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Also, i know you are trying to do the best thing for your fish by using cycle, but in my experience it is useless. I have tried to use this product two different times. THe first time was to cycle my tank, and the fish i had at the time died and i had some very high ammona and nitrite readings. The ...

its a 40 gal breeder tank (so its not as tall as a normal 40 gal). the RTBS will be a bully, and i have noticed him chasing everyone around, but havn't noticed anyone with nipped fins. I'll look for a pix of my tank. Currently having some computer problems, so i can't take any new ones.

When i do water changes i add the water straight from the tap, but do my best to stir it up coming out of the hose (i use a python) to get it to drop quickly. Thats also why i try to do frequent small changes to minimize the pH change.

The only reason i thought the behavior was strange for the now ...

I do weekly water changes of about 20%, using prime as a dechlorinator. I match the temp the best i can, but there is a difference in the pH. My water has a very low kH, but from the tap has a very high pH (like 9+, off the chart) but then drops to 7.4. I didn't vacume inside the caves, which i can ...

Its definately nothing like what i'm seeing in those pix. Basically the healthy one is round and boardering on a little plump, where the sides are curved. The one in question has his sides go straight down and no roundness. If that makes any sense.

I just rememberd this one. Last night, he did seem to be rolling over onto his side. I have seen them sleeping on their sides before, and already been through that panick, but it seemed different. He seemed to be awake while doing this.

I also am just noticing a few of my other tiger barbs are ...

The pale-ness could be that he's spending his time greyed out due to the presence of the other clown and territory/ agression issues. Is it a greyed out pale or a 'sick' pale?
I'm honestly not sure about the difference. I have seen him go from vivid bold colors to grey after a food dispute, but ...

anyone?

I have two clown loaches, one is as happy as can be. The other i'm getting worried about. Both are about 5"

My water appears fine, ammonia 0, nitrite 0, nitrate 15, pH 7.4. Tank is 40 gallons (will upgrade when fish get bigger), 5 tiger barbs, 4 zebra danios, 2 clown loaches, 1 red tailed black ...