HenryC

That's so sad. I understand that's a lot of money lost, but as a hobbyist it saddens me to see so many beautiful fish dead as well. I hope they can bounce back.

Thanks, I will set up a 10g for salt treatment!

pH - 7.6 Nitrates - 20-40 Hardness - 350ppm Nitrite - 0 Ammonia - 0 KH/Buffer - 260ppm Water Temperature - 79F Hi guys, my angelfish has developed this very nasty, painful looking open wound on its right "cheek". Does anyone ahve any idea what is this? I thought bacterial infection but doesn't look like it? It started as a white, fuzzy patch, then in 2 days has progressed into this. I've been treating with malachite green from the moment I saw it, but seems it hasn't been useful. Any suggestions are welcome. He shares the 100g tank with other 3 angelfish, a big oscar and a baby jack dempsey. I thought the jack dempsey might have attacked him or something, but seems unlikely, this tank is very very peaceful.

Thanks, I went ahead and used a dose of paraguard. Hopefully it will work, if not I will have to use the other med.

pH - 7.6 Nitrates - 30ppm Hardness - 360ppm Nitrite - 0 Ammonia - 0 KH/Buffer - 260ppm Water Temperature - 76-79F Hi guys, my community tank seems to have developed a massive fungal infection, and quite severe. I woke up today to 6 of my beloved fish dead: 2 black neon tetras, 2 boesemani rainbows, 2 serpaes and my awesome bristlenose pleco :(. I must admit I'm ashamed I didn't notice this earlier, I suspect I cross contaminated the tank a few days ago, when I was treating some of my severums in my 100g for the same-looking illness. I wish I could have a med trio right now, but it seems I have to act in this instant. What would you guys use out of these two products? - Paraguard - This bottle of medication from a well-known brand here in Mexico: The formula reads: Methylene Blue HCI 3.7mg Formaldehyde 1.8mg Malachite Green Oxalate 3/7g. Do you think this would be more effective than the paraguard? Are these concentrations strong enough? I'm assuming that 3 different active ingredients together will be extremely stressful right? But I guess it's better to just take the chance. Below are some pics of the disease as well, all of my fish are showing this, with the rainbows being the more critical ones, while the corydoras the least: It kinda looks like ICH but I'm sure this isn't the case, as these fish were fine a few days ago, and now I had 7 casualties. Ich doesn't kill this quickly right? So, paraguard or the atomic cocktail of methylene blue, malachite green and formaldehyde? What would you suggest? These are the only meds I have right now on my cabinet, but I can go and isntantly get any of these from the local fish store, if you think would be better: Potassium Permaganate Erythromicyn Chlorine Dioxide Copper Sulfate Thanks guys!

Super fatty goldfish varieties or the ones with these huge head growths (forgot the name). Orandas? To me they just seem to struggle monumentally to even swim properly. Cory's own back when he had the 800g tank goldfish were so slow and derpy, they seemed to be dying, so much that he had to constantly explain that's just how they are. I prefer the body type of comets.

I think you would have to have an extreme amount of fast-growing, stem plants. I had a 40 g tank that had choke full of ambulia and hygrophilas, and moderately sttocked. One time my canister filter failed, the tank remained without filter for a little more than a week, just heater and airstone without any problem or any losses. I'd suggest making a giant stem plant wall at the back to soak up excess nutrients if you wanna go unfiltered! All I did was squirt easy green weekly after a water change, and planted root tabs just once. That version of my 40g was the most stable one I've had over 2 years. Super low nitrates even after 2+ weeks of no water change, crystal clear water, and near zero algae. When I rescaped it and removed all the ambulia and hygrophilas, the problems started. High nitrates, and algae started to overrun everything. I learned my lesson. Now I am starting to slowly go back to a stable system with tons of vals and duckweed: So my tip would be: Plant suyper heavy with a fast growing stem plant that you like! I suggest 3 that I'v'e had extreme success with: Hygrophila Corymbosa Ambulia Elodea (brazilian waterweed)

Hi guys, which african is this one? Love the blue hue, wondering if they can go with yellow labs:

Thanks! I figured most of these could not be done, wanted to try asking anyways! I'd love discus but they're a bit out of my budget right now (grown). And I've read purchasing them young means very high amounts of daily water changes and maintenance in order to make them grow large and healthy, right? Cause they're the most delicate when young.

I got a 75g ready to be stocked, I originally wanted about 6 tapajos but after watching cory's neon tetra tank with vals, I fell in love and now want to do something similar. I'm planning about 50 neons/cardinals, whichever I have locally available, (but I prefer cardinals since they're more colorful), and a couple medium//big sized, peaceful fish,=. I know the general rule of "if it fits in the mouth, it will be dinner" but was wondering if you guys have any suggestions for bigger fish that might live in peace with the tetras and at the same time be intimidating enough to encourage schooling around the tank. I'm thinking: Electric blue acaras - Super peaceful right? Pair of Red spot severums - Also peaceful Pair of Festivum cichlid - Dunno much about this guy Single Texas cichlid - They say it can be extremely aggressive, but love the coloration A few firemouth cichlids - Maybe peaceful in a group? Pair of Keyhole Cichlids - Peaceful Pair of blood parrots - A bit feisty but mouth doesn't let them do much damage Group of silver dollars - peaceful right? A salvini - Aggressive? Any other suggestions are welcome, though I'm trying to steer clear from the classics like discus, angels and rams (if I can lol!)

Beautiful, been wanting golden marble angelfish for quite a while now!

My oscar!

I like these heaters after watching Cory's video. Currently have 3 300w ones and they work great. But they have been a pain to find, and when I do they're sold for much more. What's the deal with these, why are they so rare? I am lucky when I find one for sale by a US vendor in eBay, most of the time the vendors are from Europe. #fluvaltrippin

A glass coating that inhibits algae growth! You'd apply it when the aquarium is dry, let it cure and algae won't be able to grow on it! Also, different siphon nozzles. I would love a very wide one for cleaningg bare bottom tanks super fast with a single sweep. I guess we could do a DIY one? Like this but wider.

Update: They ate the eggs 😞 and now one (I think the female) has become extremely aggressive towards the other. I had to split them up. A sad ending!

Well I purchased a lone jewel cichlid that I saw on petco all alone and sad in a corner of the tank. Figured it would be ok in my green terror tank since I;ve read these can be kept with americans sometimes. No problems at all! Decided to get a second one from a LFS and welp, they came out to be male and female, and after literally days of having them I come home to this: True to their reputation, they quickly cornered my green terror, yes the fish that I had to house alone cause it was a nightmare, yikes. Moved the green terror to my 100g tank and now only the jewel pair remains in the 45g. Any tips? Which food should I give the fry? I was thinking cory's fry food. I was in the process of setting up a 75g for angelfish, but uh oh change of plans, I'll make it a jewel cichlid tank😅

Wow what an absolute improvement, and a testament of both pleco's resilience and wonders of aquarium salt. It's night and day! Job well done.

pH - 7.6 Nitrates - 20ppm Hardness - 370ppm Nitrite - 0 Ammonia - 0 KH/Buffer - 230ppm Water Temperature - 78 F My oscar has had this cyst/tumor like spot for a while now. Is it serious? What's it called?

We got hard tap water, so I always suggest people to get mollies as first fish. They become bulletproof in our water!

I'd love a new era, flat bill cap. I'm not that much of a mesh cap fan 😞 Perhaps another easy green fert without nitrogen, kind of designed for heavily stocked tanks where you just need the mucros and not the extra nitrogen? Could call it "easy green lite" lol! I'd also like longer uplift tubes for the sponge filters. Also keychains and lanyards!

First one is moonlight gourami, and the other ones look like silver dollar (spotted one). Not sure of the other ones are sliver dollars too, or baby pacu hmmm.

pH - 7.6 Nitrates - 20ppm Hardness - 360ppm Nitrite - 0 Ammonia - 0 KH/Buffer - 250ppm Water Temperature - 79F Hi! While visitingg my petco I found this little guy that I loved due to the white/yellowish coloration, but he was also struggling and seemed to be in his last moments, breathing rapidly and staying on his side at the bottom of the cup. The big softie in me decided to buy him and see if I can nurse him back to health. It's been about a week now, been keeping a close eye on him. He seems to be much better, at least now he can get off his siide, but it seems he cannot swim upward, he just sinks. Do you think his swimbladder is gone? He also has blackened gills but I'm not sure if that's just natural coloration. I've managed to make him eat vibra bites hand-fed with tongs, placed it near his mouth and he gobbled it up, so his appetite seems to be just fine. Any idea what can I do to help the little guy get better? If not guess I'll hand feed him for the rest of hiis life like a baby lol! So far I've treated the water just with praziquantel.

Those are super stunning! What type are they? They you for your help guys! Imma go with ecocomplete!

I've been using ACCR and it's great, does it's job well. Been dosing straight to the tank and putting tap water with a garden hose at the same time. Haven't had any problem and fish don't seem stressed! Definitely works, plus, it's real easy to dose with regular kitchen measuring spoons, or co-op's very own measuring spoon. It also has no smell.