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Yep, when I had two they would sing to each other. It scared the bejeezus out of me the first time. It was really cool though. :) Makes me wish I could get a second one again.

I love my african clawed. I definately didn't mistake him for a dwarf because he's albino (very hard to find in the dwarf variety). I've only had him a few months and he's definately grown since I bought him, but he's still around an inch long (maybe a little more.) He's fun to watch especially...

Sadly, considering the amount of room I have right now, I'm going to have to put getting a 30 gallon on hold for the moment (hopefully in the not so far future it will happen...). Anyway, I was thinking about setting up another ten in a couple of months or so. My stand is a dual tank stand...and...

Thanks guys... VanGogh was like my little muse. I go to an art college and everything I've been doing as of late has been related to the free, flowing motions of VanGogh. My sketchbook is filled with fishy cartoons. I never knew I'd be inspired by a fish. I'll probably do a "in memory" piece for...

I recently came in here, asking advice on my betta, VanGogh, who was acting strange. I'm sorry to say that I lost him the other day. I figured I could post this here since none of my friends really understand. I know he was just a fish, but he was special. It was his fault I got into fishkeeping...

I guess I'd be able to see the streak even if he has a white body then, huh? Well geez...a bored betta...how do you unbore a betta? Goofy thing...my other two bettas live alone and act just fine, he has plenty to do in his big tank and he's bored. Sigh.

My betta, VanGogh, has been acting very different from normal the past couple of days. Usually when I come up to the tank, he immediately swims out from wherever he is to see me. If I open the tank, he's always there waiting for food. The past two days, he's been sitting on the bottom of the...

Here's Sinker, the new betta. He's still very shy right now, but he's a pretty boy. My boyfriend's sister is about to move and she's giving me her betta to add to my collection...sheesh, that'll make far more bettas than I imagined myself ever having.

After a recent trip to the store, I brought home three harlequin rasboras (I'll add more in a week or so), and a betta. I was also recently given a clown pleco (he's less than an inch right now, but will move to a bigger tank as soon as I get it.) I can't get a decent picture of the...

From what I've been told, mondo grass isn't an aquatic plant at all. It does best in moist terrariums, but several places insist of selling it as an aquatic plant. It may last a month or two before dying. I'm not absolutely positive if this is true or not, but it's what I was told by an...

Thanks so much. :) The plants in the ten are mostly fake, the two red ones in front are silk, and there are three live plants (although you can only see one of them in the picture).

And last, but certainly not least...a picture of one of my cory cats. My stupid camera was determined not to focus on him, so this is as good as it gets. I adore these little guys...they are so freaking cute. I'll stop now. :P

One more of VanGogh...I just took this of him in the ten.

A close up of my gorgeous boy, VanGogh (who is quite proud of his new ten gallon home). This was taken while he was still in the five though. He is probably the most friendly fish in the world. He lets you pet him...when I'm moving things in the ten, he'll swim into my hands. He'll take food...

And I can't forget my ten gallon, now housing one betta and two cory cats (my third one wasn't doing well...and then he just disappeared...I have searched the tank for him...he's just gone. I don't get it. I will keep on looking for him, but it's not THAT big of a tank...I have the weirdest luck...

And then my 2.5 gallon, home to Smirnoff, the albino african clawed frog. He will, of course, get a bigger tank when he gets larger, but right now he's still pretty young and he's got more than enough room to move around. I originally had him in the five, but this has more surface area. He...

A close up of Monet...

Here's the other five, home to my first betta, Monet. The sign in his tank describes him exactly, lol. Not the greatest picture...these hexes are hard to take a decent picture of!

First of all, here is one of my five gallon tanks (both fives are hexes). This one is currently empty, patiently waiting for me to buy something to put in it. I'm not sure what yet...very possibly it will house yet another betta (I do adore the guys)...I'm just waiting to walk into the petstore...

I noticed the other day on several of my fake plants , as well as the two decorations I have in the ten gallon, something brown is beginning to appear. It looks nasty. :/ Can anyone tell me what it is? How do I go about getting rid of it? On a completely different note, I finally found a...

I'm very new to the fishkeeping world, but anyways... Ever since I was really little I have loved aquariums. There was just something about them that fascinated me. Of course, like many other kids, I went through quite a few goldfish (won from the fair). They never lived very long...probably a...

Red tailed sharks are probably my absolute favorite type of fish (well, along with angels.) I would love to have one, although at the moment I do not have the tank for one. Anyway, since I have plenty of time before I purchase a new tank, I thought I'd do a little research on them. I get so many...

I just looked at him again (still hasn't moved from the tube)...but no, he has no sign of any spots at all. He looks perfectly normal besides the fact that he's not doing anything. Like I said, he's not nearly as pink as the other two cories, but perhaps that's just a color variation? I can't...

I have three albino cories in my ten gallon, two of them are doing just fine...swimming all over the tank, happily cleaning things, etc. The other fish in the tank (a betta) is acting normally also (he's even jumping when I open the tank to feed him...crazy fish.) Anyway, the third cory has...

I bought three albino cory cats for my ten gallon I've been working so hard on....they are so freaking cute...I think I could watch them for hours, lol. I'm amazed at how they fast they zip around the tank...psh, they spend more time swimming in a little line from the bottom to the top of the...

Okay dumb question here... I started (fishless) cycling my ten gallon five days ago. I've been trying to keep from being obsessive and testing my water every few hours. :P My ammonia has gone down to about .25 ppm (it was originally close to 6.0) and I'm getting a nitrAte reading of 20 ppm...

Shush! Don't say that....true, I already have a million other (larger) tanks planned out...but that's not the point. lol Man, when I get my own house I am DOOMED. ;) Well, I was trying to follow the 1" per gallon rule, but after the cories and the betta, there's pretty much no room for...

Thank you, Anna. :) I really think the harlequins will look nice in my tank. I don't know what it is about the guys...there's something about them I love. I have one more question about them...How many should I keep? I want to keep them happy, but I definately do not want to overstock the...

Well, to keep myself from being a bad newbie and overstocking my tank I've worked so hard to put together, I thought I would get advice from all of you guys. :) I have a ten gallon tank that just started cycling (so I have LOTS of time to make a final decision on what to keep in it.) You can...

Wow thanks, you guys. :D I worked pretty hard on setting it up. I can hardly wait to get the hood so I have proper lighting in there. I'm not sure exactly what fish I want right now...I think I change my mind everyday. lol, The only thing for sure are the cory cats (I think they are...