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Ah, thank you. I'm skeptical of this being columnaris only because it hasn't spread to other fish and hasn't seemed to harm my Serpaes. It seems a salt bath couldn't do any harm, if I perform it right. Should I start doing bigger/more often water changes as well? I don't want to resort to...

It doesn't look grainy, but it also doesn't protrude like cotton would. I would say it looks more like cotton even though it doesn't particularly look like cotton.    If it is cottonmouth, would I be best off quarantining all of my Serpaes or just treating the whole tank because my other fish...

I was definitely planning on upping the numbers of the cories. I haven't seen these guys nip in a while and was only planning on 4. If it is that dire then I'll make plans to get 8+ of them. Could the mouth area problem be due to nipping as well? Thanks a bunch! :)

My Serpae (or red minor tetras) seem to have white spots on them but each only seems to have one on their mouth or near there. Could someone identify if it is a disease or if it needs to be treated at all?  Tank size: 55 gallons pH: 7.0 ammonia: 0 nitrite: 0 nitrate: 0 tank temp: 74 Degrees...

Does fertilizer hurt your fish? I have some aquatic plants that I have never fertilized but I'm thinking it's about time to give them a boost. Would it hurt my tetras, cories, and pleco? Thanks.

He's gone...

One of my neon tetras has bulgy eyes, a bulgy body, and is swimming with his head down. His gills are also red and open. His tail is a little torn up but that is from other neons nipping him. What kind of treatment should I give him? How should I give it to him? I have live plants in with my...

Well, he's ok now, but a weird thing i noticed is that before he was on his side he was really dark, it didnt even look like a peppered cory, but now he isnt going on his side and he is look like my other peppered cory, like a regular one.

No, we did not put the old media in. It is just a fine filter to get rid of algae bloom. Our ammonia is under .25 ppm.

I don't think it is an ick problem.

Ok, that sounds good, except I know salt is not good for cories, but I'll wait to do anything until an expert responds.

So I don't have any of these fish. I was just hoping to gain some knowledge. Can you keep Female Bettas and Livebearers like guppies, platies, swordtails, etc together? Thanks

I came to my tank today and saw my little cory on his side. I was thinking about taking him out but came back later to see he had moved. My tank had an algae bloom problem and we put a new filter in to fix that problem. I did a 1 or 2 water changes during yesterday and today. Has he eaten too...

We added some fish a little under a week ago so I was expecting the ammonia to be a little higher than usual. I didn't use salt. I was just wondering because I have read in some places that it was bad. The tap water conditioner we sometimes use also is supposed to reduce stress. Would that be...

There are 6 of my serpae tetras. I suppose this post shouldn't be in corys lol. General Hardness: 40 ppm Carbonate Hardness: 40 ppm Ph: 6.8 Nitrite: 0 Nitrate: about 5 ppm Ammonia: about .25 ppm

I heard that the aquarium stress relieving salt is bad for corys. Is this true? If not is it bad for plecos? What is the reason for the aquarium salt being bad for corys? Thanks, my tetras are being nippy.

' What is a venturi?

And I also have quite a long air rock in there. Would that neutralize the need for a powerhead?

I have the tetras and cories too, will they be ok with the powerhead? How should I dry the egg? Just leave it at a windowsill for a few hours?

Should I get a small rock from the store? Or just find one outside and wash it off? My filter is a 250 gallon per hour. I have a 50 gallon tank. Should I buy a small rock from the pet store? My fish tank is 50 gallons and my filter is 250 gallons per hour.

Could I do this, but not use a quarantine tank? Because I don't really have a quarantine tank or have room for one.

I think he is stripes. But he might not be old enough to actually see what they are.

And again, what and how should I feed the little guy? I try giving him algae wafers but the corys come and eat it. He also will just suck on the glass which really doesn't have much algae on it. He'll also suck on a rock or some wood I have in there. They have a little algae on it. Should I buy...

This one might be a little better quality.

Here it is! It might be a little too small. :/

Well I just went by the tank and saw him again. I took some pics but it said that they are too big to upload...

Ok, I'll try the website you mentioned if I ever get another catfish I'm not sure about. Well, Petsmart said it was a Rubber Lip/ Bulldog pleco. I can't find him right now, he was out earlier sucking on one of my rocks, I'll try to get a picture when the lights go out at 8:30 pm.

Well, I raised it because I saw a bunch of websites that claim it is a higher temperature. http://www.aquaticcommunity.com/pleco/rubberlipped.php http://www.petsmart.com/product/index.jsp?productId=3954162 http://www.petfish.net/kb/entry/227/

I just set it up to 75 degrees Fahrenheit.

My tank is set at 72 degrees farenheit, I realize thats probably to low for the fish in my aquarium, should I slowly adjust the temperature like 1 add 1 degrees, wait an hour and so on?

So, I bought a rubber lip pleco from pet smart this afternoon and I've been researching how to feed them, and such. I've read they can be bullies. I've read that they are hard to feed. I would like some info on how to feed them, when to feed them, if they are compatible with serpae tetras, neon...