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I have 6 cories. A few days ago I saw that one of the cories barbells are completely worn away. He was still swimming around and eating. Now, he just lays at the bottom and I can’t tell if he is eating or not. I’m not sure how he lost his barbells. I’m not sure what to do about it. I have a...

My platy fry has a long string of brown poop that hangs down and it takes anywhere from 5 minutes and much longer for the poop to fall down. Is this a cause for concern? Is he constipated? I feed them 2x a day, 7am & 7 pm. A tiny pinch of excellent quality flake in the am and brine shrimp in...

I am so disappointed in my local Fish store. Last week I bought 4 otocinclus catfish from them. They looked healthy, nice rounded bellies, actively eating and swimming around the tanks. Well, they came down with ich yesterday. Today I stopped in for more sand for another tank and looked at the...

I saved these platys from my LFS. Can anyone tell how old the larger fry is? I’m guessing the tiny fry are at least a week old. Thanks.

My tank is fully cycled and awaiting the 4 platy fye to grow big enough to move to the 5 gallon grow out tank. How do I keep the cycle going without fish? I used brine shrimp in a media bag to create the waste needed to cycle the tank. Should I just continue to use a little brine shrimp? Thanks.

I have 3 julii cories, 5 neon tetras and 2 otocinclus catfish in my 20 gallon planted tank. My cories have been showing breeding behavior and sometimes I find a few eggs. From what I have read cories lay at least 20 eggs on the glass, plants etc, but I only see a couple of eggs here and there...