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Woah...I've had that happen! Just yesterday some stranger dropped off a big tank on my porch. I don't have space for it, so for now I sleeping on my bed beside tanks and cages. That's a great idea. I don't know who's taking up the most time. Well, the cats for sure, but they're family pets...

Hi friends! Now nothing against anyone if you don't know, but I've run a fish reacue (primarily goldfish and especially bettas) for 11 years. I'd experienced burn out before but I'm also always full of thought; new tank ideas, which enclosures to put where, which plants to keep, which fish to...

I agree with Flyfisha although bubbles can also be a sign of excess proteins on the surface of your water; from food and detritus specifically. As for the snails at the surface; they may be eating this layer of protein, or yes, there could be a lack of oxygen. In my experience, it's often too...

Great advice bgarthe! I agree - by far the best bottled BB on the market appear to be: Fritz Zyme 7, Fritz TurboStart, Fritz Zyme 360, Seachem Stability, Tetra SafeStart, or Tetra SafeStart Plus, containing both nitrobacter (nitrite, NO⁻₂, to nitrate, NO⁻₃,) and nitrosomonas (ammonia /...

This is exactly the same substrate I used for my 3 gallon walstad, and it's the most successful tank out of 14! Funny enough, I threw in some anubias COVERED in slime algae and said algae died within 4 days. I've never had an algae bloom in 8 months. 1 issue; BDBS often has silica, which may...

I've never had bacterial, algal, or diatom blooms in a fish-in or seeded! How odd...must be our water... 75% I seed (I have 14 tanks) with the sponge filters from my goldie tanks. However, since I've run a fish rescue for 9 years, I never know who'll pop up! Can't take 6 weeks to fishless every...

Really!? How odd...maybe it's our differing water. With a filter installed, the water straight from the tap has 0 chlorine, 0 chloramine, 0 heavy metals, 0 ammonia, 0 nitrite, 15 nitrate, and 6.8 pH. I've never seen better water, but can't say if this is why fish-in cycling or using seeded media...

Dang my friend! I saw a video about a guy getting his koi killed and stolen. I understand Koi are worth a lot (both in terms of life and money), but it's still not right to steal someone's beloved pets! Thieves should get jobs. If they can't get a conventional job, they can always do odd ones...

I HIGHLY suggest checking with different brands of strips, and ESPECIALLY a liquid test kit. In the U.S, the API Freshwater Master Test Kit is on sale for only $35 (compared to its normal price of $50.) It'll also save you LOADS of money. Strips are often inaccurate (I mean, all kits are...

I could agree with what others have said above, however, SO many people have issues with this. It's fairly common to see crashes doing fishless where fish-in is pretty much impossible to see a crash. HOWEVER, fish-in cycling has its cons, of course. With beginners, many folks don't realize just...

This sounds a lot like the fish is choking. When fish have large bits of veggie, substrate, or plants stuck, they can't open their mouth, leading to starvation or suffocation if they don't remove it themselves. The best thing to do is take out the fish and check in his mouth. If you see...

I say this because it appears they only have 3 adult guppies, and although we don't see the whole tank, it doesn't look overstocked with what I can see. If this is the case, it's highly likely their guppies will get larger. To be 80% sure we need to know where you got them, how old they are...

Usually male guppies get about 1.5" long including their tail, but they can get only 1 or 1.25" if they're a dwarf or endler hybrid. The largest males are 1.75".

Very well said, friend!

Oh she'll be fine. If she can take eating 1 guppy pellet, she'll be fine if she eats a small amount of your homemade food. I've heard of folks seeing their bettas devour zucchini for otocinclus, etc. I avoid too much greenery in a carnivorous pets' diets like Kiwi the fowler's toad, but I...

Wow aquanata - great story! Thanks for the complements! I agree; that's why it's annoying when people DON'T research pets before. How long does it take to look up something? 10-20 seconds? At the time, I didn't know much about fish without a phone. I used my parent's when I could researching...

Amazing answer, thanks! ...this wasn't my first tank. "My" first tank was a 15 gallon that my dad had gifted me along with 5 young feeder goldfish. I politely told him that these fish get MASSIVE, so we returned them to the store. Then he accidentally broke the tank. Being so young I was...

Holy heck - it's been exactly 6 months and a day since you posted this, and no replies. I'm so sorry... That kind of looks like bruising or some sort of skin irritation from water quality, parasites, etc. First question; how is the fish now?

aquanata Lucas35 - honestly, those are kind of the answers I was looking for. If it'd work out, great. But I take in a variety of bettas; depressed, stressed, sick, injured, even ones afraid of hands (I have one like that right now - poor fish.) What you mentioned aquanata is what I expected. I...

Well, at least you have friends to help. I haven't had friendly, face-to-face relationships for over 6 years! I know all too well the pain of knowing how to care for pets but they won't listen. Unfortunately it had to be the hard way, but at least you convinced them to listen to the experienced...