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You are getting 0 nitrate readings? Usually means the tank is uncycled or you aren't shaking nitrate test bottles hard enough. I had this problem with API and I had to bang them off of things to get them to read anything I think someone said chlorine is unrelated to ammonia levels? Chlorine or...

I have hara jerdoni which are small catfish about 1 inch long. I believe one accidently ate a long, unhealthy, stringy blade of dwarf sag. It was swimmin about with what I thought maybe was hair algae sticking out of its mouth and it seemed to be bothered (breathing fast) so i tried to remove...

Stock - 6 CPD 2 scarlet badis. Some bladder snails. Size - 10g Heavily planted 0-0-20 68* F The scarlet badis both have some sort of white marking on them (only one) around teh dorsal fin (not on it) The first to have this mark is now very sick and most liekly a goner. It actually seems like...

this tank is 10g with 6 cpds and 2 scarlet badis. I am inspecting, the fish, the spots are very small, on one it is on head and hear tail, the other has a collection of small spots on base of tail and on larger one on side Ahhh looking from above I see the one has raised scales

So my scarlet badis will probably die, they are hanging out near the top (not gasping), lethargic. Each one has only about two white spots. On one, it even looks as if the spot is indented into his skin. On others, the spots protrude. Both have lost lots of color and clamped fins. I have...

Thanks. Yes I think you are right it is over stock which maybe is why it is primarily the dominant territorial Badis having issues The tank is heavily scaped/planted which is why I thought it may be OK In addition to each other, I think maybe the guppy is especially stressing them, since he is...

Okay. So what do you think is appropriate stocking for 10g - mostly species only? Either around a dozen cpd size schooling fish or around 6 or fewer Badis?

Yes, 1 guppy

Hi, One scarlet Badis I have had (for 1 week) is constantly surfing the glass and corner of the glass.. At one point he was running the corner so hard he jumped out of the water and got stuck on the glass briefly. Sometimes, all 3 large male scarlet Badis will do it, especially in the morning...

So I put fish in my planted tank I have to clean algae off every once in a while, before fish I could just use a tooth brush and brush it off rocks and things This would release the algae into the water column, then id do a water change. obviosusly, thered still be some algae floating and the...

Thanks, You were right. Something did crash the cycle...I assume I did not dose enough prime to get rid of chloramines. I had ran out of the old conditioner a while before adding fish. I had increased ammonia with no trites or trates yesterday morning. I added prime yesterday, which is supposed...

I did a fishless cycle that was definitely finished (took around 4 weeks). At the end of the cycle, I ran out of my dechlorinator and switched to prime. Prime says to add 2 drops to 1 gallon, which seems like a very small amount, or "4 drops may be used safely" for high chloramine. I used 2...

I did a partial water change The tank is certainly cycled, It has been up for months and I have been dosing pure ammonia nightly. Went through every normal thing with fishless cycle. Ammonia spike, then reduction, nitrite spike for a very long time, then reduction, then water changes to bring...

Now it's hanging out at the top, occasionally diving down and coming up fast as if to jump. To me this suggests water quality now. But everything is fine. This is the fullest bodied fish in the tank, so could it be oxygen? HOB filter is turned up to max and its full of plants. I am stumped

anybody have good guess what is wrong with fish? 3rd day in tank, first day was the most active zipping around tank up and down corners. Now, swims in one spot mostly, occasionally changing spirit. Doesn't eat. When it was first put in it ate ravenously and I suspect I put too much food in...