SKAVENCLOWNLOACH

I posted here a couple of days ago that I thought my fish had ich but now after more research im confident it is epistylis (the pic I posted) , because the white dots are different sizes and not flat to the body. I already started treating for ich but reading online it does say ich treatments do not work for epistylis. should I stop ich treatment do water change and treat with something else? I only have access to seachem, tropical ,tetra and aquasafe products any advice appreciated! edit: in the tank is 3 bristlenose (all have the white spots) endlers (no spots but clamped fins on some) neo shrimp (all good) wayer parameters Ammonia 0 nitrite 0 nitrate 10 ph 7.8

My tank is at 77f , Im just going to keep the temp at 77 and get ich-x and hope my shrimp will be ok. thanks for reminding me , I have another tank right below this one.

I think I have ich in my tank , I just added 10shrimps and some plants a week ago. I was thinking It would be best to treat it with heat beacause of the shrimp. Will endlers , bristlenose and neo shrimps handle 86f for some time? how long would you recomend to keep the heat at 86f? water parameters ph 7.8 ammonia 0 nitrite 0 nitrate 10-20ppm gh 125,3ppm kh 71,6ppm any advice appreciated

My ancistrus spawned 23 october only had them a week, the male was in his cave faning the eggs so I was just going to leave them in there. He was quite busy chasing the female away when she was trying to enter the cave on 27 october I saw a little wiggler outside the cave( see video).The next day I checked on the eggs with light and saw that the male was faning but not on the eggs and the eggs had fungus on them so I pulled the eggs and they had fungus all over them. Is it common for the eggs to get fungus even if the male is in the cave all the time just leaving when chasing unwanted guests? Is it possible the male was faning in the cave just not on the eggs ? Can fungus happen over night? Or was this lone wiggler just lucky to have escaped the fungus Should I pull them next time if I want big hatch rate or does it take a few spawns for the dad to get it right? Any advice appreciated

I got 12 pencilfish yesterday with a plan on trying to breed them. I was going to set up another smaller tank to breed them in with more plants and lower ph. They where super chill at the store and when they got in my tank. After being acclimated to my tank I tried feeding them frozen cyclops and they went crazy for it. When I checked on them this morning the males where chasing each other and the females. It looked like they where spawning but I cant see any eggs. This behavior has been going on for a few hours. I have read they only breed in soft acidic water but my water is ph=7,8 , kh=3dkh and gh=53,7ppm. Could they be spawning and just eating the eggs or the eggs mostly under plant leaves where it is hard to see? Could they spawn at this ph? If I put in a spawning mop and find eggs could they hatch in this ph? Any advice welcome.

Thanks for the answer. Ive not seen them fight but have seen him chase the females away from that driftwood (maybe they fight at night). They have 3 caves and this 1 driftwood +some plants , I will try adding more caves. He has been diggin under that driftwood in the photo , maybe he has damage his fin on the seachem florite black substrate. would you suggest using salt to help the fin grow back or just wait and see?

Hey guys first time posting here. I have a 29g tank woth 3x ancistrus and some endlers(about 8 ). I just added the ancistrus 3 days ago and noticed a damage on the fin of the male and a little bit on the smaller female. Temp=23-24c Ph=7.6 Ammonia=0 Nitrite=0 Nitrate=5ppm Gh=125ppm Kh=4dhk I have been testing the water daily since I got them(using API master kit)and it has been stable like this. Is this something I should be worried about and treat with anything other than clean water? I was thinking maybe it is fin rot but I dont see any discoloration on the edge of the fin. Any help is welcome