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Just wanted to update that he's made it! Still a touch of red at the very top, but way better than before, and he's much more active. This school of fish are fighters. This entire school survived an ich outbreak last year, they were the only fish in he entire tank to survive. Glad he's...

Thanks for the reply! PH is 7, nitrates/nitrites/ammonia is 0. Temp is 74. We have 5 of those guys, some Endlers, a few Amber Tatars and cardinal tetras, and some Siamese algae eaters. We'll give the epsom salt a try, hopefully it does the trick! Thanks again!

Should have also mentioned that water parameters are perfect ( tested every other day since he's been sick just in case we are missing something) tank is 35 gallon, planted. Temp is 74.

This is one of our 1.5 yr old Rasboras. He's a big fella, Although I'm not entirely convinced they're Rasboras because another store had them as barbs. Anyway, The redness started out on his bottom side, and he looked a little distended, so we opted for peas - he gobbled them up. I assumed it...

Ah, so that explains this: My tank was lightly planted for a year and doing okay, but my plants weren't thriving. I bought a new light that came highly recommended by a friend, but a little over a week or two later and voila! Algae! Not what I was going for.. Will spend the rest of my night...

Thanks for all the help! I appreciate it! Another mom just gave birth, and we were able to find 3 fry. We check the tank for babies a few times a day, but since we only found 3 I'm afraid some of the bigger fish may have had a little sushi appetizer before we fed them. @mjs500doo, what do...

Thanks for the response! It was encouraging and left me somewhat reassured when I let them out of the box. I am happy to report that all 5 little guys (or, I'm still thinkin' gals are doing great!) I still count them about 20x a day just to make sure they're all okay. I'm fairly certain the...

Mid-December we were astonished to fine 5 teeny tiny babies in our tank! Turned out our Endler's had babies! We were able to scoop the little guys into a breeder box and they have been growing really well. 6 weeks later, are they ready to be introduced into the community? Tank has peaceful...

Awesome, ill look into the salt idea. I appreciate the response. Hopefully the fishy pulls through. Sad to watch them struggle!

I tried giving him/her peas, but it has no interest in eating.

It seems to be floating around, trying to swim. What is swim bladder? I haven't come across this before, treatable?

Have any pics of the spots?

better photo. I don't think the fishy is going to make it, but any ideas would be helpful just to know for next time.

Try stopping at 82 degrees for a day or two, I only say that because my neons couldn't tolerate the higher temps and I lost the entire school.

Raising the temp slowly can help. Ich is unfortunately pretty common. Can be brought on by any sort of stress. Don't jump to the salt without checking if the fish can tolerate it. My loaches can't, not sure about the Pleco.

Be careful about using any of those ich treatments, they can stain your tank and anything in it, and im not convinced they actually work. Raising the temp usually does the trick, but some fish are more tolerant to the high heat than others. It can last a few weeks, and sometimes get worse before...

How are your levels/water parameters? Maybe something changed?

One of my Denison Barbs is looking pretty bad. His/her (not sure of the sex) body is distorted and bulging at the bottom. I'm thinking maybe it's a bit backed up? If its female, maybe she's carrying eggs. Noticed it yesterday, but it was still coming up for food and active so I wasn't too...

We noticed a little spot on one of our Denisons. It doesn't look like ich, which we had a long while back. Looks more like a few scales are.. out of place? It also just had a pretty nice growth spurt and is now the largest among them. It's too hard to catch it with a camera, so here's a short...

Thanks for answering! It's a marineland bio wheel 29 gallon tank w/ led lights. We're not dosing with co2, but we do have air stones - so that might be something to look into. We used Eco complete substrate for planted aquariums, and have dosed with flourish a few times, but not too often...

It's less than one month into our 29 gallon planted tank. We're still cycling, but it's going well, and we've been able to move water changes to every other day. We have a number of different types of plants, ocelot sword, moneywort, Japanese dwarf rush, and anacharis; all purchased from...