Signs That Something is Wrong In Your Aquarium - Don't Ignore These!

‎ Cory shares a few tell-tale signs that something might be wrong with your aquarium. Find out what might be causing bubbles in the water, hair algae growth, fish that refuse to eat, and more.

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[AquariumCoop]

*What tell-tale signs do you look for to tell you something is wrong with your aquarium?*

[sarahwoodring]

I love these "bite -sized" videos from live streams. The streams are my favorite, but they can be overwhelming with so much information. This helps me with the "oh man, he mentioned that in a stream one time, but I don't have time to look it up!"

[AlexIsModded]

What you say about frozen food is so important for people to realize. Keeping frozen rats for my boa constrictor is how I learned that you absolutely do not unfreeze and refreeze food for exotic animals. That frozen food is frozen because it's dead. The second it thaws, the clock starts ticking and it begins to decay. The longer it is thawed, even just twenty minutes like you mentioned, the more bacteria it can grow.

[RamRam-oiqm]

I appreciate these videos as I learn how to be a better fish keeper. One thing I do is sit in front of my aquarium every day, some times many times a day especially if I have a concern, and just observe.

[begzodismailov]

I buy large packs of food. The day I open it, I put 80% of the food in multiple zip lock bags. I usually tripple bag them. Take out new packets as I need. When you take out the food, remember to let it reach room temp before opening the zip lock, or else you will have condensation on the food.

[esrilk]

I’ve been having really weird issues with some of my fish lately. It never occurred to me that my food could be the problem. I’ve had the same flakes and pellets for several months now. Just haven’t gone through them. I also usually thaw my frozen food out before feeding with a little syringe.

[uniseine]

1) if fish are not hitting food at the surface, I change water. 2) opening the food lest in moisture, especially if the food is refrigerated. 3)refreezing food causes slow freezing which forms large ice crystals which breaks open all the cells, which leak nutrients before the fish can eat the food.

[amandafredette]

I had the bubble problem!!! I thought my female bettas were making bubble nests but, I don’t think I ever saw them doing this…thank you!💗

[tamal]

Hearing all these makes me feel like throwing my aquarium and adopt a new hobby 😢

[plakat]

That tip about fish food was really useful, I've been using the same container for months now and didn't even know it was a problem.

[JLAquaticsLLC]

I spend an hour a day in my fish room! I’m always looking for abnormal behavior during feeding and after water changes! Great video!

[Yellowswift]

Loved the moment when you fed the discus, and they swarmed in on the food. Great video. :)

[JJ-jixx]

I buy big packs of fish food but i immediately repack them into smaller portions that'll last a week each and put the rest either in the fridge or freezer with silica gel.

[terrilynn]

Wow the food part is very enlighting… i love seeing your videos ..taught me so much

[ivanscottw]

My take on this : Ok I just have a couple tanks.. I mainly feed my fish (you guppys, a few tetras, corys and whatnot) flakes and bottom pellets.. So I do buy them in bulk (say 1000ml or 250g cans).. but what I do is when it's time to open the bulk container, I leave it open for a minimum amount of time just enough to get (say a month worth) at a time and fill a smaller container, seal the bulk container back up and put it in the fridge.. This seems to limit spoilage.. and the thing is - if it doesn't smell good - just throw it away !
Oh and another tell tale sign I also notice is the snails (and is one of the reason - not the only reason - I always keep snails - just your regular ramhorns) - when they start reaching to the top - you know something is definitly wrong. Snail are excellent bio indicators !

But the thing is.. man - my fish DO know when it is feeding time.. I turn the light on and they will gather like crazy at the place I usually drop the food.. (Then again I started with 8 guppies in January and now there are more than 250 .. and I went from 10 corys to 60) - and they are feisty - even walking by the tank they are begging for more ! so they are apparently happy with the food I give them !

[caewalker]

Thanks Coopy 💚. I vacuum seal my bulk food into one or 2 months packs.

[greenbeanie]

Very timely info. Although my water parameters have been good, I noticed the soapy bubbles a while ago and didn't think much of it. I just did a 80% water change and the soapy bubbles are gone. Thanks. 😊

[pollywu]

I love how these videos are so short and educational!

[zoeexx]

Ohh the bubbles happened to me this week in my small snail tank! 😫 my ammonia, nitrite was off the charts and my nitrate wasn’t great either. Daily water changes now until the perimeters come back to normal unless my new bigger tank is cycled before that happens

[maboleth]

Shout out to that Larry in the corner! We love you and you will feed too. ^_^