freshwater

  1. S

    Worried about my hillstream loach

    Yesterday I got 3 hillstream loaches for my tank 2 of them are doing great and the other has been squishing it's self by a rock since I put it in. It's still breathing just doesn't move around. Anyone got any ideas of what I should do
  2. B

    Ich?? One of my Greeny Cory has a white spot help!

    Okay so I've had my tank for about two days now, it's a 20g. The fish I currently have in it are; 1 powder blue gourami, 2 golden panda mollies, and 3 green cory. I didn't happen to notice this spot( look at pics) until today and it's got me worried that this could be an early infestation of...
  3. Y

    DWARF PUFFER HELP?

    have 4 dwarf puffers and the one is very skinny and looks like it has a curved spine! The other three are completely fine and eat well. The skinny one occasionally eats but don't notice it as much as the others. Fed on bloodworm and snails. I have had them for a week or so now. Do you think it's...
  4. mirakami

    Goldfish fuzz

    Hello. I'm new to the forum and to aquariums. A little background info on my tank. It's a 40 gal that's about 4 wks into the cycling process. Unfortunately I didn't cycle before I got my fish so they've been in there since week 1 of having them. According to the pet store it was fine since its...
  5. T

    Male Black Molly Intenstines???

    So I have a black male molly in my tank that has a thick, opaque thing hanging out of him. I've never seen anything like it. He's acting completely normal, and it was hell as usual to catch him. It's water change day and I just noticed he had this thing hanging off of him. I don't pay attention...
  6. W

    Pleco identification

    My husband purchased these pleco, and I've been trying to figure out what species they are. I know that some pleco can grow fairly large, and I want to make sure they won't outgrow their tank. Can anyone help me identify them?
  7. C

    Tank Mates for Aggressive Danios

    I have 2 Zebra Danios and 3 long-finned Zebra Danios in a 10 gallon. They are happy and healthy and fertilizing eggs like crazy, but they are also very aggressive for their breed. They chase and nip each other all the time and hunt down & scarf up fry like nobody's business. My plan was to put...
  8. Laura_b

    Vegetable treats?

    Hi all, I was wondering if there are any small vegetables I would be able to cut and and give to my fish as a treat? At the moment I have three male guppies, one neon tetra (his buddies passed away) two julii catfish and two kuhli loaches. On a side note, the guppies seem to harass eachother...
  9. Cam3234

    White "balls" on bottom of aquarium

    Hi, this is my first time posting. I was just doing a weekly water change on my 55 gal freshwater tank and noticed lots of what I though to be "trash floating in the water. After a closer look I noticed these little whitish grey balls were only on one side of the tank near one of my black...
  10. K

    Best gourami for community tank?

    I have a 29 gallon established tank with 10 neon tetras, 8 black neon tetras, 2 powder blue dwarf gourami (male and female pair), and a common pleco. I love my dwarf gourami and I really enjoy them, but I believe the are on their way out with dwarf gourami disease. I know this disease is fairly...
  11. Laura_b

    What is this?

    I have just examined my tank while observing my tetras, to find a white stringy substance, coming from some small white balls, on one of my decorations. I have only had the tank sent up for just over a week, it has three neon tetras and three kuhli loaches, and this substance is new as of today...
  12. Laura_b

    New tank - stocking.

    Hi all, I've recently got my first tank (yay!), it's 20litres, and at the moment we have three kuhli loaches and three neon tetras. I'm planning on getting 2-3 more neons, but I'm not sure what else to get. Any suggestions on nice tank mates? I'm thinking of at least one more bottom feeder...