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Hey all, I have a friend who has fancy goldfish and recently one has been not able to swim upright and is still eating and everything but won’t swim upright and isn’t very active. I was thinking a swim bladder problem but not sure. Any ideas on treatment as well?

Hey all, I recently converted my lake malawi cichlid aquarium to a marine tank and it’s only just started cycling and doesn’t have all the live rock. Anyway, one of my mates upgraded to a bigger tank and sold me some of his old live rock with a zoanthid on one of the rocks. I have absolutely no...

ohh okay, yeah it’s really weird haha

The last thing I added to the tank were new fish. Before that was 2 new holey rocks, but other than that nothing other than fish

Hey everyone, I was looking at my african cichlid tank and watching behaviours of fish as I do daily to make sure they’re healthy, and I noticed a snail looking creature. Keep in mind, I never added any inverts and never added any plants, just texas holey rock and fish. The snail looks like one...

it’s funny how the easiest fish are so hard for experienced keepers. goldfish are basically bulletproof and survive the torture kids put them through in tiny bowls, yet we try to keep them and boom it’s so hard.

Same here haha. I have a lake malawi african cichlid tank, yet I can’t keep a simple betta fish alive.

Thanks so much for the reply! I’ll definitely give it a try. What is the worst that could happen with a little vinegar left in there, a low pH?

Also, I forgot to ask how I can clean the inside of the tank? Do I need to take it off the stand or can I spray the solution on a cloth and wipe it down?

Thanks for your response! How can I make that vinegar solution? Also no I will not be using a sump, I will be using a seachem tidal 75 because I have no space for a sump.

Hey all, I’m converting my aqua one horizon 182 from a freshwater african cichlid tank to a marine aquarium. I just am wondering what is needed to be done in order to reuse the equipment? For the tank, what cleaning is needed so I can reuse it without harming the future fish because of past...

She definitely does look pregnant and has the shape I mentioned in my other reply. Looks like you will be getting molly fry! If you haven’t had them before then here’s some tips: - Feed them crushed tropical flakes or fry food - Make sure to have the right amount of tank space because mollies...

okay thanks so much for answering! I’m definitely keeping an eye on her and it does look like something’s in her mouth I just can’t get a good look in there because as soon as I get a good angle she’ll turn around and swim back. I have got her in a 22 litre currently which people will have mixed...

Mollies are a very active fish and breed uncontrollably from personal experience. Wait a little and see if the belly gets a bit bigger. It should have a trapezium sort of look and she will eventually develop a dark spot close to the analfin. Let us know how she goes!

Hey, knowing that goldfish are a basically bulletproof fish and hard to kill, I would assume it would be some sort of parasite or infection. If you could fill out that template it would help a lot, but I would personally say it’s some sort of internal disease or parasite. I’ve seen people have...

Hey everyone, I have recently had a second mbuna holding, this time a cobalt blue cichlid, and I remember her mouth being bigger and I saw eggs moving around in her mouth. She now doesn’t have that bloated look in her mouth and she hasn’t been opening it like she was so I can’t look in and see...

thank you all! I will let you know if I go through with the decision

Thanks so much for all that info! I was wanting to get captive bred fish just so they’re that little bit hardier. I also can’t do a sumo because I have no storage space for it under the tank. Is a protein skimmer necessary? I was also wanting a pair of clowns and maybe a goby or two. What other...

Hey all, I am contemplating converting my freshwater african cichlid aquarium to a saltwater one. I’m somewhat experienced in keeping fish and know quite a bit for the amount of time I have been fishkeeping, but freshwater seems a bit boring to me even though African Cichlids are beautiful. My...

okay thanks so much, how big should they be? Also she still has most of the fry in her mouth so the rest are fine as far as I know