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How long did you treat the ich and what did you use? Whatever treatment you chose should have been continued for at least a week after you saw the last spot so that it doesn’t reinfest. Ich usually only takes hold of weak or unhealthy fish so if he’s not new or been exposed to anything...

IIRC, albinos get to be around 2-3 inches so 3 of them would take up 6-9 inches of your tank. That only leaves room for 6 neons at the most, not including the guppy. Unless you are madly in love with the cory, I would find a new home for him and concentrate on the other fish OR just have a...

Is it an albino cory? If so, he needs 5 friends and that would be at or over capacity for a 10 gallon tank. Most likely your female guppy is going to drop several batches of fry over the next few months so you need to be prepared for that too. Neons also need to be in a group of 6 or more (of...

Isn’t 32 drops quite a lot for 12 gallons? Once you initially get the ammonia up to around 4 and back to 0, you reduce the amount to your approximate bioload and wait for it to consistently zero out in 12 hours. If your nitrites are 0 and nitrates are readable, I think you have a fully...

Forget the Wal*Mart fish. I tried, he died and I now have two healthy ones to worry about. Can I assume that coming from the same place (NOT Wal*Mart if there is any confusion) they are both healthy and just switch tanks? Or do I need to wait a certain amount of time and thoroughly clean...

Almost two weeks ago I purchased my first Betta (named Cat by my 3 yr old) and while picking up something for his tank at Wal*Mart, walked out with a second tank to house the fish I was compelled to save. Rescue fish didn’t make it more than 48 hours but the tank was cleaned and quickly...