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That's what males do. ;) ;) In the wild, it's not unusual to see a male with 40-50 females just spreading his seed wherever he can. :brows::lol::lol:

Not all meds suppress the biological microbes but the ones in this case do so medicating the main tank will only bring more issues down the road. Hospital tanks are just any container that holds water. I've used tanks, buckets, plastic bags, garbage cans, sweater trays, the list goes on. You...

A friendly bribe with some good food and all is forgiven. (y) (y)

What a story. :thumb: It's clear you have " the passion" for fish. I'm the same way. I'm now closing in on 60 years of fish keeping. It gets into your blood and no matter what, it never leaves. ;) LOL

Most likely it's a swim bladder issue. Swim bladder problems can arise from internal infections, damage to the bladder from a hit from another fish, poor water quality, poor diet, over eating, internal parasites, to name a few. What you are looking at on the tail appears to be just the fish's...

As long as the ammonia doesn't have any additives added to it and the level does not exceed 5 ppm, the nitrifying microbes should survive. Since the recommended level for fishless cycling is 2 ppm, you should be fine if you follow that level. I'd make sure you have 0 nitrates in your source...

Angry or just REALLY hungry? ;) :ROFLMAO:

I've used Ocean Nutrition brand and Cobalt Brand as they are generally higher quality brands but there may be others available today. I think Omega One made an algae flake but may have converted it to pellets ( I'm not a fan of pellets. ) but if you can get flakes, that's another good brand. As...

You should bump it up to what they can eat in 2-3 minutes 2-3 times per day. That is a " normal" feeding regimen. I also would suggest adding other foods to these flakes. The Platy would benefit from greens like Spirulina flakes and the tetras and danios would like some meat in the form of...

Nipping fins can be for a couple of different reasons so it's hard to pinpoint the exact issue. One of the possibilities is that the nipper is hungry. How much and how often do you feed your fish? What are you feeding the fish?

That's not really an ideal "fish" tank for many species but would do well with inverts. Corals should be first but you will need to have good lighting depending on what you want to keep. 26" deep can pose a problem for some corals due to lack of light at the bottom or be a blessing for lower...

So you see, not much is really safe with giant snakeheads, especially if they are already in the tank/pond.

Oscars ain't dumb. They'll need to get used to you feeding them again to become your buddies again. ;) :thumb:

Doesn't look that bad but I addressed this in your DM.

You should visualize where in the tank the fish are gong to swim. Congos will be mostly middle and top water. Pearl Gouramis are also at the top. ( Get either all males or 1 male and 2 females. 2 males will fight if there is only one female there. ) Pleco on the bottom and all over the tank...

You are correct that the clown loaches would be better off in a long tank than a high tank so not a good choice for a 4' long tank. Of the Gouramies, I'd go with the Pearls because the dwarfs and honey have a higher instance of the iridovirus than the Pearls do. There are other Barbs besides...

In that case, the water should be pretty much mixed after an hour so you can test then. In an uncycled tank and using API Liquid test kit however, nitrate tests can be skewed by the nitrites which is why I said to wait until the nitrites are 0 before checking the nitrate level. There SHOULD be...

So that's a mix of higher PH and lower Ph fish ( and not really a good combination. )

One of the up sides of doing a fish in cycle is that you get to watch some fish while the tank cycles. One of the upper sides of using things like Fritzyme or Turbo start is that you get to watch more fish ( safely) while the tank establishes itself. In the end tho, even using products like...

It almost looks like it has ick and Epistylis at the same time. Ick will look like uniform round dots while epistylis is less uniformly shaped. For starters, check your water parameters to make sure the water is good. If it needs changing, change it then treat with Ick medication. Under "...

I've not heard this but Goldfish do eat plants so I wouldn't have them in a planted tank to begin with. :unsure:

Correct. Larger fish pose a threat, smaller fish pose as a meal for the snakehead. 😲

IMO, since you already have the snakehead, I'd say anything new you put in the pond will be food for the snakehead. If you were starting out and didn't have the snakehead yet, there are a few options but you'd need to put them in in a particular order with the snakehead being the last to go in...

Sadly, the box stores do not have a good reputation for having workers that know what they are doing. That doesn't mean all of them ( I know some people who have worked for the companies that were very knowledgeable but they didn't stay there for long. :whistle: ) but it's more than not. :(...

That could be part of the problem. Not enough food. They should be getting as much as they can eat in 2-3 minutes 2-3 times per day. Since these are Endlers, that's still not going to be a lot of food per feeding but it's going to be more food in total for the day. They also should be getting...