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All I need is some info about caring cichlids in a 10 gallon tank.

Our baby ghost shrimp didn't make it. We saw some activity in the first few days, but we were supposed to see the babies by now. There is nothing.

After we had moved Luffy (the female) back into her home tank, Zoro was mating her again. Two days later, we couldn't find her at all. She either got sucked up in the tank vac or she died and got eaten by the neons...

We added java moss and hornwort into the 20 gal tank, a smaller bit of the hornwort is now in my 1 gal betta ...

Tags: bristle nose pleco, delta tail betta, ghost shrimp, mystery snail, neon tetra

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Please help me identify these fish. There is one neon yellow and one pink. I bought them at Petsmart, but forgot the name. When I went back, they didn't have any more. The yellow has been more less floating on it's side since the last water change. That was Wen April 24. I would be extremely thankful for any help I can get!

I rescued this one eyed Rosy Barb who was living happily in my tank. After contracting costia twice now, and then pop-eye, I decided to euthanize her. I called my boss to ask how they do it at work, not trusting googles baking soda amounts. She advised as little water as possible and lots of baking soda. I had like 3/4 cup of water and 3 or 4 tbsp of baking soda. After a minute, she was still alive. I went to school for biology and having done many dissection labs, I severed her spinal cord. Next ...

Tags: baking soda, clove oil, disease, euthanize, spinal cord

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I just planted a 20G high tank and put in a beautiful piece of gnarly looking wood and some rocks. I'm just waiting for it to cycle, but I've already purchased 10 glowlights that are sitting in another relatively empty tank. I've gone through many a stocking plan.

- was gonna do indonesian theme: betta or gourami, glass catfish, rasboras
- ghost theme: glass catfish, ghost shrimp, glow lights, bristle nose
but then... I wanted to go for more of an Americas theme since

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Tags: black phantom, bristle nose, glowlights, indecision, panda cory

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