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
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I killed my first pair of Apistogramma cacatuoides within six weeks. Not from disease. Not from aggression. From tap water.
My first canister filter setup was a disaster. I spent $80 on “high-end” sintered glass media, crammed it all in,
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I killed my first three German Blue Rams in under four months. Beautiful fish. Ate well, seemed active, then just…
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