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and a better photo of my tank...    

Here's a photo of the sick little dude

Thanks Mariah! I hope so too. He seems pretty much the same today

Hmm. Well he's not dead but he's still sick, sitting at the bottom very awkwardly not moving much. I think he has clamped fins? Does that mean they are close to his body? The other Pygmy are fine and so is my betta.

Thanks noobgamers. Actually my tank looks totally different now, the pic I have there is old x)   Thanks Lille. I feed Hikari sinking wafers, they have meat in them.   He seems better today. Anyway I've attached an image of my new look tank    

My last water change was probably about 5 days ago now Charlie - I have 9 Pygmy Cory and the betta, yes. I feed the Cory sinking pellets. The betta does not get to them as I put him in a breeder box while they eat. I think there's enough agitation. I haven't changed anything. It's the...

I do use prime, hm. In the past it has looked sort of in-between 0 and .25ppm. Maybe I'm just seeing things wrong?   Thank you! It's very frustrating but lovely to have people like you to help!

pH - 7.4 Ammonia - .25ppm !! why am I suddenly getting an ammonia reading? Nitrite - 0 Nitrate - 5

what.... it's still alive. Barely. It barely moves when I touch it. More notes:   I just did a rescape a few days ago.   I also turned the temperature down from 28 to 26 celsius as I thought maybe that's why the other cory had died, that it was a bit too warm for them.

I'm so puzzled! Some of you may remember that about 4 days ago, one of my pygmy cory was showing signs of lethargy. I found it dead the next day.   I just came home from work to find ANOTHER dead cory!   I don't know what's going on! I will test my water now. Last time I checked the levels were...

Thank you both for the ideas, I'll have a look when I get off work. Charlie - I have not used it much, it's in great shape. I think $200 sounds about right. I wonder whether to do a buy it now on eBay or a bidding auction. I always think buy it now is safer myself. Kessil lights are probably...

I'm only selling the light, not the tank. I don't want to sell it as new. I'm just wondering what a fair secondhand price for it would be. $150? $200?

Please could someone tell me how to price it? It's like new, in excellent condition. Cost me $350 new. On eBay it is about $250-300 new

Okay, thank you, will do :)

My tank is too small and I am too inexperienced to handle such a strong light. I am just wondering where the best place to sell it would be? Is eBay the way to go?

okay, just found a dead pygmy in the tank

The betta is fine actually. Hm.   Yeah, that's the tank, though it looks different now. I'm going to re-scape soon and make it low-light and easier to care for.   My water test results:   ph - 7.6 Ammonia - 0 Nitrite - 0 Nitrate - 5

Hey! His gills seem pretty normal... Though it's hard to tell since he's so small. But they're definitely not red. The other 9 are fine so that's why I'm puzzled. Yeah the tank has been up for at least 6 months. I haven't had a chance to do a reading lately. I'm not home right now and I will...

Does anyone think my oxygen idea could be it?

I thought it may be because the tank had built up quite a lot of algae, and there wasn't much oxygen.   So I cleaned lots of the algae out and changed about 70% of the water.   Will see what is happening with him tomorrow. I put him back in the tank.

Hi guys, I was just looking about my tank seeing as my pygmys didn't seem to be coming out for food as much lately.   I spotted one little guy sitting there and when I put the net near, he just sat there. Usually these guys speed off, quick as a shot. But he moved a little then settled back...

Daize - thanks, I will look into that.   Kirky - The substrate I have is actually black moon sand. Thanks for the tip on the light. I think I'll end up selling it anyway and get something milder.

Thanks. I actually found one on another site. I like Dwarf Sagittaria, Hornwort, and Pellia.   Now the trouble is finding a place which sells them all :/

I don't really want to keep the light. It's very bright and has always seemed like too much for the tank.   What are some examples of good low-light plants I could use?   Where do I get macro ferts from? Do they come in liquid form?   Thanks, you've been really helpful. Hopefully this weekend I...

Daize - I can't raise it any more unfortunately. I've put a tissue on the tank lid to diffuse the light a bit.  I was considering selling it and getting a new one. It was very expensive and is a very good light.   I thought that perhaps I was getting algae because of too many ferts, but it does...

Thanks, that is reassuring :) I just don't know why the growth in my tank is so slow... Or plants like my vallis are all but dead. You can see how they thrived when I first planted them in the picture in my signature.

Oh and to add... I use a Kessil A150W 4 hours a day (it's very strong) I dose liquid co2, a few drops daily. There are 10 Pygmy cories and a betta living there. I put ferts under the substrate but that was months ago now.     Additional info: I was just away from home for 1.5 weeks and my dad...

I am having a serious lack of inspiration with my little tank. I had dreams of it becoming a beautiful aquascape like the ones I'd seen online.   However for a long time I've been struggling with algae of various kinds.    And my plants seem to either be dying back or sort of just growing. Not...

Oh, never mind then! I just assumed they needed a heater my bad. Thanks!

Yeah I guess I'll just leave it then. It's just really hard while I'm here and they're in the lounge room so I'm always seeing them. I think I will at least buy a heater for them, it may make them a bit more comfortable.

Yeah it's such a hard decision :( I technically can afford it but I don't earn much. But those poor Goldies with their stunted spines :( I want to tell her she's better off with a betta in that tank, but I doubt she'll listen to that too. Sigh...! Then if I don't buy it for my friend the...

I tried Craigslist but couldn't find anything. But I found a 150L tall tank for $85. That is cheap even though it's a lot of money for me. Do you guys think I should do it? My boyfriend thinks I'm a bit crazy. The thing is my friend has not much idea about fish keeping and cleans the current...

Thank you :) Yeah used is what I'm trying to find. Tanks are still in the region of >$100 which is a lot for me. I'll just keep looking. Whatever they are in now, 120L will be so much better for them.

I'm sorry if this is in the wrong section. I'm about to house sit for a friend of mine. She has 2 fan tail goldfish in a tank that can't be bigger than 50litres. I think from what I've read these guys will need about 120L? I'm just wondering if anyone is getting rid of old tanks and are...