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I got some new neon tetras yesterday. They are in a 10 gallon quarantine tank with the quarantine ned trio. Saw this little guy has a small white bump right underneath his mouth, kind of between his chin and bottom lip. Can anyone identify what it is and it’s proper treatment? Thanks! (ignore the bottom of the tank covered in algae lol)

Hey all- So my problem is that every time I get new fish for my tanks, I have a huge problem getting the fish through the first week of having them. I have tried all different sorts of acclimation techniques and I still do not think I have bought a group of fish and had 100% survival. Most of the time its only like 50-60% survival rate. I have tried just floating the bag and letting them go, floating bag and then drip acclimation, and just drip acclimation and none have worked for me. Today I picked up 7 neon tetras to add to my tank and I did 10 minutes of bag floating and then a 2 hour drip acclimation to double the amount of water. I put them in a quarantine tank with a cycled sponge filter and the quarantine med trio. I just went to check on them before going to bed and already had 1 little guy die on me. Can anyone think of anything as to why I constantly have this issue. I feel like it isn't my store's fault because the fish always look healthy at the store and they are very reputable in my area. Thanks for any help I can get! Edit: Just wanted to add that I don't think its water parameters either. They are always tested before getting fish. Today that tank was 0 ammonia, 0 nitrite, 10 nitrate, 7.5 pH, 79 degrees F.

I know they are working on it, but I think we would all love to see the heater that never dies.

My neon tetras are not named but my betta is named Bruce and 1 of my snails is named Gary (from Sponge Bob lol). Here is Bruce:

Good to hear your little guy is doing well!

Plan sounds good to me...you could probably even add some tetras or other middle to top level fish in the 20 high.

I think that would be just fine in terms of the nitrogen cycle but I do worry a bit because all those fish can get pretty chunky at full size. More plants on the other hand are always a good thing!

I'm currently having the same problems and here's what I'm doing in my own situation: I had 1 betta and 9 neons in a 20 gallon. I noticed the betta was having some tail issue and then noticed the tetras nipping on him. I removed my betta into my 5 gallon empty tank and I'm treating him with Maracyn for fin rot and to make sure any wounds on the tail don't get infected. I have still noticed that now, the neons nip on each other since they don't have the betta to nip on. I had that issue one time in the past and I corrected it by adding more tetras to the tank to "overstock" with tetras which solved the problem. So whenever I make it out to the store I'm going to get maybe 8-10 more neons and put them in quarantine and then add them to the 20 gallon. When this is done I will add my betta back in when he is all healed up. I hope this helps and you can try and apply it to your own needs and situation!

I think my best tip that I have learned the hard way is to spend the money up front so you don't have problems with failing/poor equipment in the future.

Make sure you wait 5 mins to let colors develop and you really gotta shake the heavens out of the nitrate test and nitrate bottle #2.

I know they don't contain any ammonia so they are safe to be in the water column. Not sure about the fish eating them- I think that's a good one for @Cory to answer. Just make sure that next time you push the tabs all the way to the bottom of the tank so they don't come up again.

First of all, I think its very unlikely that you have 0 of everything...make sure you used your water tester correctly. Second, you need to really get the tank cycled by giving the bacteria something to eat so it can grow and populate the whole tank and filter. You can do this by just putting in a little bit of fish food each day which will turn into ammonia and nitrite which the bacteria use a food and convert into nitrate completing the nitrogen cycle. If you haven't already, make sure you are well versed on the nitrogen cycle. Your tank will be ready when you have nitrate but no ammonia or nitrite. At that point you can get fish, feed them, and enjoy them every day!

I've never kept pea puffers before but due to how aggressive they can be I don't think quarantining in 10 gallons (or other small tank) is a good idea. If it was me I would rather spend lots on meds and quarantine in the 55 gallon instead of potentially loosing a few puffers to aggression in a small tank. I think the best thing is to probably feed them 1 or 2 times before medicating. In addition I would make sure you do multiple rounds of dewormer because internal parasites are very common in puffers. Keep us updated when you get your puffers, I would love to see how they do!

The King of DIY on YouTube recently built a large outdoor koi pond. It was filtered however he lives in Canada so temperatures will be kind of close. I would recommend checking out his videos on the pond for some good info.

Unfortunately, I was thinking the same thing.