Recent content by nossghoul

Yeah, I'm kinda thinking this is what was up... will definitely quarantine in the future, especially from big box stores. On the plus side: no additional loaches have died. The floppy gasper still flops on his side occasionally, but his gills look much less inflamed and he's no longer gasping...

Thanks for showing your quarantine tank setup! I've considered setting one up, but was worried about how much space it would take up--didn't realize they could be so small. Does it stress the fish out to be in such a small space, or are they okay with it so long as it isn't long term?

I have a 36 gallon tank, been cycled for about a year and a half, containing about six guppies, a platy, a female betta, a bristlenose pleco, some cherry shrimp, and a bunch of pest snails. Ammonia and nitrites are at zero, ph is 7.5, temperature is 76F. Yesterday, in an attempt to control the...