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Mystery solved. Apparently it's been my pH the whole time--I'm a little concerned that LFS didn't call me on that the first time I brought in a water sample . . . Anyways. Huge water change and "pH down," and I'm on my way to being able to keep LIVE fish!

It's just the last little guy left. But he's not showing any symptoms yet. I--er--really shouldn't do anything drastic to him unless he starts going red and bobbing around like an unbalanced balloon, right?

Fourth one on his way out. Interesting though, this time the redness seems to be concentrated on his head (at the top), but of course I can only see the redness where he's got the "salt" patches in his "salt and pepper" design. Also, his back fin is partially torn and individual fibers are...

Thanks for the replies, guys. I've got the API test kits. And as much as it's possible that I'm not shaking the bottles hard enough or whatnot beforehand, I took the first dead fish into the LFS along with a cup of my tank water, and THEY also tested it all for me and found it clean. I wish it...

Size of tank: 10 gallons Fish: down to two peppered cories, originally five Ammonia-0 ppm Nitrite- 0 ppm Nitrate- 30 ppm pH- 8.5 I cycled my tank for two months fishlessly. The stats were excellent and stayed constant for a week, so I went ahead and got 5 peppered cories. Three days later, the...

Thanks, Harlequins--but I DID ask in the emergency section and NOBODY has answered. :( I just wish I knew what was causing this . . .

Red fish was dead this morning. Once they turn red and stop being able to swim, it looks like they tend to go downhill pretty fast. :( I think the other fish are okay. Although I can't find my smaller guy this morning, so I hope he's not lurking in the back of the tank somewhere, feeling poorly...

I have a new cory problem. I'm starting to be worried that whatever's wrong with this cory, it might be contagious, since he was a replacement for the last fish that the LFS guy said sounded like had a swim bladder problem. I have four Peppered cories, three of which I bought six days ago...

Huh. I think I'd better repost this.

Thank you all, everyone. The LFS I patronize had C. paleatus, which is supposed to be on the smaller side of cories. However, now I have a new cory problem. I'm starting to be worried that whatever's wrong with this cory, it might be contagious. I now have four Peppered cories which I bought...

Request Help Tank size: 10 gallon pH: 8.5 ammonia: 0 nitrite: 0 nitrate: 30 tank temp: 76 F Fish Symptoms (include full description including lesion, color, location, fish behavior): I have four Peppered cories which I bought six days ago. One of them, when I got him, wasn't behaving quite...

Thanks, all. I don't think my LFS has pygmies . . . but they've got peppered cories, and I like those. So I think I'll get four of those guys and see how it goes. :D

Hi! I'm about to stock my newly cycled 10 gallon tank, and I was wondering 1) The minimum number of cories needed for the cories to be happy in a tank (have heard ranges from 1-6) 2) If mixed shoals are discouraged (I like the idea of lots of different colors of cories) 3) The smallest kinds...