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Hey, thank you SO MUCH for your help. I got the maracyn, and that seems to have fixed the problem and killed whatever infection was in the tank. The fish have been healthy and happy. I did the...

I picked up some maracyn (which is erythromycin), enough for a 5 day treatment as directed. I'll also get some epsom salt to drop in (about 1 tsp for my 29 gal).

Hopefully this will knock it out....

I'll have to see if I can find maracyn. Any other options? My local petco had little to offer, that's why I got pimafix. I'll have to probably get to my normal aquarium store tomorrow.

So about 2 weeks ago, I had a cory that suddenly looked bloated. It's eyes were bulging out, and it stopped eating, got lethargic, pine-cone scales, etc. After much research, it appears to be...

Out of curiosity, would a cockatoo apisto be better if I removed the kribensis?

Thanks for all the feedback. I can try adding more cover, caves, etc, giving them a more "separated" feel, with...

It looks like the kribensis bit off one of the dwarf gourami's "feelers". :(

Here is the stock in my 29g tank:

6 x lemon tetras
4 x three-lined corys
1 x male dwarf gourami
1 x female kribensis


The tank has 10 plastic plants in it of varying sizes. The right side...

I was able to buy the right ammonia from my local pick n save grocery store (roundy's chain)

I used biozyme for the first 7 days per the instructions, starting on the day I filled the tank and dropped in 5ppm of ammonia. The ammonia started dropping after about 3 days. My tank finished the...

If you dont feed a bit of ammonia to the tank every day after the ammonia drops to 0, you'll kill the cycle. The ammonia > nitrite converting bacteria need ammonia to live.

So once your ammonia...

Hmm everything I'd read about the cockatoo was that it was unique in the sense it handled 8.0 PH water fine. (in fact, the library on this very site lists PH range from 6.0 to 8.0 for the cockatoo)...

29 gallon, 8.0 PH, very soft water (hardness 1 or less), and alkalinity is like 250. Oh and temp is 77-78 F.


The LFS water is similar to mine, around a 7.5 PH, soft water, etc.

I'm trying to decide if the kribensis is a suitable fish in my tank instead of the cockatoo apisto. Tankmates are a dwarf gourami, lemon tetras, and three lined corys.

I'm having a hard time...

I have a dwarf gourami in my 29g. He likes the top. I don't know about compatibility though, so someone else could speak on that with what you're looking to stock.

I'm coming up short on LFS that carry red cockatoo apistos, so I'm hoping someone here may be able to help me find a good online retailer. I tried aquabid but they sell them all in pairs, and I'm...

For what it's worth, I used biozyme when I did my fishless cycle. I got the ammonia to 5 ppm on day 1, and used the biozyme as instructed for the first 7 days. By the 7th day, my 29g tank could...

You can totally change your water during the fishless cycle. Just don't vacuum up anything. I did a 90% water change right before my cycle finished so I could get nitrite and nitrate to readable...

Indeed, the tetras seemed to eventually calm down. It was pretty comical and entertaining for a while. :)

My corys seem to like eating this stuff.

So I have 6 lemon tetras, and 4 trilineatus corys in a 29g. I just added the corys last night. Not sure if this is coincidence. Anyways, today, the tetras are going crazy chasing each other. I...

Aha! You were indeed correct. What they were calling julii corys were actually trilineatus. I'm glad you made that post. I picked up my corys today and after a 2 hour drip acclimation, they are...

29 gallon. 78 degrees F.

Lemon tetras, and will also be adding a dwarf gourami and a cocakatoo apisto eventually. PH is 8.0. I'm thinking about some Julii corys maybe?

I need an alternative to the three-lined cory (trilineatus). I had planned on getting these for my tank, but have been unable to find an LFS that carries them. What appealed to me was that they...

I think once you can add 1-2 ppm ammonia and within 24 hours you get 0 of both, then you're good.

Thank you for moving this mods. :)