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I have a five gallon tank that I have planted heavily with live plants. The sole resident is my betta. I'm wondering if I would be able to add some shrimp to the tank to help maintain the plants and be interesting in their own right. Are shrimp suitable tankmates for a betta? If so, is there a...

I have read before that assassin snails are not the best at fixing the pest snail problem because their metabolisms slow down... something like that, anyways... and they do not eat very often. I'm not sure if my information is correct, but that is part of the reason I have been holding off on...

I have been trying to deal with a pest snail take-over for the past month or so will little-to-no success. Last night I went to my LFS to get some advice (after trying scooping them out, lettuce in a bowl, feeding my fish less, etc.) and I was told to get 2-3 clown loaches to help. I explained...

Sorry, ditzed out a little there! My question was pretty much answered - I was wondering if my current light setup was decent, or if I would have to look into replacing it. I was told by a friend who works at my LFS that I don't have enough in the way of watts per gallon. Right now I'm using...

Hi. I hope someone can offer some advice. I've looked through the forums on this subject and I'm still a little fuzzy. I got a 29 gallon tank well over a year ago, second hand. The lights and hood came with the original tank to my knowledge. I believe it's putting out 18-20 watts. The bulb says...

Thanks Ianho! :)

For a year or so now I've kept my 29 gal heavily planted with plastic, while doing live plants in my 5 and 10 gal tanks instead. Basically, I got bored on Monday and decided to do live plants in the 29. It's barely beginning, and it's super low tech - just ferts, no CO2 injections. It's going...

Yeah cowboy, I think that what i'll do is expand the cory cats to six or so. Thanks for the feedback :good: I added my pearl white crowntail betta, and he looks gorgeous so that gets rid of the concept of sparkling gouramis. Has anyone had any experience with Ember tetras? My local Petsmart...

Hi all, I'm looking for some help with ideas for stocking my planted 10 gallon tank. I have been working to upgrade my 5 gallon planted tank to the 10 gallon, and I will already have 3 pygmy cory cats and an oto. I am longing to have a group of sparkling gouramis, and was considering some...

Thanks :) Will do

Here's the scenario... I took all the plastic plants out of my tank for a good scrub and soak in hot water. While I was rescaping the rest of my tank, my dad came over and washed his hands with dish soap over my plants. Is there anything I can do to ensure that the plants are safe for my tank...

Thanks! :D Here's a "better" picture of some of my rasboras. Of course, it's very difficult to pick them up on the camera - tricky, fast little guys! Also, here's a pic of my betta tank that I just finished up. It's super simple. Moneywort, an oto, 3 pgymy cory cats, and my betta. :) I...

Alright, well here is the clearest picture of the rasboras I could get. Of course, you can't see all of them - they are fast little buggers! Also, thought I would put in a picture of the betta tank I just completed. It's pretty minimal, but I like that for Ginko, it lets him really show off...

I have been keeping my male betta in a 5gal with three pygmy corys and an oto. They all seem to be fine together since everyone except the betta is dully colored, small, and fast. So far, the betta seems little more than slightly confused and interested in the corys. I'm not sure if he's...

:) As soon as I can borrow the decent family camera I'll put one up! I'm afraid my photo skills are a bit lacking but I'll do my best lol.

Thanks so much for the advice! Luckily I already had some Melafix in my emergency stash, so I got that done. Fingers crossed for my ladies. :unsure: I can't even begin to explain how attached to them I've grown!

Awww, thanks so much! Because I'm on a constant budget (really, who isn't these days! lol) and because I know some truely generous fish keepers, I've been able to get the bulk of my tank second hand (the decorations, stand, and tank). Because of that it's not so much "my" tank yet, lots of it...

In my tank I recently added an angelfish to the mix, and I did it with aprehension because I have a group of three female bettas in the tank and I didn't want them to beat up on the tiny angel. Apparently the angel was the bully, I come home from work yesterday to find one of the females with...

At the moment, I have a 29gal with 15 rasboras, 3 female bettas, 1 angelfish, and 3 sunset coral dwarf plattys. I just added the angel this past week, getting it small in the hopes that it would become adjusted to not being a bully on the playground. Before that, the entire tank had been in...

Hi all! Here is my 29gal with 15 harlequin rasboras, 3 female bettas, and 3 sunset coral dwarf plattys. It isn't the most beautiful tank, but I adore it so far!

Hi all! Just wanted to introduce myself. My name is Liz, and I've been wading into fish keeping slowly for awhile now. I started out keeping male bettas and eventually moved to goldfish, which then lead to tropical. This past year I decided to downsize so I could focus more on my 29gal tropical...