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Thanks for your reply.  The temperature was around 80, I have since raised it to 82 having read that higher temperature can help with shimmies.  I also added some salt last night to increase the hardness of the water as low hardness was also cited as a cause for shimmies.  There are no other...

Hello everyone,     10 days ago I added 4 (all males) guppies to my 10 gallon tank (actual water volume about 7 gallons) after I had it fishlessly cycled.  All of the fish seemed to be doing well until yesterday when one of them (which happens to be the smallest in size) began swimming in the...

Thanks for your reply.  No my tank is not cycled yet.  It's 10 gallons.  I did two small (10%) water changes, the last being two days ago.  When I do the water change, I use tap water, add water conditioner, API stress coat, and API quick start in the appropriate proportions and then I let the...

Hello all,   My aquarium is about 11 days old.  I started with 6 fish: 2 male guppies; 2 female sunset platties; and 2 panda platties (one male and one female). Within the first two days, first the female panda platty and then one of the sunset platties died.  But since then all of the remaining...

Thank you.  I will continue to monitor the other tiger barb and if he/she exhibits aggressive behavior towards the others, then I will remove him/her too.  

Hello,   I appreciate some guidance regarding this situation.  I am a beginner and I bought 2 tiger barbs, 2 sunshine platy, and 2 panda platy.  Upon introducing all 6 fish into the tank,one of the tiger barbs will not stop chasing the other barb (not the other fish though). To stop this...