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I bought a pair of Kribs about a month and a half ago from my LFS. Over time, I noticed the male’s tail becoming more and more frayed. When I first bought him, he did have some fin damage as they were in a tank with larger Mollies who were relentlessly picking on his fins. Instead of getting better, his tail has gotten progressively worse. At first I was worried it could be fin rot, but I was able to rule that out. Regardless, I’ve been dosing the tank with Stress Guard every other day or so to help it repair. I noticed my female chasing him around every now and then, but rarely see her actually make contact with him. I’m 99% sure she’s the culprit as none of the other fish even bother them, and she seems to be quite nippy while he’s definitely more docile. They’re in a 46g bow front and as you can see from the video it’s heavily planted with a lot of rock work and plenty of hiding spots. I’m wondering if I need to consider rehoming her, or if this is the normal process of pairing. He’s showing no signs of stress whatsoever, has a voracious appetite and is not showing any symptoms of being bullied/scared. Please let me know if I should consider rehoming or just let nature play it out. From their size I would say they’re still quite young, but I’m not sure if this is normal behavior. Thanks!

Hopefully I’m just overreacting, but I’ve had him/her for about 4-5 months now. About a week ago, I moved this little guy into his own 27 gallon tank because he was starting to get picked on by my other parrots. I bought them all at the same size within a few weeks of each other, but a few months ago this one just literally stopped growing. As a result, all of the others are over double its size, which has lead to the bullying. I noticed a few days ago his tail had a slight hint of red. Every day it’s getting more and more intense. Could this be due to something in the water of the new tank? All parameters are normal. Please let me know your thoughts!

I bought this little guy from Petsmart about three weeks ago. Not my first choice in supplier, but our local Petsmart is actually great. The manager and staff that work in the department are all longtime hobbyists themselves, keep the tanks immaculate, fish in great health, and quarantine ALL new arrivals. On top of this, we only have one LFS in town (all others are 90+ mins away) and their entire inventory is bred in-store/in-house and the only Angels they carry are Koi, which are not my fave. When I bought him I did notice his top fin was a bit blunt, but he was SO tiny (about the size of a penny) so to me it looked like maybe the very top point was either nipped off or damaged in transit. Since I’ve had him, he’s over doubled in size and now I can really see the state of the fin. It’s not getting any better and it even looks like his bottom fin is starting to do the same. I know it’s not due to nipping or bullying, as there’s no aggression issues whatsoever. Everyone minds their own business. He’s eating great, is EXTREMELY sociable and shows zero signs of stress. Yesterday I started treating the tank with Seachem Stress Guard, just in case. Does this look to be fin rot and if so, anything I should be doing in particular besides keeping parameters pristine? Any input is appreciated!

P.S - apologies for the blurriness in the beginning of the video! My iPad seems to focus on everything but what I want it to! xD

Hi, all. I decided to setup a 46g Bowfront and do something different than my usual New World Cichlid tanks. I went with a community tank originally wanting two Angels and a handful of Rainbows. While at Petco, I saw they had a few Kribensis. They definitely peaked my interest as I know they stay quite small and can usually be kept with fast moving community fish. Never keeping this species before, I did a little research and decided to go for it. Usually, I would do more in-depth research, but they looked SUPER stressed and had pretty badly nipped fins as they were getting continually harassed and bullied by all of the other Mollies in the tank. Not the best idea to “rescue” fish, but what can I say. The reading I did mentioned they did best in two, so out of the three they they had, I tried to pick which either two females or a male and female. Can someone help me sex these two from my video? I was hoping ideally to get two females, as they can get very aggressive when breeding. Everything has been going great, except I’ve noticed that one of the Kribs’ tail is looking worse instead of better. None of the other fish really pay them any mind, and of the Kribs one has claimed a rock in one corner, and the other another rock on the opposite of the tank and that’s really where they hang out most of the time. Neither shows any signs of stress or being scared. They both instantly come to the top when I open the lid. I’m wondering if one is nipping at the other’s tail while the lights are out? It’s the only explanation I can think of, as the other Krib’s tail is completely fine. My current stock is:

x3 Bosemani Rainbow
x3 Australian Rainbow
x1 Striped Angelfish
x1 Red Honey Gourami
x2 Kribensis

Any tips, advice, and input on their sexing would be greatly appreciated!

I came home to a VERY traumatic sight today. On the way, I stopped by our pet store and picked up a Firemouth. I get in, immediately turn the tank light out and float the bag. Like always, all of the fish come up to check it out and beg for food like they always do when I get home. I noticed my smaller Polar Blue Parrot (named “Guppy” because all of the other fish have tripled in size over the past 6 months while he hasn’t really grown at all) wasn’t in the group. Immediately, my heart dropped and I knew something was very wrong because when I get home every single fish in the tank (even the Siamese Algae Eaters) come up to the top to greet me. I frantically start scanning through every rock, cave and plant looking for the little guy. My gut sank when I found him between a rock and the glass in the back side of the tank. He was breathing, but I could tell he was crushed underneath the side of it.

I automatically knew exactly what happened because the past two days my larger Polar has gone on an absolute psychotic hormonal meltdown. I always assumed Guppy was a female and the larger was a male, because I’ve caught them a few times doing the spinny/twitchy love dance before, but now I’m not so sure. The larger has been frantically going in and out of one of the rock caves in the back corner and if any fish even DARES enter that side of the tank, he turns into an absolute bullet chasing them off. The bully tank boss of the group (a Platinum Parrot) is absolutely TERRIFIED of him right now, because as soon as he sees him anywhere near, he literally charges him into the gravel or the glass. I’m assuming that’s exactly what happened to Guppy, because the rock he was stuck under was the side of the cave the larger one has been protecting. He must have charged at him, and in an attempt to run away lodged himself between the rock and glass.

He was a little wobbly after I freed him and immediately went to the opposite side of the tank behind the filter intake. I could tell he was very scuffed on one side (you can see in the video when he’s facing left) because it literally rubbed off a section of his black stripes and has some minor scrapes on the other side (when facing right). I immediately dosed the tank with some API Stress Coat I had on hand. I did some quick googling and found that Seachem Stress Guard is a better option because it contains an antiseptic. I bought a bottle on Amazon right away and paid the extra shipping to have it here in an hour. I just dosed the tank with the recommended amount.

He’s been out and about a bit (little less than normal, but expected) and went crazy like usual and chowed down on some brine. Because of that, I have high hopes he’s going to make it, but I’m concerned that the scrapes are going to leave scars. He’s such a beautiful fish and has the most beautiful stripes, so any tips of what I can do to expedite healing and minimize scarring (besides dosing with Stress Guard) would be greatly appreciated! I’ve already cried my eyes out (never thought I would be this emotional over the little guy, lol), so please also send your healing love! Thank you!

The description isn’t too clear how it’s worded and I can’t really find a straight answer any where.

I’ve had this little guy for about a month now and he is growing FAST. About a week ago, I noticed his stomach being a little disproportionate to his body. I can’t tell if something is wrong with him internally, or if he is just a little piglet. He is absolutely VORACIOUS at feeding time and even more so now that he’s gotten more comfortable with his larger tank mates. They get a good size pinch of flakes in the morning and about a 3/4 cube of bloodworms in the evening every other day. Any input is greatly appreciated!

I’ve been looking for a few particular fish on my “holy grail list” for years now, without any luck. The ones I have found are either ridiculously expensive, or the breeder is located in Thailand. I stumbled on Gem Coast USA who not only have two of the fish I’ve been searching for, but also a huge selection of other freshwater fish.

In the past I’ve only ever ordered fish from eBay. But it’s difficult to find a seller on there with a wide array of inventory, because in addition to looking for these particular fish I’m also trying to stock two other of my new tanks. Since I don’t want to pay $30-60 per fish for shipping, I’d like to order everything from one seller to only pay for shipping once. Coast Gem ticks all of these boxes, EXCEPT for what I discovered last night. Upon doing some research, I found a Reddit post with NUMEROUS people complaining of DOAs, slow shipping times, and sickly fish. However, the only complaints/reviews I’ve been able to find were from 4-6 years ago. Apparently all of these people were advised from the seller that their issues were due to Covid. I can definitely cut them some slack because I know shipping anything was a nightmare in the height of Covid, which accounts for the slow shipping times causing more DOAs and the global lack of staff could equate to poor conditions of the fish.

I’m just looking for some honest reviews within the past 6 months or so. The few I have seen that were more recent were very positive, so it’s possible this was just Covid relating (at least I’m hoping so!)

Thanks in advance!

Hi, all! Here’s a few video clips merged together of my 75g, currently stocked with: x2 Polar Blue Parrots, x1 Platinum Parrot, x1 Starry Night (Polleni) and x2 Siamese Algae Eaters. I just added the Platinum a few days ago and he has been chasing the Polars quite a bit. They aren’t showing any signs of stress or hiding, but he is chasing them with some frequency and at times their chases will last for a few laps around the tank.

The last time I had a New World Cichlid community was about 8 years ago, and I think I just got lucky with the chilliest fish in the world. I had a Flowerhorn, 4 Blood Parrots, a Red Terror, Synspilum, Severum, Jack Dempsies, an Acara and a Firemouth and there was ZERO aggression whatsoever. No chasing, no nipping, no bullying. So maybe that false sense of tranquility is what’s making me overly paranoid with this tank, lol.

Also, please disregard the state of the Platinum’s fins. He was in a tank with an Auratus Mbuna that he had no business being with, and he was bullied pretty severely by my standard Blood Parrot who was also in the 75 (who’s now in my 27g on a few day “time out” period, because I figured that was more humane than the little mesh breeder/time out box). Hopefully I can reintroduce the BP back in a few days and there’ll be less anger.

Please let me know if you think I should rehome the platinum, or if this is just a normal level of aggression I can expect. Thanks!

Deciding whether to save my blue shards for the x2 chance legendary events, or pull them now for this event.

I bought two PBPs at the same time about 4-5 months ago. They were both exactly the same size, but as time went on one was growing exponentially faster than the other. They both eat about the same (both little piglets) but the smaller one just won’t grow and now the larger one is almost twice his size. I’ve also noticed the little one (named Guppy for obv. reasons) has a much rounder body shape. He/she almost looks like the shape of a coin. I’ve never seen another PBP (or any parrot) with a similar shape. Just wanted to check and see if he looks deformed, or if there could be like some spine deformity going on that could be the reason why the little guy isn’t growing.

NOTE: Please no comments saying “they’re all deformed” or other negativity about hybrids. TIA :)

Just picked up this little guy from my LFS. He was the last one in a tank with much larger Severum and Geophagus. The sign said “Pollemi $19.99” but from what I’ve read online, it should have some sort of black coloration, shouldn’t it? This one is pure white and was the same color in the display tank, so it’s not stress from travel. Also from other listings online, this seems very inexpensive. Just would like a confirmation that this is what was sold to me. Thanks!