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i have a question, we recently got glofish as a gift to my mother. I bought the water conditioner, food, plants and a volcano to decorate the tank, its a 5 gallon tank so they would have alot of room to swim. But all 5 fish, just stay at the bottom
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Hi . Sorry for the trouble again a few hours earlier I came with the Sam question. But now I seek a adviceLastweek I had one pair of glowlite tetras one black neon Tetra and 3 rosy but now I am left with only 1 rosy rest all have died (out of which
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