored spots, they are actually raised bumps. He's eating fine and swimming fine and doesn't seem to have any other problems. My water is ok, there is no ammonia but my nitrates and nitrites are a little high. I've been doing water...

Thanks! I read the pinned items about fish diseases. TTFN!

We are naming all our fish after sesame street characters. So far we've got a blue betta named Cookie...short for cookie monster. Our next will be a red and we plan to name him Elmo.

I'm fairly new to this so yes I make a good little mess. And wouldn't you know...just when I thought I had it figured out and could do water changes with little or no mess, my 6 year old decided he wanted to help. So last night we made the biggest mess I'd ever had during a water change. It...

I've been reading various posts that catch my eye and I would like to know what is dropsy? Just curious. Thanks! :dunno:

I don't think the tank is cycled yet either which is why I was asking. I do test it and nitrates and nitrites were zero until yesterday. THey weren't at unsafe levels but creeping up. The filter is a very small filter and I don't think you can adjust the flow. It doesn't disturb the water...

Yes, it's an african dwarf frog. The tank is filtered. And I'll keep that in mind! Thanks!

[FONT=Arial][SIZE=7][COLOR=blue]Hello! I'm a newbie. I am learning and correcting my problems but I have a question completely different than my water in my 10 gal tank. I've also got a 5 gal tank with one dwarf frog in it. The water tests fine. This particular tank has been up for about 2...

:kana: UPDATE! Got rid of the chinese algae eaters....cut down on feedings and light....been doing 10% water changes every other day. Nitrate and nitrite levels are beginning to go down! Does this mean I'm making progress!?!?!?! If I add a live plant should I do it now or wait till tank...

:nod: I found out...they are chinese algae eaters and they are going back today!

Thanks for all the advice! I'm hanging in there and determined to make it work! My readings are way bad! NItrates are at unsafe levels, nitrites are at dangerous levels, My water is hard, KH is ideal, and PH was alkaline last night but was neutral this morning. I plan to visit a "FISH ONLY"...

I love my fish! :wub: We have had a few problems. Have only been up and running for about 4 weeks. I have to admit we did almost everything wrong. We put fish in after 48 hours. We just picked fish according to what appealed to us. The store only told us what our tank would hold based on...

Hey, ya'll! I am completely new to the whole aquarium experience. We got a 10 gal tank to start with and have had it about 4 weeks. I got home the other day to find two fish dead and started looking on the net for info. I'm realizing I had no idea what I was doing! I'm trying to get it...

:kana: Verrry cool aquarium!!! I want mine to look like that when it grows up!