Common Aquarium Problems

A fish’s internal health can often be determined by its outward appearance and behavior. If its sluggish and losing its color or its skin/scales are deteriorating – becoming pale, turning white, and peeling off – then chances are your fish is sick or stressed. What causes this, you may ask? Well, I have the answer […]

A few months ago, I had some guppies that started looking weird. Their fins – which are normally fluttering around displaying as beautifully as they normally do – were closing. It reminded me of a handheld fan that stayed closed. The fluttering tail fins of my guppies were just like an unopened fan. I hadn’t

A safe aquatic environment is vital to the health and longevity of your fish. As an aquarium hobbyist, you’ve likely heard about nitrates and their effects on captive fish. Although nitrate itself isn’t as lethal as ammonia or nitrite, over time – if left unchecked – it can negatively impact your tank inhabitants. Keeping your

If you’re new to the aquarium hobby, you must be aware that ammonia poisoning is a very real, very serious threat to fish. If you’re establishing a new tank and its still in the cycling process, then this is when ammonia levels tend to be at their highest and most dangerous. Right now, you may

One of the most heartbreaking things in the fish keeping hobby is when your pet fish dies. It’s especially hard when what seems to be healthy happy fish just die for no apparent reason. Right now, you may be curious as to why this happens, especially after cleaning the tank? Fish die after a tank

There is nothing more enjoyable than watching a crystal-clear aquarium with the fish swimming around it, having fun. Then, out of the blue the water, goes green and spoils your viewing pleasure. What happened? Let me tell you this happens quite often, especially to newer aquarium hobbyists and sometimes to the veterans as well. So,

A couple of months ago, I was looking at my 10-gallon freshwater aquarium and noticed something moving in the gravel. I looked closer and found what looked like teeny tiny shrimp. That’s what it looked like at first, once I took a closer look, I could see it wasn’t a shrimp at all. Then I