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If the new fish were not quarantined, its definitely possible that they've introduced some disease to the other fish. The fact that they show signs of Popeye indicates problems with the water quality, which also could have caused the other fish to die. Telling us your water parameters would be...

sometimes fry in containers with no filter/oxygen or water movement can get fungus. If you still have some left, I would try and move them to a tank, maybe where the parents are or somewhere else, at least until you can decide on where to put them or give them away.

That's so exciting! I love rescuing fish, I think it's awesome to give them another chance.

need a better pic. She could be pregnant, bloated, or have some kind of infection. Hard to tell without more information. Also, what are the water parameters? Not sure what "normal" means.

I don't know if this qualifies as an emergency, but i just received a box with a bunch of mystery snails. They seemed to be fine while acclimating, but now that they're in the tank they've stopped moving around. (they were when I first put them in. Is something wrong? Some of them are not even...

Here’s a few things I’ve done, the goldfish I just started.

does sand work okay?

That’s actually just the box, the camera reflection. He doesn’t seem to have any visible signs of disease.

Can plecos do okay in a bare bottom tank? ( rubber lipped) the tank is mostly bare bottom.

They rarely bother him, he spends most of his time hiding and blends into the gravel. They’ve been in there for around two years, I haven’t added anything else but the pleco. There are two fish, both lived in a big pond (originally they were rescued) but they never got any bigger, and since...

Ammonia 0 ppm, nitrite 0 ppm, nitrate 10 ppm.

I’ve had a rubber lipped pleco in my fantail goldfish tank for about 6 months. Just now, I found him after they had flipped him over. I scooped him into a little breeder box, but I can’t figure out what’s wrong with him. He seems to be having trouble breathing, and tends to flip over when he...

I play piano as well as clarinet, I think it would be fun to start her off with a clarinet if you think she might be interested.

wonderful, thank you for the help! Hopefully this will go well. I may have to test the tank out with some ramshorns before I put the mysteries in. :)

This says carbon will remove it. Do you think that will work once it's cleaned? Would doing the tank bare-bottom with some rocks be a bad idea then?

You can stack them, or swap them out. Try it both ways and see what works best for your specific tank.

It doesn't look particularly swollen. She seems to look healthy otherwise, no clamped fins or anything. Perhaps skip feeding a day and see if she improves. As long as she doesn't develop any problems, she should be fine.

I recently was given a tank that someone had no use for, and they told me that meds with copper had been used in the past. The tank is a 20 long, and I want to use it as a grow-out for mystery snails. Is there any way to completely eradicate the copper from it? Can copper be left in a tank...

You should find this video helpful. There’s more than one way to do it, but some work better than others.

If you just introduced him today, most likely it's just adjusting. Give it some time, and keep an eye out for any signs of it being sick.

What fish do you have? I find this happens with goldfish, for example, as they can be quite a bit messier than small tropical fish. Making sure you gravel vacuum the right way is important, so that you aren't releasing everything back into the water column. You won't be able to remove absolutely...

I had a pothos in a HOB for about a month, then put it in the tank. It’s been in there for four years now, still growing bigger.

Perhaps something like this?

Is there a certain type of glove that works best?

I recently read about Ramshorns causing disease in humans. Although it doesn’t seem to happen in the United States, I’m terrified all the same. I recently brought some snails from my pond inside. The pond has not ever had fish in in, and has been around for who knows how long. (Previous owners...

It doesn't seem like breeding tubercles, just because they're usually more of tiny spots, not raised looking areas. What are the water parameters? It could be ich (white spot disease), or some other type of infection. Definitely keep an eye on the other fish.

Thank you all for the very helpful information. And that is very true Byron- I suppose its serves no real purpose long term to use soil over other methods, especially since there are so many other good options.

What exactly do you mean by this? Will a finer lava rock work, a thin layer underneath the sand?

How much lava rock should be placed under the sand? Will it affect the plants rooting?

What about carpeting plants, or amazon swords? Can they still root in the sand well?