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Fish will loose their color when they're stressed or sick. They'll typically be pale and colorless in a store's display/sale tank. Once they're home in a good healthy environment, they'll color up nicely. You can fit more than 3-5 fish in a 10g, but they need to be small bio load fish like...

Was this betta just purchased? The poor buggers are usually very unhealthy when you buy them due to being kept in cups, etc. Are you using a quality water treatment/dechlorinator such as Seachem Prime? There's other good ones out there too. I'd skip the salt and concentrate on keeping the...

Pretty much any mom/pop fish store can order specific fish you want, or search online for local fish groups or breeders that might be close to you.

Welcome and it sounds like great plans you've got. I'm not sure of the specific needs of the puffer you want, but keep in mind a 20g tank isn't very large at all and will limit the number of fish you can comfortably keep in there. Adding lots of rocks, wood and other decor just take away the...

Yep. Anyone in the hobby should have something along the lines of the API master test kit. They're cheaper to get online, but can be had for $30 or so at chain pet stores, etc.

Any recent additions to the tank that could have brought in an illness or parasite? This includes live foods. The reason I asked about your water parameters is it's high nitrates can cause issues like you describe. Nitrates creep up daily and are only reduced by doing water changes of 50% or...

Did you recently purchase this molly? What size tank? Other inhabitants? Do you have a read in PPM for ammonia, nitrite and nitrate? Sorry for all the questions, but they're needed to help.

Hard to say. Could be a number of things- from a blockage to a parasite, etc.. How many fish in the tank and what sized tank? Water parameters?

10g is too small for a proper group of TBs. If you only keep 1-2, they can exhibit the behavior you saw.

Need a lot more info. Like arcab4 asked, what size tank? What are your readings in PPM for ammonia, nitrite and nitrate? Water change schedule and amount changed? Tiger barbs should be kept in groups and need a fairly large tank, like 29g at a minimum. That way, they'll just pester...

How many corys do you have? What sized tank? They're active little buggers, especially in groups, which they should be kept in. Wiggling around is normal IMO.

I've had this happen on new setups in the past. It should go away after some water changes. How are you doing your fishless cycle? Adding ammonia?

I had a 10g setup with lots of mystery snails, red cherry shrimp some silver hatchets and some celestial pearl danios. You could do a sorority of female bettas, but 5 might be a bit much in a 10g, plus they'll gorge themselves on the shrimp. I know mine did when I kept a group of female...

Sounds like about 40-50 gallons. For fancy goldfish, the recommended is 20g for one, and 10g for each additional. You could probably do 4 fancy goldfish in that.

Platys give birth to tiny fish (livebearers) so it's not from the platy. Sounds like a snail egg maybe.

I would do daily 50% water changes until you're certain the tank produces nothing but nitrates. Goldfish are often sick when you get them for the store. You've done quite well and are using a good dechlor like Prime helps detox ammonia and nitrite temporarily between daily WCs.

IMO, it depends what type of plants you intend to keep. What you have would likely work with anubia and java fern, especially if you attach it up higher on decor. FWIW, I have a 48-60" Current Satellite LED+ over my 55g and it grows amazon sword, crypts, anubia and java fern in this tank.

~2.6 gallons of water is not nearly enough for a single oranda/fancy goldfish. Without filtration, there will be little to no nitrogen cycle in this tank to process the ammonia the fish produces. The fish is most likely suffering from poor water quality. Clear, clean looking water means...

Bets, welcome and sorry to hear about your issues. We need more info. What type of goldfish is this; Common, comet or fancy? What is the footprint of the tank and how many gallons? Commons or comets need very large tanks or ponds to do well, where a single fancy by themselves can do...

There are various plant soils that indeed can be used in an aquarium and are typically capped with another substrate to keep it in place. It's common for folks in the hobby who are into serious planted tanks to run "dirt". I personally would rather drag my arse through broken glass then do...