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I recently had to clean out the filter in the nursery tank full of shrimp. When I opened it up, I found about a dozen tiny baby shrimp actually living in the filter. Shrimp are pretty resilient little animals and they seemed to be doing just fine in there, but I'm not sure how long they would last...

Fish can be very hard to care for at times. There are many diseases that fish can contract which will put your whole ecosystem in jeopardy. That's exactly what happened to my 55 gallon fish tank. One of my fish was apparently sick when I brought it home, but I really couldn't tell for a while...

Hey, at least you ain't got no algae growin' on your back like a sloth. I mean, if I got algae on my back, I don't know what I'd do! Maybe I'd scrub it off with a loofa in the shower. But then I'd have to take showers.

What you have is a self-perpetuating problem. Why do you need an algae eater? To get rid of the algae! But you need algae to keep the algae eater alive, so you find yourself having to increase your problem in order to keep your solution going strong. Sounds like the bureaucratic process in a nutshell...

Your tank is so amazing it should be on display somewhere. You've really done a great job building the ecosystem that's required for the various kinds of freshwater fish you have. It's obviously working out - you've even got "babiiiiiiieeees!". It impresses me every time I see...

One thing I love about guppies is how easy and fun they are to breed. Guppies breed year round, and need no special treatment to reproduce. You pretty much just have to put a male and female together and they will have babies. The only real challenge is to separate the female when she gets close to giving...

First, gather the materials you will need for your tank. Once these are all together you're ready to set up your aquarium. Before you do anything, put the background on your tank. It will be much harder to do once you have the tank in place, so get it out of the way first. Now set up the stand and...

When I made my weekly stop at the fish store I was immediately struck by a pair of brightly colored fish swimming actively in a tank of guppies. Their backs were dotted with tiny jewels and their colors were absolutely exquisite. I could tell by their body shape they were cichlids, which are notoriously...

When I picked up my gold tetras, I also noticed some huge tetras in another tank. What initially struck me, aside from their abnormally large size for tetras was their bluish purple stripe on the base of their tails. In dull or washed out light, they appear mostly pale, but under a bluer spectrum like...

I was surprised when I saw some golden glints of light coming from a fish tank at the pet store. When I looked closer, I saw that it was coming from fish that look like they're plated in real gold. These tiny fish add little gold flashes and sparkles to my tank and are a really nice touch to the...