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Honestly, I'm no expert, but to me, it sounds like she might be bloated or something.


I'm curious about the tankmates - what type of loach and algae eater are they? Generally, loaches are schooling fish and need to be in a group of at least 5. Not sure about algae eaters though, can you tell me ...

Growing aquatic plants is pretty straightforward. Most aquarium plants are essentially marsh plants, so you can treat them similarly to regular garden plants. I've had success using 20cm plastic pots filled with standard potting mix, and then placing those pots in larger trays - usually around 25 ...

Trying my hand at growing emersed plants to recoup some costs on these pricey plants. I've got a monte carlo container going already and I'm planning to start a plant bin with buce and some other plants from my tanks.

I'm going with a plastic container and 1 inch of fluval stratum to start. I've ...

Welcome back to me too, I guess. Just got back into the swing of things and I see you're thinking of rejoining the aquarium world. Good on you, hope it all works out.

PS. Congrats on the McDonald's gig, I'm sure you'll have some wild stories to share from the grill.

I'm running a 40-gallon tank with a mix of low to neutral pH fish, and it's pretty heavily planted. The issue is my tap water pH is around 7.5, but I've got seiryu stone in there, which drives up both pH and kH. To manage this, I've been relying on Indian almond leaves, but the tannins are really ...

Just got my first batch of eggs from my Bolivian rams in a month and I'm pretty stoked. They vanished a couple days ago, but I just found the wrigglers today. I know the survival rate might not be great, but I'm looking for ways to maximize it without removing any fish.

Would raising infusoria and ...

I've got a setup with royal whiptails and red lizard whiptails in a 50g tank, and they coexist with a trio of Bolivian rams. Mostly, they just do their own thing and don't bother each other, except when the male ram is guarding eggs and the whiptails try to sneak in a snack on the leaf where the ...