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Thank you, I will read up about them.

Yes it really stinks that they get sold without the seller telling people that fact. And that's exactly why people think goldfish are a really short lived species, because of course they often don't make it past a couple months in the tiny tanks people think are just fine for them.

I was thinking that, do you know what kinds would be good in a small tank?

We have a 10 gallon tank with artificial plants intended for glofish tanks that really look nice under purple light, we can change the brightness and color of our underwater led light, I was wondering if anyone knows of any fish appropriate for a 10 gallon that would really pop under purple...

That would be worth a try, thanks for the suggestion

My husband has 8 goldfish that his friend bought him from petsmart, the little cheap 29 cent ones, the problem is we have a 10 gallon tank!!! I know these fish will suffer in such a small tank, I had planned on cycling it without fish and buying one or two small fish appropriate for a 10 gallon...

I have supper picky eaters when it comes to snails I guess. They don't touch the water lettuce at all. I have pond snails and ramshorn snails. Might have to try out some different varieties because snails would be a supper easy way to go.

I totally would except all my tanks have blue green algae. So I don't think anyone will be wanting that Lol! Plus I run my tanks with lots of wild caught little macro sized critters (my cleanup crew) like Cyclops, daphnia, rotifers, scuds, flatworms, roundworms... most people would probably...

I'd have to go with a pretty big tank for goldfish to be happy long term wouldn't I, since they grow pretty large eventually. I should have mentioned it'd probably be a 5 gallon to 15 gallon tank that I would be using.

Does anyone have any fish that eat floating plants? Or shrimp I suppose or something else that would eat floating plants? They would be living in a 5 to 15 gallon aquarium most likely. I currently have two 29 gallon tanks and a 10 gallon that get absolutely covered in dwarf water lettuce and...

I have the same problem where I live the closest towns with fish stores of any kind are all petco, pet smart, country max. And 1 totally beautiful fish store that's Saltwater only No freshwater mom and pop stores within an hour. I know an hour isn't too much for many people, but it is in my...

Maybe they are a different kind of worm sold around my area, they usually are between 1 1/2 inches and 3 inches in size when people use them for fishing in my area of New York State. Some people do like to fish with what they call night crawlers, those worms are huge! 6 inches at least! It's...

I do not know what fish to recommend, but I do know that when I tried feeding red wigglers to my fish they would spit them out. I believe Eisenia Fetida are the type of worm sold locally under the name red wigglers. I feed my fish other species of earthworms that live in the dirt around my...

Possibly Diatomes. They grow well in water that has a lot of silicate or nitrogen rich environments. You can gently wipe them off of leaves and scrape them off other surfaces or the glass. Then suck them up with a siphon. There are other methods out there but I have never needed to try any of...

Just remember to check the temperature of the water coming from your hose to make sure it is close to your tank temperature. Outside garden hoses are only conected to the cold water line. Let the hose run for a while outside in order to get a true reading of the water temperature (use it to...

I'm not really sure on these ones. They don't remind me of any leaches I have seen, but of course there are so many different kinds... Perhaps a flat worm of some kind? I'll try and dig up the website that has helped me I'd little wormy critters before. I can't remember it off hand. Sorry, I...

Would it be possible to get a video of them moving on land and swimming under water? Leaches move on land by attaching one end then pulling the other end forward and attaching it and reaching out again (kinda like an inch worm). If they do not move like that then they are likely not leeches.

I've been going back and forth on the idea of letting hair algae grow in one of my main tanks. It grows in the tank I'm raising snails in (trying to raise scuds too). It's just such an awesome color when the light is on at night!!! But then I think what if it just goes crazy and overtakes...

I did this going from a 10 gallon up to a 29 gallon I moved the filters and some driftwood and plants. The sand was all new, but I only had 2 fish so it was pretty much a non issue, the filters alone probably would have been sufficient since I wasn't adding any new fish so the bioload was the same.

I hope I responded in time to save your pet rocks! Don't euthanize them until you try treating them with a salt bath. If their condition still deteriorates, remove them from water and drop vinegar on them, if they fizz they are sadly incurable