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Why did my Guppies not grow for 8 months?
I've bought a few adult guppies around 9 months ago.
One of these guppies was gravid and gave birth around a few days after I got her.
I had kept the adult and the fry in the same container (simple ...
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Help increase Betta Fish lifespan beyond 1.5 Weeks
I am looking for help in identifying where I am going wrong in my Betta Fish care. I have gone through two Betta Fish over three weeks. Setup is pictured below, in a 1-gallon tank, with a water ...
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Fungus blocking fish from eliminating
I recently acquired fungus in one of my tanks (from what I can tell I can see 3 fish with signs of it and one who has it the worst). I took the three and put them in a hospital tank to try to contain ...
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Turtles: Fresh water in aquarium turned red after few minutes
Around 30-40 mins ago I changed aquarium water, cleaned the filter and dropped some toya food for my turtles. Now I am seeing water turned red, I have already checked there are no cuts, bites or ...
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Fatal cotton like fungus on goldfish spreading to other?
I've had a black moore goldfish for 5 years. I just recently brought him with me to a new city and he's temporarily in a five gallon aquarium. Originally he was in a 30 gallon aquarium with other fish ...
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Will my fish's tailfin grow back?
I rescued a male guppy from an acquaintance's overcrowded tank. He had a 10 gallon tank with:
a female betta
2 silver dollars (which are 4 inch long)
2 angelfish
8 assorted fancy guppies.
This poor ...
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Goldfish are dying
I bought four goldfish 4-5 months back. I kept them in a bowl of water, and was daily removing a glass of water and adding a fresh glass of water.
Starting 2-3 months ago, everything was fine. But ...
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Is an UV lamp dangerous for fish?
Is the UV lamp useful for decorative freshwater (aquarium) fishes or may it be rather dangerous instead?
As far as I am aware the Sun causes fishes' coloration to saturate, and although the UV lamp ...
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Should Aquarium fish follow seasonal changes?
I was reading the question Aquarium lighting systems that follow seasonal changes? and I got thinking.
If an indoor fish tank has a heater, it probably holds primarily tropical fish. As the tropics ...
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Best environment and Matches, beside Beta, Snail, and small Plecos
I own a very small tank, which I'll replace soon, with I think a 40G tank.
I had a betta, and yesterday i bought several fish, of which only the placus, 5 tiny fish, and two snails survived the war, ...
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Fish eating dead fish with columnaris
My tank recently had a small outbreak of columnaris (my fault since I didn't use a QT tank for new fish) The disease surprisingly and thankfully did not spread to any other fish that I know of except ...
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Black goldfish with its fin clamped down
We have two small fish in our tank, they seemed very happy until about a week ago. They both became fairly inactive and had their dorsal fins clamped down against their backs. We thought it might be ...
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Aquarium salt for a freshwater planted aquarium
I've heard some people say to add some salt to a freshwater aquarium to help keeping my fish healthy. Is there any basis for this claim?
Some background on my tank:
20 gallon long freshwater ...
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Why do the eyes fall out of my fish when they die?
It seems like every time one of my fish dies (the last few being guppies and swordtails), it is missing one, or both eyes. I'm not sure if their eyes are causing them to die, if they are losing them ...
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Is distilled or spring water better for fish tanks?
A recent answer suggested that if your home water supply was not used for filling a fish tank, that 'spring water (not purified water)' was preferred over distilled water.
What advantages would one ...
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How many days does it take an ammonia spike to occur?
I recently bought a new aquarium along with four small tiger barbs. I'm currently learning how to cycle the water so I was wondering how long can the fish live in the unchanged water before it needs ...
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Why is my Zebra Danio bloated?
Just a few days ago I added 8 Zebra Danios and 8 White Skirt Tetras to my 60 gallon tank of 8 Albino Corys.
One of the Danios is chasing all of the other Danios around. In fact it is bossy - but this ...
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How do I identify abnormal or erratic fish behavior?
I have 8 Albino Corydoras and all they do is swim against the wall all day, even when the light is off. I am guessing my tank has great reflection. They almost never go into the middle of the tank; it'...
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How high should our goldfish pond be filled from the top?
Our goldfish was recently found outside the pond, on the ground.
The cat was playing with it. The cat may have fished it out of the pond or the fish may have jumped out, as the pond was very full.
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Is my bioload too high?
I have about 12 plants in my 60 gallon tank. I am planning on adding the following:
6 Albino Corys
3 Black Mollys
1 Male Gourami and 2 female Gourami
3 SAEs (siamese algae eaters)
5 Yo-Yo Loaches
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Is it true that goldfish growth is limited by container size?
As I grew up, I was taught that a goldfish will only grow to a certain point dependent upon the size of their container and how many fish are in the container; all the fish within the same container ...
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