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To determine this, we need a photo showing the stomach, which is not on the upper surface of the puffer. ;)   A decent side-on photo is needed, or you can judge this yourself without trying to get a photo. if the shape of the fish narrows in the stomach area, then it has a problem.   You started...

For a social fish, that suggests the loner is ill.

Mixing loaches, Corydoras and a plec (of which there are many types) in this tank would not be a wise choice. Many loach species will outcompete Corydoras for food and plecs can be both "messy" high bioload fish and territorially aggressive on the tank floor.   Laetacara dorsigera are lovely...

They are lovely little catfish and do well in groups, but S. lucipinnis stay far too small to be safely kept with an Oscar for life.   I could see Synodontis notata or budgetti working with an Oscar, however, like the Oscar they need a far bigger tank for life (my specimen of each catfish lives...

A true gH reading of 17 is rather hard already, even the African rift valley lakes do not have a gH of 50... Do you mean mg/l?

Why is this tank still without a filter (and some mature media)? 50% water changes every other day is not going to keep these fish alive in healthy water, especially when there are ~20 in something like a 5g! 

Would I be right in thinking your 125l is one of those commercial ~80cm long tanks?   If so, this is a problem for more than a singleton Ctenopoma acutirostre. I kept my four in another of my tanks, a 120x30x30cm for the best part of 12 months until January 2013, it was just about ok due to very...

Every tank has its responsible stocking limits, even large ones. For example, if you try stocking your 210 with two breeding pairs of Oscars in a bare tank there will be trouble ahead! ;)   All a typical sump is going to do is increase the volume of water that the resultant nitrates from feeding...

I got very lucky, one seller dropped the tank to my for free (he already had it covered on a trailer before the auction) and the other delivered for me in a van for £20 petrol money. :D

If you have a 4-foot tank, ideally a larger volume of 200l plus, four could definitely live in there for life.   I started with 5 youngsters of ~50p size in 2010, one simply vanished without a trace within a month and another died ~5 months later in my old garage 5x2x2. In winter 2011, I added a...

Ebay is your friend, my two biggest tanks (Rio400 and a 6x1.3x1.5) were won for <£70, Gumtree and worth a look too.

Keeping Mollies in an 80cm long tank for life is a bad idea, they are far too active and like many livebearers they are quite fiesty (which tends to get exagerated in smaller tanks in my experience), just like my Ilyodon xantusi. Although it sounds like these three are currently being kept in...

Your local store may have ran out of stock of Amazon Puffers, but there are other shops that will have them, for instance online stores that offer a courier service like Kesgrave Tropicals...

I admire your compassion, but how many fish are in this temporary 5g and how did you cycle it to cope with this mass of new arrivals?

A group of 6 or so Synodontis flavitaeniata (Pyjama synos)?

That looks like a Ctenopoma acutirostre, they are slowish growers, mine have grown from 2cm to 12cm in almost four years... But they have been capable of eating anything danio sized for at least two years, when they were ~8/9cm. There are plenty of horrid youtube clips out there of bushfish...

There are a few issues I see with this idea... A typical 75 US gallon tank will not house a Frontosa for life, they are big cichlids as adults (~30cm SL), a 5x2x2 is the smallest tank a small group of 4/5 would need for life Frontosa are opportunist predators that would not appreciate strong...

Some of these can be had over in the UK, for instance Wildwoods http://www.tropicalfishfinder.co.uk/stores_products.asp?page=1&store=54&cat=212&type=Fish&fish=

None, 5 US gallons (~19l) is only suitable for small critters like Cherry Shrimps.

You personally with an algae scraper. ;)

What are the tank dimensions? Amazon Puffers are active fish that love a good current to swim against along at least one long side of the tank, so a 120x30x30cm is desirable, with areas of open water and other other areas very densely furnished right upto the water surface (bored puffers will...

What species are the Ctenopoma? It is no good us suggesting streamlined fish if these are C. acutirostre, my trio of ~12cm would try anything as "live lunch" that has a body depth <2cm eg. those Pearl Danios (that have barbels outside old age )!   And two Ctenopoma is a bad idea, one is very...

If C   If Clown Loaches are Panaqolus maccus, I dare not assume what Branded Barbs are. ;)   Having a sig that implies what fish you have already needs to be kept up to date, otherwise it will make forum users jump to conclusions, especially when your opening post states... "As the topic says...

Sorry, no idea, none of my seven tanks are corner-style.

The Trigon has a longer side (~98cm across the front) than the Lido (~70cm), so I would choose the Trigon for a wider choice of responsible stocking.

If you breed the Clown Loaches, why have you only got four youngsters, when it is common knowledge that they are very hierarchal and do far better in 10+ groups?

You have stocking issues that need looking at, as much as all appears well in that video...   Having 2 Ctenopoma is a very bad number, one will bully the other as they get older, quite possibly to the point of death. Far safer to have a singleton or 4+, I'm a little concerned as I lost one of my...

Making money in real terms from fish breeding is pretty optimistic, when you break down all the costs to get fry to a sell-able size, including... Equipment (tank {grow on tanks will be needed}, filters, heaters) Electricity (lights, heater, filters, powerheads) Food Water Medication   ...

Almost certainly Synodontis hybrids that should reach ~15-30cm SL depending upon the parentage. http://www.planetcatfish.com/common/species.php?species_id=602 http://www.planetcatfish.com/common/species.php?species_id=696

All your existing fish are opportunistic predators, in time some of them will be capable of eating a Kribensis adult, even as youngsters I'd expect these predators to kill every Krib youngster born in the tank.

Blind Cave Tetras are far too big (~10cm SL) and active to be a typical 70l tank (~75cm long) for life, you ought to be looking at a 120x30x30cm as a minimum.   Consider them semi-boisterous, like many livebearers, so don't mix them with anything too small (read bite-size), fragile or nervous.

Dwarf Chain Loaches will nip at slow moving tankmates, especially if they are kept in numbers <10 of their own kind. In a suitably sized social group, they are pretty well behaved and great characters.

Are the fish gasping at the water surface? What are the water stats, especially nitrite, with a liquid test kit? What size tank were the fish in before the move? What fish (types and numbers of each) are in the new 40l tank?   Nitrite messes with fishes' ability to get oxygen to their body, I...

Even 8 young Congo Tetra in a 55l is awfully cramped, this will bring on aggression and stunt their growth, forget waiting 2-3 months for a 120cm long tank... Get on the case now with a second-hand bargain or rehome them to someone with such a tank.

Looks a lot better in the photo update, a happy ending by staying with you as well. :)

At least four strong people with no history of back backs, ask to see the tank full of water before agreeing to take away.

Your gH is probably a bit hgher than I have in Southampton (~13/14), Portsmouth is more like 17ish off the top of my head.   Such hard water is not going to be appreciably softened or lowered in pH by adding peat, lots of bogwood etc. Yes you could mix your tap water with RO, but then the RO...

Microglanis iheringi is a commonly labelled as Bumblebee Catfish, but as much as these are good community fish, tiny fry will be readily eaten. Given you spotted 3 earlier, you might might well originally had many more.   If you have a hang on breeding net, I would definitely use it, like I'm...

If you are happy the ammonia reading has not got worse, I don't think you need to do a massive (75-95%) water change.   You might want to change ~10-25% on a daily basis with these sorts of readings, if you start seeing nitrite readings (even 0.25mg/l), then you would need to increase the water...

You weren't rehoming  these in the Townhill region of Southampton were you, by any chance? Panda Barbs free to a good home were advertised very local to me on Gumtree yesterday, I so very nearly got in touch (but I'm recovering from a pre-Xmas accident and my better half is having to refill my 6...