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TELL ME ABOUT IT I have the WORST luck with fish!!!. Right now there are 5 because the other tetra was stressed to death. Maybe I should keep 8?

Ok so I just observed what is happening. The largest of the bloodfin tetras is going after the one's dorsal fin, freely chomping away at it like it's food. What is up with this?

Sometimes I think it would be easier if I just got a ferret. Man fish are so hard to keep, I'm getting tired of them. As if my problems couldn't get any worse, the bloodfins do nothing but chase...

SO CUTE! Do they stink? I heard they smell like crap.

Ugh, another lesson learned!!! Don't trust everything your LFS tells you to do, chances are, they are just trying to sell you something. I complained to the LFS about how 2 pearl gouramis I got...

My pH is extremely high (around 8) and I want to lower it to 7. My LFS originally sold me something called acid buffer. This didn't do anything to the pH because it was for hard water only. I have...

Hi everyone. I have a Hagen Aquaclear 50 for my 28 gallon Bowfront and I just wanted to know what maintenance I need to do to it to keep it operating at full apacity. For example, I know you have to...

You have a zoo. You know, I agree that bettas would prefer a 5 gallon, but they can live HAPPILY in a 3.5 gallon tank! My first fish was a Betta (named Phoenix) who lived in a 1.5 gallon tank with...

I echo what my good friend Wild Turkey said, however, Bettas are best left to themselves. Now if you had, say a 55 gallon community tank you could put in about 4 female bettas, just make sure there...

First, do you have a back up tank you can put your fish in temporarily? I'd transfer the filter over as well. What you'll need to do is most likely drain the tank completely, then dry it. While...

What do ya know, it worked! LOL I'll just buy an extra biomax filter media thingy and stick it in there. Biological filtration is what I REALLY need. You should have seem all the crap that was...

Ok... I just went through a mini cycle from adding another fish and I'm really concerned about messing with the filter. I don't want to disturb the biological filter. So, to rinse the sponge I take...

Lately I've been having a problem (lots, in fact, as some of you may have noticed). When I have the AC 50 water output on low during feeding time, the filter basket floats up and out of the filter...

My Ph is very high, it's always 8.

Last night, the ammonia was back up to its level the night before, about .25. I'm getting sick of the nightly water changes, as I feel like I'm just exacerbating the problem. I don't have time to...

Very interesting assessment, lol. All my bloodfins are males so I'm pretty sure no one is releasing eggs... They all have the characteristic "hook" on the anal fin. I wouldn't call his fin...

Actually, one of the tetra's tail fins has a couple nips in it and its fins are almost devoid of the characteristic red color,but i'm not sure if it's from their playing or not. I wonder if it's...

I agree, I went out to get the AC 70 and it's HUGE. It won't even fit on my 28 gallon at all. I think the minicycle is from adding too many fish too soon and changing the stock a lot (my pearl died...

The readings before the tank switch were perfect. I discarded the old water but kept the filter media wet so I just transferred the same filter over to the new tank. I added 2 more Emerald Green...

Hi all, I am rushing this message cuz I have to go to my third shift job in a few minutes, but 1 week ago I bought a 28 gallon tank to replace my 20 gallon. I have quite a few fish in it, 6 bloodfin...

Thanks for your help. Yeah it's adorable. My dwarf gourami just gives them a look like: "WHAT in the world are you two doing???"

No problem, that's why we're here. =) Is there a way you can return the Buenos Aires Tetras to your LFS or donate them at your local Petco? For those tetras to be happy, they need to be in a...

Is it normal behavior for Bloodfin Tetras to occupy 95% of their time with chasing each other around? It almost looks as if they are playing tag one chases the another, then the other one chases...

Buenos Aires Tetra. They are really bad fin-nippers. They grow large and as such require a very big tank to fit a school of them in. Keep them with semi-aggressive fih or you'll be sorry. Trust...

Do you think this could be because they are reproducing them carlessly like on an assembly line? They're probably not being selective about breeding so fragile traits are passed on from one...