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I have a 40 gallon aquarium with 6 tiger barbs, 2 pictus catfish and 1 small pleco. Ammonia 0; Nitrites 0; Nitrates 0-5; pH 7.4. I had the 6 tigers and pleco first, then added 2 pictus. They all did very well with each other for the first week or so. Now the tigers are being unrelenting and...

Ol' Squiggy must be super happy to be out of that dinky bowl and in his new 3 gallon home! Look at that massive bubble nest he's made already!

My pictus has ich. I've read that you can use aquarium salt and I've read that you can't use aquarium salt for treatment. I've already increased the temp a bit and would like to know if they would tolerate the salt? Also, how much salt for a 20 gallon would be tolerable, if at all? I really do...

I have a 4 week old 20 gal aquarium. It has not fully cycled yet (Ammonia .25; Nitrite 5ppm; Nitrate 80+ppm; pH 7.4). I use an API Master liquid test kit. Not strips. It has 6 tiger barbs and 1 "small" pleco, not a common, which were placed a few days after tank setup. Plenty of hiding...