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Yes, you are correct, I was unclear: water changes alone won't make a tank lose its cycle, but when you combine it with cleaning the filter and repalcing the filter medium - which you usually have to do do get rid of snail eggs in the tubing and filter - it does amount to destroying a cycle...

Thanks, I'll try a mild melafix/pimafix/salt combo and see if he improves. It's just so distressing not to be able to teel if he's suffering or not. The airstone is a wonderful suggestion and after doing a bit of research and realizing how beneficial they are, I'm somewhat ashamed I don't have...

I would definitely remove them to a seperate tank if you have one handy, and for catching plecos, I use a clean tea towel. Just let the tea towel drop over him and gingerly scoop him up, using your palms to lightly hold the towel and his back and your fingers to cradle him in the towel from...

Snail treatments freqently kill other fish and upset the balance of the tank. Also, the water changes required to get rid of the product end up wiping your tank clean, which means it pretty much needs to be re-cycled. In the future, you might want to consider quarantining the fish in a seperate...

A few days ago, I noticed that one of my 2 year-old neon tetras had a swollen abdomen and the rest of him looks emaciate. He was still swimming around and eating so I decided to observe him for a few days. 2 days ago he developped a dark spot on the side of his abdomen, so I figured he had some...