Recent content by PygmyPepperJulli

Are there any caves or pieces of hardscape with a small entrance (so the fish could swim in but maybe not find their way out)? I once lost one of my loaches and turned the tank upside down looking for it (or a corpse)- turns out it was in a tiny hole in one of my logs and wriggled out when I...

Question- I (a noob, this could be totally wrong) have read several horror stories of yoyo loaches eating smaller fish (neon tetras, rasboras, etc). Is this a myth? If so, it would make me feel a lot safer about the future of my tank :). I don't think they'd go for anything as big as a betta...

Hi! (I'm going to precede this by saying I've only been researching saltwater for about two months and have only just bought a tank which hasn't even been filled yet, so take all this with a grain of salt. I would highly recommend joining a saltwater forum like reef2reef due to the sheer amount...

I'm very pleased to report there has been no other symptoms of sickness or sudden deaths in the tank, so hopefully it was a one-off event (whatever caused it). Thank for the help everyone :)

Thanks all. On Colin's advice, I'll do a number of water changes (hopefully about 3 60%s) this week- the reason I can't really do more (this week and a higher % every week) is that we're on tank water (rather than council water) which is running a little low at the moment. Filter has been...

Well, that's certainly a possibility... Was there ever any reason that they suddenly murdered each other? And is there any way to prevent this from happening again (because I don't exactly want any more murders on my hands...)? Out of all of them, the one that died was the only one that I...

Thanks Colin. I'm not really sure how the protozoan got there (I always try and vacuum up all the mulm and gunk when cleaning the tank)- however, since you mentioned meat/frozen foods I do occasionally feed them small chunks of frozen prawn (human food grade), to vary their diet from the...

Also, really sorry, but if photos are needed, I can't take them. A, the fish is now dead and buried, and B, I don't actually have anything I can take them with.

Hi TFF, Haven't been on in a while, but I do have a minor emergency that needs addressing. DETAILS 55gal 1 Angelfish, 9 neon tetras, 4 yoyo loaches, 1 bristlenose catfish, 1 male ram cichlid, lots of plants, and up until 5 minutes ago, 5 pearl gourami's. 50% water change weekly Just added salt...

Thanks everyone, that's really helpful and makes sense :) I'll try and get the dewormer soon. Speaking of which, do I get the one for dogs and then if that doesn't work the one from Petbarn? Or just the one from petbarn? However, what if it isn't worms? What if the pygmy is just really...

Ok, sorry for not coming on sooner, I had some issues. I appreciate all your replies. The pygmy (after looking under every rock, stick and plant in the tank, I've only found one pygmy, which I assume means the other one was either eaten (I don't think that's likely due to the eater probably...

1. I had 6 peppers about a month ago (actually, had 3 from die out, went to the store and bought another three, and found 2 dead when I came back. Yay.) I started with 6 pygmies around a year and a half ago, but they have been dying out over time and I don't want to add some just for them to die...

Hi all, Recently I have lost a lot of cories, and now the ones remaining look like they are on the way out. I would love to keep these fish in the future but the rate at which they are dying is getting too much to handle. 1 pepper, 2 pygmies. Ammonia 0, Nitrate 0, Nitrite 0 (with my brand new...

Hi from somewhere near your general proximity! Great to have you here :)

I would start with increasing the cories :). They do better in large numbers.