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I'm very pleased to report there has been no other symptoms of sickness or sudden deaths in the tank, so hopefully it was a one-off event (whatever caused it). Thank for the help everyone :)

Thanks all. On Colin's advice, I'll do a number of water changes (hopefully about 3 60%s) this week- the reason I can't really do more (this week and a higher % every week) is that we're on tank water (rather than council water) which is running a little low at the moment. Filter has been...

Well, that's certainly a possibility... Was there ever any reason that they suddenly murdered each other? And is there any way to prevent this from happening again (because I don't exactly want any more murders on my hands...)? Out of all of them, the one that died was the only one that I...

Thanks Colin. I'm not really sure how the protozoan got there (I always try and vacuum up all the mulm and gunk when cleaning the tank)- however, since you mentioned meat/frozen foods I do occasionally feed them small chunks of frozen prawn (human food grade), to vary their diet from the...

Also, really sorry, but if photos are needed, I can't take them. A, the fish is now dead and buried, and B, I don't actually have anything I can take them with.

Hi TFF, Haven't been on in a while, but I do have a minor emergency that needs addressing. DETAILS 55gal 1 Angelfish, 9 neon tetras, 4 yoyo loaches, 1 bristlenose catfish, 1 male ram cichlid, lots of plants, and up until 5 minutes ago, 5 pearl gourami's. 50% water change weekly Just added salt...

Thanks everyone, that's really helpful and makes sense :) I'll try and get the dewormer soon. Speaking of which, do I get the one for dogs and then if that doesn't work the one from Petbarn? Or just the one from petbarn? However, what if it isn't worms? What if the pygmy is just really...

Ok, sorry for not coming on sooner, I had some issues. I appreciate all your replies. The pygmy (after looking under every rock, stick and plant in the tank, I've only found one pygmy, which I assume means the other one was either eaten (I don't think that's likely due to the eater probably...

1. I had 6 peppers about a month ago (actually, had 3 from die out, went to the store and bought another three, and found 2 dead when I came back. Yay.) I started with 6 pygmies around a year and a half ago, but they have been dying out over time and I don't want to add some just for them to die...

Hi all, Recently I have lost a lot of cories, and now the ones remaining look like they are on the way out. I would love to keep these fish in the future but the rate at which they are dying is getting too much to handle. 1 pepper, 2 pygmies. Ammonia 0, Nitrate 0, Nitrite 0 (with my brand new...

Hi from somewhere near your general proximity! Great to have you here :)

I would start with increasing the cories :). They do better in large numbers.

I just had an idea- what if it was the substrate? I got it for free from a friend, who said it was cory safe... however, am now having my doubts. I can try to cap it with play sand (it's really cheap for a 20kg bag) and see if that helps, as trying to take it all out with the fish in there is a...

My bad... it seems Dragonstone is actually MADE of clay anyway. Have you had some before? Apparently it needs to be scrubbed a bunch before you start. ED- you all just posted while I was typing... 🤣

By the sound of it, you just got scammed... However, I don't know anything, so don't take any of this like fact. I would say the brown one was a real dragon stone and the pinkish was some sort of clay or mudstone, that when wet would start falling apart (hence why your hands were muddy). It may...

I quit cories. Just found another pepper dead. I'm just going to try my best, let everything in my tank that wants to die die, wait to see what lives and stock from there. I'm tired of buying fish, watching them die, buying more fish, and wasting money while trying to get a decent shoal so they...

Thanks for the replies and sorry for this late one. I'd love to fix the issue if anyone can tell me what it is. I've had issues ever since I've started- and although that made total sense in the beginning due to the amount of fish I cramped into my 10gal cube, now I've moved them to a much...

Hi all, This has been a issue (not an issue exactly, but not sure what else to call it) in my tanks for a while now, and looking for some advice. Sorry if this is a common issue. At least one of neon tetras seems to have a weird lump on their mouth at any given time. It comes and goes, it's...

Not to judge, but is there anything in there or just... snails? I'm sure some beta would ditch his cup to enjoy the freedom and bribes :fish:

Sorry again for the lack of pics, I am trying. A rubbish morning for the tank... I found a dead cory. One of the peppers was floating around, very dead, a while after I fed them. Not sure when it died, but it's eyes were filmy and body not super white, so I'd say sometime this morning or last...

Thanks for the replies. I can't do anything at the moment and it'll be several hours until I get home and do Colin_T's emergency stuff. I believe it'll be gutworm/tapeworm, as I haven't seen anything. I don't believe it's a runt as I've never seen any of them look so skinny before (I think it...

hmmm... Just going back a bit... I'm assuming you mean Vegemite? Haha- Vegemite day is already a thing (June 16th) and vegemite celebrated it's 100th anniversary last year. Before all you non-Aussies start labelling Vegemite (I'm not actually that much of a fan, but some of my friends are...

Hi all, sorry this post has to be quick. A neon tetra in my tank is now schooling with the others, however was before hanging alone in a corner. Seems to be very skinny, hence suspected worms, with a brownish patch near dorsal fin. It is not raised or fluffy (the patch) but looks to bee...

Could it be that they think you're somone else? i.e do you have any kids or anything that may scare the fish by tapping on glass etc and they skitter off when they see someone coming? And they wouldn't get spooked by maintenance because they know it's you. Or (not knowing the tank stocking, this...

Sorry to add yet another question, but do they have any symptoms of disease or stress (gasping at surface, red-ish gills, etc.) before they die? Or are they fine and in the morning they are dead? Could help us to identify what's wrong.

I was thinking the same (don't take me as anyone who knows anything though, I'm terrible at identifing plants). Could it be a lack of/dim lighting that's encouraging it to grow so high? Is there anything above it blocking the light?

IMO, my neons are pretty chunky (not massive, but a lot bigger than when I first get them from the shop). I might feed everyone more (neons will get chunkier and angel will hopefully be less hungry) to see if that helps. Counted the neons this morning and they were all still there, so that's...

And just a curiosity question, I was wondering what it would look like when it grows up. I'm assuming the species is P. Scalare. It's currently looking a bit like this (some random pic off the internet): But when it gets older will it look like this or this? Cause IMO if I can end up keeping...

Having never had them, from what I know they do reproduce insanely quickly... for me your best bet would be to either a. get a nerite nail, b. get whatever snail you please (including mystery snails) and an assassin snail or a snail eating fish, depending on the tank setup, or c. get assasin...

Hi all, I didn't put this in tropical emergencies because it probably isn't an issue in the next day, but it certainly might be later down the track. For my 55gal tank (currently containing 20 neon tetra and some corydoras) someone just bought me 3 pearl gouramis and a juvenile angelfish...

I'd say not ich, judging by the cluster on the fin. Found this on the internet: 'Ich has very well defined, very white spots only the size of a grain of salt, no larger. If the spots are not VERY well defined and VERY white, it is often another organism. Ich also occur over the entire body of...

Knowing nothing about rainbows, I can only guess. 1. Is the rainbow always that colour? 2. What's the texture? Fluffy, smooth, etc. 3. Are the fins clamped, or is that normal? Does it have any other symptoms of sickness? 4. what's the rate of growth? 4. Water parameters. Could be a tumor, or...

Thanks. For me, the most frustrating thing is, most of my fish die of things that I can't even identify or are 'rare'-ish, not ich or velvet or dropsy or something I can identify. The pepper died of suspected protozoan on the brain (funky swimming), the pygmy died of... paleness? I don't even...

Not thinking about the bioload as such, but I think both the harliquins and corys would benifit from a larger number. They are both schooling/shoaling fish and feel safer and more comfortable in large numbers. As to shrimp, I don't think the bioload would increase by much, but if you were...

Sorry, this isn't great news, but that guy probably doesn't have much hope. I've had a couple of cories that have done the same thing and were told it was incurable once they start swimming like that. Has the same symptoms- clamped fins, pale, funky swimming. I think the cause, going from the...

Well, a lot has happened since this post, so I'll just stick with short sentences. Julii cory died. A pygmy died. Saved up and bought a tank off gumtree for a great price. Tank cracked. Fixed tank. Tank cracked again. Saved up and bought a new tank. 2 peppers died (well, one died and one...