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Egg update Good morning from the hatchery! :brows: I removed many solid white eggs from the breeding box (the large majority) and noticed this morning that a couple of the remaining eggs (see picture) seem to have some black in them ... is this a good sign? Are they likely viable? Also...

would probably help if I posted the actual picture ... :whistle:

Hello again, Another curious situation (for me) .. :confused: What are these brown 'wormy' looking things all over one of the leaves of my Amazon sword plant? They don't seem to be moving at all, so I don't think they're actually worms ... any other ideas? For what it's worth, there was a...

For once I have a post that is not related to any fish dying ... :cool: Please see the attached picture, showing portions of my spawning mop with some forktail rainbowfish eggs attached. Is the egg near the top (more opaque) unfertilized (cf to the transparent ones near the bottom)? If so...

Also, as a follow-up, should I look to get 4-5 more cardinals? The tank is more established now so perhaps I'd have more success in keeping them alive (and would hopefully reduce the stress of the one that currently remains in my tank) ...

Thanks again Andy! Apologies, I should have put the exact parameters in my earlier messages (which I did measure). Ammonia = 0 (I didn't see any hint of green ... all yellow) Nitrite = 0 Nitrate ... I can never really tell but I think it's around 5 (maybe 5-10) pH is around 7 kH between...

Sunday. About 25%.

Also, in case it helps, all of the water parameters seem fine, with the possible exception of GH which is, and always has been, very high. One other thing I noticed today was that one of the ember tetras parked itself in a corner and aggressively chased away any fish that came nearby. One of...

I am at a loss ... I don't know what to do ... In addition to the corys acting hyper (hopefully nothing), I noticed another one of the furcata rainbows shaking erratically ... I don't have a better way to describe it than that it looked like an electric shock. Needless to say, I removed the...

Hello again, Unfortunately the fish died earlier today ... I didn't think he'd die so quickly from a swim bladder issue... He was very skinny and lethargic and, near the end, he was desperately trying to lift himself off the gravel without much success. Right at the end (I have a camera...

What about something like this (hangs on the outside)? https://www.amazon.ca/Marina-Hang-On-Breeding-Box-Large/dp/B005QRDDJ2/ref=mp_s_a_1_3?crid=1TQADJ45CO44P&keywords=breeding%2Bbox%2Baquarium&qid=1704843611&sprefix=breedi%2Caps%2C120&sr=8-3&th=1&psc=1

Hi Andy! Thank you very much for the suggestion. I don't have an option to get another tank now, unfortunately. What if I were to get a breeding box and put the injured male in there (would be in the same water as the main tank but in a separate box). Would it help if it was more of a "net"...

Are there any treatment recommendations for a "deflated" swim bladder? I see recommendations (salt, fasting, etc.) for an 'inflated' bladder but would these be appropriate for a deflated bladder as well? I can move him to a temporary container for a salt/epsom salt bath, if that would do...

The more I think about it, the more convinced I am that this is a swim bladder issue ... perhaps an obstruction of the pneumatic duct? He's definitely not bloated, though ... quite the opposite, actually. He's very skinny with a darker swim bladder. Problem is, how do I treat it? I would...

possibly a swim bladder issue? Hello again! Update re. the rainbowfish. Whatever was sticking out of it was no longer there less than 24 hours later ... perhaps it was indeed just 'poop' ... However, I think the fish is getting worse by the day. It's very lethargic, mostly just floating in...