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Were I work we offer slices of oranges, romaine lettuce, cucumber and zucchini as well as peas. The orange slices float at the surface and the little guys go crazy for the meat of the fruit, eating it all and leaving the skin in a matter of minutes. This one always seemed to be their favorite...

Fish should be able to get away from the filters intake, if they are unable to, it usually signifies that they were compromised before hand. Check your water quality, and see if all your levels are ideal, the fish may be suffering in some way, making them sickly and too weak to avoid the intake...

For filters I highly recomend either the AquaClear filters or the BioWheel filters. The AquaClear filters allow you to change one section of media (bio materia, carbon or sponge) seperatlly to prevent the tank from being shocked when a large amount of filter material is removed. It also allows...

Sounds like he had a brief bout of bloat, common in betta's. He was more than likely over feed, given too much protein, or given freeze dried foods that swelled (you didn't state your food type so I can't be completely sure exactly what). I really recommend keeping frozen brine shrimp on hand...

For now, sure, however, they'll likely be food when the Goldie's get large enough. Technically, their basic water care is the same, and the food should work for them both. You'll just have to keep an eye on the water quality, as the minnows are weaker, an considering their prior living...

My bro had one when we were much younger years ago, and living in Ohio. He was 7 and I was 8, and we didn't know much of anything about fish, so he had the little guy (we bought him when he was about 3 inches) in a 20 gallon. He lived for about 6 months before we had a pretty bad ice storm and...

Black around the edges is usually a result or ammonia burns. I recommend testing your ammonia, nitrite and nitrate. As for the cory cats, they shouldn't be bothering him. With their turned down mouths, nipping isn't really a common behavior for them. What kind of plants or ornaments do you...

It looks a bit like a tadpole.

I've never used live food with my guys, as I fear parasites. Having raised betta's and many other fish for years I can tell you they'll eat frozen, freeze dried and comercially produced flakes and pellets quite readily. They can, however, be very picky on brand and type. I usually recommend...

No, the barbs are known fin nippers, and the betta's fins will be the "cape before the bull." Betta's are actually more likely to be the victim of aggression that to be the aggressor in a community tank. A betta would be unable to defend himself in a tank with these aggressive fish. Best of Luck!

I would suggest a small school of fish plus some bottom feeders. You didn't mention a heater. So, with a heater perhaps a school of 5-6 neon's or cardinal tetra and a handful of cherry shrimp. (shrimp have a very low bio load, so the number isn't of huge importance. You could substitute the...

You've got a bad mix of fish in here. The tetra both need to be in a school, this skittish behavior is normal for schooling fish that are housed alone. They need to be in schools of at least three, preferably something more in the ball park of 5-7. The molly is alone as well, though they...

You need to hook it to some airline tubing and connect that to an air pump and plug it in : ) Here's a pic http://www.aqua-fish.net/imgs/articles/aquarium-air-stone.jpg This one's a simple pic of a battery operated backup/emergency air pump connected and in a glass of water...

White cloud mountain minnows http://www.practicalfishkeeping.co.uk/pfk/images/whitecloud1.jpg are a great choice, they have long finned varieties (meteor minnow)http://www.liveaquaria.com/product/prod_display.cfm?c=830+881+950&pcatid=950 and golden varieties...