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Hi there... sorry to hear about your problem. I had a thought about the nipping issue you have in your tank. In such a small tank, you may find certain fish becoming more aggressive especially barbs (even in shoals), staking there claim over the tank. I also have angels and was advised by my...

Can you give more details in this section???

I dunno... compared to the other one she seems a little fat. Had she just been fed? Did she over-eat? Or is that her normal size?

Keeping fingers crossed for you. x

Could there be an issue with your dechlorinator as this and the ph seem to be the only 2 influential factors? Silly question, but could it have got contaminated/ gone off etc...

Did you say a fish jumped out of the tank? This can be a sign of ph incompatibility. Also it would be helpful to know how many times you do water changes, how much water, and whether you added dechlorinator. Also, any chemicals added to the tank? Like ph upper/downer? Also did you cycle your...

But is it something that has developed since putting the fish in your tank?

That's very sad. RIP :(

The opacity of the eye could be a sign of ich or even velvet. What do the spots of the fish's body look like?

I've been having the same sort of problem with one fat danio in particular and in a slightly unrelated topic, I got a few helpful replies regarding bloating/ constipation and the effects it can have on the fish. Check out the link here. hope this helps in some way. In particular check out...

"flicking" usually refers to the fish rubbing themselves or scratching themselves against objects in the tank.

Does sound like a possiblity... I have the same problem. What do you feed them and how many times? De-shelled peas would help with the constipation.

IMHO, it's definitely 0! Well done. So thats your NitrItes. Your Ammonias are 0? Your NitrAtes are 5? I think you're fine to leave off the water change this evening. Maybe check in the morning to see if the levels have risen. If so (Above 0.25-0.5 for Ammonia and NitrItes) do a water change.

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Definitely will keep an eye on the over-feeding and will go to my lfs at the weekend and look into getting the frozen food. I was thinking about it last week, but was a little unsure of how many times in a week to feed them the frozen food. At the moment I feed the fish every 1-2 days on the...

Thanks so much for all your points above. Very very helpful. At the moment I have only fed them cucumber twice in one week, and will keep it at once a week. I will definitely give the algae wafers a go after dark. I think in the case of my "fatties" (as I like to call them) they return to...

Nope, meant my other fish. only have one plec. I have only fed the cucumber a couple of times as I wanted to introduce a new food, and we haven't had the plec long. and will definitely try to hold off on the cucumber so to not let him get too attached. What's your thoughts on the peas and my...

They are a little pudgy, i was considering doing the peas... but was worried they'd get fatter :( Sounds like a great idea. Will have a look tonight where he hangs out. The problem was our LFS told us to put it in in the morning so it will "soften"... obviously the other fish can then find it

We feed the plec cucumber also, he loves it, but funnily enough, the other fatties do too! I'm now starving them for the rest of the week bar a cucumber slice in a couple of days

So the question is in the title? The problem is the other fish (zebra danios, rummy nose tetras, guppies, angels) looooovvvveee the wafers and keep picking at it getting fatter and fatter! This is worrying because I don't want the plec to go without food Any suggestions as to how I can stop the...

Could the swelling be down to overfeeding? Could the abnormal swimming be swim bladder?

How often do you do water changes? With nitrAte readings of 80ppm+ it is definitely time for one

Definitely... good taste!

I'd check 3 times a day minimum, with a change as it needs. 1 in morn, 1 at lunch, 1 in eve. Good luck

Interesting... I'm having the same problem and reading 0 ammonia. :huh:

Very sad... but good news on the babies. Good luck with them.

If it is like an oily film, you can place kitchen towel (like Bounty or similar) on the top of the surface which soaks it up and then just take out the paper. Hope this helps. BTW, I was in the same situation as you, same tank, plants, fish. It's like looking in a mirror. I would stick with...

Does your testing kit only go to 0.1? Or does it go lower? My tetra test for nitrIte only goes to >.3, and that is the lowest value.

As you are showing 0 Ammonia, the addition of Biospira looks to have got the cycling process going. However, without the ability to check your nitrItes and nitrAtes it is going to be difficult to establish what the problem in your tank is and why the fish died. By the sounds of it, your tank is...

Cycling Ammonia and NitrIte are both toxic to fish in relatively small amounts, so this conversion is absolutely necessary. NitrAte is less toxic to the fish, but we still have to maintain the tank and not let the levels get too high. We do this through regular water changes, which essentially...

(shouting loudly out the window) "GO MUMS!!!"

Aren't mum's great! :thumbs: When i started (not long ago) I bought all these bottles, thinking they would save time and effort. But now, after doing the research on here, know that fish health doesn't come s easily and actually look forward to ding my weekly change. Sad, I know!

Most people on here wouldn't recommend relying on the "solution in a bottle" method, but rather do the hard graft and change the water. All you really need is a good dechlorinator that gets rid of chlorine, chloramine and heavy metals for trating the new tank water.

Have you cycled the "new" tank, or are you planning to?

I think they are both males.

Thanks Wilder. Excellent read! :thumbs:

Hi Guys, I've had my fish about 5 weeks now and at the moment they eat only flake food and only being fed every 1-2 days. i really want to start giving them more than just flake food, ie. incorporating live food and vegetables, but really unsure what to give them, how many times, and how I...

When we bought them, they were labelled as golden danios, so this is all I know them as. I guess they may just be a crossbreed of the zebra with another. After doing some more research on the family, I've seen that this is quite common in getting new fish types. Thanks Wolf for that bit. Very...

Thanks. Will do.

No we didn't, does it sound like it could be disease?