Mikon77

Ok, I’ll keep an eye out. So far I’ve only fed him Xtreme Krill Flakes. I also have some Hikari bloodworms and vibra bites, but he hasn’t had those yet. I’ll try those next and see.

Update: He’s all better now!!! It was definitely just intestinal blockage. I woke up this morning and noticed the lump was completely gone, and a pretty big mess was left in the tank. Thankfully it’s my water changing day!

Ok, I’ll keep an eye on him and see what happens these next few days. Other than that, he is still swimming around normally and exploring.

Yes, his other side looks perfectly normal.

Ok, thank you! I’ll hold off on feeding him then. I’m just worried it may be something very serious, especially since the lump wasn’t there yesterday.

Hello! Just yesterday I added a dwarf flame gourami to my tank. He looked healthy when I got him and seemed to adjust well when I added him to the tank. He even ate last night. However, today I noticed he has a lump on one of his sides! He still seems to be behaving pretty normally, and has no issues swimming. What could this possibly be? Any help would be greatly appreciated! My water parameters are… Ph: 7.8 Ammonia: 0 Nitrite: 0 Nitrate: 10 Gh: 11 Kh: 3 Temp: 76

That’s the main reason why I’ve been holding off on other plants. The sword in the middle was labeled a dwarf sword plant. The one in the far left corner behind the Java Fern was labeled as a true sword plant. It has yet to show any signs of growing. I’ve also added some frogbit and hornwort, and they are also growing extremely slowly, despite other people claiming they are fast growers.

I’m looking more on Aqua Huna and they definitely seem like the way to go! A group of 6 Pygmy Corys is really affordable! I’ll add some more live plants and wait a week or two before getting some pygmies! I’m just worried if they would adjust well to my water since they aren’t from local sellers.

It may not have been Dan’s, I was looking around and may have gotten them mixed up with another vendor. I’m just worried about spending that much on a fish that may not adapt well to my aquarium. While on the other hand my Petco has a 30 day policy on fish. If the fish ends up dying within 30 days, I just need to bring it and a sample of my water for either a full refund or a replacement.

I’ll definitely have to check them out! I was originally looking to get a honey gourami, but from the website I found, the shipping charge was around $60 for one fish!!! As for the plants, I’ll definitely be adding more then! I was just worried because the plants I have now aren’t really growing much. I’m worried that when they do grow, there won’t be much room left for the fish.

Awesome! I’m having to vacuum up excess food, so that shouldn’t be an issue. So do you think I should add more plants to my tank? I’m always seeing people say the more plants the better, but I’m worried about overcrowding them.

Hello! Today, I added a centerpiece fish to my very first aquarium, (a flame dwarf gourami I have named Heinrich). He is very curious and seems to be adjusting very well, and is even putting my black neon tetras in their place! I'm now looking for the final set of fish to add to my aquarium and I'm wondering if panda corys would do well in a 20 gallon high. The reason I'm looking into pandas is because my local Petco only carries pandas and emeralds. I heard pygmy corys are great, but I don't really want to order fish online and pay a massive shipping fee. Money is pretty tight. Would a group of say 4-5 panda corys be ok in a 20 gallon high tank, or is there another fish that would do just fine? Any help would be greatly appreciated! I currently have in my tank... 5 black neon tetras (I had 10 but they are very aggressive and have been killing each other.) 1 dwarf gourami 2 nerite snails

Mine have been nothing but aggressive! They will school for a little while, then go back to attacking each other. This morning I woke up to a third one killed. This one had slightly visible wounds. I’m now down to 7. I really hope it’s not because of my tank size!

I’m not sure what gender they are, my local Petco keeps them all together. They are the only fish in the tank. I’m hoping it’s not because I went with a 20 gallon high instead of a 20 gallon long. By the time I heard a 20 gallon long is better, this tank had completed its cycle. The Petco employee told me that 10 tetras would do just fine in a 20 gallon high, and no more. Here is my tank now. I’m worried now because I’d like to add some Amano shrimp and one dwarf gourami, but not if my tetras will kill them!

Hello! About a week ago I added my first fish to my aquarium (20 gallon high) after the cycle was complete. I added 6 black neon tetras. The Petco employee told me to get 4 more after a week has passed. Fast forward to yesterday and I get 4 more and introduce them into the tank. I immediately notice some bullying. There was some head-butting and ramming, followed by some of the tetras staying away from the group. However, this morning I found one dead. I took it to Petco with a sample of my water and they said my water was perfect and to keep the school at 9 instead of 10. Unfortunately, as soon as I got back from Petco I found a second one dead. It was alive when I left, and I was only gone 30 minutes. Are they killing each other or is something else wrong? There appeared to be no signs of infection on either of the dead fish and they are all eating well. My water parameters are Ph: 7.8 Ammonia: 0 Nitrite: 0 Nitrate: 10-15ish Gh: 10 Kh: 3 Temp:76.5