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I have a generic natural gravel substrate so it's probably not ideal, I do like corys though. The gravel tends to be quite rounded so it might be ok?

Hi there, things have been stable for the last couple of months in my 29 gallon planted tank, and I've been thinking about adding some new stock to the tank. I currently have 1 Angel fish and 7 platies sharing the tank. Do you think there's room to add new fish? What fish would you add to this...

Sadly the platy died this morning, nothing obviously wrong with her on closer inspection. Performed a water change and added carbon back in to soak up the meds. Glad I quarantined them and I'm hoping it won't pass onto the other platy or fry so will keep them quarantined for at least a couple...

No live plants so I'm quite confused about it, I'm keeping an eye on it, did a quick ammonia test on my break and it's gone up little bit, although still less than .25ppm. Unfortunately the platy is only getting worse, extremely lethargic now and mostly staying at the bottom of the tank...

Hi all, I'm having trouble with a new female platy I brought home 10 days ago. She's currently quarantined in a 32 litre tank with another platy bought from the same tank and a 10 day old platy fry that was born in our community tank (Moved due to an aggressive angel fish). The sick platy is...

Unfortunately the platy died this afternoon. Upon closer inspection I couldn't spot anything obviously wrong apart from the darkening of some skin around his swolen belly and gills. I'm unsure what killed him and I'll be keeping a very close eye on the other fish in the tank. Thanks for your help.

Update: His abdomen seems to be a little more swollen today and his fins are a little ragged. He seems to be moving around a bit more, although not very quickly and seems to be having a bit more trouble staying still. Photo from today:

I suspect you're right. I'll continue the treatment for now. Thanks

I've had my Platys for 2 months and recently one of my males has stopped eating and stays still at the back of the tank behind the filter output with heavy breathing. He also has white/clear faeces that are much thicker than normal. The other 7 platies in my tank seem healthy and are very...

Thanks, I mentioned in another comment that I took the aggressive fish back to the shop last week. The other angelfish seems much happier and his fins are starting to slowly regrow. They we're pretty surprised that I was having a problem with them, but based on the other bad advice they've given...

Thanks for the advice, I've ended up taking the aggressive angelfish back to the shop (just down the street). The change has been almost instant, the other angelfish isn't hiding anymore and seem to be a lot more active. I'll keep an eye on the dwarf gourami and angelfish, but at the moment they...

I recently set up a new tall 110 Litre tank, which on the fish shop's advice I let cycle with some fluval cycle for 2 weeks. I then added way too many fish at once and I may have overstocked it a bit already (I'm new to the hobby and didn't get the best advice). I currently have: 8 Female...