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I did a big water change and gravel vacuum, the third in five days. He’s listing on the bottom of the tank today; I’m not optimistic. My money is on hexamitiasis/‘hole in head’ disease. I had a fish in the same tank with it a few months ago. General cure worked well on her, but I am guessing it...

Now the white has sloughed off and it’s red! (edited to add video)

Its’s a large , fluffy, diffuse white growth right behind his pectoral fin. It’s much larger and more diffuse than what I saw on the other fish.

Should I take the pregnant female out of treating with Ick Guard (Vic green and acrivane?

False alarm on the no ich :(. Is this the stuff on the guppy? Right behind the fin? He’s very weak. I am ready to move to medication if it’s ich, but it looks a little fluffier than a lot of internet photos.

I agree! I have a little 3 gal, but euthanized a guppy in it last month and haven’t figured out how to get the clove goop off the bottom. But hey, I have at least a month to figure it out 😁. Should I quarantine incoming floating plants as well?

Thanks, Bryon. I hope the lower temps perk up our fancy guppy, he’s down near the bottom of the tank tonight, and has been looking pale and stressed for a few days. The cories look great, though, and the rest of the guppies seem ok. Do you think 1tbsp/20l of salt for a week starting tomorrow...

I’m really sorry to hear you had such a disturbing experience in your home, Bella. I hope you and your parents are having a quiet night tonight, and give that awesome dog some extra pats for all of us.

Rectangular and tall; relatively standard, but maybe a bit taller and narrower than some. It has a hang-inside waterfall filter that I could upgrade if you think it would help, and a bubble wall. I like the idea of floating plants, the light is pretty relentless. The submersed plants are already...

Thanks, folks. The tank is 37 gal, and we currently have 8 guppies and 3 cories. Could it hold more cories and an adult pleco? That seems like a lot.

We just fought off ich in our tank, and resolved the problem that caused it (undersized gravel cleaner). We need to stabilize the tank for a couple of weeks and make sure everyone is okay and the tank parameters are normal. How long after that should we wait to replace our BN pleco and get the...

Hi folks. Thanks to you all, all of our fish are alive and appear to be ich free. We have one more day of high temps for the full two week treatment, but one of our guppies is getting lethargic (hanging out in the corners near the surface instead of obsessively chasing the female guppies is his...

So overall the fish look great! No spots, actively feeding, glass surfing and being active again. This one, though, has much smaller fins than the others, and also looks like most of its anal fin has been ripped off. Might have been the pleco, who was getting aggressive, but maybe fin rot?

It’s these two. I think it’s missing scales? What do you think? They both have patches at the base of their tails, that look ok at some angles, and darker in others.

Done. Bubble wall dialed up, and I dropped the water level a bit so the filter causes more agitation. The cories are eating a little and moving about more, though their respiration is still high and they are still less active than usual. No ich spots visible, and I did a good vacuuming. One Cory...

I turned it down just to 87 and increased the air flow through the bubble wall. The current is much stronger, and there’s a curtain of bubbles - will that help?

All the cories are hiding in whatever shade they can find, panting - or at least, their respiration looks like 20 breaths in 8 seconds, which is higher that I’ve observed previously. Temp is 88. Can I turn it down a bit?

Thanks so much, Gary E and Byron. Given that the medication I have includes one that’s incorrect for ich, and we have a young child who interacts with the fish and the Vic green’s pretty toxic, I am going to try the heat alone method. I cranked the heater up as far as it would go, but so far...

Okay, I got it - use sodium chloride, not magnesium sulfate. https://aprilsaquarium.ca/salt-in-your-freshwater-aquarium/ So what I have should function as the salt if needed. Byron, I noticed the ich spots on Monday, before I let on a business trip. Now the corys are lethargic and...

Will this work?

Hi folks, I have cories with ich, and am leaning towards trying the heat/salt method before using the IckGuard I got from the LFS. Problem is I’ve seen conflicting info on what salt to use, including: - aquarium salt is the only option, - aquarium salt does nothing and ich lives even in...

Hi folks, my hospital tank is empty after euthanizing with clove oil, and everything in the tank smells of clove and there’s a sticky film on the bottom of the tank. I now see why the instructions were to euthanize in a separate container. I guess I have two questions: 1) how do you normally...

Conclusion: Nothing I did helped this fish. He weakened until he was unable to keep itself upright, and I euthanized him with clove oil a few days ago. RIP, Microbie. There is now only one of the original seven guppies left, and of course it’s the one that aggressively chases other guppies. The...

Bristlenose sounds good to me! Given the big box store sale point, my money is on the common bristlenose of questionable species and hybrid status. I’m just happy none of you are saying the white fin ends are fin rot! I’m very new to fish keeping and was worrying about that. Thanks, everyone! I...

Maybe this un-numbered hybrid? https://www.planetcatfish.com/common/species.php?species_id=5801

Thank you!

We got this pleco at a big box pet store, and are unsure of its species. Can you-all play the ID game with him/her? I am realizing the different species have different dietary and habitat needs, and want to make sure we are providing for them. Thank you! We loved seeing all the awesome...