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Shrimps keep their eggs under their belly’s and fan them constantly with their rear legs, they may be betta eggs but it looks to be a male betta. Do you have any snails?

Hi, in my experience with Gouramis they can be a bit tricky as they often have parasites / diseases and genetic flaws which can make them more susceptible to illnesses and problems. This is something to think about for a couple reasons 1, over feeding them can cause bloat which Gouramis often...

Lol I thought that too!!!! I can’t say anything tho I have worse in my office 😂 looks so great though howd you get the moss to stay on the log like that?!!

my baby peacock gudgeon is my fav he makes the neon tetras and ember tetras in the tank look like monsters lol! Such a little sweetheart though he’s so cute! 🥺❤️

I’m obsessed I’ve never seen these but now I must have 10000 lol

Ya they can be tough lol! I’m not sure about honey Gouramis I haven’t heard anything about them having the same issues with their health but what works best with my dwarf Gouramis was to quarantine tank them for two to three weeks and just treat them for everything I used premafix for one week...

Yup I have some peacock gudgeons in with my two dwarf Gouramis (breeding pair) with some corys and tetras and they’re totally fine all together together no flaring at each other, chasing or nipping etc they usually leave each other alone. every once in a while I make sure I watch to see the...

What else is in the tank? Could just be another aggressive type fish got into it with him from experience three spots can be aggressive to other fish in the tank maybe he messed with the wrong fish lol!!

Looks great!!! Love the red in some of your plants really gives a good pop of colour!!!!

You want to have some nitrAtes because that means the bacteria is turning the worse chemicals into not so bad ones! :)

Yes while ammonia and nitrite are very harmful nitrates when in lower concentrations are relatively harmless, but if they get too much in the tank all your fish will die all at once :(

You should try and keep ammonia levels at 0 Nitrite levels at 0 Nitrate between 0-20ppm (parts per million) To get your nitrates to go down you should do a larger water change with dechlorinated water, taking some of the old tank water out and replacing it with fresh water will not only get...

Okay, usually that is not the case since a cycle is referring to the nitrogen cycle. Yes the beneficial bacteria in that ampoule start the cycle by adding the first bit of bacteria you should usually wait for a period of time testing the water to make sure the bacteria is turning the harmful...

Yes looks like regular old algae shouldn’t be an issue. If you want to get rid of it try lowering the amount of time you hav the light on to like 6hrs of the day :)

I would say try and identify what type of algae it is? If it’s just green on the glass I would leave it! That would be good snack for the shrimp and it means your tank is balancing itself out

Ro stands for Reverse Osmosis, it’s a set up people use to get purified water if their water needs to be altered. I personally live in BC Canada where we have very pure, very soft water straight from the tap pretty much the only thing in it is the tiny bit of added chlorine. That being said it...

Exciting they spawned!!! I’m no expert I’ve never come across this before with these guys but hopefully @Colin_T or @Byron can help you!

Hope he’s ok!! Can we get more details? what at the levels of ammonia? Nitrite? Nitrate? what tank mates does he have on his side and the other? Have you added any new fish to either side? Is it shared water with both sides? Has anything else changed including new tank placement, new heater...

Okay sounds to me like maybe your not sure what combos will work on your tank! I don’t think you are iver stocked but maybe the fish are a bit incomparable... I get it we’ve all been there! You get a tank and you get super excited about all the possibilities and the store employees don’t...

More updates!!!! Must know! Lol!!!

What else is in this little tank? I’d say shrimp aren’t really a huge impact on what you can stock tbh... they’re so small and help to breakdown fish and plant waste if anything they’re a bonus to any tank in my opinion!!! Lol

Yay glad to hear!

Oh no I’m sorry for your loss!!!! It’s always terrible when you lose a bunch at a time especially when your unsure of what could have gone wrong... 😔 It looks like their protective coating is peeling off possibly? To my knowledge if you accidentally added the water too warm this can cause this...

Yes mine is a 15gal that runs permanently with some plants but my floating plants melted away since there was too much flow when I had my neons in there compared to my gourami. They seemed fine and I was excited to put them in to the main display and only waited 2 1/2 weeks

They’re pretty readily available up north here! My Petsmart and Mr. pets have them all the time and they’re about 5-10$ each depending on what species of shrimp. RCS are usually on the lower end. Here in BC we had a hold on all crustaceans and molluscs sales as there was a contamination from a...

Yes I raised the temp to help with treatment and have been slowly lowering it a few degrees a day. They usually didn’t breach often throughout the day like you said early in the morning a bit and maybe the odd evening after I feed but I would see one breaching every 10-15 mins (their tank is in...

Thanks, they’re all actually fully recovered now! I just raised the temp up to 82° slowly and they started to be able to fix the issue by gulping air from the surface. I didn’t grab any photos but they were otherwise in perfect health and are doing great now!

Sorry for the late reply I was on vacation!!!! Lol! Anyways yes it is a 15 Gal. The substrate is mostly that fluval stratum plant substrate its super soft and light pressed soil pebbles so they can still dig around in there and they seem to love it, I had sand before but it got sucked into my...

Sorry for your loss! :( always heartbreaking when you lose a bunch like that especially when you can’t find what you’ve been doing wrong. It may simply not be your fault at all... The red dot could a parasitic nematode common in pet stores. Did you treat or quarantine any of the fish with...

Other than that, are the fish Combinations OK? Should I add more neon tetras? They are a tiny bit aggressive. I can always move neon Tetris to the larger tank however I don’t want to overstock.What do you think?

I have an air stone in the 29 gallon but I did lower the water level just because my Corrys where exhibiting breeding behaviours and I read that lowering the water level and then having a drip into it like that simulates rain and then you drop the temperature by a degree and it supposed to help...

I’ve seen people use aqua soil etc and they work fine with them since it’s not jagged and they can still eat properly as well

I’m just speaking from my own experience... I’ve had Gourami fish for some years now when I was younger my family had them as well and in my big tank at home all living together in the 75G we’ve had them get into scraps after they introduced a new one or when they were seasoned to breed and...

It’s possible. I’ve got the temp turned up to 80°F I don’t want to crank it up too high though as they’re probably pretty drained and exhausted from constantly trying to swim downwards... it looks like it’s helps a bit but I’m not sure. Could it also be a combination of that and constipation...

What type of gourami is this? Can you tell us more about the tank? How are your parameters? Do you have a test kit? Ammonia levels? nitrite? nitrate? pH? GH? KH? Has anything or any new fish been added? Did you change your the chlorinator your filter cartridges did you stop adding beneficial...

No I’ve had them breed before in this tank and it’s not the same, they were floating up uncontrollably and had to fight to swim down. I’ve cranked the heat up to 80° over the six hours and I’ve seen an improvement but not sure they all are. My pepper corys are still not doing well had to remove...

I woke up this morning turned all my tank lights on and when I walked into my office and turned the light on in my 29 gal I noticed all my corys are having a hard time controlling their buoyancy!!!!! I have no idea what caused this it must have happened over night as they were fine yesterday...

Anyone got any suggestions?