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Would appreciate help in identifying the kind of angel fish this is. Many thanks!

Every fish I've bought from PetCo has carried ich or other parasites. That said, since I got wise and started quarantining fish, I've never lost any. I would always assume that all fish bought from big box stores are sick and need to be medicated and quarantined for at least 2 weeks. A...

When you add meds, you need to follow the instructions on the bottle carefully. It's easy to overdose. Take into consideration the hardscape in your tank and how that affects the actual volume of water in your tank. You can treat ich with temperature, salt or with meds. Doing all three at the...

With enormous respect, white light contains all the wavelengths of light and is perfectly adequate for plants to grow.

My 29 gallon community tank.

Plant lights usually have red LEDs in them as well as blue to enhance the colour of green plants and to give a more natural look, but it's not strictly necessary.

About a year ago, my tank was full of pest snails mostly bladder snails. So, I bought 3 assassin snails to try to control them. They were very successful. They ate every single snail in the tank and then they disappeared. I found one of them dead a few weeks ago, probably from starvation, and...

Home-made food is not only a lot cheaper than store-bought fish food, it makes a huge difference to the health and well-being of your fish.

I'm a teacher from the UK and I was part of the last generation to get my degree without paying any fees. Times have changed considerably since the joyous 1990s, and I would catagorically say without any reservation... do not put yourself in financial debt to become a teacher. If you can find a...

Live fish get transported all over the world in plastic bags, so yeah... 4 hours is no problem at all. Just put the bag(s) in a bucket or container of some sort (a picnic cooler would be ideal) so that they are not rolling around the floor of your car. Be careful that your air conditioning is...

Having a small quarantine tank is essential in this hobby. A 5 to 10 gallon should be adequate for most home aquarists. The tank should be sparse, like a hospital irl... no substrate, no plants, you don't even really need a light. You just need a fliter, a heater and an airstone. It's a good...

A drop of superglue then scrape smooth with a razorblade when it dries.

Fake rocks for aquariums tend to be pretty pricy for what they are. However, I recently bought two generously sized pieces of driftwood, perfect for a 29 gallon, on Amazon for about $15.

I bought a couple of java ferns that were struggling initially and produced a lot of plantlets. I pinched off all the plantlets and glued them to bits of driftwood or stones. The plantlets really thrived, so the silver lining is that you get lots of new plants. I think it can take a java fern a...

Cyst reducing in size... still visible but on the mend.