Ericka Ketchum

I want something bigger and more outgoing.

Hello, I am looking to get my first goby(ies). I have "narrowed" it down to the list below. - sicyopterous longifilis, threadfin goby - sicyopterus lagocephalous, red tailed goby - sicyopterus macrostetholepis, yellow tail rock climbing goby - Rhinogobius rubromaculatus, red spotted goby - Rhinogobius duospilus, white cheeck goby other than the size and food differences, does anyone have any experience with these and can help me choose? Also, will the rhinos eat my snails or shrimp? I plan to put them in a 30 gallon seasoned, planted community tank that currently has gold whitecloud mountain minnows, a pearl gourami, a peacock eel, a vampire shrimp and some snails and ghost shrimp. I do have a bunch of baby corydoras, but I am growing them, to get rid of. The parents are already gone. They wouldn't stop breeding! lol Ph 7, temp 74, hard water and plenty of movement. Any first hand input would be great. Thanks in advance.

Ok, might as well try the last dose at this point. If it continues, I will look down other avenues. Thank you for the help!

No, hardness and ph have been steady from day one. Is prazipro safe for shrimp, snails and scaleless fish? If so, do you think it would be worth treating a round with that?

Even if it just started? My water has been this hard the whole time. I also have 2 other tanks and those fush arent having issues. If it was flukes, would the three treatments have gotten rid of them? Or is there a stronger med for that?

No rapid breathing or lethargy. Swimming normally, except for the flashing sometimes, (once in a great while, a fish will headshake or make a quick irratic swim burst). Then all normal. No visual issues or damage to any fish. Eating is all normal. There are two tanks, one has a betta, honey gourami, siames algae eater, hillstream loach, neon tetras, porkchop rasboras, otocinclus, amano shrimp and snails. This time around Its been mostly the SAE, but saw an oto and the hillstream loach do it yesterday. The other has congo tetras, rosy barbs, albino corydora, peacock eel, otocinclus, kuhli loaches, wood shrimp, and snails. I notice the barbs doing the most, but saw the corycat do it today. Water parameters on this tank are the same as the other. Also stable, no changes. I did cross contaminate a lot so ive been treating both tanks.

Hello, I have a heavily planted community tank. It has been established for 9 months. Water parameters are stable at: Ph 7.6- 7.8 Ammonia 0 Nitrite 0 Nitrate 30-40 Hardness hard 300+ Buffer high Temp 75 degrees I change roughly 15 to 20% water every 2- 3 weeks or so, testing water with aquarium coop multi strips and Api master test kit (for comparisons) weekly. About two months ago, I noticed a fish flashing repeatedly a few times every hour, a few days later more fish started. After researching a bit, I figured it was flukes so I treated with paracleanse. The issue went away for a couple weeks, then slowly returned. I read I may have to treat 2- 3 rounds, so I treated a second round with paracleanse. Issue resolved for a week, then some flashing started again. I waited the two week period from the last dose and treated a third time with paracleanse. Today was day 5 of the treatment, and I just did the 15% water change. A few fish were already flashing, and some were flashing throughout this last treatment. Is this not flukes? What else could it be? If it is flukes, is there a stronger treatment? There are zero visual issues or signs of disease. I also have shrimp, snails, and scaleless fish, so it needs to be safe for all. Also, not sure if it matters but, after the 2nd round of paracleanse, my betta had a tear in his fin, so I treated with maracyn. Since I had just treated with paracleanse, I'm not sure it had an effect on the flashing since it came back anyway.

I tested my tap when I started the tank, as well as every few months. The tap water has not changed. They all used to be in ph 8.0- 8.2 with no issues, when I started the tank. I rescaped my tank with fluval stratum 4 months ago, which brought the ph down. The gh, kh and ph have stayed the same (noted above) since I rescaped. Before I rescaped, the only difference was the ph was higher, but they all did well. I have a betta, honey gourami, neon tetras, porkchop rasboras, a siamese algae eater, a hillstream loach, wood shrimp and snails. The loach is the one I see it doing the least.

Hello, I have a highly planted community tank. It has been established for 9 months. Water parameters are stable at: Ph 7.6- 7.8 Ammonia 0 Nitrite 0 Nitrate 30-40 Hardness hard 300+ Buffer high Temp 75 degrees I change roughly 15 to 20% water every 2- 3 weeks or so, testing water with aquarium coop multi strips and Api master test kit (for comparisons) weekly. About two months ago, I noticed a fish flashing repeatedly a few times every hour, a few days later more fish started. After researching a bit, I figured it was flukes so I treated with paracleanse. The issue went away for a couple weeks, then slowly returned. I read I may have to treat 2- 3 rounds, so I treated a second round with paracleanse. Issue resolved for a week, then some flashing started again. I waited the two week period from the last dose and treated a third time with paracleanse. Today was day 5 of the treatment, and I just did the 15% water change. A few fish were already flashing, and some were flashing throughout this last treatment. Is this not flukes? What else could it be? If it is flukes, is there a stronger treatment? There are zero visual issues or signs of disease. I also have shrimp, snails, and scaleless fish, so it needs to be safe for all. Also, not sure if it matters but, after the 2nd round of paracleanse, my betta had a tear in his fin, so I treated with maracyn. Since I had just treated with paracleanse, I'm not sure it had an effect on the flashing since it came back anyway.

Good to know! Thank you so much for the new suggestion. I will look into it.

That was my thought too... again, they can be moved. Thanks for the input Colu, it was very helpful.

Thanks Colu! I can always move the shrimp to a different tank if needed. But you think the fish would be safe?

The ramshorns I dont care, but the shrimp get 3 to 6 inches... they will eat that big of a shrimp?

Hello, I currently have rosy barbs, congo tetras, a peacock eel, kuhli loaches, peppered corys, 3 otocinclus, a vampire shrimp, a bamboo shrimp, ramshorn snails, a nerite snail and a mystery snail with java and weeping moss, crypts, anubias and water lettuce. I will be upgrading to a 90 or 125 gallon in a few months and need to know if a flagtail will live peacefully with this group. I have been doing research on this fish, but can't seem to get a straight answer since some of these fish stay smaller. Thanks for any help.

Thank you so much for the help!!