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Hello all. My fish have been acting off and I have been paying close attention to them and I believe they are beginning to get sick. One reason is my glo-fish's gills are becoming darker and all of my fishes eyes have started to look different, bigger may be the right word for it. Plus my...

I was cleaning all my my decorations, when I came back I also noticed foam sitting along the edges of the tank where the water meets it, any clues?

So, I think I may have a bacteria bloom, little white specks floating around the tank along with a milky color. All of my levels are fine, and I tried the lower temperature and less light but it doesn't seem to be helping. Trying to clean my gravel is just killing me though. I can't find a...

You didn't pay with credit card did you? Because if you did, he probably read your name off of the card. I work in retail and it happens.

Looking for a 30-60 gallon tank.

Well, for now we are going to keep our pleco and transfer him with the tank, if he keeps on growing quickly then we'll be sure to find a new home for him, or get a larger tank which is what we are hoping for in the long run. We don't wan to buy this huge tank for our apartment if we are just...

May have found a sixty gallon tank, waiting to hear from insurance company about liability insurance coverage. I live in an apartment and if something happens I want to make sure that we are covered for any damage that our downstairs neighbors may get

Is it okay to take a salt water tank and turn it into a fresh water tank?

Well if anyone is in the philadelphia area and needs a good size pleco that has more cleaning power then a dirt devil, hit me up.

Well, I'll find a good home for him then. But I do really love plecos, they are amazing fish. What kind should I look into getting for a 30 gallon tank?

How does one go about finding a new home for a fish? Never thought I would have to ask that one.

What kind of environment does this kind of pleco need to be in?

Yeah, I also kind of figured that he was getting a little big... He's also a little camera shy.

Hello Everyone, So after fighting with my 10 gallon tank for the past few months, I'm going to upgrade to a 30 gallon tank and had some questions. Basically am I just going to add new water to the tank and transfer the fish to the new tank, or am I going to put 20 gallons of new water and use...

Hello all, More recently I have been having a problem with a cloudy tank to the point where not even water changes are helping. I was just wondering if I should buy a new filter (I changed out the filter packs, but it still isn't working) instead of using the one that came with the tank? I...

I'm not sure what kind of pleco it is. But, while I was out yesterday I picked up some blue light bulbs for my fish tank to see what it would look like. Well, there was a tablet in there when I changed the lighting, came back a few minutes later and it wasn't there anymore. I have fed him a...

Hello everyone, We have a pleco who has happily grown to a large size, and our fish tank can't keep up with the algae production for our lovely vacuum cleaner. I have tried to feed him the tablets but he won't have anything to do with them, they just break up in the tank and turn into things...

Hello all, Today I just found our pleco sitting on the airstone, I looked closer and realized (s)he was no longer with us. But the other fish are fine, I have five neon tetras and one black skirted tetra. What would cause this?

You shouldn't use hot water tap. Your water heater and water line have more junk in it then cold water. I fill up my bucket with cold water and the heat the rest up with water that I heated on the stove. EDIT: I don't use a teflon coted pot, I use a stainless steel that has been washed out...

What water did you use? Hot or cold and did you both get it from the same place? Not "your house" but, the bathroom or kitchen?

Did you and your brother use the same source of ammonia?

Yeah, everything I added was well washed before I added it to the tank. The bucket I used, which was a cat littler container was cleaned (no chemicals) for an hour under fresh running water; scrubbed, filled, dumped, filled, scrubbed, dumped. The gravel went through roughly ten gallons of...

It has been a couple of days now and the water in my tank is still very cloudy, is this something I should be concerned about our should I just leave it until the cycle is done?

Alright, as I have been reading the forums I have gotten a little confused with where the bacteria lives. I have a TopFin 10 filter that came with the kit I bought; the filter itself has carbon in it surrounded by a cloth like pouch. Does the bacteria live in with the carbon or on the pouch...

No, the fish produce ammonia so you won't need to add it from what I understand. Having a pH of 8 for tap seems high to me. How are you testing your pH, are you using test strips or chemicals? Either way, try testing your water times, one right after the other. If the samples are shifting...

I added the ammonia, it is slowly lowering in level and the nitrite and nitrate levels are rising so I take it the cycle is making its way. The tank is slowly clearing up as well but I'm getting worried about temperature. When I checked the tank this morning it was at 76.5F and the heater was...

Wow, thank you all so much for taking the time to help me. But for some reason, my tank has become cloudy? The manual inside the tank said that it may become cloudy but will return to normal shortly, is this right or should I do a water change?

I was reading those beginner forums but as I was reading I got a little overwhelmed with the amount of data and information and i just needed a simple paragraph to get me on my way, thank you. I got lost in the nitrogen cycle and fishless cycling. But I understand now that the conditioner only...

So, I'm new and I mean new, new. I have never owned a fish before and recently my girl and I decided to go ahead and get started. I have always loved fish and have always wanted to get a setup going, I just never realized how much work was involved. Long story short, we went out and bought a...