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Freshwater Aquarium Fish Forum Forum to post discussions on freshwater aquarium equipment, fish food, aquarium filters, fish tank lighting, fish disease and freshwater fish species. Try to find the most appropriate sub-forum for your topic before creating a new thread.

Freshwater Beginners

A forum where freshwater aquarium fish beginners can go to post their questions and hopefully get responses from those more experienced. Also check out the Aquarium Setup Guides. Setting up a new freshwater aquarium can be a rather large project and you want to make sure you do it right the first time. If you need help with your fish tank please don't be afraid to ask questions. That's what this fish forum is all about!
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Is this black/red beard algae? What can I do?

Aquarium Plants

for those interested in keeping aquarium plants. Also, see these plant articles: Keeping Aquarium Plants, Aquarium Plants
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Least favorite plant - and why
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Freshwater Aquarium Builds

Create your own freshwater aquarium build thread in this sub-forum. Browse the build forum threads to get inspiration or simply live vicariously.
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My 125 Gallon Aquarium

Freshwater Tank Equipment

for discussing topics such as freshwater fish food, aquarium filters, air pumps, aquarium cleaning and maintenance, lighting choices, aquarium substrates, fish tank heaters, etc. - Aquarium Equipment Articles
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  1. Air Pumps
  2. Cleaning and Maintenance
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  4. Filters and Filtration
  5. Fish Food
  6. Freshwater Substrates - Gravel, Sand
  7. Heaters
  8. Lighting
  9. Reverse Osmosis Filter for Freshwater
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How to add water back into tank with sump pump?
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More Freshwater Aquarium Topics

for aquarium topics such as freshwater fish disease, algae, freshwater aquarium test kits, aquascaping, aquarium stocking questions, cloudy aquarium water, aquarium plants, breeding freshwater fish and more. Mainly for those topics that do not belong under the other boards.
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  2. Aquarium Aquascaping
  3. Aquarium Water
    1. Aquarium Nitrogen Cycle
    2. pH
    3. Cloudy Aquarium Water
    4. Temperature
    5. Test Kits
    6. Water Conditioners and Supplements
    7. Water Changes
  4. Algae
  5. Brackish Tanks Forum
    1. Brackish Fish
  6. Freshwater Aquarium Quarantine
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These look JUST like my golden panda Molly’s but are sold as platys. Is this right?

Freshwater Fish and Invertebrates

for discussions on the various species of freshwater aquarium fish and freshwater invertebrates.
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    1. Barbs
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      2. Odessa Barb
      3. Gold Barb
      4. Tiger Barb
      5. Tinfoil Barb
      6. Rosy Barb
    2. Betta Fish
      1. Betta Breeding
    3. Catfish
      1. Corydoras
      2. Otocinclus
      3. Pleco - Plecostomus
      4. Chinese Algae Eater
      5. Pictus Catfish
      6. Bumblebee Catfish
    4. Characins
      1. Piranha
      2. Silver Dollar Fish
      3. Pacu
    5. Cichlids
      1. American Cichlids
        1. American Cichlid Photos
        2. Angelfish
        3. Cockatoo Cichlid
        4. Convict Cichlid
        5. Discus Fish
        6. Firemouth Cichlid
        7. Jack Dempsey
        8. Keyhole Cichlid
        9. Oscars
        10. Ram Cichlid
        11. Red Devil Cichlid
        12. Texas Cichlid
      2. African Cichlids
        1. African Cichlid Photos
        2. Bumblebee Cichlid
        3. Electric Yellow Cichlid
        4. Kenyi Cichlid
        5. Kribensis - Kribs
        6. Shell Dweller Cichlids
        7. Red Zebra Cichlid
    6. Cyprinids (includes Goldfish)
      1. Celestial Pearl Danio
      2. Glofish
      3. Goldfish
      4. Harlequin Rasbora
      5. White Cloud Mountain Minnow
      6. Zebra Danio
    7. Freshwater Sharks
      1. Red Tail Shark
      2. Bala Shark, Silver Shark
      3. Rainbow Shark
      4. Iridescent Shark
      5. Columbian Shark
    8. Gouramis
      1. Paradise Fish
      2. Dwarf Gourami
      3. Blue Gourami
      4. Pearl Gourami
    9. Freshwater Gobies
    10. Killifish
    11. Livebearers
      1. Sexing Livebearers
      2. Guppy
      3. Swordtails
      4. Molly
      5. Platy
      6. Endlers Livebearers
    12. Loaches
      1. Clown Loach
      2. Kuhli Loach
      3. Dojo Loach
      4. YoYo Loach
    13. Tetras
      1. Bleeding Heart Tetra
      2. Buenos Aires Tetra
      3. Bloodfin Tetra
      4. Cardinal Tetra
      5. Glowlight Tetra
      6. Neon Tetra
      7. Red Eye Tetra
      8. Rummy Nose Tetra
      9. Serpae Tetra
    14. Hybrid Fish
      1. Flowerhorn Cichlid
      2. Parrot Cichlid
    15. Arowana
    16. Hatchetfish
    17. Rainbowfish
    18. Puffers
    19. Oddball Fish
  2. Freshwater Fish Disease
  3. Breeding Fish
  4. Aquarium Stocking Questions
  5. Fish, Snail, Worm And Pest ID Help
  6. Freshwater Invertebrates
    1. Amano Shrimp
    2. Snails
    3. Crayfish - Crawfish
    4. Shrimps and Crabs
    5. Ghost Shrimp
    6. Cherry Shrimp
    7. Bamboo Shrimp
    8. Blue Lobster
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Babies!

Ponds

General garden and backyard pond topics such as Koi, pond fish, pond plants, pond set up, how to close a pond for the season, water fountains and pumps, pond liners, water flow, etc. Super Simple Guide to Ponds
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Cheap Pond Liner

Saltwater Aquarium Fish and Reef Tank Forum For discussing saltwater aquarium topics such as saltwater aquarium set up, live rock, protein skimmer, chillers, refugium, nano tanks, reef tank lighting and more. Please look for and use the most appropriate saltwater forum board before posting your question or information.

Saltwater Beginners

A place for saltwater aquarium beginner questions. Setting up a new saltwater aquarium can be a daunting task for some because there is a lot you need to know. Please don't be afraid to ask questions. That's what this forum is all about!
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Curing and adding live rock

Saltwater Aquarium Builds

Create your own saltwater aquarium or reef tank build thread in this sub-forum.
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My oceanic 72 gallon bow

Saltwater Tank Equipment

Saltwater Aquarium Setup, Reef Tank Setup, Live Rock. Also be sure to check out the Saltwater Fish Guide under the Aquarium Articles/Beginner's Guides in the menu above for more articles.
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  6. Saltwater Aquarium Lighting
  7. Saltwater Aquarium Filter
  8. Saltwater Fish Food
  9. Substrates
  10. Sump
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Mars Aqua 165 W LED--What colors to use?

Corals

Forum for posts on reef tank topics such as corals, stocking, etc. Also check out the Reef Tank Setup article and the list of Coral Profiles.
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Coral/Anemone ID

More Saltwater Aquarium Topics

Saltwater topics that don't seem to fit on the other saltwater areas.
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    1. Saltwater Algae Problems
  3. Marine Plants and Macro Algae
  4. Nano Saltwater Tanks
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How many tests in salifert test kits?

Saltwater Fish and Invertebrates

Forum for discussions on saltwater fish and invertebrates.
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    1. Blennies
    2. Angelfish - Saltwater
    3. Butterfly Fish
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    6. Damselfish
    7. Gobies
    8. Eels
    9. Saltwater Puffers
    10. Lionfish
    11. Seahorse
    12. Tangs - Surgeonfish
      1. Blue Tang
      2. Yellow Tang
    13. Triggerfish
  2. Saltwater Aquarium Stocking
  3. Saltwater Fish Disease
  4. Breeding Saltwater Fish
  5. ID Help - Identify This
  6. Saltwater Invertebrates
    1. Anemones
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    3. Saltwater Snails
    4. Seastars
    5. Shrimp - Cleaners and other
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Critter and Disease ID

General

Welcome to FishLore

Stop by and introduce yourself! We have freshwater and saltwater aquarium hobbyists with the same interests as you. So don't be shy. Tell everyone about your fish keeping experience, your fish tanks, plants, corals, whatever you like. Posts in the welcome forum don't add to your total post count.
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Members Fish Tanks

Create a post telling everyone what's in your aquarium. IMPORTANT - there is a size limit on photos of 500kb - read the resize photos post on how to resize them so you can upload them in your posts. Please don't be shy because we seriously love looking at other peoples fish tanks and fish. Show off that tank!
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46g Weekly Photo Journal

Photos and Videos for posting photos and video links of your fish and aquariums.

Videos

for posting video links of your fish and aquariums. See How To Add Video to Posts for help.
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My 55G Home of Fish

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Show off your fish tank!

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Reviews - Equipment, Products, etc.

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Fundamentals of Freshwater Aquariums

Aquarium Fish Clubs

If you would like to have a board for your fish club, contact us using the link at the bottom of the page to have one set up.
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Buy, Sell, Trade, Free

For buying, selling, trading or giving away for FREE your fish, aquarium or pet related items. This Buy/Sell/Trade/Free board is for active members only. Members must have more than 50 posts to make a thread in this section. This is to help limit SPAM and members just signing up to sell stuff. Please be careful giving out personal information. Don't post your email, address or phone number on public forums! Use the Private Messaging system. Use this board at your own risk. FishLore does not endorse nor verify any of the buyers or sellers on this board.
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Forum for member fish tank journals - these blogs are no longer being created. Members can still post in these older blogs but no new blogs will be created in this board going forward. Look into creating a build thread to write about your fish tank's progress. Go here:
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