Dwayne Brown

I love the pea puffer!!!

I have to apologize I dont remember the brand. I kinda just bought a big bottle and poured it into a few different amber droppers... It looks like the kordon one would do the trick. There are a few ways to treat the fish keep in mind that the methylene blue will harm plants and stain whatever it touches. Some like to add the blue to an aquarium. I prefer the "fish bath" method where you catch the fish in a net place the fish with aquarium water in a non metal container(don't use water conditioner). Then you add the proper dosage of the methylene blue which should be around 50ppm. Now comes the tricky part if you do opt for this method it can be very successful. But because of the high concentration you should put the fish in in container for no more then 9 seconds. After that you can return the fish to whichever tank it was in before. You can research other methods online but that's what has worked for me.

I personally have always preferred Methylene blue to other anti fungal treatments. It might be worth a shot if you can't source other antifungals. I will add that times where I have successfully treated fungus with methylene blue was in cases that were a lot less severe then your's. I hope you find a solution.

I would say a minimum of at least 5, you could probably go from that number to up to about 10 of them.

I agree with @Biotope Biologist plant suggestions. I personally have always put duckweed or water lettuce in tanks, they seem to suck up more nutrients and maintain water parameters pretty well. Not to mention that fish seem more comfortable under them.

There are a few that come immediately to mind. 1. Ember tetras (they are small and very easy to care for). 2. Celestial pearl danios (a little expensive and they require live or frozen food but they are absolutley stunning. 3. Green neon tetras (Imagine small neon Tetras with no red) 4. If she's interested you could look into a Neocaradina shrimp colony.

Hi I am so sorry you have to leave your tank behind 😞 I just wanted to let you know that posting aquarium livestock or equipment, to give away or for sale is against the rules of the forum. I personally don't care if someone posts equipment or livestock to give away, but I would hate for you to get in trouble with the moderators.

@Robert there's no way you could give me the prices for the sparkling gouramis, and the clown killi's is there?

The bolivian rams tend to be far more laid back than the apistos, How many Borelli do you hope to add? 2 would probably be okay, but any more than that might cause problems.

@OnlyGenusCaps I didn't even notice the puffer!!! It sure looks like one to me. Your very welcome.

I had a similar issue with my HOB before I switched to a sponge filter. What I ended up doing was using one of those HOB intake sponges, then wrapping it in a gauze roll to filter out the sand. I wrapped the entire sponge until there was about two layers of the gauze. The only issue was that every other week the gauze needed to be replaced, but other than that it worked out great for me.

HI all, I recently was reading national geographic history when I came across an article on the ancient Egyptians and catfish. I was not able to find a link for it (since this was in the paper version) but here is a link to one of many archeological discoveries. This is a link to a gold pendent of an upside down catfish from the late to early Egyptian dynasty. Even though it's not the same species I was instantly reminded of @H.K.Luterman's Synodontis catfish Pooka lol. Anyways thought some nerms and history buffs like me would be interested in seeing this.

Pogostemon Octopus would work great, they grow super fast and have a really pretty color green and purplish color. The only con to them is that they grow so quick that they need to be pruned every other week.

If you plan on feeding blackworms in the long-term I would suggest growing your own. Full Disclaimer I have never done it but someone I know who has a few "Growing tubs" shared this article with me awhile ago detailing how to start a farm Link. Hope this helps

It all depends on proper color balance which is super easy to achieve. Just get a lot of green plants growing and as @Patrick_G suggested some brown driftwood would only complement the black and green colors.

Then you should be fine.

As @Odd Duck said a lot of fish will flash every once in a while but repeatedly doing it can be a sign of some kind of illness, parasite or bad water quality. The fish will usually turn to their side and "rub" against something by swimming very quickly on their side then righting themselves. I would suggest you try to find it on YouTube and see if it looks similar.

Feeder goldfish can be fun to try. I have kept a few small outdoor ponds with some handpicked (meaning the best colored) ones.

@Chris C. After doing some looking into a locking mechanism it seems that this Fridge lock would be your best option if you want to go this route. The link is for a two pack, you could put them on each end of the tank. It might not be pretty but it would prevent any more accidents from happening.

I have a few tanks that have sand substrates. This just part of the process, it should clear up in about 48 hours. You could try adding a filter to your tank, that would filter some of the particles out and may speed up the process.

If you don't use a graval vac you could add a layer of it under an inch or so of whatever substrate you prefer, essentially hiding it.

It does have some antibacterial properties which ae good for open wounds. Could you post a photo of this "tear" that way forum members have a better idea? Side note: you might get better responses if you post this in the dedicated disease section and maybe renamed it "betta fin tear" or "Bettafix questions" or something like that.

It could just be the fish or it could be flashing. I would look at a video of flashing on YouTube and see if it's similar to what your cory is doing.

That must be a let down... I would try it again but stock it with some very hardy fish like Endlers livebearers, white cloud mountain minnows, depending on the size of the tank maybe a paradise fish. I would try to take certain precautions to prevent something like this accident from occurring in the future. As bad as it sounds if your tank has a lid there might be a way to rig up a locking system.

It looks like you have a lot of harmless detritus worms and a handful of "somewhat" harmful planaria. I second @Biotope Biologist, you should buy some platy's, guppies, or endlers and let them get the population down. Once the population has gone down you could try adding some more snails to your tank to help eat all the leftover food, which the detritus worms eat as well.