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The fish does look kind of lumpy, but is swimming well. So, could I treat the fish for all these things concurrently? What should I do if it's compacted eggs? Should I isolate the fish? I don't have a quarantine tank set up, but I do have a 5 gallon tank, but no extra filter.

Hi, I just got back from out of town and found my fish with a swollen abdomen. I had a pet sitter so maybe she fed them too much. It's a 20 gallon tank with 5 Danio glofish. 0 ammonia, 0 nitrite, 20 nitrate. pH about 6.5 kh of 30 I think. I clean it every 10 to 14 days. As far as I can tell...

I'm pretty sure it was the filter - I refilled my tank and it didn't seem to leak as I watched it the next couple of days. Also, I was only gone for about 3 - 4 hours, so I think there would have been an obvious leak if it was the tank. But, with the silicon starting to peel, I think I would...

Yes, it was a hob AquaClear 20 Power Filter.

Hi, I had a 10 gallon tank set up with 5 glofish danios with an Aquaclear 20 filter. I had topped off my tank just before I went out Monday night and when I returned there was only an inch or so of water left in the tank. Fortunately, all the fish were fine. Evidently either the filter was...

Thanks for the advice. That's good to know about topping off the water. I think I'll keep on testing it at different times to see how it goes. After a water change, my KH is up to 3, so I'll keep a close eye on it and my pH.

Thanks for the suggestions, I'll try measuring at different times during the day. ... On days I don't add any extra water. What kind of started my panic, was I checked it the other day and the test tube was light purple, so it was over 8. My filter had been sputtering and without thinking I...

Hi All, I'm really new to this and am finding that there's a lot to learn. I have a newly cycled 10 g tank with 2 glofish danios (I've had them about 2 weeks). I've tried to add 2 more fish to make them happier, but those both ended up dying. I bought the ones that died from a different store...

Thanks for the link to the article, it's seems really informative. But, I'll definitely need to read it a few times in order to digest it. My pH seems to vary between 6 and 7.6, at least that I've measured so far. Although it's about 8.4 when it first comes out of the tap. I don't feel really...

Thanks for the welcome! I look forward to meeting people. - Kate

Hi, my name is Kate and I basically know nothing about fish, but thought it would fun to to start an aquarium and learn about the hobby. I had a bit of a rocky start, I tried using SafeStart in a 5 gallon aquarium with one fish. Sadly, that didn't work out and I lost the fish during a Nitrite...