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How much water do you change when you clean? What are your water parameteres?

Your water parameters look ok. Have you noticed any odd behavior from your other fish? Also, I would double-check that's it's alive. A dead fish needs to be removed immediately.

See what happens when you move it. I've got an old glass one and I think it's like a degree or so off, but I get an accurate enough read. As I said, a reading difference of a degree or two isn't detrimental to the fish but if that one's just not getting a great read, you can try a new one.

Any rough idea of how old he was? Age could've made him more susceptible to whatever caused his death. My condolences go out to you.

Sometimes you have to wait for the heat to circulate around the tank, it's usually warmer near the heater. I find that the substrate is usually colder, so try moving the thermometer up towards the top. If that doesn't help, a two-degree difference if reading isn't a huge deal unless you have...

Yeah, I noticed that too. From my experience, the males tend to be nippier towards each other when there are no females.

The white/transparent part you see on the tail is normal. It's what you see on growing/repairing fins. As for the nipping, what is your male:female ratio in the tank?

Good catch, I missed the 5 gallon part. I have a 10, but a five would make that a blood bath.

Hmmm. Can you attach a video/pictures? My female guppies swim a little funny when they're heavily pregnant, a slow, awkward swim, but none of them rub themselves on the rocks.

Tetras. Tetras are always a safe bet, as are cory's but you already have snails. I've got cardinals and he doesn't touch them. I bought mine a couple of months ago along with four others. I was told they were all females. Nope. One very aggressive crown tail male. Moved some fish around and he's...

Tetras, guppies, mollies, platys, bettas. They all do well together (from my experience at least) but my mollies and kills get along very well.

Last water change? Water parameters (PH, nitrate, ammonite, etc.)? Possibly a picture?

Anytime I walk into my room, my fish, mostly the guppies, stop what they're doing and fly to the top of the tank. Hungry little monsters.

Doesn't look like fin rot. Looks like someone was nipping at his tail. If it persists and he starts losing more of his tail and it starts looking less like nipping, it's probably fin rot. Just keep an eye on them. See which fish seem more aggressive and see if any chase him around the tank. Also...

That's great. Not your issue just the coincidence. I just purchased 5 females last week after my male, Mr. Wiggles passed. One of the fish had another's tail in its mouth the way home. Same thing, lots of fin nipping, flaring, and chasing. I removed the three that were flaring and being...

Yuck. Never seen one so....fluffy. Doesn't look like the normal beneficial bacteria one would expect to get in a tank. If you're worried about that, just leave a little fuzzy clump behind for your fishies. Otherwise, suck it up buttercup!

Aw, I'm sorry. And yes, freezing is a great way to euthanize. Also, good call with the water change. I always do one after I lose a fish, just in case.

Hmmm. It's not uncommon for new fish to be sick when you buy them. Also because it's a new setup, be prepared for a couple of dead ones. I've had several guppies do similar things. Unfortunantly, nothing I did worked and I just euthanized them, and by euthanizing, I mean putting them in the 100...

Hmm, never done guppies and shrimp before so I have no say on that. 10 male guppies sounds great! I know a lot of people say that they'll go after fins sometimes but mine don't mind each other. Could be that they're in with some other fish or that they're busy chasing the females, but I've never...

Super cute, and no worries, been there done that. Definitely a good tank for those tetras nad guppies, they're color will really pop in there.