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Thank you! Pygmy corys sound like a lot of fun. If the first group does well, I'll add more if you don't think it'd be too crowded. The chilis hang out at the top and mostly just explore the upper middle, the least rasboras are everywhere, the tetras stick to the middle, and the sterbais mostly...

75 gallon planted tank 75F Running ~1.5 years Current stock: 17 cardinal tetras with some green neon tetras mixed in 9 chili rasboras 3 least rasboras 2 albino sterbai corys 7 amano shrimp 1 rabbit snail Some mini ramshorns Now that I have two quarantine tanks cycled, I'm planning to add: 12...

Update from the pathologist is they didn't find any infectious causes of death in the fish. They in fact found no clear causes of death. This leads me to think that the issue was the rapid change of adding too many new fish rather than any specific disease or pathogen. My display tank remains...

So far I've settled on just waiting it out and performing 25% water changes about every 3-4 days. I've kept the tank at 74 degrees. No more fish have died in over a week now. The chilis look about the same or better and are coloring up again, though they still have those paler patches on them...

Yes, those are some of the pale leaves, though the affected ones look like the newer leaves on the rhizome. I haven't tested phosphate before. Is it worth testing for, or should I see if the new fertilizer helps? I recently got the Thrive S fertilizer based on recommendations from Fishfur...

That's interesting I didn't know that. I have two hang on back filters (but I have a soap dish with a sponge at the base to decrease flow for the chillies) plus a little sponge filter that I use like an air stone for additional surface agitation. There aren't any areas that form biofilm. Yes, I...

Since I lowered the tank temperature to 74, I haven't noticed any more fish at the surface. I just see that the chili rasboras have pale patches on them. They are still eating and acting normal but the pale patches are getting more noticable. It's hard to capture in a photo but I included one...

That's very good to know. I'm actually not sure if any of them are still alive to medicate anyway, unfortunately. Is there a typical protocol to medicate them? I'm considering getting more once the tank is stable again, but I'd of course quarantine them in the future. But I've heard they often...

It's hard for me to see the cardinal/green neon tetras since they're more shy, but several of them have died so I assume they've been impacted. 3 of my 5 corys have died as well. I was considering medicating all the fish with a course of Kanaplex (since I'm most concerned for columnaris) while...

Thank you. Will I need to worry about the fish becoming sick again when reintroduced to the tank?

Most of the remaining chili rasboras have developed symptoms: They have pale patches, and one that has those pale areas on his tail also has been occasionally swimming erratically and holding his tail down. Some are also much more pale than normal in addition to having the pale patches. It's...

I do not see a sheen on the fish, really the only lesions I see are very red gills. At this point all the loaches seem to be dying, 5 have died today. Well, one had an increased respiratory rate and effort and looked to be suffering so I euthanized it. Not sure if this means they were carrying...

I'd gotten away with not doing QT on most of the other fish and figured it'd be fine. Won't make that mistake again. I'll do that tonight and hope it helps. Would you treat with any medications at this point? I'll be sure to try this tonight and see if I can see a sheen Thank you both for the...

Tank What is the water volume of the tank? 75g How long has the tank been running? 1.5 years Does it have a filter? Two Aquaclear 110 and a canister 207 Does it have a heater? Yes What is the water temperature? Usually 78 but currently set to 74 in case of columnaris What is the entire stocking...

Today one cory and a loach were dead when I got home from work. One other cory looks stressed near the surface, it's pale with increased respiratory rate/effort, definitely not long for this world. The rasboras color is more dull than normal. Definitely looking like the Permian-Triassic level...