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Just had an unfortunately timed week long vacation where I had to leave my fish; I left them with a five day food pellet and changed 25% of the water the day I left. Fortunately all the fish survived, and the entire food block is gone (I’m thinking the pleco probably ate most of it since he’s...

I usually change about 25% of the water every two weeks or so, I know it should be weekly but I can never find time. Since they started disappearing I've been changing 1/4 every week though. I'll try a dark background, thanks!

Thanks so much! Checked under the log and nothing, so I am forced to assume my pleco has turned evil and eaten my fish :(. Is it normal for harlequin's to die after just a year? I got them from a non-commercial fish store (not PetCo etc) called Wet Pets and Friends (located in Pittsburgh). They...

I have a lightly planted 20 gallon tank, gravel substrate with a small bristlenose pleco and six harlequin rasboras. Have had the tank for a year, all was fine and the fish were doing great. All of a sudden my harlequin rasboras have started disappearing, one at a time. I don’t think the pleco...