strange looking freshwater aquarium fish

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Some of these species fall into the realm of strange animals, while others are extraordinarily colorful or seemingly out of place in a freshwater aquarium.

1) there is some kind of like stringy white/see through stuff that looks like wavy stringy pus inside of my tank, on the glass. it looks like its spreading on the tank, most of it is next to my bobble filter. what should i do? get a new filter?do i have to buy something? i don't know what to do. i need help. 1) there is also some stuff that looks like hair, its on my crayfish(but not on my guppy fry) and all over my decors/ornaments. it also looks white/see through. i need help befor anything happens to my fish P.S. the tank is a 10 gallon freshwater fishtank. i changed my water 2 or 3 days ago. about 4 of the 10 gallons.

I just set up my tank (freshwater) and filled it 4 days ago. It's been cycling since, filter running, heat on, and lights blazing. I used live plant substrate (since I will be using only live plants) and some porous rock with interesting little randomly colored growths of some sort of algae or moss if you will that's covering most of them - they did come from an aquatic/fish store and are aquarium approved. However, since the set up and pre-washing everything before going into the tank I still have a milky colored water. I did use a water clearing product after the first 24hrs and I still couldn't see the back wall of the tank from the water being so clouded! Things are far clearer now, but still slightly cloudy, almost a milky color as I mentioned. And besides that problem, I've now noticed some sort of a strange looking fungus or maybe an algae of some sort growing all over the rocks. It's almost like stringy and wispy and flows around with the water, sort of a whitish/milky color itself. I blame the rocks as the source of both problems, but my question is, what is this fungus/algae, and how do I get rid of it? Anyone know? Thanks

Hello! I know this question may seem strange, but I was wondering how I could possibly add algae to my aquarium? My current set-up is a 20g unplanted freshwater aquarium. The only inhabitant is one small shubunkin goldfish. I wanted to add a new tank mate for him, so he's not all by himself. I know that another goldfish would be best, though my tank is too small to properly house both of them. I was looking at the dojo loach and a few shrimp species. The problem with both of them is that, from what I've read, they like to eat algae. I dont have very much in my tank, at least, not that I'm aware of, I can only see a touch around the outlet of my filter. I'm not looking to start a colony of shrimp or a community of loaches, or any other janitor fish. I just wanted to add a beneficial friend for my goldfish. Any help in doing so would be much appreciated! Some more about my tank: Gravel bottom, with a moderate amount of fake plants and a few rocks and tunnels. Also an air stone, and a filter for a slightly larger tank size.

This is a new one for me. Ive been searching for info online and i cant find anything saying it would be dangerous but there is no other explanation. Im currently upgrading my tanks again and everyone has been moved around. Until the new tank is cycled, the other fish have been put in it and are givin a chance to establish territories, my 5 year old female blood parrot has been in a 75 gal aquarium with a baby painted turtle. Tho its only temporary, she loves being in that tank. She protects the turtle and will not let me take him out of the water if he's not on his basking dock. Because of the turtle i had put a cuttle bone in the water. 2 days after the cuttle bone was put in there, i woke up to find my fish suddenly had terrible fin damage, white film on one fin with the others torn and shredded, she was pale and splotchy, swimming a bit lop sided and her mean nature was completely non existent. I immediately took out the cuttle bone, changed the water, added a bit of salt, cleaned the filters and added one dose of antibiotic. Within 2 days she was already looking alot better and she is healing very well now. Ive done another water change to clear out everything and she continues to look much better everyday. So has anyone ever heard of a cuttle bone causing problems or sickness for freshwater fish? She was fine for a few weeks until i put that in the tank. She is rapidly getting better but now she must stay in quarantine until im sure shes ok. By the way. The turtle has nothing to do with it. He is very bright and healthy. He is half her size and they get along as if the fish was the turtles mother. Its strange but true. The adult turtle is in a seperate tank. I know better than to put her in with my fish. The water quality is also not the issue. I test my tanks every other day and do frequent water changes. Ive never in my life seen anything like this before. This fish is going on 6 years old and has never had an issue like this. The symptoms looked like multiple problems. Like ICH, infection, fin rot, fungus, all at the same time. She has gone through a few aquarium upgrades and has never gotten sick before. What in the world could have been in or on the cuttle bone? Any ideas? Was this just a fluke or is cuttle bone dangerous for freshwater tanks. ** Wow that sucks! Well if it was because they are bleached and my fish got chemical poisoning then why in the world would they be considered safe for turtles? I wont even be giving them to my turtles if thats the case. I'll use other ways to increase their calcium. **The cuttle bone was not accessible to the fish. It was wedged half in, half out of the water between the basking ramp and the glass near the surface where the fish never went.

Ive had freshwater aquariums my entire life without any real problems, so I decided i would venture out and try saltwater. I looked in the classifieds and found a nice 55gallon corner tank with sump and some rocks. I bought it and began the long process of cyling. I tested weekly, i saw the ammonia rise, and the nitrites and nitrates but in the end, everything stabalized beautifully. I went to purchase my first fish (Huray!) and picked a mean damsel just because of thier price and my inexperience. He lived for 2 days before i went and got a beautiful clownfish. The next morning, the damsel was dead. I was freaking out! I tested the water and everything was fine. The clownfish was just fine and continued to thrive. Then, i went to a chain petstore and bought a yellow tang. He must have brought some ick with him and he gave it to my clownfish. My clownfish, which i had for almost 2 months died. About another week later, my yellow tang , without any ick, began acting strange, he just .... and then one day he just lay down on his side and died. Well, i had had an eel and a coral and some crabs during all this time, they survived the ick and everything else. Its been 3 months since then, and since that time, my lights went down and i had an algal bloom and my coral is dying off, but the eels and crabs lived. The cyano is no longer a problem so just about two weeks ago, i bought a nice brittle starfish and a bunch more crabs. I began feeding the starfish and the eel would always steal the food but the starfish gets enough. About a week ago my eel completely stopped eating and showed no interest in food watsoever. Ive heard it is actually normal for morays to just fast for random times, but it still worried me. Last night i saw him hanging out of a cave with his head upside down and this morning he was dead. Whats wrong with my tank? What in a tank can kill something after its livied happily for months? I just dont get it and im ready to give up. Can anyone shed some light?

In my freshwater aquarium, I have one male swordtail fish. This swordtail fish has a bump protruding from both sides of his tail. The bumps are making his scales stick out in the area of the bump only. It took me a long time to even see it, as the end of his body is all black. No other fishes in the tank have signs of any problems. I test my own water and all levels are fine. The swordtail fish continues to eat and swim normally. He seems quite happy. I looked up many fish diseases and have yet to find a match on what this could be so I can treat it. Please help.

Looking to get something somewhat strange or at least cool to go in my tank. i have firebelly newts and a few guppies so far. nothing too big please, and something not too picky about its water. (freshwater)