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Welcome. Get yourself an API master test kit so you can test for ammonia, nitrite and nitrate in PPM yourself and get a quality dechlorinator like Seachem Prime that can detoxify ammonia and nitrite temporarily. I doubt 3 zebra danios and the catfish brought ammonia to a lethal level in a 55g...

He knows who feeds him! I've had various fish including bettas, both male and female show this type of behavior.

Looks like a female platy to me. I see no gonopodium.

The only time I may use salt is for ich treament. It's mostly an irritant to fish, causing them increase their slime coat. What size tank are your fish in? Do you do weekly water changes? What are your readings in PPM for ammonia, nitrite and nitrate? 9 out of 10 of the ailments I've...

Welcome. I can't say for sure what type these are, but they look like dwarf flame gouramis to me. Do you have readings in PPM for ammonia, nitrite and nitrate? If not, big water changes need to be done often.

Probably dying due to the high ammonia levels from an uncycled tank. You need to do daily large water changes until you have a means to measure for ammonia, nitrite and nitrate. A large water change is more than 50%. What type of plecos did you buy? A common pleco will grow to over a foot...

Babies could be a good thing if you're equipped for them. A happy fish will have vivid coloration, bright eyes, be active and always act hungry.

The ammonia and nitrite I'm referring to is going to be produced by the fish in your tank and will build to lethal levels in an un-cycled tank unless you do daily water changes on it. Read up on nitrogen cycle as it relates to aquariums.

Trying to chase your pH up and down is an impossible task. The store owner's goal is to sell you stuff. What you want to do is keep a consistent pH. Let a sample of your tap water sit, measure it and make sure your tank reads the same. I'm assuming your 10g wasn't cycled properly prior to...

Welcome! 10s are nice, but there's not a huge amount of options due to the small size. A single dwarf gourami and a school of 7 or so neons, or better yet, cardinal tetras. You could also do a school of celestial pearl danios or various other micro fish. First and foremost, how do you...

I don't see any filtration in that tank, so establishing a nitrogen cycle will be difficult, if not impossible. Eventually some of the beneficial bacteria needed for a nitrogen cycle will colonize on the gravel and hardscape, but I don't think I will be enough for two comets. Second thing is...

No fish will tolerate large pH fluctuations. As long as your source water is a consistent pH is what matters. There are cichlid options for a ~26gallon tank, but not many.

Welcome and it sounds like a nice setup! I've never known different types of corys to not appreciate each other's company. I've got a mix of julli and panda corys in one of my tanks 7-8 all together. They all hang together. You've got a lot of nice options. In my community 55g, I've...

Wish I could help! I have not seen this type of snail in the freshwater realm. I've got lots of Malaysian trumpet snails and have had lots of mystery snails in the past.

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They certainly could work if you use enough of them. It's a trial and error type thing. I've got a Current Satellite+ 48-60" light over my 55g w/ plants. It's OK for low light plants. Expensive, but not crazy expensive. I paid around $129 shipped for it some months ago.

Yikes. 40ppm right out of the tap is a bit alarming. 40ppm in the fish tank isn't the end of the world as long as you don't let your nitrate creep up too high over the course of a week. If you change 50% of your water, you drop your nitrates by 50%, so if you're starting with 120ppm, one...

Welcome and it's great to see you are doing things right!! I would shoot for closer to 20ppm nitrate, but 40 isn't the end of the world. Wish I could help with that prolapse looking situation. I'd feed lightly, up the heat and aeration, keep nitrates as low as possible with water changes...

My only attempts at sororities of female bettas were in my community 55g with plants. I never tried more than 5-6 females at a time and they did shove each other around, but they never damaged each other. There was the distraction of other types of fish in the tank though, such as my meek...

Your nitrates are nice and low, which is a great thing. You do show some ammonia, but you could show some right after a water change if your water supply uses chloramine as opposed to chlorine for a disinfectant. I've had snails stay sealed up for days at at time, then they're out and...