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I found these in my gravel. There’s been no new additions to the tank for about 9 months, but I’ve never seen them before. Possibly tubifex, red worms, or camallanus? Or something else?

Thanks so much. I thought about trying to drain the fluid with a syringe to make her more comfortable but I’m wary about hurting her if I do anything incorrectly. I’ll check back in if anything changes.

Thank you so much, I really appreciate it. Everything has been totally stable so I’m going crazy trying to figure out what’s going on with her.

Thank you SO much for the reply. I always dechlorinate my water, and the pH has been stable at 8.2 since I started the tank a few years ago. I’ll definitely try some big water changes this week. The average GH is quite high (180ppm) in my city, but I converted to a blackwater setup with lots of...

Over the last few days she’s become very lethargic and bloated, and her eyes have turned a milky white color. There’ve been no changes to food, feeding schedule, or tank inhabitants (tank mates are endlers, cories, and a mystery snail, lots of plants). Water tests are all normal (8.2ph, 0ppm...

Awesome, thank you so much for your input! I appreciate your help (:

Thanks so much for the reply! I was thinking of transferring over a part of my large male endler school from my 20g into this tank... but I really liked your suggestion about the catfish! To go even smaller, what do you think about possibly a small school of pygmy (habrosus) corys? And yes, I...

Awesome! You’re going to love it, it really provides such an awesome space to work with

Thank you so much for your reply! I figured it wasn’t an iron deficiency, and it didn’t look like any other consistent signs or deficiencies Ive experienced in the past or have seen online... I will definitely start dosing more often though based on your suggestion. And yes, my water is...

Pretty consistently hard water, no matter how I try to tweak it the tap prevails haha

Thanks so much! You’re too kind! Thanks for your suggestion (:

Consistently hard water, the footprint is 11.8x11.8

Upgraded my shrimp tank from a janky 3.5 gallon from Petsmart to a just over 7 gallon rimless UNS tank. Don't mind the messy scape, things are still settling in plant wise. Low tech, with an air stone on the way as the new filter is not moving as much water as I had hoped. When considering tank...