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What are you're water parameters?

If you have the chance see if any of you're LFS sell Bio-Spira or Tetra Safe Start. REFRIGERATED ONLY (Not sure if I spelled that right lol). It's bacteria in a bottle and will help cycle you're tank in a matter of days. I used the product and vouch for it. These are the only two products that...

Keep the pH and Temp stable. You're tank is still cycling so you shouldn't be adding more fish. It sounds like you're fish may have died from Ammo or Nitrite Poisoning, I suggest you read up on the Nitrogen Cycle before you lose anymore fish.

I love my Peppered Corydoras they are a lot of fun to watch and they clean up well.

From now on I'm going to be ordering my fish no more buying fish from the stores. Thanks for the support everyone.

When my Red Tailed Shark had Ich I lowered the water level 25% and added an air stone to increase oxygen. Then increased the temp up to 90F... slowly of course. My shark had no problems and was as happy as could be. The ich cleared up in 3 days, but I left the temperature at 90 for two weeks...

Well when I got home from work I check on him again and he was doing the same thing. I went driving for awhile to cheer myself up and when I got home he was in his cave dead :(. It was probably just a weak fish, I got him like that.. and he had no color at all. He did regain some of it though...

Here is a pic I took with my cell phone.

Just got home he is still doing it. I'll test the pH again but it's always been 8.0 never changed. pH is better when consistent rather then raising or lowering.

It's only been a few minutes and he's out of the cave and swimming around and he's losing balance going up then sinking to the bottom be he keeps trying could he possibly be recovering from a minor case maybe? He's been making a lot of attempts it seems like he's drunk pretty much.

He also seems to be making some sporadic fin movement every few seconds not a lot of movement just one big jolt.

I woke up this morning to find my RTS laying on his side at the bottom of the tank. I thought he was dead until I tried to net him. But swam away into a cave and is laying on his side breathing very slowly. Now I never see my shark go for any kind of food so I'm not sure what happened. I did...

I hope that never happens to me. Luckily it happened when you were around at least.

Very Nice!

Totally forgot about Otos. Great suggestion I think I'll get a trio. Thanks!

Thanks I'll give it a shot =). I love these forums always quick and good advice.

You should post this in the Unhealthy Fish section. Also what are you're water parameters, temperature, and the size of you're tank?

Recently I acquired four Peppered Corydoras and have the in my 29 Gallon a long with 6 Bloodfin Tetra, an Opaline Gourami, a Red Tail Shark, and a Kulie Loach.. yes I know a pretty decent Bio-Load but I have plants and keep up with water changes regularly. Anyway that's not the problem. The...

Lol... I have a lot of similar problems with my Penguin 100. Mostly with the impeller slowing down or the Biowheel stops turning. I've had to do quite a bit of maintenance on it and frankly I'm getting tired of it. I plan on replacing it with an Aqua Clear. I used to think it was a great...

IMO get rid of the Test Strips they are terribly inaccurate. I recommend using API Master Test Kit which uses drops instead. And try to post you're exact measurements instead of just saying they are safe.

I suggest using a product called Bio-Spira or Tetra Safe Start. Both products contain the beneficial bacteria to help cycle you're tank. When you add the prawn or ammonia source add this product. But make sure you have a good source or a lot of the bacteria will die off. Also the product has to...

My 10 Gallon has been set up for 6 Months and my 29 gallon has been set up for a few weeks.