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Thanks for all your replies as I try to determine what is going on with my tank. Does anyone know the symptoms of iron poisoning? I thought of this last night - that I use a fertilizer for my plants with a fairly high iron content. I notice many of the dying fish have air bubbles on their...

Hi, Just wondering about PH - mine always seems to test around 7.2 which I think is fairly high. Are there natural ways to control/lower PH? What is an ideal (as far as I know it is mid to high 6s)? I realize most fish will have different ideal phs. Right now I am stocked with tetras...

Hi, No chemicals - just removing them as I see them, and removing egg globs as I see them too. Eventually when I am more certain things are stable in the tank I am going to try to lure some out with cucumber or other tasty treat. I am reluctant to put chemicals in my tank now that I am...

Thanks for these responses, I realize I am not exactly providing a lot of info. The readings are literally 0.0 on both Nitrite and Amonia. One thing I did not mention but might have in the previous post: besides the whitish spot on the back of only ONE of the penguins who died, many bodies...

I have never had such hard luck as I have with the tank I set up in January. I have lost many many fish. Over the weekend, I had a serious massacre in my tank - I lost all 5 of my penguins, 4 neons, my cardinal, and now an endler. There IS NO VISIBLE SIGN OF ILLNESS on any of these fish with...

Update on the mysterious deaths: FOUR MORE OVERNIGHT! This is an awful epidemic, whatever it is. All of my penguins except one is now gone - the only penguin left is the original agressor. Three of the four bodies had their stomachs chewed on - do you think this may be the cause of death, or...

Too many? We figured we were ok, because the bulk of the fish are small - endlers (guppies), neons, rummies, white clouds, penguins, hatchets. Also, 2 cories and a pleco. We were told when we last went to the pet store that we could add the endlers (last ones added) because they were tiny -...

Hi, Everything has been stable in my tank for two months. 30 gallon tank - approx 25 fish (all small w/exception of pleco). All of a sudden, the small fish (rummies, endlers, neons) seem to be grouping near the tube that feeds my airstone, and the intake for the filter - the hatchets, penguin...

Hi, I have the beginning of this topic in unhealthy fish, but I realize now that the penguin tetras stashing themselves behind the heater aren't sick, but are hiding. I know this because I started out with three, and then added another two to build a school. All of them hide behind the heater...

Hi Anne, thanks for your help. I am treating for ammonia with fluval ammonia remover in a nylon bag on the top of the carbon filter cartridge (I have an eclipse tank, so this is the only spot for treatments such as ammonia and nitrate remover). I have replaced the carbon cartridge which was...

Hi, I have a 29 gallon tank. The nitrite levels are fine and the ammonia very slightly elevated - I am treating for this right now. I made the mistake of using a med to treat ich, but the penguins were doing that before - I have a feeling they weren't 100%healthy when they arrived. I am...

Hi, Another question: I have three penguin tetras. I was kind of evil, and just bought one at first. He seemed to do ok after a day or so, schooling with the other tetras. A week later I bought two more, with the intention of buying another two soon (I don't add many fish to the tank at a...

Hi, I noticed ich in my tank a couple of days ago. I promptly scooped the spotted fish into the hospital tank. I feel awful about this because I knew the nitrites were high in that tank due to a previous occupant, but I didn't want the ich to clear out my whole bigger tank (29 gal). I've...

Hi again, We have two fish in the hospital - one neon, and one glo-light (*such* a beautiful fish!). Our glo-light is new, and I noticed he has a few indications of problem - a ding in his tail (could be an agressive other fish since glo-lights are so docile), and a few white patch/spots. It...

I am not sure what kind of corys they are (blush) - spotted? I have a 29 gallon tank with one huge piece of coral that has at least four 'tunnels' in it. I think I will go with the general consensus and provide more hiding spaces. I might well go with the idea of more rummys too - maybe it'll...