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Did you use any medications recently? Once, I used methylene blue on a sarasa comet goldfish with slight eye cloud on her right eye and it ATE AWAY the lens. She became completely blind in that eye. Of course, your fish HAS his lens, but it could be some other weird side effect to medications.

I've used coniferous woods with no problem for years! Great hardscape btw ;)

Ooh boy...ouch. I've heard of fish rupturing eyes from injury. Maybe he bumped it on something? Is he alone? I've seen some fish slurp eyes out of their tankmates :/

I'm saying, are you keeping the plants in the pic in the tank? If so, the nerve plant isn't aquatic and will melt/die.

Hey, did you remove those plants? Especially the nerve plant (fittonia sp.) as it's not aquatic.

It kind of looks like an ulcer to me

Woah...that's weird. I presume your tank is fully established? Maybe the fish are attacking them? I've heard of neons doing such things. To my knowledge, females usually live longer and are MUCH bigger and more colorful than male neocaridina. Maybe you bought a ton of males and they were...

I'd like to add that at some point, you might want to upgrade the tank. Bettas, a genus consisting of 80+ species, hail from warm, shallow waters of thailand and surrounding countries, meaning they naturally prefer long, shallow tanks. A 10 or gal is my choice, especially for a plakat who has an...

I agree with kallililly1973; get a betta! They're $3 and up. I get how feeder goldfish are only 20¢ or so, but their sheer size makes them horrible pets, and even worse for the environment! Try to inform your cousin about how big they get or have someone with a pond/big tank buy them from you...

DoubleDutch is right; this is 100% a Hypostomus or Pterygoplichthys (common or sailfin pleco.) These get over 10" long at least, maximum size being 20". Sadly you were sold the wrong fish. I'd return her :(

I typed anaerobic but my phone autocorrected to aerobic. But thanks, MacZ. Great answers :)

Can you explain more? What strain are they? How can fellow hobbiests grow them? If you have these strains, is it required to do water changes? What good do they do to a tank, if at all? it's likely an aerobic bacteria strain, more common in saltwater.

RayClem is right; apparently, sweet potato can work well. However, it's sometimes known to rot. Some plants do well straight into the water or in the filter media. Some plants need a bit of dirt or clay, gravel, or other growing mediums. For plants with their rooys planted straight into the...

Thank you friend! Amazing answer. I appreciate it. I have obsessive compulsive tendencies thanks to genetics (could have full-out OCD but haven't been diagnosed yet.) I have more compulsions, less obsession (for example, I have to edit my posts here on Fishlore at least 3 times to make sure...

I appreciate what you'd done! I've rescued over 250 bettas within 9 years and I currently have 15 (I don't plan to keep any; maybe 3-5 at most) and they're all thriving. A recent half-giant is mostly blind because of his deformed eyes pointing upwards. Funny guy! Naga seems to be a very...

Uh-oh...3 tinfoil barbs (which typically get over a foot long - and you're right; they're a cyprinid and related to carp), 1 male cherry barb, 1 female cherry barb, and what looks like a buenos aires tetra to me That doesn't look suitable AT ALL for those poor fish :(

The benefits of adding a variety is massive. How would you like to eat spaghetti all day, every day, for the rest of your life? Very tiring, not enriching. As omnivores, dojo loaches eat all types of food. They seem to enjoy frozen/thawed shelled peas, zucchini or cucumber (blanched or...

Dojo loaches (weather or pond loach, weatherfish, or M. anguillicaudatus) are noisy. They create loud bubbling sounds to startle and evade predators. Also, fish can get head injuries. He possibly injured his head on the lid, probably attempting to escape because of tank size or quality, as...

Absolutely. I occasionally feed powdered food to the snails and when it floats, they float ;) Frank the Fish guy is on point; that's also how snails breathe. If, however, you see an excessive amount of snails at the surface, it's likely a water quality issue. I sometimes have experimental...

BlueRaccoon - hey, butting in here. Just know that hydrogen peroxide probably won't work. As soon as it hits water, or is left out for 24 hours, it oxidizes to dihydrogen monoxide; water. So, you'd add water to try and treat water...It's antibacterial for a minute or two when added, but oxidizes...