spine distortion

Hi! Long story short, I bought some Asian glass catfish for my main tank today. They had been in the shop for quite some time. I asked the guy how long they had been there, and he told me it had been 8 weeks. So, I naively thought, "Well, okay, that seems safe. They've pretty much already...

This is extremely stressful. Now out of my three survivors, one is on the ground not moving again. I went on vacation so I couldn't monitor the water everyday. During the vacation, there was no food given, and lights off. Water parameters turned out fine according to the card that came with it...

About a week ago, my new cat attacked my 8 year old cichlid. I always thought it was a red devil cichlid but now I am not sure because it is only about five inches long and I expected it to be bigger by now. It lays on it's side but it moves occasionally and has been eating. I have been dosing...

Since retiring and returning to fish keeping/breeding I have noticed trends that suggest bad practice by some commercial breeders/suppliers, possibly with the acquiescence of some retailers. We know the appalling practice of artificial colouring but points raised here make no direct accusations...