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How big do they get?

Has anyone here kept these? Are the yellow and red ones the same species, male and female, or different subspecies? Are they a deeper bodied one that can go with angelfish?

Are these too small to keep with angelfish?

I may switch to barbs and danios. Any particular ones of each type you like? I didn't know it was necessary to add trace minerals. If I had know that was important I would have done it. I have some Equilibrium. If this doesn't work I might try treated tap water again. All I know is I was not...

I don't have any wild caught fish. I'm also thinking I might just stop keeping tetras altogether and try something else.

This makes sense and I'll do it at my next water change. I'll add fish accordingly.

Everything has stayed stable yet my fish have reliably croaked. I'm using pure reverse osmosis water as my tap water is high in ammonia and I was not able to lower that. Should I add something like Equilibrium?

Here are my parameters as of a few minutes ago. According to the API GH and KH test kit this is suitable for tetras. However, the Ph seems to be not suitable. So which is most important? I had thought about some livebearers but now I'm not so sure. Ph-7 High Range Ph-7.4 Ammonia-0 ppm...

Maybe. Hopefully that's not too much of a pain.

My basement has a pedestal sink and a faucet i have yet to find an adapter to. I could MAYBE see if something could work for the shower but unfortunately options are limited there.

That could explain a lot of my problems.

Do you think it could have made them more prone to something like ich, swim bladder disease, or columnaris? Or something that would make their fins and mouths rot?

Could it be that having fish with incorrect ph and hardness levels got sick and spread the disease? For example, I had candy cane and Colombian tetras in with rainbowfish and mollies.

Where do you put that? I didn't initially fill the tank with RO water in jugs. I gradually replaced it with the water in jugs. I use those for water changes because I haven't found any adapters to fit on my sink and this actually saves time instead of filling buckets from the shower.

I don't have a unit, I buy it at the store.