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Crabs do not bother fish at all. I had a fiddler crab (MIA for about week now) and she never bothered the fish. MY kribs I used to have would try to eat her legs off though.

No, the ammonia and nitrite are still 0. See the thing is, Within in the first week, I has about 12 fish in the tank because I didnt know better, so the bio load would be able to accept a large amount of fish at once.

So they would work well with a school of rummy noses or blood fin, and some cories? Would there be an aggression if Bolivian rams were also homed in the tank?

When the Nitires where up, I was told to do daily water changes. When the fish were breathing heavy last week, I was told to do a water change. When my fish had ich, I was told to do water changes. Changing the filter shouldnt have effected anything now, it would have already. All readin were 0...

I dont know what it is. Maybe it is an unstable tank. I just cant fully swallow that because of all this fish I had and the readins are 0. This all started when I was an idiot and bought those fish from that store. The other female blue ram is next to go, she is breathing fast now.

The temp is set at 79-80.

I thought that it could be a lack of aeration so i added an airstone back in last night and I still lost 4 more. There are zero signs of any illnes besides rapid breathing. My PH on both waters is 7.6-7.8. There is carbon in the filter and the fish I have left are 2 cories, 2 bolivian Rams, 4...

Once I get my tank massacre solved and settled and add new fish, I was thinking about these guys, but no nothing about them other then what i read in the pinned section. Are they a community fish? Are they delicate like Blue Rams?

The substrate is just regular Estes gravel. I have added three new live plants..Anacharis and Rotala last week. I also used a disinfectent aerosl spray come to think about it, but It was only a little and I didnt directly spray near the tank. I also replaced my filter with a new, better one two...

The substrate is just regular Estes gravel. I have added three new live plants..Anacharis and Rotala last week. I also used a disinfectent aerosl spray come to think about it, but It was only a little and I didnt directly spray near the tank. I also replaced my filter with a new, better one two...

but all of a sudden? Even the neons I had since week 1 were all ok until this weekend. What do you recommend I do?

1. Yes, with the exception of Nitrates which I have not tested (forgot actually). but I did test it everyday or other day. 2. Yes, I do. In fact Ive been doing water changes every day, every other day or third day 3. I cleaned the filter about a week and half ago, yes. I have a Marinelad Bio...

I know the neons arent hardy, what i was getting at was that they lasted through the initial cycling then all of a sudden with no visible signs, they died along with others. If the tank was re-cycling, there would be spikes wouldnt there? Everything is at 0, thats why Its gotta be something...

The tank pretty much is cycled. Readings are 0. I cycled with a few rgular neons and I only lost one at the time. I started with 6 fish, some I still have, some dyed and some I got rid of. I added 6 black neons a week later which all died but one. I dont see this being the problem as I only have...

Yeah, this is what Im not getting. There are no visible symptoms. Ive lost 13 fish since wednesday/thursday, with the bulk coming over the weekend. I did a 20% change last night. If anyone has had similiar problems or any other suggestions, please, please post them. This is killing me too...

It is a 20 gallon BTW. Only symptoms are labored/heavy breathing thats it. Afterwards when they start dying, they jutst twitch and swim in circles before dying.

and if you think its a bacterial infection, what medication do you recommend me getting becasue Im about to lose another one.

Yes, I acclimated them first. When i started the tank i added about 8 fish in a week. ( i didnt know better) I lost a few then eventually added some more, so the bio load is not the problem. I just tested the water and the ammonia and nitrites are 0 now. So you suggest I get some bacterial...

So here goes, I decided to add some fish last week being as I only had a few. One neon died on the way home. The next day, I lost a baby corie and the male blue ram. ( the female as of right now is still ok). A few days later I started losing my black neons...now Ive lost those 5, plus all three...

This all started when I bought 6 or 7 new fish from the same place last Wednesday. One neon even died on the way home.

4 rams, 3 cories, 2 neons and 2 black neons. I cycled with these two regular neons and i added the black ones 2 weeks later.

It stopped cycling a week ago and when it was, I was doing water changes every day or other day. Even this week I did 3. I bought some coppersafe because its got to be a parasitic infection. I just lost another one.

Is it common for the female to chase a new male thats introduced if they are the only two in the tank?

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No so sure about the age, but they were pretty smallish..an inch or less.

Damn you're good. Im 99% sure thats it, only thing is all 20 of them were all silver for sure, not gold.

My lfs had some of these guys. They look pretty much identical to black neons, except they are all silver with a black stripe. Anyone know of these guys? I like them.

Well, I did a 50% water change with the gravel Vac. I still lost 3 black neons and one regular. I have no idea what went wrong or why they died.

Well, that guy died along with more then half of my neons and the cory I bought. With the excception of 3 black neons that also died and the female blue ram, all the fish I bought from that store are now dead. The neons all died overnight. Two days ago however, I went out and bouyght a new male...

So what other small schooling fish can you recommend?

I had a pretty nice school of black and regular neons and in th elast 30 hours I've lost all but 5. I was thinking of getting some Rummy nose's. Are they pretty hardy? How many should I get? I currenty have 3 cories, and a pair of bolivian and blue rams. My tank is about 7 weeks old and my PH is...

Ok so the other day, I bout 7 new fish. 3 neons, 2 blue rams and 2 cories. one neon died on the wat home. Another just died and yesterday a corie died and the day before the male blue ram died. I didnt even see the neon die today but the others were breathing very heavy and now It appears that...

Yeah, I know that Black neons arent the same species. As far as establishing a pecking order, they would do that even if it was only 2 at the time?

thats what i thought. i know 6 or more neon is better, and i will get some more., but even when i had just the two left, they seemed real happy. Always wondering on their own and hanging out with the black neons. Actually a few hours ago, one of the new neons I added a few dyas ago and an older...

6 black neons, three cories and some rams. I dont think they're all that insecure because they swim aimlessly by themsleves quit often. What could this be?

I've been witnessing some strange behavior. I started out with only three at first, one died. The other two began this odd behavior. The face opposite ways and one will "pretend" to go after the other one while his back is turned and then at the last minute turn away, then the other one does it...

I had what i thought was a pair, but now I realize they might be males. The black front part of the dorsal fin on both are higher and the bothe of their bellies are yellow.

I m pretty sure I need mroe light. It's a 20H and some of the plants are turning brown, but on the other hand, are growing new leaves which are a lush green. Ive been even adding Flourish (the directiojns state one capful treats 60 gallons, once a week, I add a capfull every other day) and it...

Well, I let the bag float for about 35 mins. The lfs was 5 mins away and I even lost a neon on the way home. I left the light on the whole time, which could have been a problem. I don't add any PH chemicals, but I did add finrot medicine because my cories fins were pretty beat up. Im almost...

now hes at the bottom. I had a krib die of similar symptoms. Only difference was my tank wass till cycling and the nitrites were high. I just checked the water and the ammonia and nitrite are def. 0