help advice needed

For the past couple of months I've been losing fish on a constant basis. I must admit i've only picked up on the hobby at the end of last year so I'm still a newbie, even though I've been reading a lot about it ever since. I have a 55 gallon cycled planted aquarium. Temp 25 °C , PH 7, KH 4...

Hi all So 3 days ago I started to cycle my tank. I added 3ml of ammonia and confirmed the amount by testing the water which measure 3.0mg/l. Here I am testing again and ammonia (nh3 & nh4) are now at 0mg/l, Nitrite is at 0.3mg/l & nitrate is at 25mg/l. I’ve read through the fishless cycle...

I have 6 fish in my tank, 3 guppies and 2 balloon mollies. However, since last night, I’ve noticed they’re all swimming around at the surface of the tank. Particularly the guppies. I’ve got no clue why because I have a pump that sprays bubbles so I’m sure there is enough oxygen in there for...

Hello everyone! I bought 3 female platys last Sunday as I did not want any fry and after noticing one of my females looking larger than the other two and noticing a black part in her belly, I investigated what it could be and I am assuming that she became pregnant before purchase. If anyone...

Hello :) I'm not sure whats wrong with my betta, he looks like he has a pulled scales of the top of his head, like when we fall over and get a graze, it's kind of like that, I'll upload some photos too, any idea would be really appreciated thank you Theres 3 photos, the 3rd photo with the...

so about a month ago I got this lovely betta, I've had a few in the past and never had any issues like this but his tail is not looking as great as when I got him. He's currently in a 10 gallon Fluval Flex, which is really well established- about 4 years old now. It is planted and I have...

I am in desperate need of help. Our favorite fish, a dwarf gourami, is in a hospital tank and in dire need of treatment or euthanasia. He had been showing signs of some kind of spots all over for a few months. No treatments of ich worked and no other fish in the tank had any of his...

Hi guys, kinda new to the hobby. was wondering if the fish I have is too many for my 36” long aquarium tank 36x12x16 fish: 1 betta 9 harlequin rasboras 4 danio glowlight 5 danio tinwini I have two random fish I think they are micro tiger rasbora that came in the mix when I got the...

Current levels of tank 5 gallon tank Amm: 0 Nitrite: 0 Nitrate: 5ppm gH: 171ppm kH: below 17ppm pH: 6.8 Temp 77F My issue: recently got an RO system and changed out my water 1/3 is RO 2/3 is TAP. Thought RO would get rid of my issue that my gH reliably climbs to above 200ppm once added to tank...

I recently bought 2 african dwarf frogs and I am new to caring for them. Everything has been going great with them but today when i came home from work the smaller frog of the two had his leg stuck in the filter. I managed to get his leg unstuck and he is still alive but his leg is badly...

So I just bought a betta but the filter that I have is quite strong and I noticed the fish is getting pushed around quite a bit (it’s one of those ones where there’s a little waterfall going into the tank) so I put a little sponge in the outflow but so the flow is slowed a bit and ran to the...

I recently got 2 new bettas and I want to spilt my 29gal Biocube tank and I don't know how to find or make a divider for it. I do know what to do with a divided tank, they need a filter for each side so the hormones don't reach the other fish so they don't get stressed and to block off the holes...

Hi there! I am new to this website and was hoping someone could help me!! I have issue in that I bought these tetras a couple of years ago from a pet shop, and the person selling me them didn't actually know what breed they were so gave me them for free with the other fish that I bought that...

Hello everyone! I am pretty new to the hobby and am planning on buying a 13 gallon nano tank and have it as an aquascape with a few fish in it. I am however not sure how many fish a tank of this size can handle. I was thinking of getting a betta together with some sort of pleco/algee eater...

One of my Mollys has this strange growth on the end of her tail. The two fins just under her tummy don't look right either. I'm a total beginner so any help would be appreciated. The other Mollys look okay. Video

I've recently ordered buce online and they came in after 2 weeks. Originally ordered 10 pieces for a very very good price but sadly only 6 full plants made it along with 2 rhizomes without leaves. They came in pretty bad and I badly need advice on making sure they make it since these are my very...

Hello! My name is Hannah. I have a 5 gallon tank stocked with 2 male guppies and 1 albino corycatfish. I wanted to start small and I really didn't have room for anything bigger (or the money to do it). I did my research and I believe things have gone swimmingly in my new tank. However, just last...

Hello, I was wanting some stocking advice on my 37l aquarium, its a 40x40x25 aquarium, more of a cube shape. I have soft water. I currently have 6 ember tetras and 2 Bolivian tetras. I was wanting to maybe add some more ember tetras but I do not want to overstock. the water quality is always...

Hey everyone! My name is Leah & my snails name is Harold, he has a cleft shell and it's pretty serious. (I bought him like this btw) I was wondering if there's anything I can do for this little guy. He also cannot fully retract into his shell because it's so severe. What I'm doing right now is...

I've kept fish for many a moon. Never seen a black nodule.

Ok, so I have one 55g freshwater display tank. Nitrate 20 Nitrite 0 Hardness 150 Chlorine 0 Alkalinity 100 pH 7.2 The above readings have been steady for at least 6 months. Tank mates are: 2 male guppies, 2 dwarf gourami -1 male 1-female, 4 nerite snails, and 9 Julii corydora catfish. A few...

One of my Cory's is suddenly unable to swim correctly and is sat at the bottom of the tank all day. If it does try and swim it sort of bounces about at the bottom of the tank and takes a while to right itself if it falls on its side or upside down. Iv checked water parameters and all are spot on...

Hi all, I’m quite concerned about my peppered corydora (1 of 3) which is spending a lot of time on its side (it slowly falls over/ down through the water) and seems to be unable to swim for more than a few moments. Ive isolated it for now. The others all seem fine and the tank parameters are...

Hi, I am looking for some advice. As shown in the pictures, my flowerhorn has just started excreting white lumps. I am not sure if this is normal or if this is the start of an illness. He is eating well and looks to be in full health (no body/fin damage). I have not changed his diet (other than...

Hi All, I’ve currently got a 120L Tank, I will start to cycle soon and I was wondering about the types/amount of fish I can put in. Here are my ideas so far... x2 dwarf gourami X6 red eye Tetra X1 bristlenose pleco I want to add some Mollys aswell but not sure how many. Any suggestions are...

Hi there, I am fairly new to the hobby. I have a 70l tank with 5 neon tetras, 5 black neon tetras, 3 bronze cordoras, 1 male siamese fighting fish. I would like to move these across to my new tank (125l) and only have one tank running as my parents will only let me have 1 tank. does any one...

Hi, I’m currently struggling with a tank overrun with snails! I have researched ways to get rid of them or at least control the population, but as my tank is only 54l, clown or yo-yo loaches will grow too large. I have one assassin snail that I put in recently but I haven’t seen it since and...

Hi everyone, I have been trying to figure out what disease is afflicting my betta for over a month now. A little backstory - I adopted this Betta when COVID-19 began. It was our "office fish" and unfortunately, lived in a 2.5 gallon, without a heater or filter, for close to a year due to lack...

Hey everyone! I’m new to fish keeping. I had three danio glow fish. Unfortunately two of them died because the heater broke and they didn’t make it. This one has always been the biggest but I’ve noticed it’s gettingeven bigger. We named it hulk because he likes to eat a lot and survived. I’ve...

In September, my betta of around 1 1/2 passed away. I had perfect parameters at the time during this situation, a lot of which was handled on reddit. I thought it was constipation so i fasted him and fed him peas. Yet the bulge would not go away and would grow and shrink as I did various...

I was cleaning out my tank today when I noticed one of my pygmys wedged underneath a rock with a red dot on his belly. I had some pygmys that have had the red dot bacterial infection(?) before and i’m not sure if this red dot is a sign of that or if the cory just wedged itself underneath the...

I’m new to fishkeeping, and I was wondering if someone could advise me on these yellow patches that have appeared on my female guppies. They’re quite small, and are located near the front fins. After doing a bit of research, I’m really worried that I’ve got velvet in my tank, although apart...

Hello, I have bought, only yesterday, 3 more bronze corydoras in the pet store to add to my 64L tropical tank and I have noticed one of them scratching on the sand. Is it something I should worry about? My water was tested yesterday and all the parameters were good. The tank is currently heated...

need advice! hi everyone. im new here. my names kaylee but i was wondering if anyone could give some advice on what i should do? i recently just bought 3 betta from a girl on campus that was taking very poor care of them. right now i have to use the tank she had as a temporary until the new ones...

Water Parameters: Nitrate: 0-10 (I'm going to do a water change today) Nitrite: 0 GH: 120ppm Alkalinity 40-80 (colors were weird) PH 6.8-7 (was weird too) My betta eats just fine and he swims around. It is a 5 gallon planted tank with a heater (temp: 79 °F ) and filter. (dealing with algae at...

i needed help with my baby angelfish, he has been the first fish to colonize the tank for three months ago but still haven’t grow much yet the tank size is 30 gallons (1 angelfish)is kept with (6 glo fish each around 2 inches) heater and filter are included/ temp is 78 Fahrenheit and 25 degree...

Hi there, New here and was wondering if anyone can help me. I have just noticed my male glowlight danio has a chunk missing from its side and seems bad. see photo. I add the glowlight danios to my community Tank about two months ago. I noticed right away that they like chasing each other. The...

So im a first time breeder starting with first time fish. They both seem to have been preggo for a long time, longer then normal. Anyway- this morning i couldnt find the pattern tailed one. I dug through the tank and removed the other fish and some decor to find her alive to my suprise. I...

A couple days ago I noticed that one of my Oscar’s eyes seemed a bit bigger than usual. I looked it up and read that it might be popeye. I freaked out and tested the water, everything was perfect except the nitrate level. I did a 50% percent water change, and added my usual water primer...

I have one female and three male Peppered Corydoras that have been laying eggs like crazy, but I've had very inconsistent success. I always remove the eggs by rolling them off the glass with my finger so they stick to my finger, and then rolling them onto the side of another container. The...