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Hi everyone, This question isn't referring to a single sick fish per se, but more of a general question related to higher-than-normal rates of fish loss: at what point do I just completely break down the tank and start over? I have a 20g high tank set up and cycled for ~18 mo now. I...

Hi, I am very new to planted tanks and could use some help. I have a 20g high tank that was once all plastic that I am trying to convert to a low tech planted tank. I wanted to start simple with low-light plants that do not require CO2. Since the substrate is medium/large gravel, I am starting...

Hello, hoping someone could lend an opinion on my CPDs. Over the course of the past month, I have lost 2 CPDs and my last one is sick now as well. I had started with 6, but they seemed to shoal very happily with my neon tetras so wasn't planning on restocking. I lost the first three months and...

Hi everyone, could use some second opinions on whether my neon tetra has ich or not. ~3 weeks ago, I noticed a white spot on the tetra, and was worried it was ich. My tank had an outbreak several months prior, which I successfully treated with Ich-X. I had not introduced anything new other...

Hey everyone, would appreciate some guidance/advice on treating my sick guppy. I think it is columnaris but I'm not sure and am seeking second opinions. I am on my third day of treatment, as described in detail below. My specific questions are: 1. Is this columnaris and is acting as...

So confused about water conditioners compatible with Ich-x. Everyone says not to use Prime due to the sulfated ingredients interacting with the ingredients in Ich-X. Does anyone definitively know if Ultimate (as Hikari recommends) is absolutely required? Tetra AquaSafe (all I can find on it...

Hi, unfortunately less than 2 weeks after stocking my new tank (after completing a fishless cycle), I think I have a mild outbreak of ich among my neon tetras. Would appreciate some guidance here as this is my first time dealing with this. I have two main questions. First, I have CPDs in the...

Hi everyone, I am so psyched to be at the stocking stage of my tank. It is 20 gallons and I completed a fishless cycle, it will cycle out 3.5 ppm pure ammonia completely to nitrate in 24 hours. I exchanged water to get nitrate down to 5 ppm, with 0 ppm ammonia and nitrite, and started my...

Hi all, this is my first post, I'm trying to get my very first tank started and am worried my fishless cycle is stalled. I was dosing with 10% ammonia and got nitrite and nitrates in the tank, but now ammonia, nitrite, and nitrate levels are all just stuck and not changing. The tank is 20g...