Our local pet store is closed, and I wanted to know if anyone here, from Canada, sells fish, or knows where I can buy some online within Canada. Please email me privately, so I don't miss your post. Tropical Freshwater Livebearer fish are what I am looking for....

My home tank has me pleased. I really enjoy watching the combination I have - it's only a 12 gallon, so my choices were limited... I now have 1 beautiful male beta, blue, turquoise and red 3 African dwarf frogs that dance around 2 Otos who mostly hide 3 huge snails that get all over everything

I am setting up a basic FO freshwater tank for my father. I got a great deal on an Oceanic 58 Reef Ready tank (1 overflow). I have a metal stand for him, and don't really want to run one of my Fluval 404 canister filters (For cosmetic reasons only. Basically because it's a metal stand). I have...

I'm only able to get 4100 or 4200 kelvin t8 bulbs locally. I know this isn't optimal, byt how much will it affect my planted tank? Is it really worth it to shell out for the aquarium bulbs? -Allison-

Hello all, I just had a 55 gallon fish tank rupture and of course all the fish and water ended up on the carpet. I have called a carpet recovery company to help in the cleanup. I am concerned about any residual bacteria that may be left in the carpeting after the cleanup. I am wondering if...

One of my ghost shrimp recently molted, and has turned white. I thought the color would fade as the shell hardened a bit, but after a couple weeks he's still white. My other shrimp are just fine, and are their normal clear color. What gives?

After about the 4th time My Dempseys have managed to keep some fry alive. There has been a dramatic die off rate and of over 300 free swimming larvae about 50 remain up to a size of about 7-8mm. This was dye largely to the fact that I was prepared with my egg crate tang divider after their last...

Got my four pack DIY kit from AH Supply, yesterday. Took my three NO flourescent tubes off the tank and installed the whole DIY kit in one evening. Well, okay, so it was after midnight when I finally went to bed. I plugged those puppies in (after checking, rechecking, and triple checking the...

Does anyone have any recommendations for a good algae window cleaner for a 30 gallon tank? I have 3 shrimp in the tank, but they don't seem to touch the algae growing on the glass. Thanks

To all who responded: Thank you. Unfortunately, (as predicted), two more of the fish perished overnight and a third is laboring badly this morning. I removed the dead fish, did a 70% water change, and am hoping for the best. You were all correct: Overstocked tank, mixed types, not cycled... I...

To all, As I prepare to restock my 55 gal community tank, for one of the tank inhabitants I debate between 2 Rainbows: Boesmani Rainbow (Melanotaenia boesmani) Neon Dwarf Rainbow (Melanotaenia praecox) The former (Boesmani) are wonderful fish. I had 3 in the 55 gal before. They're strikingly...

I just browsed aquabid, and they've got more pl*cos than you could EVER imagine... some nice L46 Zebras... but they want gold for them, no surprise... I'm getting some, no doubt... www.aquabid.com and no I don't work for nor am I affiliated with it... --

I just treated my tank on Sunday with AlgaeFix - came in to work this morning to find both frogs and the snail dead with a white fuzzy coating all over them. Pretty upset about it! They were fine yesterday (or so it looked). Was it the chemical or what?? Had to be, huh? How else can you get rid...

Hi. The subject of avoiding the use of softened water in aquaria comes up a lot. However, I was just reading some webpages on water softeners, and they claim that you can use potassium chloride in a water softener, so that potassium will be exchanged for the calcium & magnesium instead...

To all, Following the disaster of the loss of almost all our fish (search "massive fish die-off" for unpleasant details) we're looking at re-stocking our family 55 gal community tank. We've always been partial to Kribs, but haven't had the best of success. When we originally stocked I thought of...

Hi group i have a problem with ammonia. my tank is about 3months old now... about 5 weeks ago i lost about6 fish very suddenly i took a sample of water to my lfs and they said my ammomia levels were very high and thats what caused the fish to die. since then i have done a 25% water change every...

First, sorry for the multiple cross-posts. Second, sorry about the length. I have a 55g Tall homemade tank that has about 3" of Laterite and gravel mix. Tank has like 3-4 WPG and is moderately planted. About 9 months ago, with 2 angels and a pleco in the tank, the water turned greyish-cloudy. ...

I've seen a number of posts re carbon. I'm not sure that I understand what carbon is supposed to do! Can anyone explain (in Janet & John language) please. Thanks - Dave -- cadasco at hotmail dot com Hampshire - UK

Hi, I have one surviving guppy left in my tank (the others died over the years). My pH used to be set around 7.2, but I brought it down to 6.5 a year or so back for the discus. I am worried about him being on his own and having an identity crisis, as I think he now believes he is a Rummy Nosed...

Well, I got some more strips (all the Petco had, had no time unfortunately to look for something of higher quality)--did a "control" test and found the pH test to be worthless (actually because the KH is low--the Mardel strips even say so), but other ones concurred with my liquid reagents. My tap...