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Thanks! Yeah, I also had my wife look at the 2 in question and no indication of anything like ich growing on them

https://drive.google.com/file/d/1JRnETHtPfwU6iS6CwHFNRl0YJN81Vfd-/view?usp=drivesdk https://drive.google.com/file/d/1JgFk5DBZqWHNmGg2QsNwN7OPcIClaY1u/view?usp=drivesdk This is a bit better, it may take a few minutes to upload. Thank you for your help.

I'm trying but they won't remain still. 🙃

Hi, I got 4 baby rasporas yesterday from PetSmart and noticed today, 2 of the new ones have what looks to be a deformed jaw. I've seen this before with several other types of fish and usually the tragic result is the fish slowly withering away to a point of no return. Not sure what this is, but...

I normally do a quick cleaning every week of the gravel where I siphon waste sitting on top but I occasionally get lazy. I try not to dig deep in the substrate which, as you say would release toxins. Where I had a 'crash', I was much more thorough and siphoned deep. I will from now on make sure...

It was 3% off the shelf Wal-Mart 'Equate' brand. I did VERY thoroughly rinse everything cleaned with hydrogen peroxide with water but who knows...this very well could have been the culprit. I just haven't had good luck with neons. I'll get 6 or so and they will be doing great, then months later...

I appreciate the help and insight from everybody! I performed another 50% change and vacuumed up more debris. After 2 days of fasting, I gave the remaining fish a pinch of flakes. So far, no more casualties and the fish appear calm again, albeit heavily favoring the filter side. I hope to...