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So, sadly, my last glowlight tetra died this morning. He wasn't eating and I think he just starved. It's very sad and frustrating. Details can be found here: http://www.aquariumadvice.com/viewtopic.php?t=97907 I have a snail infestation in my 10 gal, so I'm thinking that I'll just...

I'm so bummed about my 10 gal. I have had it for a couple of years, and have just kept losing tetras, and getting replacements. I was down to three glowlights, and one laid some eggs then died. Another died shortly after her, leaving one sad little guy. He won't eat now, and I"m not sure if...

I've got three glowlights in a 10 gal, and a big fat female is spewing eggs!!!!!! What can I do to get some babies? I'm so excited!!!!!!!

I have a glolight tetra that has been swimming oddly for about a day or two - he's swimming sort of tail down, and it looks like he's really struggling to stay afloat (he's beating his little fins pretty fast, and when he stops his tail end sinks). He looks fine when he's swimming fast and...

Here are the specs: 1) 1 glolight tetra has a warped spine - appears to have no other symptoms, his colour is good and he's eating and hanging out with the others. This seems to have gotten worse in the past few weeks. It's been there for about 6-8 weeks or so. 2) Parameters are good -...

I just purchased some live plants from lfs, and there's a wee snail in my tank now. Is this a problem? I've got 5 neon tetras and 4 glolight tetras in my 10 gal. I know very little about snails.

I have two different tetra situations: a) I have had a neon tetra for about 10 months that has had fluctuating severity of symptoms - he has whitish patches under the skin and strange swellings; I've treated a few times with parasite guard and he got a bit better but it's back. He's had this...

I've got a 10 gal that needs further stocking - as I posted in a different thread, I've only got 3 glo light tetras and 1 neon. I used to have 4 glo lights and 6 neons...my neons died of NTD (the sole survivor has beat it twice I think). Most of the deaths were shortly after I got them home...

I've got a 10 gal with 3 glo-light tetras and a neon tetra (the rest of my fish died a few months ago, some of NTD, others were a mystery). Since then, my fish have been thriving but for the past two weeks or so all 4 have gotten super skittish, and as a result don't seem to be eating much...

I have a school aquarium that is on the verge of being overcrowded, but while I search for another aquarium, water parameters are being kept in check with frequent vacuming and small water changes (about 3 times a week). One of the large fish had a bacterial infection (columnaris?) which I...

I've got a 10 gal planted with 3 neons, 3 glolights, and 3 otocinclus. Two of the neons have strange faded areas - one has a faded blotch, the other has a pale line from tail to his middle. I've also noticed that he doesn't close his mouth completely - he looks like he has an underbite. I'm...

Ok, I'm so sorry to keep posting about stupid ich. I've had my home aquarium heater set at 87F since Jan. 6, and I've been keeping it slightly salty. I've also started adding melafix for the past 3 days or so. WHY won't my fish get better??? They are swimming and "playing" and doing their...

The aquarium at our school contains a very sick goldfish. I know that it is overcrowded, and have been looking for extra aquariums to separate the fish...however... The biggest goldfish in there has a fuzzy white glob surrounded by a red border at the base of the back of his dorsal fin. I've...

I have 3 neon tetras, 3 glolight tetras, and 3 otocinclus in a 10 gal with a hob filter and plants. One neon has ich, so I'm starting a heat and salt treatment (gradually raising temp and gradually increasing salt to desired amount). Will salt be ok for those fish? Will a goal temp of 84-86 be...

I have a 10g with a plain hob filter (no biowheel). The cartridge is a fuzzy thing with carbon in it. It is getting horribly dirty, but I'm afraid to change it because I don't want to lose my bacteria. I've been periodically swishing it in the dirty tank water when I do a pwc to get rid of...

Oh man I am getting so discouraged with my tank. I believe I have lost tetra #3, leaving me with 3 neons, 3 glolights, and 3 otos in my 10gal planted. My ammonia is 0, Nitrate around 12 or so. The only thing is that my temp has been fluctuating within the upper 70's to low 80's - my heater is...

1~What type of fish is afflicted? One glolight tetra died (I'm a very bad mom and didn't notice until about a day later). Then about 2 days ago, one teeny neon looked a little funny (slightly inflamed gills - his operculum wasn't quite covering them, and he had a bit of white fuzz at the base...

I've been worried about my oto catfish getting enough algae, so I put in a blanched snowpea today. One of them immediately went for it, so I'm confident that he'll teach his other oto buddies to eat it. The ?problem? is that my neons and glo-lite tetras are eating it too. They also ate algae...

So, I have my 10gal with 6 neons and one otocinclus. All are doing well - it's been about a month. I have a couple of questions... 1. Should I get another oto? I have lots of algae, and he's doing his best (his belly is always full :thumb: ), but I think he could use some help. 2. WHAT...

I picked up an otto a couple of days ago. I'm nervous because I read they are very sensitive, so I'm watching him very closely. One concern that I had read about was that they are essentially starving at the LFS, and if they starve long enough either in transport to the store, or at the store...

Hi there I've had my 6 tetras in my 10 gallon tank for about 5 days now, and today I noticed a bunch of algae on the big gravel and starting to grow on the walls of the tank. My plants are also growing like mad. Is there a community algae eater that could live in such a small tank, and be nice...

I've just started to stock my 10 g tank - last night I got 6 neon tetras (the tank had already cycled). I've noticed that there is a bit of algae growing on one of my decorative rocks, and it's just on the section that is closest to the light. I have live plants in there, and so far there's no...

I have just set up a little 10 gallon aquarium with the ?how you say? filter that hangs behind it, and a heater. I also have some real live plants in there. I've been doing a fishless cycle for almost 2 weeks...here's how things are shaking out (note - I was unable to find a nitrite test kit...