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Well, he ended up dying over the weekend. His fin seemed to get better, but he still wasn't eating. The female in there seems to be okay though. BTW, he expired after my 5th dose of Melafix.

I checked the chemistry last night. pH = 7.0 Ammonia = 0 Nitrite = 0 Being swordtails, I've been (unsuccessfully) trying to get the pH to 7.5, so I added some pH UP along with the Melafix. I also added an air stone to help out as well. His fin is getting worse. It's climbing further to...

It's an established tank (4 months or so), but small (5 gallons). I've been watching the ammonium/nitrite/pH levels and they all are normal. I do have a plant (you can see a little bit of it in the pic) that started dying in the past few weeks. I don't know if that has anything to do with it...

I'm kind of a beginner, so some of your terms aren't familiar. "lfs"? I don't know what you mean by "completely cycled" either. Sorry.

Does this look like fin rot to anyone else? If not, what could be wrong with him? I read that I should put an antibiotic in his water if it's fin rot. Any suggestions, or just grab what I can find at the store? Thanks.

So I tested the water in both tanks. The main tank came out to be the following: pH = 7.0 Ammonia = 0.5 PPM Nitrite = 5.0 PPM GH = 10 Looking in the book that came with the tests, pH is a little low, and GH is right. The other two are high(!). Am I right?

Well, bad news. She didn't make it last night. She wasn't eating and was just sitting at the bottom. This morning she wasn't moving in a corner. :rip: Okay. So here's what's going on. In both tanks, I put the following (all of them the fizzing tabs): Jungle Labs Water Safe Jungle Labs...

I put her in the tank overnight. She seems to be doing okay, but not any better. I've attached a new image of her. The area is redder than it was before, but it was that color last night when I moved her. :dunno: Should I add the salt? How much for a 1-gallon tank? I also got a book on...

I got a 1-gallon tank to put her in. I got the stuff that Sasha suggested, but I think I forgot the fungus clear. I got one of those pH strip to test the water in the main tank and it was way in the acidic side. I put in their pH balancer stuff, so hopefully that will help a little. On a...

She was eating flake before, but I haven't seen her eat in awhile. I don't know what the chemistry is, or how to check it. I'm a bit new at this.

A normal pea? A canned one (with the peel removed?), or a raw one (peeled?)? How much salt? Swordtails aren't saltwater fish, so I wouldn't want to put too much.

My poor fish hasn't been doing well lately. She's been swimming at a 45-degree angle rather than horizontal. A previous fish did this prior to expiring. :( I noticed last night the following on her: It looks like she was hurt somehow. At the front of the wound her scales are pulled away...

I switched to another food and they're not coming back. There must be something about that food that causes. I dunno. Anyway, thanks all! I'm sure I'll have some more questions in the future. It's great to know that there's help when I need it. :thumbs:

Is this a better food?

I removed it last night. There's a little more this morning, but not nearly as much. If it is food, then I should start feeding them less, right? After reading about them, I'm thinking of switching to freeze-dried brine shrimp instead of the Marineland Bio-Blend Tropical that I'm currently...

Aye, the voice is there and nagging, but there's another voice saying "Rent comes first." :P The second voice wins easily. Besides, I'm still doing my learning, so I'd rather not have something too big. This is a good size for what I need to learn before getting a big tank. Some day, I'd...

I'll get it out tonight. I can't return the male because I bought them months ago and I doubt they'd be willing to trade. Maybe remove a male into another bowl/tank and get another female?

So maybe get 2 or 3 more females? Here's the questions on that: 1. Will that overdo the tank (5 gal)? 2. I tried to get all females originally from Petco. I guess they were too young to have their tails, so we couldn't tell the difference. Is there a way to definitely get all females? How...

What would have caused this?

I got a set of three Marigold Wag Swordtails about 4 months ago. I've since moved them into a larger tank with live plants. For awhile, there have been some objects in the filter and water that I can only describe as "fuzzy". I'm not sure where they're coming from, so any help is appreciated...