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500 gallon MASSIVE cichlids tank. I'm talking jaguars, oscars, severums, keyhole, ALL OF THEM.

Wow formalin, that's intense lol

Hi! Before we can give you stocking advise we need to know your waters general hardness or GH. Do you know how to find it? You can only get one acara in a 29. If you get an acara also don't add any other bottom dwellers. Same goes with the ram, but you can keep corydoras with them. Otos are very...

That's my best guess!

So all the freshwater ones pertain to Hydrozoa and it is definitely either Hydra or Cordylophora, probably Cordylophora. I just have no idea how one would treat it.

Yea that's correct, emphasis on mostly. There are a few freshwater variants. Edited for clarity.

Ok, I did some reading on copper. What you are doing is poisoning the parasites, and the fish, but since the fish are in most cases more resilient the parasite dies first. It is super hard to use for treatment, and I have my doubts as to if that weak fish could outlast such a large organism...

@kwi , @itiwhetu , ideas?

Also, it appears to be causing him some form of pain. You can see the breathing become rapid and short when it moves. I've never heard of copper treatment, so I'd get another opinion. It's most likely a parasite that it brought in from the wild. I'd get into a quarantine tank asap so that...

That's terrifying LOL. Anyways, that's really not good. I agree, it looks like you have some other form of life actually growing on the gills of the fish. It looks terrible but I have no idea what's actually happening. @Colin_T is our disease expert, I don't know what or who else to consult.

Oh I didn't see your water change schedule. Yea so it's pretty common advise for big cichlids to have over filtration. You're fine in that department but you need to keep the media clean and filters clean. You clean the media by swishing it around in a bucket of tank water. Also, weekly water...

If you do decide to do this, quarantine the tetra first. You need to be 100% they aren't sick before feeding. Not to worry! You have really good english for it being your second language! We'll get your fish sorted, he looks plenty strong and Colin's advice is really good.

It's really weird. He looks pretty healthy in the video, if not lacking a tiny bit of color. No sunken stomach or bent spine.

Huh. It's definitely weird for an aggressive cichlid like that to ignore food. Have you ever tried kind of "teasing" him? Basically showing him the food and making him follow it around. That could get him more excited about eating. Is he alone in the tank? If he isn't he could be getting bullied...

Acclimating shipped fish, and especially a fish as delicate as discus can be a real trick. That being said people have several different methods, I know someone who acclimates them to the temperature and puts them in after 30 minutes. He does this because it takes up to 2 weeks for a fish to...

Welcome! Glad to hear you aren't overstocked. What are you interested in? Live plants, schooling fish, another angel or two, etc. There's so much you can do with a new fish tank, let us know if you have questions!

They'll definitely need more space, that rot came from nipping. It's super hard to sex cichlids when they are young, so I'd put them in the main tank asap and let them color up, then re-post. Good luck!

Hi! What is your tank size, have you added anything recently and how often do you do water changes?

Yea those definitely have male coloration. Should be fine because you have dither fish, but monitor aggression cuz these guys can get nasty amongst themselves. Very nice fish btw!

2? Is it a pair?

Im bad at fish photos but that's him. The camera doesn't do justice to how pretty his fins are.

Ik, super underrated! I'll post pictures once I'm done with my world history assignment :)

So cool! He found a cave and is just looking around and swimming out every once in a while.

So long pardner, have fun doing water changes :) we will miss ya.

Hey all, I just finished off the stock in my 29 with a male bolivian ram. He's super pretty, I'll attach photos soon!

Daily 50% water changes with prime. That's what I did.

It should be one male per 2 females for apistos. In a 125 I'd only get 2 males and 4 females. @Wills probably knows more about apistos than I do.

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twas not me twas young Crisp

Looks like a parasite to me. Bent spine and sunken stomach. Do you have access to API General Cure?

and cried :-(

they danced :rock:

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