Adding Aquarium Fish

i recently purchased a 60 gallon aquarium. before that i had just a regualr 10 gallon. weve added some fish to our 60 gallon. some decor. gravel. its been up over a week now and ive already had 2 fish die. the water is cloudy and murky and sorta yellowish. what am i doing wrong? the filters are working and everything. i only feed the fish twice a day.

i had a recent question asking for info on guppies this is one of the questions that werent answered. can i add a snail to my aquarium. i’ve got a minibow aquarium 2.5. and ive got 3 gups. will the snail bother or be bothered by my fish? will a snail help clean algae. will a snail be a good idea? will any other crawler be a better idea?if so wats the price of the crawler? i would also like to no the price of a snail. anyways ty soooooooo much i luv my new healthy fish. if u can answer just these couple of more questions pleaaaaaaaaseeeeeeeeeeee best answers 10 points!!!!

I have a 30 gallon tank with a plecostomus, a cory, 3 ghost catfish, a guppy, a silver molly and a mickey mouse fish. I am thinking about changing the substrate, adding more corys and maybe add another fish. I was wondering: 1) What kind of substrate is best for the cory and the plecostamus? I have read that sand is best, but there are 6 kinds of sand as far as I can tell, and I have no idea which one is the best that fits my budget. 2) Do I really need to add 5 more corys to help my little guy get over his shyness? Would 3 be an acceptable amount? 3) What other fish would ya’ll recommend to place in my tank? I love my silver molly, because he comes to the front of the tank to “play”, so any fish that seem to have that kind of personality would be lovely. And yes, I realize that I will be doing this over a period of time so as to not stress my fish. Thanks!

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i was told its the same as cold/tropical fish leave the bag floating in the water then every 10 mins add a little of the aquarium water then after bout 45 mins add them in and someone else said to put them in a smaller tank first then put them in the aquarium? but wont this give them even more stress.

I just added new fish in my aquarium so I was wondering how much to feed my fish. (Please don’t say 3-5 minutes) please give me in something like teaspoons. Please My fish are- 4 Discus- about 2in each 10 cardinal tetras- adult size approx. 4 golden rams- 3 mature and one juvenile! Thank You Very Much I will chose a best answer, cheers.

I have a fish tank with 2 African Cichlids and my ammonia readings are always coming back high, around 1-2 ppm . My nitrites are around 0, and my nitrates are around 20 ppm. How far would you say I am in the nitrogen cycle? The tank is fairly new, but I have added a filter cartridge from my other aquarium which has been set up for years. The water isnt too cloudy also, it is basically clear, could be a little clearer though. I have not added new fish lately , just the 2 that are in there. I could probably feed them less, that my be a problem. I also do water changes , around 10%. Should I do water changes more frequently or more amount of water?

My corydora was recently sucked up into my filter and he was barely able to move and lost one of his eyes. I moved him out of my 20 gallon because my puffer was trying to eat him, he is in my 10 gallon with 1 plecostomus, and about 20 fry. I bought some medicine called melafix, it says repairs damaged fins and open wounds. If I put this in my 10 gallon, would it harm my other fish?

i am getting a 5 gallon fish tank and am deffinately getting a betta. i have owned many fish and have a 14 gallon planted aquarium so i know what they need, how much to feed them, and how to do water changes. iwant to know if i could add 5 neon tetras and a mystery snail so a 5g tank with 1 betta 5 neon tetras and 1 mystery snails, i have seen that before on youtube except with ghost shrimp instead of the snail. i dont know if the bioload would be too much but i do know they will get along. i just want to know if it will be overstocked or could i try it and if it doesnt work i can put the tetras in my other tank

my gold fish has been attacked by a bigger goldfish and it looks like his tail is diminishing. it also looks red and inflamed around the tail. ive added aquarium salts and Melafix to my tank, but he is looking worse. can you help?

I have a 10 gallon tank with 8 platys (6 female, 4 male; 1 tigerblood, 3 blue mickey’s, and 4 red/orange mickey’s) and 2 Siamese algae eaters. The tank is not a brand new tank it’s been in use for the past 2 years. I upgraded one of our tanks and split up the fish. The fish that were in that tank are all doing fine and active. All of the platy’s seem o.k. but there’s strange coloring on them that I’m worried about. Here are the symptoms: * The blue mickeys all have dark red around their gills. * A few of the platy’s have what looks like a dark vein pattern all over their sides. * The rest of the platy’s have what looks like bruised ribs. I’m not sure the terminology but that’s the closest thing to a visual that I could get because I tried to take pictures but that didn’t work out. Keep this in mind: * I ran a test using Quick Dip test strips and it said that the nitrate level was a little high (between 0-20). * I’m going a 25% water change, adding conditioner, adding some aquarium salt * I only have a 1 g. tank that I could use to Dr. the fish in so I would prefer to Dr. the whole 10 g. tank so I need a fix that will not harm my Siamese algae eaters. If I have to move the algae eaters so I can Dr. the 10 g. I have 2 other tanks that I could move them but their community is as follows: * 55g. = 1 5in Bala Shark, 3 3in. Bala Sharks, 1 Pleco, and 2 Guarami’s = not much algae growth in there because it’s only a week or two old tank and the Pleco is keeping it pretty clean. * 5 g. = 12 to 20 baby platty (1 in or less) = not much algae growth in there either * Then I have the 1g. that isn’t set up right now but it used to hold my Betta who has since moved to a 5 g. He is being treated right now for ick so it wouldn’t be wise to move the siamese algae eaters in there either. I have Melafix and was wondering if it would help in this situation? I also wanted to know what this could be and how should I treat it. If you need any further info please contact me and if I’ve confused you, I’m Sorry, I do that a lot. Thanks in Advance

I set up my 75 gallon aquarium in the beginning of january and added lots of live plants. But then i added ammonia for a while but stopped when i found out that the label LIED because online it said the ammonia had surfactants so i did a HUGE water change to remove the surfactants and then my ammonia was at about 4.0 ppm. but because i was not going to be able to add the ammonia again and feed the bacteria till the cycle was over and i got fish, i put about 9 guppies that were about 3/4 inchs long. I did this for a constant supply of ammonia that would replace the ammonia i was adding that had surfactants. so i waited a while then i saw my ammonia go down and i had about 0.25 NITRITES. but the next day the ammonia was still at about 3.0 ppm and the nitrites were gone and there were no NITRATES.so i thought the bacteria had died for some unknwown reason and it was starting over so i tested for nitrites about 4 times a week and it was always at 0 but the ammonia remained at about 3.0 ppm, today i tested for NITRATES and got a reading between 5 and 10 ppm The AMMONIA was still at about 3.5 ppm and 0 NITRITES So did my tank cycle but there is still some ammonia its been 8 weeks and i dont think there was a huge spike of nitrates because i have a ton of live plants , i did add filter media from an establishes tank and i also put some established gravel in the filter, i use prime declorinator and in the beginning i added seachem stability which is bacteria in a bottle i guess, and i also have a rena xp4 cannister filter which i have cleaned out once because it got so dirty and clogged but now is fine.

I have a 20 gallon long cycled freshwater aquarium, ammonia is 0 nitrite is 0 and last time i checked, nitrate was about 20 i think I have vallisiniera spirarlis, java fern, java moss, crypt, cabombas, pygmy chain sword i add a little plant fertiliser with every water change regular gravel substrate 20 % water change every sunday driftwood, 2 fake ornaments lustar hydro sponge filter II, tetra whisper ex20 filter heater, temp is usually at 25 C stocking plan (in order of purchase): 4 guppies and 4 red crystal shrimp 4 albino cory cats 1 flame red dwarf gourami 4 platies also, i have a bunch of shrimp from java moss they were all aclimated my first cory died a few weeks ago, another died last week, and i found one dead this morning the rest of the fish are fine, and acting normally so were the cories the day before they died i examined the dead cories and they dont seem to have anything wrong with them i got them all from the same aquarium in the store…what could it be?? help me please!!! and even the shrimp are okay and i got them before the cories they eat alright, they’re always munching on the flakes that drift to the bottom and the other fish seem to leave them alone I had this aquarium for about 3 months now…so its a new aquarium. i only have one cory now.

Alright, I have a 20 gal inhabited by: -2 Dwarf gouramis -1 brislenose pleco -3 lambchop/t-bone rasboras -1 neon tetra -2 black khuli loaches -1 fancy guppy -2 ghost shrimp -1 african dwarf frog -3 common hatchet fish -4 various live plants Here’s the thing. Two of the hatchet fish have some tiny white spots on their fins and bodies and it’s hard to tell if it’s ich because the fish are silver. I know hatchets are prone to ich, and I know putting a little aquarium salt in the water can help cure ich, but I want to know if it will hurt any of my other critters before I do that. I know the pleco, shrimp, and guppies would be fine, but I’m not sure about the rest. Any advice? I appreciate the helpful answers. I did not ask whether or not my tank is overstocked, because it isn’t. The inch to gallon guideline is not a hard rule, and either way, I have nowhere near 30 inches of fish. The hatchets had those white spots when I got them, but I didn’t realize it wasn’t part of their coloration. Also, I have a very heavy duty filter.

As we know that insecticides are toxic to fish and we have a school project, I’ve decided to see if it really works

Hi I have a 30 gallon aquarium with 8 corkscrew val and 4 italian val. every other day around i find 2 to 4 or at most 5 of the leave floating at the top( roughly 1-2 every day) is this normal? they seem very bright green. i add fertilizers, root tabs and i have high lighting (T5 HO) it does not seen to be thinning but i worried that it’s loosing leaves. is there anything wrong? is this normal? maybe the fish pick at them but it seems to be growing very very slowly…do you think they are fine or is this/ could be detramental to the plant i ment to say that it will loose 1-2 maximum every day somedays they dont lose any leave Thanks !!! but will the plants keep shedding until there is nothing left of will they grow back quick enough…AND how fast do vals grow???

I just purchased a new yellow tang.. I have a 100 gallon saltwater aquarium with 75 pounds of live rock. I have already have a yellow tang a clown fish and a pacific blue tang in there, befor this new tang. I added the new yellow tang in there and the other yellow tang keeps backing up against it. I tryed moving the live rock around and he got a little better but is still doing this a little bit. The new tang is a little bit bigger than the old yellow tang. What do you think i should do? I feel bad for the new tang. Do you think the old tang will eventually just get over it? Thanks for your help..

I went out to get some shopping done, and i was gone for a good few hours. When i came home, i checked on my fish, but one of my betta’s was missing from his tank! I searched the floor, and found him. God only knows how long he was stuck down there, he wasn’t moving and was dried up. I thought he was dead and my boyfriend picked him up with some toilet paper. But my boyfriend freaked out and dropped him and said he moved. Poor little guy :[ getting dropped back onto the floor. I picked him up and placed him in his tank gently. For a while he just sat in the bottom of the tank but now he is swimming around ok. I left him alone with his lights off for a couple of hours, added 1 teaspoon of some weak saltwater, two drops of water conditioner to help fight off any fungus[I read to watch for that] and to help him reproduce his slime coat. He’s in 2 gallons. [working on upgrading to 5 but i only just got him all set up in his 2 gallon] He’s eating all right, and responding to my movements etc. I got a good look at him, and it looks like he has a big black spot on his side? Not like a fuzzy patch, but like a bruise. What could this be? Needless to say i have a lid sitting on his aquarium now, it isn’t air tight because he needs access to air, but it is covering his tank and its too heavy to be pushed around in the event he does jump again. Are there any long term effects i should be worrying about? What are some treatments/medicine anything that i can do/buy to help him recover, and reduce stress? He seems to be healthy but i don’t want him to up and die a week later. Has anyone had experience with this?

recently ive been adding nutrafin cycle biological aquarium supplement to my 10 gallon tank but im still getting nitrite readings on my test strips.the nitrite reading is still on the stress side like at about 1.0 ppm and the nitrate reading is 20 ppm which is safe.i want my nitrite reading to be 0 so i can add fish to my tank.my tank has been cycling for more then 2 weeks now

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A week ago I decided to buy two african dwarf frogs for a 5 gallon tank I had on hand. At first they were doing great and eating well, and I fed them frozen blood worms. The next thing I know, one of them is dead. I have no idea why. My worries are for the other frog because he seems weak and refuses to eat. He has only has one bloodworm in the past three days. He struggled to keep it down but I was relieved that he did. I also lowered the water level so he can catch a breath easier but he keeps swimming up and down the tank frantically. I changed the water and added some conditioner and a tinsy bit of aquarium salt, but I am at a loss for him and I feel bad watching him die. I can’t get the water tested until tomorrow but maybe someone has some more ideas as to what is killing him. Also, I have a betta fish who is doing fantastically in a 10 gallon tank and I am wondering if I should put the frog in with him since I know the water is ok?

I havent got that much room left in my tank but i really want some pretty and attractive fish in there to add more colour. As i said, i havent got much room left so i want them to be small fish (maximum of 6cm please) and i need them to be the sort of fish that are ok to be in just a pair or at a push in a group of 3 or 4. I would like something that will catch your eye and is as colourful as possible. It also needs to be a peaceful, species that doesnt bully or is territorial.? The fish i have currently are - 4 danios, 5 chain loaches, 2 otocinclus, 4 cory cats and one guppy. Oh and i really want any guppies, mollys, platys or a betta.? ? thanks sorry i dont want guppies, mollys, platys or a betta.? sorry i dont want guppies, mollys, platys or a betta.? sorry i dont want guppies, mollys, platys or a betta.?

I have a 150 gallon brackish aquarium. About an hour ago I realized all my fish were at the top. This isn’t unusual, they’re always expecting to be fed, but what is unusual is that it’s all of them, even the fry. The only fish that isn’t at the top is my dragon goby. It’s an emergency because I don’t know what’s wrong. I tested my water and nothing is coming up out of the ordinary. My nitrates are a little high, but they’re actually a lot lower than they’ve been lately, nitrites are lower, and ammonia is fine. The pH is exactly what it’s been since I set the tank up. I changed the lightbulb yesterday, but the temperature hasn’t changed. We’ve experienced failure with keeping live plants, we took out the dead stuff yesterday and added three new cabomba. I read to leave the metal band on the bunch and plant it, and that’s what I did. I can’t imagine that would cause such a drastic problem so quickly, as all the plants were added late last night. I also put some blood worms in the tank last night. I took out the powerhead last night, because the cabomba is too delicate for it. I had a molly abort her pregnancy (premature mollies everywhere, it makes me sad), my “pregnant” ghost shrimp is at the very top of the intake angling her body towards the surface, moving her eggs around top speed. Something is wrong, help. Alright, I think I figured out the problem. The filter wasn’t circulating much water, and I couldn’t tell because I have a filter that sits on the ground. It doesn’t hang over the side of the tank, the input is submerged. Since I took the powerhead out, there was barely any flow to the tank and I just assumed it was because the filter had less force than the powerhead. I cleaned out the filter, replaced the powerhead, tested the water again. Everything still normal. The test kit has worked this whole time, I can’t imagine it would be faulty now. We’ll see if this helps, if there’s anything else I’ve overlooked, let me know. Thank you for all your immediate and helpful responses!

I have a 20 gallon coldwater tank , with loads of Elodia Plants.The temperature is 18°c at night and 20°c-22°c during the day.I currently have 4 Zebra Danio and 1 White Clound Minnow (4 died).I would like to add more fish (no need for more minnows as it is always with the Danio) , I was thinking about adding some Celestial Pearl Danio/Galaxy Rasbora or Pearl Danio , you know something in that region , I want something different from what I already have.

Hi guys, My grandma recently was proud of my decision to keep a Betta fish and she admired the way I stood up to my uncle and kept the Betta the way I wanted to. You can see my profile questions for that story. Anyway, my parents were happy as well. My dad promised me a huge aquarium for my coming birthday, and just today I got it. It’s 300 gallons in capacity. US Gallons. And he got me many ornaments, large beautiful rocks for decorations, 3 filters that (combined) go through 700 gallons, because he didn’t know which one I would want, large nets, 2 air pumps, water conditioner, you name it he got it. Love him! My loving grandmother gave me 2 goldfish as a gift today too, because she would be in surgery on my birthday next week. I don’t know what goldfish this is but on my research online it is an Oranda goldfish, it looks like it’s got a red baseball cap. I’m 99% sure that’s what it is. Both the goldfish are 1 inch in size only. Really small. But I had no idea I would be getting this gift. I planned to do a fish less cycle on my 300 gallon first, because I’m still new and I don’t want to risk cycling with fish (though, my Betta in the 6.5 gallon is still doing good). My dad helped me set up the tank, because how is a 15 year old girl supposed to do all that by herself =)? But I’m torn! I haven’t added any ammonia to the tank, but it’s up, decorated, and filters are running. I can’t keep the 2 one inch goldfish in bags forever. There is no point arguing with my sweet grandma about this, I don’t want to add to her misery before a major surgery. Would a combined 2 inches of goldfish be okay to cycle my 300 gallon? If not, I’m so confused I don’t know what to do. I can’t keep these fish in their bags much longer.

I am going to get a bubble curtain today and 2 (or maybe 3) live plants. I have some fake coral and a rock like thing for decorations. I am going to add more gravel too. Also, do tropical fish like to play with any kind of ball or something? Like a ping-pong ball? Thanks for your help! I have gouramis, angelfish, barbs, danios, ect… I have a light and a filter aslo:)

Ok my male betta has ick. i need to know the best way to treat it. I just went out and bout aquarium salt, quick cure (it heals ick fins and such) and tetra aqua safe water conditioner. He lives in a 10 gallon heated and filtered. I can not turn the heater down or up because it has a preset temp. So i need to know what to do with all this stuff,how often and how much to clean the tank. How often to add salt and medacation so please explain there is no other fish in his tank but i have another male in a tank next to him which i will move

How often should I change the water in my aquarium? And should I just change part of it? I also have a gravel vacuum, so how often should I be using that? I probably should have done some research before buying all this stuff, lol. If it makes any difference, it’s a 10 gallon fresh water aquarium, and we have six fish–three Glofish and three other ones. They’re some type of tetra–they’re peach colored with a little black on them. If I do need to do a partial water change, how do I go about conditioning the water? When I set it up, I used a water conditioner for a 10 gallon tank. If I add fresh tap water, should I add a little more conditioner?

My mum has had 2 goldfish in a bowl for 6.5 years. She bought a 60ltr aquarium in January and I set it up for her then added the goldfish a week later. Three weeks ago she bought a Shubunkin, but one of the fish attacked it when she put it in, so she put it into the bowl. She added it again 2 weeks ago after I had done another water change for her and all was fine. We got her water checked last week as she wanted to add an algae eater and it was a bit high on nitrate. I done two more 20% changes, one on Monday and one on Thursday. The Shubunkin died on Friday morning, it wasn’t looking too good on the Thursday night. She took her water in to get checked on Friday and it was all fine. She phoned me last night to say that the two goldfish were dying. I went over today and one is a very blood red instead of orange. Neither of them are showing any interest in food, even when we dropped in bloodworms, and they are just floating around. One was hiding under the treasure chest bubbler, but when I put the net in it came up. There is white stuff floating from their eyes. We have now moved them back into the bowl and I done another 20% water change today. What can we do. Does anyone think they can be saved or should we put them out of their misery. They are actually my nephew’s fish, but they stay at grans. Thanks for your answers. I have had a look at the link that you sent, and plan to do another 15-20% change on Mon/Tue and then another on Friday. The filter does seem to be working OK and last Sunday was the only time the test showed a problem with the water. Yesterdays water was fine when tested, but I am doing more changes since the Shubunkin died and the other two are unwell. The fish were won at a fair and have thrived in the bowl. I feel a bit guilty now about talking her into getting a proper filtered fish tank. I have an aquarium myself that is going well, although I am still quite new to fishkeeping. We have only put the fish in the bowl as a temporary measure as they were happy in there for over 6 years. If they don’t pick up how long should we allow them to suffer before putting them out of their misery. Both fish are now dead, one early morning, the other early afternoon. Thanks for your answers. I really think that the tank was fine, as the water test carried out on Sunday at the pet shop was normal. I think perhaps the Shubunkin may have had an illness when bought. I will water change again and then give her my two comets. Thanks P.S. The water is always out for at least 24hrs, and is treated before going into tank.

Hello, I have a 6 gal heated and filtered acrylic aquarium, My little red and blue crowntail betta seems to be hugging the heater. I only added the heater today but I don’t know if it’s good or bad. the heater is set to 76 Fahrenheit and the thermometer at the other side of the tank says 25 degrees. He seems happy and lively but I want to know if it’s good or bad? Also I saw some lovely small peppered corydoras today at the fish store. Could I keep one with a betta? thankyou.

i have a 30 gallon fish tank its been running for about 4 to 6 weeks now but i just added some rocks to it and fake plastic plants i got from a friend from his tank but it been two days since i put it in there and my take is clowdy and white foam is forming on the surface what should i do and also its a fresh water tropical community tank with 3 barbs ans a kuli loach what do i need to do to save the fish and get my water back to normal

i recently setup my new 90 gallon aquarium and was trying play sand as a new substrate. i washed it thouroughly before adding and when i added it the tank was cloudy only for about 2 days. i had bala sharks in the tank and they were slowly dying off one by one. each of them has little grains of sand on them. the same is happening to my fire eel now and he seems to be shedding? there are little grains of sand on my black shark he doesnt seem sickly yet but the fire eel looks like it is going to die soon… ANY help? PLEASE ANSWERS ASAP IM WORRIED

I’m a beginner aquarist and recently bought a 10G aquarium….put in 2 male Guppies intially (to avoid the fry), later added 1 Black Molly, 1 Silver Molly and 2 Australian Rainbowfish…. One of the Australian rainbow is harassing the other one…always chasing it and not allowing it to eat too at times…we are planning to return that fish…but I just loved them….Are Australian rainbows always aggressive…or is it just with this one? Pls also suggest other fishes which I can replace these with. We are planning on keeping a max of 7 or 8 fishes. Pls help.

I have a 30 gallon tank with live bearers neons danios and 25 plants ….i currently don’t have any problems i have 6.5 tablespoons of salt in there the ammonia is 0 nitrite 0 my nitrate is a little high because of the amount of fish..its at 20 but its usually at 10 but i just added 2 new fish and changed some water which got rid of healthy bacteria.. my tank if PERFECT and i don’t want anything to hurt the fish like sicknesses or anything along those lines….i new fish i bought are healthy and are NOT carriers of anything… the water is a 78F and i feed them a variety of food…i feed them tetramin on mondays new life spectrum optimum tuesdays frozen foods wednesdays (daphnia bloodworms klp etc) and the pattturn continues….every once in a while i hatch BBS and feed them that and once every 2 weeks i feed them veggies and algae waffers…can i doanything better or am i good?

Looking to add something else to my tank of endler’s livebearers and these things look pretty nifty and should get along pretty well. After searching online, these guys seem pretty tough to find. Is this a common fish at an aquarium store that I have simply overlooked in the past or is there a good online source for them? Thanks!

My betta fish Bijou has fin rot that appeared shortly after I got him and has persisted now for months. He lives in a 3 gallon filtered tank with the temperature around 76 degrees. I do weekly 50-90% water changes after agitation of the gravel to release organic waste, and also regular changing of the filter cartridge of the tank. I have been reading conflicting things about Melafix, Bettafix.. I even saw a “betta revive medication” that sounded like it was what I needed, but it dyed the water! I read about using methylene blue and an anti-fungal. I also read about salts. Could Bijou’s problem be as easy as adding a little aquarium salt to his tank? I would really appreciate feedback from some experienced betta owners about what would be the best way to solve this problem.

Hello, I have a 55 gallon tank which we recently set up a week ago. The tank had been sitting, unused (but still full of water and with filters running) for 3 months. Last week we decided we wanted to have fish in it again, but we ran tests and the nitrate/ammonia levels were off the charts. So we emptied the whole aquarium out, rinsed out the rocks, scrubbed the sides with hot water and then refilled it again and let it sit. I tested it every day and the conditions were normal (but our GH levels were a little high for tropical fish - 120 ppm). Since we had it set up for a week, we determined we could add fish to it again. So we bought 3 tiger barbs & 2 catfish. I have the temperature set at a good 75 degrees since they are tropical fish. PH 6.5/7, GH 120ppm, no ammonia/nitrate/nitrite at all. However, today our new fish were acting a little weird. One of the barbs was swimming sideways and separated from the other two. The catfish are still behaving normally and I’m worried that the barbs could get sick. What should I do to save my barbs? We also have three aquatic plants recently added to the aquarium, and they are showing signs of stress (yellowed leaves) and a bit of decay. Recommendations are welcome. Added details: I already have another established tank in my house, so I used the old filter (hasn’t been changed in a few months or so) and put it into the newly-cleaned tank, and I also used a bacteria starter, so I do not believe that the nitrogen cycle is an issue. The aquarium has been sitting with the dirty filter media for a week and it already went through a dirty-looking cycle, which I assumed was the nitrogen cycle.

I set up my 75 gallon aquarium in the beginning of january and added lots of live plants. But then i added ammonia for a while but stopped when i found out that the label LIED because online it said the ammonia had surfactants so i did a HUGE water change to remove the surfactants and then my ammonia was at about 4.0 ppm. but because i was not going to be able to add the ammonia again and feed the bacteria till the cycle was over and i got fish, i put about 9 guppies that were about 3/4 inchs long. I did this for a constant supply of ammonia that would replace the ammonia i was adding that had surfactants. so i waited a while then i saw my ammonia go down and i had about 0.25 NITRITES. but the next day the ammonia was still at about 3.0 ppm and the nitrites were gone and there were no NITRATES.so i thought the bacteria had died for some unknwown reason and it was starting over so i tested for nitrites about 4 times a week and it was always at 0 but the ammonia remained at about 3.0 ppm, today i tested for NITRATES and got a reading between 5 and 10 ppm The AMMONIA was still at about 3.5 ppm and 0 NITRITES So did my tank cycle but there is still some ammonia its been 8 weeks and i dont think there was a huge spike of nitrates because i have a ton of live plants , i did add filter media from an establishes tank and i also put some established gravel in the filter, i use prime declorinator and in the beginning i added seachem stability which is bacteria in a bottle i guess, and i also have a rena xp4 cannister filter which i have cleaned out once because it got so dirty and clogged but now is fine.

I have a 5 gallon heated glass aquarium with a 3-4 year old male betta, lots of silk plants, and a filtration system. The tank is well established but I’ve been wondering if I could add one more fish to the tank to maybe help out with food clean-up.. What would you guys advise? It’d be best if it were hardy, seeing as my betta is used to being the boss and I don’t always get around to weekly tank cleanings on time.. Or would a new fish just be a bad idea? I’ve thought about a cory cat.. any other suggestions? I don’t want to get a snail and have a billion babies, plus I don’t have a huge problem with algae.

I am New aquarist and i don’t know about it very much. . They all are fed the recommended food. I changed water and cleaned garvel, i also added anti chlorine and also added some salt. some body said me that u r using tap water thats why they are dying and he said me to use Mineral Water. Please Help me out im really frustrated with it now. Water has been changed and gravel cleaned,anti chlorine added and appropriate amount of salt added. Please help.

Hi i just realized that my green acara has ick I have coppersafe and almost all mardel product at hand just incase. I was wondering whats the proper step by step to cure it thank you. The green acara is 3inch and is in a 45 gallon tank with 5inch green terror, 2inch jeweled, 2inch jack dempsey. I have the mardel coppersafe 4fl oz, 118ml bottle. The instruction reads 5mil per 4gallon of water so does that mean I have to use 55ml or about half bottle? do I turn the filter off? what do I do on day 2? this is what I done so far, 1. remove the carbon, 2. pour around 55ml copper safe 3. turn the heat up 4. add aquarium salt 5.? do I add any coppersafe tomorrow? what else should I do today or for the rest of the week?

i will be adding fish live rock and inverts to my tank. would a fluval 205 external filter a Red Sea Prizm hang on Protein Skimmer 2 power heads a 200 watt heater will all this be ok? id ont want a sump but do i really need one? or can i ssucsessfully run a marine aquarium with this lot?

I have a tank full of guppies, they are relatively young yet, 4 months old or so, and four of them have died in the past week. Upon inspection of the tank I think they have tail rot. I just added an extra tablespoon of salt to the aquarium water. What else can I do to treat it? I don’t want to lose any more fish

This is a repost just looking for some new insight since more users are on sorry to the people who read already! 1) According to government documents, PETA employees have killed more than 19,200 dogs, cats, puppies, and kittens since 1998. This behavior continues despite PETA?s moralizing about the ?unethical? treatment of animals by farmers, scientists, restaurant owners, circuses, hunters, fishermen, zookeepers, and countless other Americans. PETA puts to death over 90 percent of the animals it accepts from members of the public who expect the group to make a reasonable attempt to find them adoptive homes. PETA holds absolutely no open-adoption shelter hours at its Norfolk, VA headquarters, choosing instead to spend part of its $32 million annual income on a contract with a crematory service to periodically empty hundreds of animal bodies from its large walk-in freezer. 2) PETA president and co-founder Ingrid Newkirk has described her group?s overall goal as ?total animal liberation.? This means the complete abolition of meat, milk, cheese, eggs, honey, zoos, aquariums, circuses, wool, leather, fur, silk, hunting, fishing, and pet ownership. In a 2003 profile of Newkirk in The New Yorker, author Michael Specter wrote that Newkirk has had at least one seeing-eye dog taken away from its blind owner. PETA is also against all medical research that requires the use of animals, including research aimed at curing AIDS and cancer. 3) PETA has given tens of thousands of dollars to convicted arsonists and other violent criminals. This includes a 2001 donation of $1,500 to the North American Earth Liberation Front (ELF), an FBI-certified ?domestic terrorist? group responsible for dozens of firebombs and death threats. During the 1990s, PETA paid $70,200 to Rodney Coronado, an Animal Liberation Front (ALF) serial arsonist convicted of burning down a Michigan State University research laboratory. In his sentencing memorandum, a federal prosecutor implicated PETA president Ingrid Newkirk in that crime. PETA vegetarian campaign coordinator Bruce Friedrich has also told an animal rights convention that ?blowing stuff up and smashing windows? is ?a great way to bring about animal liberation,? adding, ?Hallelujah to the people who are willing to do it.? 4) PETA activists regularly target children as young as six years old with anti-meat and anti-milk propaganda, even waiting outside their schools to intercept them without notifying their parents. One piece of kid-targeted PETA literature tells small children: ?Your Mommy Kills Animals!? PETA brags that its messages reach over 1.2 million minor children, including 30,000 kids between the ages of 6 and 12, all contacted by e-mail without parental supervision. One PETA vice president told the Fox News Channel?s audience: ?Our campaigns are always geared towards children, and they always will be.? 5) PETA?s president has said that ?even if animal research resulted in a cure for AIDS, we would be against it.? And PETA has repeatedly attacked research foundations like the March of Dimes, the Pediatric AIDS Foundation, and the American Cancer Society, solely because they support animal-based research aimed at curing life-threatening diseases and birth defects. And PETA helped to start and manage a quasi-medical front group, the misnamed Physicians Committee for Responsible Medicine, to attack medical research head-on. 6) PETA has compared Jewish victims of the Nazi Holocaust to farm animals and Jesus Christ to pigs. PETA?s religious campaigns include a website that claims?despite ample evidence to the contrary?that Jesus Christ was a vegetarian. PETA holds protests at houses of worship, even suing one church that tried to protect its members from Sunday-morning harassment. Its billboards taunt Christians with the message that hogs ?died for their sins.? PETA insists, contrary to centuries of rabbinical teaching, that the Jewish ritual of kosher slaughter shouldn?t be allowed. And its infamous ?Holocaust on Your Plate? campaign crassly compared the Jewish victims of Nazi genocide to farm animals. 7) PETA frequently looks the other way when its celebrity spokespersons don?t practice what it preaches. As gossip bloggers and Hollywood journalists have noted, Pamela Anderson?s Dodge Viper (auctioned to benefit PETA) had a ?luxurious leather interior?; Jenna Jameson was photographed fishing, slurping oysters, and wearing a leather jacket just weeks after launching an anti-leather campaign for PETA; Morrissey got an official ?okay? from PETA after eating at a steakhouse; Dita von Teese has written about her love of furs and foie gras; Steve-O built a career out of abusing small animals on film; the officially ?anti-fur? Eva Mendes often wears fur anyway; and Charlize Theron?s celebrated October 2007 Vogue cover shoot featured several suede garments. In 2008, ?Baby Phat? designer Kimora Lee Simmons became a PETA spokesmodel despite working with fur and leather, Hey the man I’d send you some links but I can’t. your profile doesn’t allow email…sorry

I’ve heard that Crowntails are a little more aggressive than other Bettas so I was wondering what other fish I could have as tank mates. I am getting a new aquarium from a friend and its either a 5 gallon or a 10 gallon…I THINK its a 10 gallon. (I haven’t seen it yet) I really want to add more fish and have a nice community tank. I like corycats…they are so cute! but I’m not sure what others to add…i don’t really like the look of rasboras or others like that. How many of these can I put in? Any stocking suggestions??? Thanks so much for the help!

Ok so i have a 30 gallon tank nd im planning on buying a peacock eel… but i would also like a pleco…but then again i would lyke some cories and i was wondering if its ok to buy the pleco and some cories since they both are bottom dwellers and help clean the tank..also i wanted to know if their are any other fish i can add?

I have a great 6 gallon tank that currently has three of those tiny underwater African dwarf frogs in it. The only issue is, that while they are cute to look at, they hardly move. They just hover at the bottom of the tank or float around at the top. They are so boring!!! I was wondering if I can/should add some more frogs in there or maybe one or two fish so that will actually give me some action? But I don’t want them to fight or anything- so what kinds of fish could I safely get, if any?! Also I don’t want to overcrowd my tank so only people who actually know about aquarium stuff please answer! Thank you!

I have three beautiful gold fish in the aquarium that is equipped with filter, pump, plants and works. I wanted to add color to this and so went and got couple of guppies and mollies. Now, I hear that they cannot go well together. Is it true. I know goldfish dont do well in a bowl, but will guppies be ok. Quick response will be really appreciated by me and the guppies and mollies as they are currently waiting for your verdict in the bowl. Thanks in advance.

Hello, I have a ten gallon aquarium with ten fish in it right now. It used to have 6 but then i added 3 gold barbs. and a pleco. Right now i have one Serpae tetra, 2 cherry barbs, some sort of relative to the platy, a pleco, some type of tetra, 3 gold barbs, and one zebra danio. I was wondering if I should add more or try to convince my parents to let me get a bigger tank like at least a 29 gallon, so then i can have more fish. Thanks, Frodo98

I set up my 75 gallon aquarium in the beginning of january and added lots of live plants. But then i added ammonia for a while but stopped when i found out that the label LIED because online it said the ammonia had surfactants so i did a HUGE water change to remove the surfactants and then my ammonia was at about 4.0 ppm. but because i was not going to be able to add the ammonia again and feed the bacteria till the cycle was over and i got fish, i put about 9 guppies that were about 3/4 inchs long. I did this for a constant supply of ammonia that would replace the ammonia i was adding that had surfactants. so i waited a while then i saw my ammonia go down and i had about 0.25 NITRITES. but the next day the ammonia was still at about 3.0 ppm and the nitrites were gone and there were no NITRATES.so i thought the bacteria had died for some unknwown reason and it was starting over so i tested for nitrites about 4 times a week and it was always at 0 but the ammonia remained at about 3.0 ppm, today i tested for NITRATES and got a reading between 5 and 10 ppm The AMMONIA was still at about 3.5 ppm and 0 NITRITES So did my tank cycle but there is still some ammonia its been 8 weeks and i dont think there was a huge spike of nitrates because i have a ton of live plants , i did add filter media from an establishes tank and i also put some established gravel in the filter, i use prime declorinator and in the beginning i added seachem stability which is bacteria in a bottle i guess, and i also have a rena xp4 cannister filter which i have cleaned out once because it got so dirty and clogged but now is fine.