mystery deaths

Every day for the past three days I have been losing a mystery snail. My nitrates were very high (40 ppm) so I've been doing water changes every day to get them down. Now it's at 5ppm and still losing snails. The only symptom they have before dying is that they turn greyish. Still active, still...

Hello All, I’m new to the fish keeping hobby. I’ve had my fist 10 gallon tank since April. I tried to do as much research as possible on stocking and supplies as I could. The tank has a heater (for 20 gallon), 1 sponge filter with an air stone (for 20 gallon), 1 hang on the back filter (Tidal...

Hi everyone. I’m absolutely baffled as to what is going on with my fish. I have two tanks, one for guppies and one for guppy fry. I bought two new filters to put in my tanks yesterday, so I kept the original filters in the tanks, and just added the new filters as well. Anyway, I noticed a few...

Hello, sorry my first post is so desperate but I REALLY NEED HELP. My new Harlies are dropping like flies and I have no idea why! Tank size: 20 gal pH: 7.5 tank temp: 75ºF Fish Symptoms: Three fish have died within the two days since I bought them. The first two were found dead on the bottom...

Background - I was given a Juwel Trigon 190 corner tank by my friend who had it sitting in his garage for a few years. After thoroughly washing it with water and white vinegar, leaving it to sit for 3 days to test for leaks and then draining it, I brought it into my home where I started a...