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I’m an experienced fish keeper mostly South American. So I recently had room in one of my tanks so after careful consideration went to the LFS and said scope me up 5 convicts. I had looked at them all and they looked all healthy. So I wasn’t paying attention. The tank was suppose to all...

You don’t have enough cherry barbs they are a shoal fish. how long have you had the angel fish?. some angels are just not nice. They are both mid swimmers, doesn’t help. Planted tank? Plants of different heights and decorations along the bottom of the tank give most shoal fish the...

Seachem Tidal 75 is a good HOB. Has some nice features other don’t have. Can carry a lot of biological filtration and even fit a 100 gram pouch of purigen. It skims the water surface and the pump motor is submergible. You can buy polishing pads to fit , and I suggest it because the mechanical...

Proteins. Too much has built up in the water. Need a good cleaning. You need a water change and a substrate vacuum. Culprits can be over feeding, fish waste, poor filtration.

A silver a zebra that’s kind of marbled a gold.

do the same thing, go with the API

Another old school treatment for fin rot back in the day was methylene blue. Not sure if that is accessible to you.

I think that’s not to long to wait. Seachem Metroplex is good for ich I don’t know if it’s still used because I haven’t had ich in a tank in decades, is methlylene blue. That will do the trick. I keep it on hand for fish eggs.

Looks a little skinny? Is he eating? Common things to consider when you see a fish with a sunken belly are lack of food, worms, parasite, or bacterial infection. noticing anything with the other fish?

As for getting the product, we have the same issue in Canada. There is a go around in Canada that allows us to import it from the USA, if you are the owner of a pet that requires the treatment you can import veterinary antibiotics sold on the shelf in another country that does not appear on a...

I wasn’t going to say anything about the test strips, but 86 is 100 percent correct. Strips can collect moisture or get old and not give accurate readings, they also bleed and run after you take them out the water. It’s not the way to go. API and Fluval make very good test kits. I like Seachem...

Yes and No. Its rated to be good for that size of tank. I had mine on a 45 gallon bow front. It was a fluval kit I bought used from someone that killed every fish they tried to keep and got out the hobby after a snail infestation. I was also running a Seachem tidal 75 and a sponge Filter...

I see what you are saying. Because I have been a cichlid keeper for decades I have done a fair bit of reading on the subject. I‘m not saying I know this 100 percent for sure, but this is what I read. It’s treatable with Seachem Metroplex. Larger water changes can help prevent, up to 50...

Stress guard won’t cut it. Fin rot is a combination of a bacterial and fungal infection. Your options are Kanaplex , neoplex, or Polygaurd from the Seachem line. if one fish has it, then it’s possible for it to spread to other fish. So an entire tank treatment is not out of the question For...

I have a c4. If you submerged it you may find it’s similar to taking a bath with a hair dryer in a tub water. Other people will tell the story for you. Your fish are subject to the same effects of electrical current as you, so they are sure to be casualties. It all about ions. If the water was...

I get ya. I’m not speaking out against you or other hobbyists that forage for plants, rocks, driftwood etc, to put in their aquarium. I think it’s a genre or style in the hobby, that works for and speaks to some but may not be everyone’s cup of tea. Generally, I find most people want ultra low...

You didn’t suggest sanitizing at all. To each their own, i just wouldn’t be comfortable giving that kind of advice.

Lifegaurd aquatics lights. I use them in my tanks in everything from a 72 inch to a 24 inch. Cheap, no problems, grow plants easy. available on Amazon. Send me an IM and I can send you pics.

To risky on what kind of parasites could be hitchhiking on them from other sources, and a cold water rinse is not enough.

ich is like chicken pocks for fish. It spreads like wildfire if left untreated and seldom does a fish only have one ich spot. I would watch it and see what develops. I would consider setting up a quarantine tank in the future so you can either isolate sick fish and treat them or observe them...