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Very nice trick! Beautiful dog. On a sadder note. R.I.P. Robbie Coltrane, Hagrid lives on in our hearts.

Indeed, inbreeding seems like a very viable explanation. General Cure is a treatment for parasites specifically. Not too sure why they named it General Cure but whatever sells right. Probably hooks the eyes of customers far better than "Internal Parasite Treatment Packets." I decided to treat...

Really weird how so many people, including myself, have had these issues with Peppered Corydoras. Makes you wonder... Regardless, I lost 2 or 3 of my Cories to almost the same exact set of symptoms. Treated the tank with General Cure before anymore started showing sickness. Not sure if the...

Pictures really would go a very long way, as the symptoms you have described are very common throughout a plethora of issues.

Take a small amount of filter media out of the 20 gallon and put it into the filter of the new tank. This will place an established colony of beneficial bacteria into the tank. From that point monitor parameters, especially ammonia, very closely. Some daily water changes may be needed at the...

This sounds a lot like internal parasites. Some pictures are really the only way to tell, but I have lost Corydoras to internal parasites before and they demonstrated many of those same symptoms. Luckily for you, General Cure is super easy to find and should knock out any internal issues the...

Hello all! I'm getting what looks to be diatoms coating some of my plant leaves. Is there anything I can do to help get rid of it, or should I just ride out the diatoms till the plants are more established. Thank you in advance, HoldenOn

AH these fish are SO cool. Aggro little guys though, so be really careful about your male to female ratio, ESPECIALLY if you already have a pair. I've heard they've even bitten keeper's fingers 😅. With a nice long tank like yours, you should be able to get a colony going, that's when the really...

I agree, for sure hydra. Any fry in that tank? If so get them out of there before they get blown up.

Ok cool, doesn't sound too bad. Thanks Colin!

And by spawn I mean pair off, which requires me getting more rams. Not sure how to do it 100% properly, but I'll start a separate thread for that.

Hello all! Just a quick update! All the fish are doing well, no more gasping or erratic movement. The Ram is eating alot more and putting on some weight. Water parameters are all good. Gonna give the tank another few weeks and then work on restocking with more corydoras and potentially tying to...

Thank you Colin!

Great I'll give it a shot!

Oh I hope it isn't. How do you spot treat?

It is brown, I'll look into those snails.

Hello all, getting some gnarly looking algae growing on my rocks and near the substrate. Would love some help figuring out exactly what it is. Thanks in advance!

Ah, yea that's quite the roadtrip!

Forgive my ignorance, where exactly is NL located?

Gorgeous fish! I'd love to get my hands on some :wub:

Perfect thank you so much Colin! I'll update this with any developments, and if there aren't any, I'll come back in a week or two to give a check-in.

Thank you for your response Colin. I recently reinvested myself in fish keeping, my tank had major old tank syndrome and I was not maintaining it. I have done 2 waterchanges in the last 2 weeks, both around 40%. I vacuumed both times, as well as dechlorinated and added Flourish and Aquarium...

I just got home, things seem off. The ram did have intention to eat, but ate very little, I'm not sure if not enough reached him and he's lethargic from lack of food or what. I also noticed one of my female corydoras acting highly irregular. She is zig zagging and curling into a U, as well as...

I have a feeling it's due to the fish not having enough food reach it. My black widow tetras do snap up most of the flake food before it sinks, and I don't have my dad put sinking pellets in as I want to avoid over feeding. White poop can be caused by under eating right? Either way, I get home...

That's the worst feeling. You did what you could given your experience with the fish, don't give yourself a hard time. Sorry again Wills.

Thank you both! I figured it was a poop as well. I've had that male for a while, and he's always been gorgeous. I'll keep an eye on him and respond back on this thread of anything goes wrong.

Guy is right! Water changes are always good, especially for such a young tank. Your parameters seem good, but I would keep doing bi-daily water changes to make sure they stay down. The bacteria doesn't live in the water, like Guy said, rather living in the filter media and in the substrate, like...

Hello all, I am out of town for about 4 days and entrusted my tank to my father. He always does well and I never have any problems upon my return. Today he sent me a video saying he noticed something odd hanging off of my Bolivian Ram. It looks like it could be a parasite, but the only thing...

Sorry for your loss Wills.

Hey there! That kind if bloating is not usually caused by over feeding, and is instead caused by some sort of infection. From what I can gather, your nitrates are very high, and your water quality may be a little on the poor side due to the intense over stocking of your tank. This low water...

Congratulations!

Hey there! The first step to stocking a tank is figuring out your water parameters. Look up "Insert Your City Name General Hardness" and you should be directed to your cities water parameters. Find the general hardness and the pH and let us know, that way we can start to narrow down the list of...

Thank you both! After taking my own research and the help provided in this thread into account I will be focusing on growing my colony of Peppered Corys, rather than mixing and matching. I will likely shoot for 7 or 8 total.

Cheers, thanks Colin.

Hello all! I'm looking to replenish my corydoras fleet and had a couple questions. First off, will different species of corydoras school/shoal together? If so what are y'alls thoughts on the mixing of cory species? Thank you in advance!

Hello Wills! I hope you are doing well. To be honest I was looking at getting the more popular S. nigriventris, partly because that's what my pet store stocks, and also because I don't know very much about any of the other species or where to get them. They would fit nicely into my tank, which...

Hello all. It has been a while since I opened up tropical fish forum. I hope my old friends are well and still around. I, honestly, completely fell off the wagon in regards to maintaining my fish tank. With losses in my family, the end of the school year and struggling with mental health, my...

Hornwort grows like a weed and looks pretty cool, I like using it to fill out the back corners of a tank.

Foreground, midground, background. Keep those in mind when aquascaping. You never want one to obstruct another, and you want each of them to be pronounced and independent. What you have going now is looking real good. What kind of hardness do they have in Ohio?