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The Kubotai with a damaged fin was looking better initially but over the last couple days it has gotten worse and seems to have spread to a few of the other fish in quarantine. Thinking this is now finrot? First fish is the original one from the photos above...the second two are other fish that were acquired at the same time and had no fin issues previously. Behavior is still relatively normal (schools and eats) but he is still pretty skinny. These guys are still in a quarantine tank. While water conditions were fine for the first week (small filter using cycled media), about 8 days ago we tested 0.25ppm ammonia and then a couple days later 0.25ppm nitrite. Probably didn't have enough bacteria for the load of fish. Since the first 0.25ppm ammonia result we've been doing daily 25% water changes and today (admittedly the first day we may have a handle on the water issue) both are testing zero. Neither metric ever went above 0.25 (daily testing). I did let the salt I added previously dilute down with the water changes which maybe was another mistake. Other parameters are: pH 6.8, Nitrate 5, KH 4-5, GH 17. Temp is 75. Any thoughts on treatment? I have kanaplex and kosher salt on hand as well as Ich-X and paracleanse. Thanks again!

Got it, thanks Colu. I don't have any Indian almond leaves on hand but will source some this weekend. In the meantime, I added a low dosage of salt (1 tbsp / 4 gallons). Will hold off on any meds and continue to monitor the water parameters.

Thanks. Its been super fun and we've both learned a ton (particularly about patience). Appreciate it. We did a 6-week dry start, misting daily with something called Wabi-Kusa spray. Fertilizes while keeping mold away (and smells great to boot). The monte carlo we planted spread out nicely but the dwarf hair grass didn't (and still isn't doing much).

Hi all! In June, I started a planted tank with my 10-year old. I had several tanks in high school and kept a small community tank in college (miss that one it was a retro chrome-rimmed tank I found at yard sale). More recently I kept a planted tank over a decade ago with my now 16-year old. We were perhaps a bit ambitious with that build (high-tech planted, wierd nano tank with restricted access, high-grade crystal reds and zebra otos). Eventually burned out fighting algae...and then pee wee soccer, little league and eventually 2 other kiddos happened. Roll forward to today. My youngest is 10 and I'm getting back into fishkeeping with her help (or as she'd say, I'm helping her). Aquarium is a 14 gallon all-in-one peninsula design. Planted low-tech. We did a dry start and flooded the tank in mid-July. Starting to stock the tank and today it holds a mystery snail, japanese trapdoor, 2 nerites, 2 amanos and a bluegrass guppy (his love interest unfortunately jumped to her death). Plants are monte carlo, anubias pinto, ludwigia and some floaters to keep nutrients in check while the tank matures. Have learned alot from amazing sites like this one and look forward to being part of the community. FTS about a week ago: My kids' old school journal (cool stickers courtesy of the Co-op): (for those following along, Almond the snail was fine but Taylor the guppy was not 😞)

Picked up six Kubotai rasboras last week from my LFS. Drip acclimated them before adding them to a 5.5 gallon quarantine tank, treating them with ParaCleanse as a precautionary measure. I also have ich-X and an antibacterial but decided to treat just for internal parasites initially and observe. About a week into quarantine, seeing one of the Kubotai has a damaged anal fin. Not sure if this is from nipping or finrot but thinking back, my daughter had noticed a white stripe on one fish's anal fin when we got them home, just couldn't discern any damage until now.,,the translucent fins are so tiny. We have kanaplex on hand. Should I first try a salt treatment as a gentler approach or go strait to the antibacterial? His fins aren't clamped and he is swimming around with the rest of his school. But his belly does seem to be less full than the others. If I do use kanaplex, would best practice be in the QT tank with the others or in a separate isolation tank? Seems like it would be additionally stressful to net / move him to a new container...OTOH want to minimize any risk of infecting the others and maybe they should be treated preventatively anyway. QT tank was not an established tank has cycled filter media from the main tank and is reading zero ammonia and nitrite. Nitrate is ~5ppm. Just did a 25% water change after the ParaCleanse treatment. Thanks in advance!