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I have a sweet, dear to my heart 15+ yr old Upside Down Catfish that has been doing great for a long time. Suddenly about 5 days ago he developed an issue swimming, where he can't control his body and has trouble staying upright when resting. Though he's an upside down cat, he typically does not...

Meant to post this a while back, but the mystery has been solved! The day after my last post, I went back to feed my fish and I noticed all these little gnat-like flies stuck to the lid of the tank, as well as another decrease in the number of "green worms" in the tank. They must have been the...

Thanks for the replies! I did a 25% water change shortly after posting this thread, and the next day I noticed a significant drop in the numbers on the tank decorations. Not sure if this had anything to with the water change or if it was just coincidental, but they don't seem to be posing any...

I have a 20gal planted tank that has these strange green, worm-like things living mainly on the decorative caves in the tank, but also on the glass. They appear greener on the caves, but still have a greenish tinge to them when appearing on the glass. When looking at them on the glass their...

Reading that really makes me want to get a Mudskipper now, they sound so fun! I just got a Red Claw a couple days ago. I'm thinking it's a female because it had smaller claws compared to the others in the tank at the store. I named her Apple and I love her already! :3 After I put her in the...

Man, hearing all of this from you has me too excited haha. I'm going to go out and get a red claw crab tomorrow I think! I called around again and no one had any fiddlers, but one store said because I inquired about them that they would go ahead and order some. I'm thinking I'll try putting one...

Hey this is great info, thanks so much! You've got a really cool setup, glad it's working for you! I currently have play sand as my substrate. I didn't want to spend the 20 bucks on the sand they were selling at the pet store, so I thought this would be much more cost effective. I was an idiot...

Hey thanks for the response, cokemanj! How big is your tank? I'm trying to figure out how many I could fit in mine. Also, do you have any recommendations on tank setup? I'm trying to cycle mine right now and get the water to a good brackish level. I am aiming for about a 50-50 ratio of water and...

Bump(?) Don't know if that works here :P

Bump(?) Don't know if that works here :P

I'm setting up a 20gal brackish water tank and I'm planning on getting a couple fiddler crabs. I've been looking up other brackish water critters and saw that Mudskippers live in the same environment naturally, so I'm thinking about getting one to live with my crabbies. Any advice? Has anyone...

I'm setting up a 20gal Fiddler Crab tank and have begun cycling it, but I was wondering if the crabs would be alright if I introduced them before the water was completely cycled? It's been going for about a week now, with about 3gal of water in the tank. It's a part water-part land set up and...

So does anyone have any suggestions?

Hello peeps, I currently have a male dwarf gourami who is healing from an injury, and I was thinking that when he was completely healed I would get him a female partner to reward him. I basically just wanted to know if male and female gouramis will get along ok in the tank together, and if I...

So I'm thinking it might be a fungus. After looking online I came across one called saprolegnia. Can anyone confirm a fungal diagnosis? And what would you recommend to treat it?

It's getting worse. In about only 2 days the white patch has at least doubled, and he's looking dark in color around his gills. Can anyone help??

Here's a possibly better and clearer picture of what I'm talking about

I posted on here a few days ago about my dwarf gourami's head appearing kind of grayish and sickly looking. The comments I received back said he looked perfectly normal. But today I've noticed a new development: He now has a whit-ish patch on his scales a bit behind his right eye. I have no idea...

Ok, thanks for all the info! I just did my first 50% water change today and will keep doing so. I'll also order a water test kit tomorrow. I really appreciate all the help!

These are the fish and other things currently in the tank: 1 dwarf gourami 3 guppies 1 Endler's livebearer 1 kuhli loach 1 otocinclus catfish 1 upside down catfish 1 bumblebee goby 1 african dwarf frog 1 mystery snail Numerous ghost shrimp and malaysian trumpet snails

Thanks for the info! I'm still basically a noob at this water changing stuff, so it surprises me that a 50% water change won't be too hard on the fish. It's not too hard on them to do this?

I'm feeding him frozen bloodworms. Are live ones better or do they have a better chance of getting to him?

I've had a bumblebee goby for about 2-3weeks now, and I did my research on him and saw that they only like bloodworms and won't touch pellets or flakes, and so far from what I can tell, this is true, and he was loving his bloodworm dinners. A while later I purchased some guppies. Now I try to...

Thanks everyone for the replies. When I had my water checked a few days ago it was at a pH of 8. My nitrates were at 0.25 and my ammonia was at 0.5. Also, my KH was 10 (which btw, what is KH?).

I have a dwarf gourami in a 10gal community tank and I'm just wondering if you guys think he looks ok? I feel like this photo is a pretty accurate representation of how he looks in real life. I'm just a little worried about his head area. It looks kind of grayish, and I forget if it was like...