Fish Lovers 3.0 [new poll]

[Polly44]

@flyteck
That is what i am thinking. Though my mistake they are actually "Koi Tuxedo Guppies" don't know if that makes a huge amount of difference mind. But they look like this.
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And i bought a bunch of plants a few days ago, so it looks all pretty now! There is a load of grass behind the plant in the middle of the ship, but you can't see it. I'm debating moving it or the plant, but i haven't decided yet. And i bought another plant of some description today, which has gone behind the pink lily at the front. I'm very happy with it- i love the tree surrounded by the pebbles.

I just got fish today as well! A group of four Swordtails- a male and three females, plus a pair of female Mollies, who seem to have been gathered into the male Swords little "harem"
I did a fishless cycle the past few days, so hopefully that went well. I added more bacteria stuff when i put the fish in as well.

Will try and get a few pictures up at some point.

Will let them all settle for a few days. But the Blue Phantom Plec i want is half price this weekend, so i might be getting one or two of those. xD

[Lonin]

:c We're having loads of problems with our 20 gallon at the moment. Fish keep dying with barely any symptoms and we can't work out what's wrong or how to fix it.
One at a time they sit in a corner for a few days looking a little bit stressed but not full on clamped and gasping, go really pale then die. No other obvious external signs.
We've been doing extra water changes and it always shows up 0 ammonia and 0 nitrites whenever we test.

[Evils]

:c We're having loads of problems with our 20 gallon at the moment. Fish keep dying with barely any symptoms and we can't work out what's wrong or how to fix it.
One at a time they sit in a corner for a few days looking a little bit stressed but not full on clamped and gasping, go really pale then die. No other obvious external signs.
We've been doing extra water changes and it always shows up 0 ammonia and 0 nitrites whenever we test.

I'm really sorry this is happening to you! :(
I've had problems in the past of fish dying after other fish have died, especially ones that seemed close to the fish who died. They just got so stressed from the trauma of it all that they ended up getting sick themselves and passing away.
I hope you don't mind if I ask a few questions! :O
How often do you clean the tank and at what percentage? A lack of consistent water changes could cause stress build up in a fish that could lead to death over time. How many fish are in the tank? Seeing that it's a 20 gallon, not too many fish can live very comfortably together in that size of a tank, stress from overcrowding can also cause a fish to get sick. Have you noticed any change in eating habits with your fish? Have they gotten any thinner or pickier when eating? Have they been seeming lethargic at all?
I'm really sorry this is so many questions! I have a thought of what could be going on, but I just want to make sure that they have the symptoms. Whatever is going on, I really hope your tank begins to heal! ;w;

[Lonin]

I'm really sorry this is happening to you!
I've had problems in the past of fish dying after other fish have died, especially ones that seemed close to the fish who died. They just got so stressed from the trauma of it all that they ended up getting sick themselves and passing away.
I hope you don't mind if I ask a few questions! :O
How often do you clean the tank and at what percentage? A lack of consistent water changes could cause stress build up in a fish that could lead to death over time. How many fish are in the tank? Seeing that it's a 20 gallon, not too many fish can live very comfortably together in that size of a tank, stress from overcrowding can also cause a fish to get sick. Have you noticed any change in eating habits with your fish? Have they gotten any thinner or pickier when eating? Have they been seeming lethargic at all?
I'm really sorry this is so many questions! I have a thought of what could be going on, but I just want to make sure that they have the symptoms. Whatever is going on, I really hope your tank begins to heal! ;w;

We normally do 20% every week or so since it's heavily planted but since they've been dying we've been doing 10-15% a few times a week.
Originally we had 9 black phantom tetras and 6 bronze cories which shouldn't be overstocked. Tank was running for nearly 6 months at that stocking and water change frequency with no problems before all this started.
No changes in eating habits and they're all still happy, fat and active until they go sit in a corner and die.

[Hime]

Very sorry to hear that Lonin. :c I've had mystery diseases in my tank way more than I should have had in theory, and I know it sucks. Couple ideas what it could be:
Costia would be my first suspect. As it can be very sneaky and fish don't show much symptoms before they seemingly suddenly die. It's treatable (can't tolerate temps over 28C if I remember right and some forms can be killed off with medication, I think I got the same stuff that works for velvet), so that's a plus.
Then there's a 'disease' which is apparently caused by metacercariae larvae, but unfortunately I don't know it's english name. It also should show up on the fish as darker patches. It's not the most common one out there and I really couldn't find much information about it unfortunately. Does tend to affect tetras though.

[Polly44]

God i hate fish sometimes. Found my Male Swordtail dead this morning. Even though he was fine last night. Tested the water, it was fine for Ammonia, but the Nitrite and Nitrate were quite high, though some of that might have been because of him maybe being in there dead for a while. As i am sure i counted them all alive and fine before i went to bed at about 10ish last night.

Did a 20% water change anyway. But i just spotted one of the female Swords flicking against the gravel and one of the Mollies seems to have white spot and some sort of fungus or something on one eye, as it's all covered in white stuff. So i've just put some treatment in there. xD I really need to add some when i put the fish in as a precaution/prevention next time. *Sigh*

[fiirstcrush]

I love waking up to bubble nests! Ever since I got Ares, my betta, a new tank + ever since I put him in the kitchen until my rooms all finished he's been SO much happier, It has fancy lights too, more room and he all of a sudden loves his little betta leaf haha. Such a spoiled fishy! I plan on getting him another thing to hide in. He's been enjoying nudging his moss ball slightly. I'll wake up and its in a different position :'3c If there was enough room i'd love to keep him in the kitchen. The constant hustle and bustle keeps him very occupied but we sadly need that room =w= Hopefully he's cool with 1 on 1 time soon again.

[MapleNeko]

@lonin It isn't gill flukes is it? that's what i think happened to my 20-gallon guppy breeding tank, they would start looking a little stressed a die in a matter of days. ended up losing most of the fish in the tank, even treatment didnt work that great

[WhiteWater ;]

just ordered myself a thai silk fh!! Super excited

[Hime]

I've added some fish to my little group of endlers. ^^ First I went to one pet store, last week I think, which I knew often had the type I wanted. Well this time they only had mainly juveniles (from local breeder of sort) so I'm not 100% of the gender ratio I got. I got 4, as the two males I previously had had been picking on each other quite a bit. Out of those 4, 1 is male for sure and I think 1 is female. Sucks I had to pay full price for them even though you really can't tell much about them...
Then on thursday I went to fish store after work and picked out another 4, 1 male which is same type as my first Endler male (the other original male is most likely an endler-guppy hybrid) and 3 females. One of the females has this really pretty blue sheen to her scales at certain light, and tad of blue on her tail. Other 2 are kinda green-yellow tinted, so I'm hoping they will produce some nice green-black gened babies like the two mature males I have. Though first lot of babies out of two of the females might be mixed bunch as they had two types of males in the tank at the shop and the two are very much pregnant. 3rd one doesn't seem to be pregnant yet, but we shall see...Total count: 3 males for sure, 3 females for sure, 3 mystery babies
Plus one hybrid. So... 9+1=10
The hybrid male though I put in a fry net box thingy as I don't want to him to mix with the pure strand of endlers. And the endler male was picking on him a lot and his tail was constantly nipped, so I think he could use some alone time. He might get moved to my empty 80-ish liter and I juuuust might go back to the fish store and get one absolutely gorgeous Apistogramma trifasciata male I saw there. And some small pleco for the 128liter, maybe... If I have the money... (and after I get rid of that freaking blue green algae, which went nuts again when I couldn't be bothered to siphon it out every 2-3 days)
The fish store also had these super cute baby koi, which they had to bring in from their summer time pond section outside. They were sooooo pretty, I really wanted to get them, but I have no pond for fish so... :c

Betta is doing great with all the new additions, he really doesn't care about them at all. He's colored up a little more, like he's still pretty plain mix of red and blue, but bit more vivid and the bright blue on his rays is quite stunning on somedays. The fish store of course had some crown tail girls, but I know it's suuuuper risky to have a betta harem and I wouldn't know how to take care of betta babies anyway in case they would breed. : P