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Someone mentioned the nerite snail earlier, that could be a toxic free alternative, or otoclincus if your fish are compatible with those little ones....

How about resume small/twice daily feedings that may keep your sick but hungry gourami from targeting the tetra... maybe his vision is going and he thinks the tetras are bloodworms??

That's so stressful, sounds like something's wrong with the tank parameters for evergreen as well... perhaps a mini cycle/ammonia and or nitrite spike or ph crash. Do not vacuum the gravel/change your filter as perhaps your beneficial bacteria are low in numbers. Keep up with the frequent...

Hmmm I think I agree with mattgirl just keep doing the 2 things and hold off adding more salt for now (especially if you have scaleless fish like the loach and tetras). if things don't improve you can do the salt. I'm wondering could the tetras have possibly died and that is why the gourami...

Sounds like you are doing a great job so far ... since your whole tank has had ich I wouldn't remove them, especially since most of them are improving. I would keep doing what you are doing with the frequent water changes and the parasite remedy. If they make it, they will be immune to ich...

I’m in the same boat as Mattgirl my albino Aeneus (3) have bred a third time in 8 years and now I have 35 three month old cories. I put them in a breeder net with an air bubbler and was more successful (too successful) this third time. The second time only three survived and then died after a...

If he’s eating he’s probably not suffering too much yet. Poor little guy.

So sorry to hear you are having problems... I would avoid the algicides in the future they create too many other problems. I had a bristlenose pleco too and he was fantastic at eating the algae although I had to supplement his diet they are omnivores.

Perhaps it’s dropsy? But the swelling does look uneven so not sure what that means....

I think it’s more important to add the water that is very similar temperature than to worry about the length of time you take to add the new water... fish do not like temperature fluctuations or ph fluctuations....

Could it just be algae?

Haha the joys of parenting, my kids are in uni now, enjoy, it really does go fast. You could just extend the time it takes to slowly add the new water, maybe if you are not too tired to watch a movie haha.

The only thing I can think of: cleaning out the sump pump removed too much of the beneficial bacteria and so you had a mini ammonia spike at some point which damaged the fish’s respiratory system/gills. Luckily only one poor fish succumbed. That’s great that all your other fish are doing fine.

Most people don’t because you are right it takes too long... that’s great that your are doing this to acclimate the fish. I usually give myself an hour to gradually add the water to the tank, sometimes the new water cools down too much and I have to add more warm water to heat it up again to the...

No it’s where you have a line and a valve where the new clean conditioned water drips into the tank a drop at a time....

I fill up my bucket of tap water the day before. Then 24 hours later when the fish have empty stomachs I add very warm water and some water dechlorinator/conditioner to the bucket as well and swish around. I measure the temperature to match the tank water temp. Then I remove a percentage of the...

Does your pearl still lose his colour at night? Or is he settled? Do you turn on the tv or play music then? I noticed that my pearls are quite sensitive to loud noises and sudden movements....

Clamped fins are a sign that the fish are not happy with something, perhaps your water parameters. I would get the API master test kit and find out if have ammonia or nitrites for peace of mind. If those test zero then perhaps the 75 percent water changes are too much all at once and they are...

Oooh she looks heavy with eggs to me that’s what my albino Corydoras looked like before they spawned and laid eggs, they do it in the early morning before the aquarium lights go on haha.

I was thinking the same thing as kanzekatores either buy new test strips or buy the API master test kit... something is wrong. Plus your nitrates would not be zero that is weird unless the tank hasn’t finished cycling yet.