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It doesn't look like the typical cory egg to me. I can't rule out that those aren't cory fry though. The picture isn't super clear but they do resemble cory fry that are a couple of weeks old. If that's an egg it's not from the same batch that produced those fry.

I wouldn't be too concerned about it. If you rinsed the cap well beforehand I don't think the residue would come off in a significant amount into the solution that you added to the tank. But I would try to remove what's left with some alcohol or vinegar (and rinse and let dry) before using the...

All this info on fishkeeping decades passed is priceless 👍🏻

Well 1979 was just when I entered the world…started fish keeping a good bit later 😅

Very interesting read! I wasn’t in the picture til 1979 😊

Are you talking about his nostril? It looks like both sides are white like that

It depends on how much you value the bio filter in that tank. Say the fish do indeed have some sort of illness. You might have to treat the entire tank with a medication to rid it of the organism. Even if all the fish die the organism would likely still be present in the filter media and...

Everyone keeps saying ‘if done correctly’. It seems like it would be pretty easy for someone who is not used to bashing a fish in the head to do it wrong.

Sorry for your loss. I would totally support euthanizing a fish in that condition, though I've never been able to do it myself. If I did I'd definitely go the clove oil route.

I don't know much about salt because cories do tend to be sensitive to it so I don't use it. @Colin_T is knowledgable about the use of salt. It could be that something weakened the cory's immune system and he developed an opportunistic infection from bacteria that is present in the water all...

While 25 mg/L nitrate is a bit high for cories I wouldn’t expect it to cause the issue you’re describing. It’s possible there could be an internal infection that is causing the buoyancy problems. I’ve only encountered what you’re describing in a fry that seemed to have a genetic abnormality...

Not sure if this is a dumb suggestion or not but could it just be a gravid female and you can see the eggs? I’ve never had albino cories so I’m not sure if eggs would show like that or not.

It's a challenge here in Hawaii too to keep the tank from getting too warm in the middle of summer. It doesn't get as hot as it does in Texas but no one has central air conditioning here and the window units don't quite cut it in the middle of the summer.

I can't see the worms in the picture. Are they wiggling around? Are they on the substrate too? If so they might be detritus worms, in which case they aren't harmful to fish just unsightly. Upping your maintenance, avoiding overfeeding, and vacuuming the substrate often will help to keep their...

If you can get the old sponges to fit in the new one that would be great. If not you can run the two alongside each other but unless you want two forever at some point down the line you would have to remove the old one and at that time you might have a mini cycle to deal with. If you do have to...

If the filter in the 23L is sufficient for the fish right now then it will be sufficient if you move it and the fish to the new tank as well. (The bioload will be the same even though the volume of water is much larger). I would wait maybe a few days, monitoring ammonia and nitrite, just to let...

Well I certainly agree with you there that not having the problem in the first place is better than anything you could do to fix it after it's happened. :) I wouldn't support improper cycling by saying you can just add detoxifiers. Only for situations like this where the fishkeeper found out...

Only thing I'd add: Did you use a water conditioner that removes chlorine and choramines when you set the tank up?

I have recurring nightmares of finding tanks with fish that I forgot I had and the fish are on death's door and I'm working to try to save them because it's been so long since they've been fed or tank has been maintained

Water changes only negate them at the time they are performed and then the ammonia and nitrite will slowly build back up until the next one is performed. The fish will be exposed to the building ammonia and nitrite during this time whereas if you added the detoxifier in with the water change...

In that case the question would be which is more harmful to the fish? High nitrite levels or the chemical you’re adding in to detoxify it? Similar to giving alcohol (ethanol) for antifreeze poisoning.

I never said not to do large water changes. This would be in addition to the large water changes. I certainly can’t provide information on the chemical reaction that would be “detoxifying” the nitrite only the personal experience that fish show much less stress when it is used with readable...

Yes you do have to keep adding the detoxifier in every day or two while ammonia and nitrite remain at readable levels. It’s not an add it once and that’s it thing. Prime claims to be active for 48 hours. I add more in when there are readings showing up for ammonia and/or nitrite than I do when...

Pangea makes good powder diet mixes for fruit eating geckos. You can use it as part of the regular rotation or just keep it on hand in case your pet store runs out of feeder insects. Will also probably want to get supplies for keeping the feeders like a cricket pen, maybe cricket food/water gel...

The thinking here is probably that if you are removing the bacteria’s food (ammonia and nitrite) from the water with large daily water changes it won’t be able to establish as fast because there is not as much food there for it to do so. It can only develop to the amount that the low...

Many people seem to lack the ability to form a meaningful connection with animals other than cats and dogs (especially fish). They always assume it's the animal's "fault" but I think it's the person's. You have to allow for that connection to happen and sadly a lot of people just don't for...

well it's just that you're risking introducing any funky stuff from the fish store's tank into your own if you add the water they come in

I hate passing the betta section at pet stores 😢

I don’t risk it either, but I would definitely do a bleach dip before putting them in the tank if I did. I’ve had snail eggs and a damselfly nymph survive bleach dips before though….and some plants don’t tolerate bleach well. For those you could try a very salty dip or the peroxide that someone...

I don’t know much about worms but even I know that’s not a planarian 🤣

Hiya, he died not long after tbh.. still very sad about it tbh but tried my hardest n no more I could have done 😢 Sorry for your loss 😥 I’m sure he appreciated your efforts

Welcome back to the hobby 🙂

That keeping fish is easy and requires no work or commitment

I didn’t even know those exist. Cool.

Individually they look like bits of uneaten food that are being decomposed by fungus but since since there’s so many of them I’m guessing that’s not the case unless you’re over feeding by quite a lot

Seachem Paraguard would be a good product to try for broad spectrum coverage and I'm pretty sure it's available in the UK. It treats bacterial, fungal, parasitic, and some protozoan infections so long as it hasn't moved into the bloodstream yet. You don't have to worry about it messing up your...

Did you add any new fish or live plants recently that could have introduced a pathogen? Could anything toxic have gotten in the water (from paint fumes or other chemicals)? Is your test kit for ammonia and nitrite still good (not expired or anything and giving false reading)?

I can’t say for sure what it is but one of the following: 1. A benign (harmless) tumor 2. A cancerous tumor 3. A viral infection 4. A parasitic infection If it’s the first one no treatment is needed. If it’s either of the middle two there’s not really any treatments available. If it were me...

Yep just scoop out the gravel and add in the sand (rinsed very well beforehand like Sgooosh said). It'll still be cloudy for a little while but will settle eventually. Not a big deal since no fish in there yet. Much better to figure out you'd like to change it out before the fish are in there 👍

Just want to add that you would need to have been adding the fish food (ammonia source) regularly for your tank to be cycled. If you added it initially but didn't keep adding it the good bacteria would have died back again (even if your tank is reading 0 ammonia and nitrite) and need to be...