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You have not given enough info on your water quality for anyone to base advice on......Please give your tank temp, ph, ammonia, nitrite, and nitrate levels.....How much water do you change out and how often?

Have fun and good luck....

I had a magnificent Black Ghost for about ten years and it was 10 inches long when it passed away (also in a 55)

Salt or meds are going to affect some plants, even at half doses....You can up the temp as close to 90*F as you dare and hope the ick organisms die before your fish do.....I haven't had ick in over 20 years so I am not up to date with any current meds that might work for you.

To simplify things; why don't you get them to give you the whole mess...Then you could start it from scratch in your on home....Just convince them of the cruelty of allowing fish to suffer as they have been doing and probably will do again as soon as you leave.

What do you consider a "fully cycled" tank if it is an 'on going process"?.......Note: when a tank is started from scratch it will take considerably longer than 12 hrs. to convert the ammonia and nitrite to nitrate. Many like myself use the term "cycle or cycled" to describe the maturing of...

Put the Stress Coat in the round file!

Soak them in a solution of bleach and water for several hours..(1 part bleach to 19 parts water).....Usually plastic plants that old have lost color and stiffness and don't look very good no matter what you do.....Good luck.

"ammonia and nitrites are consumed by the nitrates in a short period of time 12 hours maybe"........This statement is totally false.....Bacteria convert the ammonia and nitrite into nitrate...It takes a lot longer than 12 hours for this process to occur.. Research aquarium cycling so that you...

They are primarily a nocturnal fish....They will eat most anything you feed...If you do not have a good hiding place for it and your tank is brightly lighted, the fish will be stressed.....Try feeding it when the light is off.

"or do you think **** do alright?" I have no clue what you mean by this. If he is ok and you like him, leave him in the tank.

If you attempt to clean it all at one time you will stress and kill the fish......If you put the fish in a bucket they will stress..... No ammonia and high nitrates show that the tank has an active bio system that you don't want to kill off......Do small water changes using a vacuum to remove...

"Do a water change of about 80%."....Fishyfanatic, that is a really big water change....Why not dump the whole tank and start form scratch? Wouldn't a water change that big require that the make up water be treated and aged to attempt matching the conditions that will not shock the fish and...

It is a Metynnis Argenteus....Put a leafy green piece of romaine lettuce in there for it to munch on occasionally.

Autopsywoman, what is the name brand of the Nesseler type kit that you have?....Most test kits do read total ammonia (Nh3 and Nh4).....Most water conditioners reduce the total ammonia to Nh4 which will still affect the test result....Also a low ph reduces Nh3 to Nh4. Irregardless....There will...

I could guess that the top two flat rocks may be a granite or a sedimentary type of rock...The semi football shaped rock may be a granite river rock.....The three cheese colored rocks look like they may be lime stone.........??? on the red ones. Put strong vinegar on all of them and look for...

It is probably one of the Metynnis Silver Dollars.....It can get quite big if it is fed properly(lots of veggies).........They are skittish fish and can hurt themselves when they are startled.......How big is it now?....Can you increase the light in the room before turning the tank light on.so...

The ammonia reading of 8.0 has to be a false positive, because if it were that high the fish would be dead.

Get the tank cycled and the biggest filter system you can find. Then get into a good tank maintenance routine of water changes and debris removal.

Bolivian Rams are a more robust fish and will do well in a community aquarium until spawning happens....Tap water with a ph of 7.0 is something most of us would kill for.

Calcium build up from hard water may be??

Sounds a lot like poo to me....Shrimp do poo a lot.

Other than ph, what is the water quality?...(ammonia, ect)

Most all of the bigger cichlids will dig.

Throw the feeding block in the round file where it belongs.....Is there ammonia present in the tank?................The fish is in extreme distress and from here, the prospects look grim..............Watch the other fish closely and double check the water quality.