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I have been in this mess before and it was due to very low pH crashing the cycled tank. It goes like this: • Bacterial slowdown: Beneficial nitrifying bacteria grow and reproduce much slower when the pH drops under 6.0. If the pH drops to around 5.0 or lower for more than a couple of days, the...

Just out of curiosity..has it rooted into the substrate in the bottom of the tanks?

Nice my only concern is..is that big rock balanced up there on top? Because if it was to fall in the right direction you would have quite a big mess to clean up lol.

Ive never had any luck with gourami, lost two honeys within a couple months got two more and gone in a month or two. Heard about gourami disease especially in the honeys so bought 3 pearls. All three gone in a couple of months no obvious signs of disease. I won't have gourami again.

They are not colouring up yet here in Scotland uk. Really big blooms with nothing added to the soil. The flowers always grow on long stems like that any ideas why? I trim right back in early spring.

Your welcome. One after thought that I should have thought of sooner is could you have forgotten to add water conditioner/dechlorinator during a water change? Hopefully if that was the case and you've since changed the water again with dechlorinator everything should be fine. Good luck, i have...

Perform water changes: Keep ammonia, nitrite, and nitrate at absolute zero by doing frequent, small, matched water changes. Maximize oxygenation: Add an extra air pump and airstone. Poisoned gills struggle to absorb oxygen, so high dissolved oxygen levels are critical. Reduce stress: Turn...

Some fish are born with their gills this way, is it definitely a new thing? If it is a new thing then it could be inflamed gills due to water quality and the white stuff is perhaps fungal water infection that comes on when the fishes is stressed and/or poor water quality. As you dont have a...

Wait..what is the salt water bath to treat? Does he have any external parasites or internal swelling? I dont think a salt bath is the correct treatment here, quite a large water change in case its nitrate poisoning or something and put something between the two tanks so he cant see the other...

Worst thing you can do is let someone else feed your fish lol. Make sure you show them exactly how much to give and show them less than that. You have ammonia so as dechi says water changes daily till filter bacteria gets back up to par.

From what i understand the coral will raise hardness to a certain level and it'll stay there it won't keep raising it too high so no need to worry about it, just leave it in there. As for the algae its a too much nutrients in the water along with too much light.

It does look green (even to me) in that latest picture right enough. The algae will feed the snails eventually when it lands on stuff but not while its floating free in the water. A big sudden algae bloom would suggest too bright light or on too long. I sorted algae with only having light on 6...

You have under 6 ph by the looks of it. Its that low it isn't even showing up on the ph scale. A much much quicker result will be to put the coral in the filter as you can imagine the flow wearing away at the coral as it rushes by it.

Sapphire will be fine on tetras food as will the Cory's. Always feed less than you think they need, if someone goes without food they will be sure to be first in line for food at the next feeding time lol. I wonder if your ph has dropped again and made some of the beneficial bacteria go dormant...

Hi again Angela, My first concern is that foam on the surface of the water, usually caused by an excessive amount of organic matter broken down in the water column. Overfeeding, dead fish, decaying plants etc. Looks like another bacterial or algae bloom. If its white its bacterial if its green...