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I was doing my regular weekly water change earlier today when I noticed an unusual shed(?) clinging to the inside front of the tank. When I pulled it up, it appeared to have the same sort of pattern as one of my frogs, and I recognized some webbing from a foot. I am fairly certain this is a...

Whatever it is, it appears to not be there anymore. Although I would be surprised if it were poop; I always thought that stuff would sink into the substrate.

I noticed, floating at the very back of my tank, was a tiny bean-shaped like object. Part of it is clinging to the back of the tank. I tried to take pictures, but I couldn’t get a great angle. The thing is white and smaller than a fingernail and I can see some black specks on it or in it. I...

Oh yes, I saw all three of my frogs this night when I went to feed them again. I think that one frog was eating his shed as it was coming off. I didn’t realize they were so excited to eat their shed that they would do it while in the process!

It was pretty late when I caught this and I was just about to go to sleep, but shortly before that, I could see the frog spitting out the shed and a larger part of it coming off the frog’s body. It was like the frog was trying to eat the shed while shedding. I guess that’s why I’ve never seen my...

I went to feed my ADFs and I saw one of them kicking back one leg constantly. It’s head looked a bit more round and I saw something come out of its mouth and go back in. Is this normal shedding behaviour?

The pellets I have primarily contain whole fish meal and whole wheat flour, which seem to be the similar main ingredients in the HBH pellets. A lot of the ingredients are similar - the pellets also contain squid meal, which is not present. The best before dates on a lot of these foods read...

I recently got ADFs from my local aquarium shop last week. For their food, I've been giving them mostly frozen mysis shrimp and once a week, frozen blood worms. The mysis shrimp were foods I used to feed my betta, who died last year. I still have some betta pellets and betta Bug Bites left over...

You'd want a lid if you get ADFs, as they can jump out (I've heard of them sitting outside of the water on top of plants before).

How long do the leaves last for? I never heard of using almond leaves for ADFs before.

At the end of last month, I ordered the Tetra Complete LED Aquarium 5 Gallon Kit from Walmart. It was expected to arrive on January 23, but I was happily surprised to find out that it had arrived in the store last week. So I went and picked it up. I'm planning to replace the current 5 gallon...

That's quite interesting! Do peas have the same effect on goldfish as they supposedly have the same effect on bettas or other fish in general (in that they're used to aid with digestion/bloat/constipation)? I was thinking about the lactose intolerant milk comparison, because I saw this post on...

When I first started looking up betta care, I read a lot about using a tiny bit of de-shelled peas to feed to a betta when bloated. I even read that some people would give this small amount to their bettas once a week to help with digestion. It feels pretty recent that more and more people in...

PetSmart sells a 10 gallon aquarium (just the aquarium itself, actually), and it comes with a huge label wrapped around it saying that you can keep goldfish in it. I know it's absolutely incorrect, but I can see why some people might think that.

I currently have a TopFin Imagine (5 gallon), which I kept a betta in until he passed away a little over a year after I got him. When I originally bought the tank, I was going to set it up on my desk, but found the top of my bookshelf to work out much better instead. I've been toying around with...