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You were right, tap water helped his gills improve, the other fish are all great but I’m going to start doing smaller more frequent water changes with tap and occasionally topping off with purified water. I was more concerned with keeping the ph stable but I think I’ll start using some crushed...

He had to poop 💀 his belly swelled up for a day and then I checked on him the next morning and the black and swelling is all but gone and he pooped. I feel so silly for over reacting, I’m still newish and afraid I’m doing things wrong but he’s ok now, I’m going to watch him for a few more days...

I appreciate everyone’s concern but this system has been working great for me for quite some time. It is a community tank with a betta, 8 harlequin rasboras, 2 khuli loaches, 3 cory cats, 5 ember tetras, 5 nerite snails, handful of amano shrimp and everyone is thriving. Betta is very active and...

I forgot to mention if anything seems off on the test strips I use API master test kit but I don’t rely on the ammonia one because it has given many false positives many times

I use multiple brands of test strips to test for as many parameters as possible short of buying a chemistry set 😅 I test every 3 days and perform water changes as needed, maybe once a month at 25%. I use purified water because I personally find it easier to start from 0 so I can control what’s...

Thank you for replying! My tank stays at 78 degrees Fahrenheit. I did do the bare minimum of the salt treatment but maybe that’s it, also he is very small compared to the others who really filled out quickly in the last month. Something is definitely wrong I just can’t for the life of me figure...

I have had my corys for a month, quarantined until 4 days ago, treated with aquarium salt. They were all looking great, eating great, so I added them to my 20 gallon community. All the fish get along great, tank is well cycled, I use purified water to top off, parameters are always 0 for...