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Question by Billy-Joe: How will i clean my tropical fish tank?
I plan on getting a community tropical fish tank with my biggest fish being an angelfish (adult), when cleaning the tank what happen to the fish, do thy need a small tank or bags or something?

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Answer by John D
You never take all the water out when you clean it. You need to maintain the bacteria level and you don’t what to shock the fish. Every few weeks you should do about a 20-25% water change. Take out about a quarter of the water and clean all of the ornaments in the tank and change your filters and all that stuff. You also want to scrub the inside of the glass with a special scrubber you get at the pet store so it doesn’t scratch. Make sure you put chemicals in the tap water before you put it back in the aquarium to take out the ammonia, chlorine, and all that stuff.

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Question by Zak: How often can i put aquarium salt in my tropical fish tank?
How often can i put aquarium salt in my tropical fish tank?
Last few days my fish have had whitespot, anchor worm and very red gills, today i put some aquarium salt in my tank ( 14 gallon tank, about 10 fish ) and my fish seem alot healthier already. how often should i it it in?

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Answer by life is great in southampton uk
you have 2 many fish for that size tank
your water parameters must be checked for ammonia and nitrite i bet they are sky high that is why your fish are sick
you don’t need to add salt treat the cause of the illness

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Question by claireybearyfairy: Other then fish, what could I have in my tropical fish tank?
I’ve had tropical fish all my life (litrally) but have never actually experimented having anything but silly little fish. When I last went to the fish shop to buy a new pump they had a stingray for sale in the marine section and I just wished I could have something more interesting and exiting then fish for once. I know I wont be able to get a marine tank because they take a lot of work so is there anything interesting that I could have in a tropical fish tank?

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Answer by yourguardiandevils
You could also put some water frogs in there. They will eat off of the bottom and are interesting to watch.

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Question by dogmad: Would a frog eat baby fish in tropical fish tank?
We have a frog in a tropical fish tank. Baby fish have recently been born and we have put them in a kind of breeding tank within the big tank. The frog seems to be hanging around there often. Will it eat baby fish if it was hungry?

No rude answers please. Thanks.
We have just found out that the frog can jump into the breeding hathery and the number of babies has edfinately decreased! We can’t put a top on it as the babies need oxygen etc! We feed the frog bloodworms. Please help!

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Answer by shellyz2
oh absolutely

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Question by Frankie: How many guppy fry can you have in a 10 gallon fish tank?
I have about 50 3 month old guppy fry in a 10 gallon fish tank, is that bad? There is a plant a stump type thing From walmart a heater at 80f and a filter.

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Answer by Will
That’s find. You can grow them out well in that tank.

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Question by Laura Maguire: How many tropical fish in a 95 litre tank?
Hello I am going to get an elite 95 litre rectangular tank and I was wondering how many tropical fish I would be able to put in it and what type of tropical fish?

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Answer by Aiden Pearce
how long is a piece of string. all depends what size the fish will end up and wat kind of fish u want. always best to decide wat fish u want first then design a system around ur choices

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Question by Smemelly: How do you grow live plants in a tropical fish tank ?
I have a tropical fish tank(10 gallon) and i want to grow live plants but i don’t know how?
or how many plants to put in my 10 gallon tank.

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Answer by Cavalier girl
it depends on the plants really. some need alot of lighting like swords and some need just normal aquarium lighting. BUT some need special substrate to grow in. id just stick with some java moss on a piece of drift wood and then some planted java ferns. and some anubias nana petite because they only get a few inchs high. just beware of snails who might hitch a ride on one of the plants the plants you buy. Their eggs and larvae can come on the new plants so check under leaves. also algea might grow on the plants so a otocinculus dwarf catfish or red cherry shrimp will gladly clean it off and not harm your plants.

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Question by Carly E: How and when should I Take guppy fry out into a differant tank from their mother?
I have a pregnant Guppy in my tank, i need to know when i should separate the mother from her fry so she doesn’t try to eat them
2 1/2 weeks in to pregnancy

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Answer by Guppy Girl 2
I would go to the pet store and get a breeder tank. That way you don’t have to move her to a different tank. A breeder tank floats in the tank and separates the mother from the fry. How far along is she? Guppies are pregnant for 4 weeks. Don’t put her in there until 2 days-1 week before birth. That way she can’t abort the fry. When she gives birth, keep her in the breeder tank for 2 extra days so she can destress. Then let her go. Leave the fry in there for 6-8 weeks or until they are bigger than the adults mouths. You can feed the fry what you feed the adults.

Good Luck!!!!

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Question by theARTSlover003: When will it be safe to put my baby guppy into the main tank?
I have a baby fancy-tailed guppy that is 1mounth and 1week old. I have techras, who ate all its brothers and sisters.
Since then, the fish gave birth agien and all babies were saved.
The baby guppy is small, and im afraid if I put it in too soon, the techras will kill it.
When well it be safe to put it in the main tank?
I dont want it hiding in the main tank.
The tank is 29gallons.
I have a fear that the baby would get eaten or sucked into the fiter.
Its a Whisper.Filter by TechraMin.

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Answer by SigEpShawn
not for a while, if at all… since they techras are in the main tank now, they have dominance, and look at anything that you put in after them as food or competition.. so I would be careful

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Question by Aisha Khan: How can I turn my tropical fish tank into a coldwater tank?
I have a 10 gallon tropical fish tank, and most of my fish are dying off now, so can I turn my tank into a coldwater tank? How? What coldwater fish are there that arent gold/black/yellow/silver/bubble head goldfish? Please help, apprieciated!

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Answer by JM
just remove the heater, and give the tank a good clean, change the filter media, wash the substrate, and then cycle the tank, then you can add your cold water fish

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