I used to dread Saturdays. That was “fish tank day.” I’d spend three hours dragging buckets, scrubbing every inch of […]
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I killed my first Crystal Red Shrimp colony in eleven days. Bought 15 gorgeous S-grade specimens in March 2022, acclimated
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I stared at the checkout screen for twenty minutes. The cart total was $450 for a 20-gallon box of glass.
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I lost my first cherry shrimp colony in November 2019. Twenty shrimp. Dead within six weeks. And I couldn’t figure
I almost quit the hobby in 2019 because of a test tube. My tank was cloudy, my fish were gasping
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I killed three bettas between 2016 and 2018. Not on purpose. I followed the pet store advice exactly, small bowl,
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I bought my first platies in March 2022 because every forum, every pet store employee, every YouTube video said the
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I walked into my fish room in early 2018 and smelled soup. That specific, humid, organic smell that every aquarist
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I killed my first guppy colony in six weeks. Not from neglect, from believing everything I’d read online. “Guppies are
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I still remember the morning I almost quit the hobby. I walked into my living room to find thirty Cardinal
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My first angelfish died within six weeks. I had a 29-gallon tank, exactly what every care guide recommended. The parameters