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Hi all. My name is kirsty and my I kept (and bred) livebearers when I was much longer. I have recently returned to fish keeping when my partner returned home one day with a huge 4ft aquarium (300l) with fish already in it which someone had given him the opportunity to re-home. After doing my...

Okay so I have 4 females and one male in a tank and I’ve been trying to look for breeding online there isn’t any helpful advice 1. What do rosy barbs eggs look like? 2.where do they lay them? 3.does the female lay the eggs straight after she’s mated ? 4.what does it mean having the water few...

Hello! I got my betta fish, Galaxy, about a month and a half ago. I was wondering if anyone had tips for finding out his age, or from the crappy photos that I attach here. He's a Koi (halfmoon??)

We are about to get our first fish and so do any of you have a list of jobs to do I would need to do every day ,week and month in order to maintain a healthy tropical fish tank . Any advice or tips are welcome thank for your help

Hey Guys! So I bought the Fluval Flex 34 Litre for my male Betta. I’ve been researching ways to reduce the waterflow as it was very harsh and he was getting dragged around the tank. I discovered another way other than the typical ways like punching holes in the pipe and so on. If you have an...

Hello! I've had four neon tetras for a few days now, and I don't really know which gender they are. If anyone could give me some tips on how to sex them, that would be great!

Hello all. After a disease outbreak in my 7 gallon breeder tank, my flagfish were dead (keep in mind THEY came from my LFS.) and I was in the market for some new fish. My local petsmart is always pretty reliable in terms of high quality "healthy" fish, so I brought home a beautiful bright orange...

I apologize in advance for the somewhat long post. I went to one of my favorite LFS and as usual oohing, ahhing, and drooling over the fish. I proceeded to ask one of the guys there I've known for a good while about the slate rocks they carry. I wanted to put some in my 75gal to help create the...

Hey! I"m new to the site here. My husband and I are wanting to start our own tropical freshwater tank. We've both had fish tanks for most of our lives, but we want to kick it up from basic Meijer and Walmart fish to the more colorful tropical fish. Any advice or tips on some good fish (trying to...

                  hi i had like close to 8 guppies 2 had survives  am planning  on getting more fish in the future my question is how can i make sure they do not die and live more longer will having a air pump help my fish live longer  (I only got  a filter and heater)i also have a theory that...

So I have to move out of my dorm room and I was wondering if anyone had any tips for me. I bought I a critter keeper from petco (a rather large one because I couldn't bear to put him in something tiny). He'll be in the keeper for no more than 3 hours. My main concern is the water temp...

Learned three new lessons the hard way today as I was doing a water change and noticed one of my baby panda cory fry wiggling in the mouth of my glass shrimp Ghostface Killa: 1. Glass shrimp will eat baby cory panda fry 2. A blast from a turkey baster trumps a hungry glass shrimp 3. Tightly...

I am going to try and build my own glass tank I am getting the glass for free of 2 relatives who are window fitters and are giveing me glass that would just be thrown away I know the size of the tank depends on the thickness of the glass but does anyone have any tips on building a glass tank as...

Hello Everyone! i made this topic just to show everyone my 10 gallon fish tank. there is a video link at the bottom. please watch it and tell me what you think, how i can improve it, advice, tips, or just post pictures/videos of your own tank(s). my tank has guppies, mollies, and swordtails, and...

Hello Everyone! i made this topic just to show everyone my 10 gallon fish tank. there is a video link at the bottom. please watch it and tell me what you think, how i can improve it, advice, tips, or just post pictures/videos of your own tank(s). my tank has guppies, mollies, and swordtails, and...

I made another forum like this but with a 30 gallon but now i'm kinda thinking about a 20 gallon tank, so any ideas about what fish to put in it and I want it to be a community tank, also do you guys have any tips on maintaining your fish tank and do you know what are the recommended filters...

I was thinking of upgrading to a 30 gallon tank and I need help deciding on what fish to put in the tank and I want it to be a tropical community tank sort of.     Also do you guys have any tips on maintaining it or what are the recommended filters, heaters, ect.   btw, the substrate is most...