Hey I had an "infestation" of bladder snails, one nerite and one trumpet snail along with some guppies and neon tetra. All the bladder snails dissapeaded after being all over the tank but the nerite and trumpet are still around. Those things were cleaning the algae and now the tank is noticable "dirtier" faster. What happend to them?

Title says it all, but here is some background of the tank. Tank has been running for almost a year and a half. About 4-6 months ago I got duckweed for my betta tank and today I discover what looks like an egg cluster on the surface. My tank has never had snails. I'm not entirely sure this is an egg cluster. The only other thing that was in here were ghost shrimp, but sadly they died. Any help in iding what it is would be wonderful.

I am moving for clinical rotations soon, and I’m mostly certain what I will not have someone to take care of my fish while I’m away for a little over a year.

I have a blood parrot cichlid I got back in 2018… I’ve had him for 7 years, and this boy is my BABY. I don’t want to get rid of him, but I also don’t want to end up killing him in the process of moving since the distance is so far.

So my question is how would you travel with a fish this big in a way that would cause the least amount of stress possible?

I will be driving for somewhere between 10-28 hours. I don’t know my placement yet but all the options are very far drives.

Btw the tank is a 45 gallon, so you can see just how big he is. He’s bigger than my hand so definitely over 7 inches length wise. Also side note, if any of you know of a hideaway that fits a fish this big pls lmk… I’ve been searching endlessly

I put 2 skalars with my 6 tetras and when I went to buy them they said they can go together but when I googled it said that skalars eat tetras is that true?

Hi everyone, I've been cycling a tank for an axolotl for about 5 weeks now. I tested (added ammonia) 2 days ago and after 2days and 11 hours these are my readings:

Ammonia: 0ppm Nitrite: 2ppm Nitrate 160ppm

Any recommendations on how I can get it to clear everything in 24hrs and also how do I build it up to 4ppm ammonia? Should I do a water change to lower nitrates??

Other info:

30g tank, with heater 76F.

I started 2 days ago adding 120 drops of Dr. Tim's ammonia and my readings were:

Ammonia: 2ppm Nitrite: 0ppm Nitrate: 80ppm

After 24hrs:

Ammonia: 1ppm Nitrite: 0.5ppm Nitrate: 80ppm-160ppm

I like the look of sand the most. But I know there’s different types eg. Gravel, Plant soil and sand.

Also if sand only is fine can anyone recommend any plants that betas love that don’t need to be planted in soil.

My 10 year old Koi fish has been quite passive lately until today it is looking quite sick with some jelly-like substance(organ?) sticking out of its body. What should I do? Advice is appreciated. 🙏

I only bought one snail and the store I ordered from stated they can only reproduce in brackish water… Yet she started laying eggs. I reached out to the store and they promised they wouldn’t hatch in fresh water.

Well, fast forward a month and I now have 20+ snails in my tank and some are getting pretty big. I just gave two of the biggest ones away today, but I can’t keep this up. How is this happening and what can I do about it?

Edit appears we’ve solved the mystery. A ramshorn (or multiple) hitchhiked on my plants that I bought with the original snail.

Not sure if this is the right place, I’m being priced out of my apartment and no longer have a place to live . I’m in the Miami area, I have bluelyretail killifish , 1 male 4 females and 2 of their offspring and 1 bumble bee catfish. I’ve been running the tank for 2 years and some change. Is there somewhere that would take them or anyone here that knows what they’re doing that can rescue them. It breaks my heart to have to give them up I love them I also have a a few plants as well. The madagascar lace I have is really nice

What is the problem with my aquarium plants? I tried using a fertilizer but it doesn't look like it helped. It's a small 20 liters aquarium with just 2 guppies and 4 small shrimp.

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I know it's some type of algae but I don't know why it keeps coming back. My water tests are fine, but this stringy algae/brown spots on the plants keep coming back. I have a 10 gallon with a mystery snail and a betta in it with about 5 plants, floating plants, dragon stone, fluorite aquarium substrate, sand, filter/heater. Thank you!

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i plan on starting a salt water aquarium, some atuff happened that it got put on the back burner, but i wanted to get rhe ball rolling because i would like to get clownfish relatively soon!

(i plan on cycling the tank for 80-90 days before bringing in the little guys)

i went tk my local exotic pet store and one of the guys gave me some good starting advice since i bought a tank from a friend

its a 34 or 37 gallon tank i wanted to know if i can mix aragonite with colored gravel he gave me any good brands of any recommendations i would appreciate! i can share pics and ahow what i have

i still have to get the salt water, (they mix it in store $2 a gallon lol, save me the headache), and live rocks

my plan is to make it as self sufficient as i can, with weekly to biweekly water changes i just want to make sure i do right by my future goth clowns!