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  Which particular fin do you think has the fin rot?   The signs of fin rot are redness on the outer edges of the fin; the fin progressively erodes and so the redness appears to move in the direction of the erosion.   A fish will usually go off food immediately in cases of bacterial/fungal...

It sounds like you are describing an algae bloom. Cloudy water is often a precursor to green water algae. If you found that your fish died during lights out, I would speculate that an algae bloom consumed the remaining oxygen in your water to propagate itself. Algae is only useful during periods...

  I would personally try to segregate it, either in the same tank, or by putting it into another tank if there are other fish in his/her tank. Then before treating, or continuing with a treatment, I'd test the water parameters to ensure the ammonia, nitrite, PH, GH and KH levels are within...

I've only had a koi recover from buoyancy problems that were caused by sleeping sickness. I resolved this by upping the temperature by several degrees per hour (as they can die if left in the conditions that caused it; low temperature).   A part from the above, I've not experienced buoyancy...

My Cory's had ich/whitespot and I was able to get rid of it within 3 weeks by using 4 courses of Waterlife Protozin and upping the temperature to 28 degrees C.   I would not use salt as parasites can become quite immune to certain salt concentrations. Also, you have to add the salt gradually so...

Well I thought I'd provide an update.   I've tried giving the Ram 3 different kinds of algae wafer as well as Tabimins, bloodworm, flake and pellet and it won't even acknowledge the food.   It swims around doing a spitting action with it's mouth as though it doesn't want to swallow anything.  ...

I introduced 1 bolivian ram to my aquarium last Sunday and have tried feeding it a range of different foods which all the other fish that I have go crazy for. Such foods include Nutrafin pellets/flakes, Tetra tabimin sinking pellets and algae wafers. This bolivian ram will approach these foods...

I've now tried algae wafers, Tetra tabimin, flake food and small Nutrafin pellets and have noticed that the Bolivian Ram is just spitting the food out. I've even soaked some of these foods in a Seachem Garlic Guard solution and it's still spitting the food out. The pelvic fins of the Bolivian...

  Thank you for the recommendations. I'll see if I can get it to eat algae wafers; mine are manufactured by Tetra, so again, no vitamin C :/

Last sunday I visited a LFS and picked up one Bolivian Ram and the advice given their was to provide it with sinking pellets. After acclimatising it to the tank it seemed to take an interest in Tetra Tabimin pellets that the Cory's like.    Is this the best food that a Bolivian will eat? I know...

  I did say the pH difference would be a probability. I did not say that it was; I wouldn't know anything about Mexican tap water.   I am giving practical tips that are geared towards avoiding fish fatalities. If the OP and his parents cannot access replacement water it does beg the question why...

  Do you have any close ups of the eye? If it has a white spot the size of it's pupil situated on the centre of it's head (between the eyes) the fish could have hole-in-the-head disease.   I would need close-ups of the fish to make any sensible conclusions.

  OP hasn't said what his/her pH is and the pH of the replacement water will probably be on the other end of the scale so making a judgement over how much water needs to be removed based on the tank water pH will be a waste of time as you'd need to measure the pH of the tap water and the tank...

  I wouldn't be able to tell you what the gloop is from knowledge, but having looked at these Panda Cory's on Google, they do appear to have a orange tinge to their body which may mean that their eggs resemble a orange gloop.   I think you would intuitively know if you had eggs unlike stupid...

  I've kept many GBR's over the past 4 years and with experience can say that GBR's succumb to disease where other fish do not during transition periods (i.e. when transferring the fish from one place to another) and when any sort of stressor is present.   Taking into account everything in your...

  Sounds like a fungal infection. Is there a tint of grey to the cotton wool and is it growing quickly? Fungal problems usually have these qualities.   If it is indeed a fungal infection the best product for treating this is Waterlife Protozin.

  What colour is it while it's gills are moving quickly? If it is a pale colour with a black horizontal tar mark, something is definitely stressing it out. Stressors include other fish nipping at it's fins or chasing it, sudden changes in water temperature or quality, parasitic infestation.  ...

  I've only ever known a temperature of 28 degrees C or above make Corydoras act more fatigued. It hasn't put them off their food and it's certainly never killed them.   If, however, you reached a water temperature of 28 degrees C with little to no water surface movement, low oxygen levels could...

If you can see salt-sized white spots on any of your fish you need to treat the whole aquarium even if some of the fish do not have such symptoms as whitespot has a visible and non-visible life-cycle.    My bronze corydoras have suffered from whitespot before and I successfully got rid of the...

The Hikari sinking pellet might be your issue. Any hard pellet that doesn't break up easily is usually ignored by Corydoras as they rely on gulping up small and soft particles from the substrate; they can't bite into or scoop up hard pellets like you'd normally expect from dwarf cichlids, neon...

Just examined one of them under the microscope and it would appear not to be an egg.

I have 4 bronzed corydoras and of recent I have been lowering the water temperature and feeding them blood worm more frequently to try and induce spawning. Whilst cutting a few plants back in the tank today I have noticed clusters of black eggs floating on the water's surface and some are also...

I don't see any reason why touching such a fish would cause any issues so long as your hands have been cleaned with tap water (make sure creams, powders, soaps and varnishes are removed) and make sure the fish can only thrust itself towards parts of your fingers where the nail isn't protruding...

  That is quite a big aquarium so providing it has lots of segregated areas for each ram / ram pair you shouldn't run into many problems.   Do your current rams (golden ram and wild coloured ram) swim closely as though they appreciate each other's space? If so, this inter-relationship rules out...

The golden rams, german blue rams and electric blue rams are all of the species known as microgeophagus ramirezi so they would breed together.   However their mentality is such that if you had 4 Rams in a small aquarium with no hiding places or method of segregation, you'd probably experience...

  The best plants to start of with would be Java fern, Java moss, Cryptocoryne (brown/green) and/or the dwarf Anubias plants as they are relatively undemanding plants.   You would need to ensure that these plants have access to macro-nutrients (usually around 20-30 ppm of nitrate and 3-5 ppm of...

  Hi Ch4rlie,   Well the advice that I have given is derived from issues that I've come up against during water changes on my Koi pond. Many years ago I used to remove 20% of the pond water on a bi-weekly basis and then subsequently add the required amount of dechlorinator to a bucket of pond...

I currently have a heavily planted non-cycled aquarium containing 5 black neon tetras. The ammonia and nitrite levels are constantly zero and the fish are happy and shown no signs of irritation. I plan to add 2 GBR's to this tank in several months time under the following conditions: the ammonia...

  In this situation I would not advice the OP to switch to RO water as it contains no calcium carbonate which is known to be utilised by algae and plants to grow. The 2nd best solution to ammonia removal, after repeated and thorough water changes, is allowing higher plants and algae to utilise...

When you prepare for a water change are you taking the heater out of the water or are you removing the water in such a way that the heater makes contact with air soon after it is turned off?   I know that heaters can be easily damaged if they are taken out of the water while they are still hot...

  Whenever I do water changes I add the water to a 10 litre bucket by running the hot and cold taps on the bath to retrieve water that is 26 degrees C (monitored by a portable thermometer) and then I treat the water with 3x the recommended dose of Aqua Safe and ensure it mixes thoroughly.   By...

  Ok great. Tank 1 gets a 50% water change weekly.    It is stocked with hardy fish so the 50% water change doesn't bother them.     Thanks for your help.

I was simply wondering how many black neon tetras would be too much in a heavily planted 120 litre aquarium (aquarium 1)? I have stocked it with 10 alongside 4 Corydoras and they have been doing fine for the past year.   The problem is, I have a separate 120 litre aquarium (aquarium 2) with...

  Thanks; I too thought this but I'm not sure what this orange colour is about. 

  What items do you have in each segment of your pond? You need to identify these items and look to see what effect they have on the PH values of the water.   A PH value of 6.5, which you mentioned above, is on the low side for goldfish, shubunki, rudd, koi, orfe. They require a PH of between...

Over the past few days a female goldfish in my pond has been continually chased around by 2 male goldfish, a male shubunkin, a male golden rudd, and later, a 25cm long male koi started doing laps around the pond too!   For approximately 4 hours I was able to chop away large pieces of blanketweed...

I would personally take the goldfish and place them in the 10 gallon. Subsequent to this, I'd do continuous big water changes (60-80%) quite frequently to keep ammonia levels down until I could source somebody who would want to take them for free.    A local fish store may take them providing...

  No, i'm not "up" on Orfe either, hence this thread!   Thanks for your help though. I think I'll stop treating for white spot now since it turns out it isn't, in fact, white spot 

  Hey Fluttermoth,   They are indeed on the gill cover AND pectoral fins. A golden rudd also has the same symptom. All of the fish with these symptoms (2 common goldfish and 1x golden rudd) were chasing a female comet goldfish quite frantically just a few days ago. This makes sense after having...

  I think you may be misreading the symptom.  They flashed on the substrate, because it was coarse enough to "scratch the itch".  I've seen bears scratching themselves on trees, but never blamed the tree for being the reason they are scratching on it.   Putting a sensitive fish like GBRs into an...