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Okay so I can’t tell if this is fin rot or nipping. I had another fish that had a back fin similar to the orange guy yesterday and today he’s dead (very similar coloring but much larger. She was very beautiful.) I finally got my 30 gallon tank back in line so they’ve been cramped in a 5 gallon...

Still going to do a water change but I’m hopeful!

Thanks! I actually came home this afternoon, tested my water and ph is normal, ammonia is still 2ppm, but that’s down significantly from where it was, nitrites are 0 and nitrates are between 0 and 5. Maybe that means I did “reset” my tank accidentally and it’s going through the cycle again?

Oh, and I bought the driftwood from a Petco tank. If that matters. Now I'm starting to think that's the likely suspect. Either that or my plants aren't doing as well as I think they are.

Well, I don't see anything in there. I haven't completely emptied the tank at one time (it's been no more than 50% each time), but there have been a lot. Yesterday afternoon I didn't do a water change. Maybe the ammonia has seeped deeply into the driftwood? There's nothing else dead in there...

No, nothing else. I threw away the filter that was in there because I was in a panic. I had just added the water sprite and other small plant (don't remember what it was called) along with the driftwood. All that was in an effort to create stability and bring down my pH a tad. The two plants...

First things first, I am still pretty new to the fish game. Please try not to judge too harshly - I'm really trying my best to treat my fish right and am having some major trial and error issues. Okay, so I have a 30 gallon aquarium. Everything was fine (or so I thought) - We started with a...