Just a Pygmy Corydora

I did a water change about 1 week ago and I add the “Prime” dechlorinator. The temperature was 70 degrees Fahrenheit. The Pygmy corydoras are looking fine.

Kuhli loach was suddenly dead, upside down in the tank. I do not know the cause of death. I have a 5.5 gallon with now 1 Kuhli loach and 5 Pygmy corydoras, 1 nerite snail. PH was normal, 7.2, ammonia was 0.1 ppm. Please help me diagnose what was wrong.

Update, I went to Paris to take a break from school due to stress, and the green water is gone! It may be because the lid was open a little, to make room for the auto feeder to work.

They look really healthy!

I do not have microfauna. I have two Kuhli loaches, 5 Pygmy cories, and 1 adult snail and one baby snail in a 5.5 gallon.

The green water in my tank is so far lasting 2 months. I have turned the light on the tank off completely for around 2 weeks. It seems that the green water has worsened. It may or may not be a good thing for the fish and plants, but my parents certainly say it's an eyesore.

My PH is 7.5 No ammonia, or nirate or nitrites. Plants are Anubias nana, Italian vallisneria, Marimo moss ball. My parameters are as normal.

Sponge filter, tank was set up on march 2020, api, easy green ferts, and parameters are all normal. I have two Kuhli loaches, 5 Pygmy cories, and 1 snail, and a baby snail. This is a 5.5g

This problem has been going on for a long time, around 1-2 months, and it’s green water. The aquarium is so foggy, I can’t do anything about it. I’ve tried various things, like cleaning gravel, changing water more often, dimming lights, I’ve even deep cleaned the gravel, taking it out and rinsing it with warm water. It’s still so foggy, I can’t even see the back of the tank at this point. If you have any advice, please let me know.

@FrozenFins You tried, and Hugo must have been grateful for your care through out his life.

Apologies everyone, for not being on the forum for some time. I was really busy, had exams, and was also sick from the vaccine. Updates: The small snail grew quite a lot, very speedy. The nerite snail is still laying lots of eggs. The corydoras don’t seem to be eating a lot of the food. No signs of illness. The Kuhli Loaches mostly stay under the log, they are now pretty large. The water is really foggy. No green water though. PH is 7.5, no ammonia, no nitrates, and no nitrites.

Should I do anything to the snail? Will it reproduce? How big will it grow?

I just found a snail near the heater! I didn’t buy any plants recently, so it couldn’t have hopped on. What is this? Is it a nerite snail baby??

It's good to see you back into the fish keeping hobby!

I have test strips, I do water changes 50% every two weeks, I have 8 plants, I do have a 3 g quarantine tank, I only have bottom feeders and a snail, so the tank IS a little dull as they are always sleeping and lazing around. There is nothing in the middle and top parts of the tank, so if you would look at the tank at a distance, you’d think it would be empty. The pygmy cories do sometimes hang around the sponge filter and ride the current. At least Ping Pong goes to all parts of the tank.

Won’t another betta or guppy be over-stocking the tank considering I already have two Kuhli loaches, 5 Pygmy cories, and one snail?

The Pygmy cories are obsessed with the sponge filter, all 5 of the cories are swimming up and down to the current of the bubbles. They apparently are very scared of me, whenever I get near the tank, they get super scared and hide behind the filter. It wasn’t like this when Aurora was there…? The two Kuhli loaches are doing fine, I think they got a little TOO plump. 😃 Ping pong is still eating the algae, but he/she doesn’t eat hair algae, is that normal? How do I get rid of it?

I realized I haven’t updated on my snail for quite a while now, so here’s Ping Pong.

I would also like to add a “read” button to see if someone read it and who

I didn’t really rescape the whole tank but I bought some driftwood and some Italian Valls. Below ⬇️ is one of my Pygmy corydoras chilling on the mossball and a photo of the whole tank. Apparently the first photo is upside down.

Which one would be better for my plants? The easy green fert or the root tabs? My crypt is melting so I need to bring it back to life. Thanks! I would also want to know if they are available right now.

I deep-cleaned my tank, pulling out all the plants and scrubbing out the hair algae, siphoned, and rescaped the whole tank. As you can see, the Pygmy cories are chilling in the left side of the tank.

I thought it would be nice to share all my fishkeeping journey, like @James Blackdid. I don't remember all the exact dates, I would just be estimating. September 29, 2015 It was my ninth birthday. At the time, I wasn't sure what to get, so my dad and I went into random stores near our neighborhood. We went into a pet store, and the first thing that caught my eye was a betta fish. There were around a dozen or two of bettas and I wanted this cyan-white betta fish. We got a 3 gallon tank, a canister filter, some sand, and two silicone plants and that betta. I named her Oceania, because she looked like the Hawaiian seas. At the time I wasn't that sure if it was a male or female, but as I look back, I remember its very short fins, so probably a female, but it might be a male plakat. December 2015 Oceania warmed up to me, and I started teaching her to follow my finger on the glass. I fed her and looked after her, when I started noticing white dots. January 2015 It was ich, but I didn't know that. I told my dad and he said that she was fine, maybe growing new colors. I wasn't so sure about THAT though. Oceania's activity decreased, she stopped following my finger. It was NOT her usual personality. I started researching about those unusual dots, and found out it was ich, a fish disease. My dad replied that she was JUST a fish, and we could always get a new one. One week later, she got so weak, Oceania refused to eat, and she rarely moved to a different spot. The next day, I found her dead, with a white film over her body. I was so shocked. March 26, 2021 I decided to get back to keeping fish, and made an account in this forum. I got Aurora from Aquarium Co-op and bought all of my present-day supplies. Aurora warmed up, and I taught him to feed on my finger. It was similar to the old days. April 10, 2021 I got 3 pygmy corydoras. May 10, 2021 I got 2 more pygmy corydoras and a nerite snail. Aurora showed his real personality, and I did more research than when I was nine, and I have all the correct supplies, so I expected Aurora to live longer. July 31, 2021 Aurora died from dropsy, and I was very shocked, as I did everything that was supposed to happen. Present day I have two of my kuhli loaches now, and 5 pygmy corydoras. Since they are bottom dwellers, at first glance, the tank seems very empty, without Aurora's small, grumpy face.

Do I need to watch out for anything special about the two kuhli loaches?

I heard that they hide a lot, but they appear to be VERY active! Both of the loaches are sticking their faces to the substrate getting lots of food!