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Well, this is a surprise! I left the shrimp in their terrible state in the nursery tank overnight. I figured that this morning I would find all of them dead... and in fact, every single one of them (even the two I was convinced were dead) are ALIVE and flying around the tank. :eek: I have no...

Well, I don't know what that is but I'm sure I didn't use it. I've been thinking and thinking about what it could be. The only thing I can think of is that I put lettuce in the tank about every other day for my ravenous apple snail. I've been doing this forever but I wonder if somehow the...

Thanks for the response. The tank's temperature is generally around 24-25C. It has a closed top so anything in the air would be difficult to enter into the tank, and we don't use aerosols of any kind. I've never treated the tank with any meds and haven't done anything differently than I have in...

I am really stumped - and two hours passed the freaking out stage - I would really love if anyone had any information at all about this. I have a 30 gallon planted tank with just five neon tetras, one giant ramshorn snail and 14 shrimp (2 are amano and the rest are neocaridina heteropoda). As I...

Thanks I think I am going to put the shrimp in the tank with the snail and let the loaches go through the temp raise alone in the main tank. Hopefully after water changes and the high temp the ich will be killed off and these poor guys will be able to go back "home". The two little ones are...

Sorry for posting this, I'm sure everyone is sick and tired of hearing - and giving advice - about ich. It's 4:30am, I got up and found two of my little neons in difficulty at the top of my tank and upon further inspection of the other fish, I'm sure it's ich. I've got the 15 neons in a...

I realize this thread is old but it's relevant to my current situation, may be to others as well... A few of my neons (cardinals) have this mouth bubble as well. One of them had the mouth bubble grow so large that he was unable to eat. I knew that if something didn't change that he would die...

Glad to hear the little guy is out and about doing his snail thing! You'll get to know his habits soon :-)

Clean = sterilized I use boiling water to sterilize the little tank because it is my quarantine tank. I don't have to use it often, but when I do I am sure to sterilize it again as I don't want any kind of cross contamination. The tanks are right next to each other in the same part of the...

Well, it's better that you're at 5 than at 40+! Being under 5 is great, perfect. Very likely, your snail is not dead. When they are dead and you pick one up, they will usually fall out of the shell. So, don't do anything drastic like throw him away; he's probably just sleeping. Mine falls...

Great news that your nitrates are down, I'm sure your little fish are MUCH happier! Just a side note, if you do discover that you indeed have fin rot issues, make sure (if you have other species in the tank) to either quarantine the fish in a separate tank to treat them or vice versa. Certain...

Your nitrates are higher than ideal, you'll want to keep them under 25 (in my experience). Your pH is a bit low for the snail as well, though I am not sure if this would be the cause of death. Did you notice him as being sick (seemingly drunk, moving very very slowly if at all, not coordinated...

I have a successful aquarium that has had the same inhabitants in it for over a year, without problems. I have one huge mystery snail, 15 tetras (neon, cardinal), a rasbora, two clown loaches and up until about two hours ago, three amano shrimp. I discovered that my female shrimp was carrying...