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When you’re a pet parent to aquarium-dwelling friends like fish or lizards, it’s important that their habitat is comfortable and contains everything they need to thrive. JBJ has an amazing selection of fish tanks, aquarium kits, reptile accessories, décor and more.
Their selection of aquariums, kits and stands feature sleek designs with lighting fixtures. The ambiance of your pet’s habitat should be both aesthetically pleasing and functional for your pet. JBJ accessories help mimic their homes in the wild and can help you create a high-quality reptile landscape for your pet lizard or a calming underwater oasis for your fish.
Shop Petco for all your swimming and scaly friends. We have JBJ reptile habitat décor and hideaways, including Malaysian Driftwood—an aquarium wood that’s a perfect addition to any reptile landscape.
And JBJ fish supplies include many beautiful aquaria and fish tank kits. Your aquarium decorations don’t need to be limited to inside the tank—you can add style to your setup with a JBJ high-gloss aquarium cabinet stand or nano-cube cabinet stand. They also have rimless curved glass aquarium kits, rimless flat-panel aquariums, replacement filter cartridges, and even an all-in-one nano-cube aquarium kit with programmable LED canopy lighting controllable through your smartphone.
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Remove them or provide more cover (plants and hides) for the other fish to hide or escape. When fish hang near the top, it is usually due to low oxygen levels, low water temperature or improper water chemistry. It could be related to the different filter or the water change. Confirm proper water temp and use a test kit to check water chemistry. Ammonia and nitrites should be at 0 ppm (parts per million) and nitrates should be 40 ppm or less. Monitor chemistry closely until you know how the new filter operates. Make sure it is rated for the size tank you have to ensure adequate filtration. Correct imbalances using chemical treatment and additional partial water changes using aged/conditioned water.
Updated on August 12th, 2025
At the very least, a 10 gallon tank with a filter, heater, hood and light. Ideally, the tank should be up and running (without fish) until it cycles properly. This means there needs to be sufficient time for beneficial bacteria to colonize the tank and filter to be able to break down wastes, namely ammonia and nitrites and to a lesser degree, nitrates. This can take several weeks to occur. You can cycle a tank with fish in it, but it will require daily testing of water chemistry to prevent a toxic build up of ammonia and/or nitrites. Either can kill your fish if not treated. Follow this link for a FAQ regarding Glo Fish: https://www.glofish.com/about/faq/ Follow this link for more about cycling a tank: http://www.firsttankguide.net/cycle.php
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It could be a minor bacterial bloom due to the filter not running. You can perform a partial water change, no more than 30%, and run the filter. Use only aged or conditioned water that is temperature matched to prevent stress or shock. It should clear up after a few days.
Updated on August 12th, 2025
Hello, and thank you for using Boop by Petco. The most common (and easiest) way to clean a fish tank is with a siphon-style cleaner. Fish tanks should be cleaned in stages, generally replacing 10-15% of the water at a time. There are times where a larger cleaning might be necessary, but removing the fish and changing too much of the water at once can be quite a shock and can be dangerous to the fish, so this should be saved for only extenuating circumstances. Here's a helpful video on using a siphon cleaner: http://video.petco.com/v/18852/how-to-clean-your-aquarium-with-the-aqueon-siphon-vacuum-/ And some more reading you may find interesting on general fish tank cleaning and maintenance: http://www.firsttankguide.net/waterchange.php Hope this helps!
Updated on August 12th, 2025
Goldfish are surface breathers so seeing them up at the top is not unusual. They are also very dirty fish, so I recommend getting a small pump for aeration and doing a partial water change. There is usually a period of cloudy water after establishing a new fish tank until the bacterial balance is established and stabilized in the tank. I also recommend getting a siphon--type tank cleaner so you can use it to clean the gravel as you remove some of the water. It acts as a vacuum to pull out all the fish poo that settles to the bottom, and the water you remove from the tank is a great thing to water any plants you have with, as it also fertilizes them. Remove no more than half of the tank's water and replace it with clean fresh water that has had the correct amount of water conditioner for the volume you're adding.
Updated on August 12th, 2025