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Also forgot to say that they have just been treated with Esha 2000 last week because the 2 male tetras had a scrap and cut one of them so I dosed as a precaution but there were no signs of ill fish at that point and I've done a 40% WC since then and added carbon filtration back in

Hi everyone, Having a real issue with my phantom tetras with 3 dead in the past 4 days. The only symptoms they exhibit are faster breathing, a loss of colour and not eating/hiding in the corners and within 24 hours they die. I had a good look at the most recently dead one with no obvious signs...

Hi Aiken Drum, Thanks for the reply! Yes my tank is sitting at 24C with the danios in it, I added them about a month ago and they were very young but they are growing fast and colouring up nicely so seem to be doing really well at this temp. Aqadvisor is giving me 95% stocked for the tank and...

Hi Everyone! I'm sure there have probably been many discussions on using aqadvisor for stocking and I am a big fan of it for helping guide me on my species choices and shoal sizes. For my 35 gal planted tank I've been using it to get an idea of what I can fit in the tank but I have suspicions...

Hi all, got a bit of an update and a question After moving the corys to the QT tank and treating with salt and water changes they have recovered really well and I was hoping to move them back to the main tank soon but I have been having serious issues with the tetras. 2 more have since died...

Thank you DeepAsHadal! I have had the tetras since November with no problems so it must be like you've said and its spread. I have been checking the water parameters regularly and theres not been any ammonia spike that I've seen, is it possible it got eaten quick enough for me to not have...

Hi all, I'm back again. I really appreciate all the help and advice! I have set up a small hospital tank for the corys with no substrate to see if this helps. The one that was starting to float and looked really bad has actually gotten better, but all of them are showing varying degrees of this...

Unfortunately things are getting worse for the corys in my tank and I have to leave for a few days. I have done 3 water changes this week and fed them on bloodworms, flake and daphnia and I have set up an auto feeder for while I'm away with flake, algae wafers and pellets. The cory that was...

Ok I wont bother with the medication for now, I have frozen food so will feed them more regularly with that and I've bought some algae wafers as well. Do you think it would be worth changing the substrate to a finer sand? The sand I have doesn't seem course but I guess the grains are a bit...

The site isn't allowing me to post a link to the sand but its the Aqua Range 'aqua substrate' I have ordered some Melafix to arrive tomorrow, I think I will start dosing as a safety precaution?

Its Aqua-Range sand https://www.fishkeeper.co.uk/aqua-range-aqua-substrate-black-sand-2kg

Here's a couple of photos- the sick fish is now active again and looking for food with the others. I have added a picture of one of the others for comparison - looking back on videos from the day I added them to the tank (~3 weeks ago) all of them have smaller barbels now and are whiter in...

Hi everyone, One of my corys has developed a possible infection in its barbels. I will try and get a photo but I noticed the past couple of days that the barbels have turned white (fungus?) and very red around the mouth and started to erode. I have since done a 50% water change with a thorough...

Hi Everyone! I am just getting back into the hobby after a few years away and I am setting up a new 160l. I started a fishless cycle with ammonia roughly 2 weeks ago and decided I would also try out adding the Nite Out II bacteria in a bottle to see if it made any difference. My ammonia level...