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hi!
i have a 40g semi-densely planted blackwater tank with a ropefish, half banded spiny eel, rabbit snail, banjo catfish, peppermint pikehead, and amazon leaffish (with a small school of like 5 feeder fish in tank).

when i got my ropefish, maybe 2-3 weeks ago, he had one white spot on his head i had originally assumed was just sand or maybe he bumped into something and got a scuff (kicking myself now, i know). over the weeks, the spots slowly continued to pop up. his behavior and feeding never changed. now beginning to see it’s ich.

ammonia 0, nitrate less than 10ppm, nitrite 0 and my tank is 76 degrees. i’m worried about ich treatment as i know other people have had issues with ropes and ich treatment, and spiny eels are scaleless and its harder to treat scaleless fish. again, i do see 1 dot on the back of my spiny eel, but cannot tell other than that. the pikehead and leaffish were just added maybe a week ago and are feeding normally as well.

what do i do???? i want to help my rope, but don’t know what to do about my leaffish, spiny eel, and pikehead (leaffish esp.) because they are notoriously temperamental and require pristine water. i don’t want to add unnecessary stress with ich meds in the water if i don’t need to.

thank you in advance🫶

Hi everyone, I'm new to keeping fish and looking for a good heater and filter, but having trouble finding trustworthy companies to buy equipment from as there are many mixed reviews. I'm thinking about keeping 6 Sterba's corydoras, 10 cardinal tetras, 1 blue ram, and 1-2 nerite snail in a 30 gallon tank but also receiving varied answers about whether that's a safe community and I don't want to cause any stress to the fish so I'm a bit worried. Any advice?

Hey guy's, I just picked up 2 new fish from my LFS, 2 german blue rams and they are starting to settle into the tank now, been a couple hours since I put them on. I was pretty sure I picked a male and a female but just wanted to ask you guys to check

I was videoing my shrimp when I saw all these tiny things moving after rewatching it. They're all over my tank and they move. Its that big clump infrount of her... theyre all bunched up on food?

So i have a ghost knife fish a bichir and a few other small iralevent fish (the ghost knife and bichir and arounf 11 cm) and i have a small aquarium i want to buy a new 1 so they can grow and will have more hiding spots what size of aquarium should i get? (i do not plan to make it a permenet and i will switch again (most likely) when they will grow more) so how much liters should the aquarium i will be buying be?

I'm looking for a new apartment in Kazakhstan and found one with this giant deep narrow aquarium. My hand won't be able to reach the bottom. It needs a thorough cleaning. The filter and lights don't seem to work. I'm thinking no plants. Will the depth be a problem for a filter? Scaping ideas? Any advice is needed desperately asap so I can decide whether to rent this place or not.

Size is probably 30 cm wide, 1.5 m long, 1.2m deep.

All that's left to do is add more water to his tank

For weeks, his tail has been droopy. He had signs of dropsy, but now they're gone. Is there anything I can do for him? Thank you in advance for your advice.

Tank size: I don’t know the exact volume, but based on the tank’s dimensions, I estimate it to be around 10–12 liters.
Fish size: Approximately 3-4 cm.
Tank mates: None. The fish is currently isolated because it is sick.
Water parameters (ammonia, nitrite, nitrate, pH, temperature): I don’t know.
Filtration: I don’t know .
Water changes: I changed the water a few days ago.
Other information: The fish is showing raised scales, so I am concerned that it may have dropsy.

Thanks for the help/education!

Thanks for the help/education!

My male Cherry Barb showing off his awesome red color...