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I am planning on switching out my gravel for some sand asap for my Firemouths because at feeding time yesterday one of my firemouths got a piece of gravel stuck in their mouth and was swimming around panicking for about a minute and a half before they were finally able to spit it out. I was...

Your tank is very cool, it was great to see the progression over a few years. Thanks for posting!

Definitely a good idea. Thank you again for your advice. I will continue my water changes and run some carbon for a few days, then start her on PraziPro. Will keep you guys updated!

During the ich meds time I was doing daily 25% PWC before each dose. What I read up on parasites said that since she has a good appetite, but is on the thin side, she still has that weird spot under her skin coming out, and her eyes are starting to look cloudy. Supposedly that can be a sign of...

She doesn't seem to be responding to the ich meds. I am using Kordon Rid Ich Plus, and it doesn't seem to be dealing with the spot. If anything it's a little bigger. Her eyes are starting to look cloudy too. I am starting to wonder if I am dealing with some sort of parasite instead. Ugh. I took...

Perfect! Thank you for your info. I will continue to keep them separated, and I am buying the fry tank soon. If I got another 20L I am assuming I could keep them in there for 2 months at least, or should I be looking at a 40g breeder or something? I was reading that some people were able to get...

Hello guys! I hope all is well with you and your tanks. I woke up this morning and to my delight there were a bunch of newly hatched fry in my 20L apisto tank!! I went and grabbed a divider and separated the male and my clown pleco (the only other two inhabitants besides mommy) and have left the...

Sure. I haven't really gotten too much into the world of planted tanks yet. So far I am only working with very hardy plants. Java Fern, Java Moss, Abubias, Anacharis, and Banana Plants for now, and so far so good!

Just read over the thread, thanks for going out and doing all that research! I had a really hard time too finding concrete info vs. people on a soap box stating opinions without and links or reasons to back it up. That was also interesting to hear that at low doses the salt wasn't affecting that...

Thank you for the article Delapool, I will definitely give that a read today!

Yeah I know I am silly sometimes and tend to over-think things. To be fair though I have ever only dealt with an ich outbreak twice since starting in the hobby about 9 months ago, so my experience with fish disease in general is pretty limited at this point. It is definitely ich that she has, I...

After looking at it more thoroughly I am sure it's just a larger sized ich spot than I am used to seeing. It's the only spot left in the tank, but as coralbandit recommended I am going to continue to treat the entire tank for a while to be sure. Many rounds of gravel vac, etc. I will keep you...

For the people recommending salt and heat vs. melafix: What would you recommend for treatment in a tank with a pleco and corydoras? I've read conflicting things; some people say any salt will be bad for them and some people said as long as you don't salt often and do low doses, it should be...

I can try to get some better pictures this morning before I go to work. It seems to be the only spot on her, which I'm glad that there aren't more.

Thank you for trying though! I appreciate the effort, and I am sure someone on here can help me get to the bottom of this :)