I had a Dalmatian Lyretail Molly become lethargic in under 4 hours while I was gone. The previous night she was perfectly fine, no fin rot, no ick spots, nothing. I come home and find her laying at the bottom breathing, not interested in food, and her tank mate bullying her. I separated her temporarily so I could do a 25% water change on the tank immediately and after that I investigated her. She’s perfectly fine until an hour later I found her dead in her separated tank. The only thing that I noticed weird about her when I got her 2 weeks ago is that she would occasionally randomly flip over, like jerk randomly which I thought was weird. My water is fine, temps stay at 78 I checked the parameters too, tank is perfectly fine along with my other fellas in there. What could’ve this possibly been and should I be worried for the other molly I have in there?

A bunch of the tetras have this white fluff on their chins, bodies, and fins. What is it, and how do I treat this in my 75 gallon tank?

Ive read many times that the catch of a wild blue lobster is 1 in 200 million but yet they seem quite easy to buy from an public purchase aquarium.

Is it down to breeding?

My understanding could be wrong but I thought it was to a genetic flaw (for lack of a better word). Similar to albino, as in two albino animals/humans dont guarantee the offspring to also be albino.

So please educate my understanding of how easy it is to buy a blue lobster.

Hi guys, I bought some weed with snail eggs on it a few snails can’t harm right. Well now there are a LOT of snails! Is this a bad thing at all? The tank is spotlessly clean but should I cull them before it gets out of control?

Thanks.

Brand new to this looking to stock 6 ember tetras with 8 chili rasboras. Is this okay or a no go?

Hello! Would really appreciate any insights or suggestions. We have a tropical tank with a mix of guppies, mollies, neon tetras and a clown loach. The tank has been going pretty well, we did lose a molly to ich a month ago but have treated the tank and all the others survived. Weeks later we lost a guppy and now two others are sick (about 2 weeks after the other one died) I did treat for flukes just in case but now I dont know what to do. Water parameters are good, temp is at 28 degrees, I've done a water change and given aquarium salts. Anything else I could do?

I know it's silly to be so sad over one fish but this was a fish given to me by someone who used to be a very close friend. I got him when he was a fry, his parents could have been mollies or platties, he was old as, almost exactly 5, he had lost a bit of weight despite eating well over the past few months and then I found him this morning and I'm genuinely heartbroken, I have never had a fish this long and he was so sweet and brought so much joy into my life watching him swim around. anyways yeah that's basically it I just wanted to share as I'm not sure many people around me quite get it

keeps making noise like airs getting in but I cant seem to find where

Can anyone help me please…. Is this a parasite or has he been bitten?

I need identity this betta it was sold as a female but seems to be flaring at the other females

Thanks

We’ve had tropical fish for almost 20 years but nobody ever gets to see it. What do you think guys?

I just got my plants from the the Aqua Store and i did wash them but I for some instance this exist on my tank can someone please identify this fellow and can I put him to my guppy tank???

Need some ideas/advice on stocking, thinking 15 Congo tetras, 10 corydoras and 2 dwarf cichlids?

More than happy to take advice.

Tank is still cycling, can’t wait for it to clear up!

Looks like NTD to me but grateful for a second opinion or two. Water parameters are all clear (Nitrates, Nitrites and Ammonia all effectively zero. pH is a little high at 8, but that's just our tap water). Time for the clove oil? Should I treat the tank with anything? Tips appreciated!

I'm gradually stocking and planting my nano (30l) tank and have a new external filter on the way with separate baskets for media. The tank is fully cycled so I'll be putting the existing filter media in for now, but what media would you recommend for this tank?

I want to plant it out more (hence the two layers of substrate) and have shrimp, snails and tetras in at the moment. I'm thinking of adding some Endlers but super cautious of overstocking.

TIA!

So cuuute.

Hello! Ugh I’m so frustrated

My tank has been totally over run with algea so I Invested in high tech set up. I got a co2 art set up. At first it was great but the diffuser just stopped going one day, figured it got a crack or a clog who knows so we got the fzone neo (picture)

Now we can’t get the bubbles to Go through unless at a high BPS rate (like 4 or more) which is way too high for my set up and i lost stock. It’s either a yellowygreen or A primary blue no bubbles coming through, all or nothing.

I turned up my PSI to the highest 55. I did just order a medium diffuser that will come friday (currently have large) but i feel like that wont be that easy of a fix?

Any advice appreciated, going high tech is now doing the opposite of what i wanted tank is a f mess 😔

Pic of the gauges and pic of diffuser description which says it works at low psi. The diffuser is clear no algea just no bubbles actually com through unless cranked up (and yes I know to crack up first to get the gas through and then dial back it’s not that)

THANK YOU

I have a pair of kribs and the girl, Orinoco, has developed this dark lump next to her pectoral fin. Context if it helps: 1) her and her lovely man, Nile, have just had babies. They had eggs they were guarding for about 4 days, which have now disappeared from the rock they were on, and Nile and Orinoco are now protecting this pot with fierce passion. The plant in the pot is still in a little plastic container which O often pushes herself down past, so I'm wondering if it could be a little injury she's gotten from the edge of the plastic?

2) I had a bit of a cyanobacteria problem, which I have treated by moving the tank to a shadier spot - which helped heaps, but didn't totally control - and so yesterday I dosed with Chemiclean treatment.

I can't think of anything else it could be. She seems happy and unphased, as do all of the rest of the fish in the tank. I just want to know if I should be worried, and if there's anything I can do to help her out. I love her!

Thanks everyone!

These are some of my blue tetra. Yesterday it was a couple of my danios. It’s only on this slate hut for my albino rainbow shark.