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You can do if you want, I don't. I still keep checking them though even when I put them in the main tank because they might be carrying something that will affect the resident fish, that is why I keep treatments in the cupboard.

Do you medicate new fish as a preventative?

I would say two weeks to be on the safe side. You will only need to do that when adding fish to an established tank with a new tank they can all go in the tank at the same time. For treatment I keep a White Spot and Bacterial treatment handy.

For White Spot I have always used King British WS3.

https://realaquatics.co.uk/products/king-british-original-formula-ws3-white-spot-control-50ml?variant=38194965119170&currency=GBP&utm_medium=product_sync&utm_source=google&utm_content=sag_organic&utm_campaign=sag_organic&srsltid=AfmBOopn0s2iNi9AkqTqxrxnqvERpwhqDTozvvlRx9op0-7tg-sGXgeCHmE

When I got White Saddle Back on new fish a few years ago I used Interpet Anti Bacteria Treatment which worked great.

https://www.amazon.co.uk/Interpet-Anti-Bacteria-Aquarium-Treatment/dp/B01FH2K2GM/ref=asc_df_B01FH2K2GM/?tag=googshopuk-21&linkCode=df0&hvadid=241051912230&hvpos=&hvnetw=g&hvrand=17223096135586711631&hvpone=&hvptwo=&hvqmt=&hvdev=c&hvdvcmdl=&hvlocint=&hvlocphy=1007312&hvtargid=pla-420142522986&mcid=1d397680a75e3b559f5a3a5df2157693&th=1

How long do you quarantine new fish for?

I used to have a rack of super cheap  rough and ready 18" tanks kept for various purposes, one being quarantine. Think I used to isolate new arrivals for about a week. Was that enough?

Good stuff, success!

A few better pictures of the small Corry.

Quote from: Jon on May 04, 2024, 03:32:57 PMIf you DM me your address when you're ready I'll post you some suitable species gratis.

I have PMd you Jon.

Quote from: Jon on May 04, 2024, 05:14:59 PMThe colour difference is probably due to them being different species. There are at least three sold as 'rummynose tetra' found in the hobby. These are Hemmigrammus bleheri, H. rhodostomus and Petitella georgiae.

I found that out after I had bought them

As to the Corydoras I can only go by the, now four, Corydoras I have at present although I have seen the same over the years. The gravel I am using is sixty years old at least and some of it even has some shell fragments in it

As Jon says for most plants you wont need anything but I found that Crypts grow a lot better with something in the gravel. Years ago I used potting compost below the gravel to lock it in but there are a lot of new stuff on the market you can use. If I had thought about it I would have put it in mesh bags and it wouldn't be all through my spare gravel that I am using in new tanks

Quote from: Fishtales on May 04, 2024, 03:00:40 PMI have only found this to be the case with newly bought fish. The barbells eventually grow back and I haven't seen any wear on my tank bred ones. I am assuming that is because mine are on gravel and not a bare tank which I think breeders use.

My experience has been somewhat different. I've come across many fish keepers who's Cory's have suffered from bacterial and fungal infections. You ask what substrate they're kept on and it's gravel... Or more specifically the 6mm to 8mm pea gravel that is so popular in the hobby. This stuff has sharp edges and as Cory's spend half their life digging around in it their barbels can be damaged resulting in infection. If you can find small and smooth gravel then that should be ok. But sand will be much better for these fish.

Ian Fuller is probably the world's number one expert in Corydoradinae Catfish. He runs a huge Facebook group called Corydoras World. The subject of gravel comes up often there with scores of people reporting problems due to sharp substrate.

Quote from: Fishtales on May 04, 2024, 03:00:40 PM'Plus the fact that a shoal of rummy nose'

Be careful when buying these. My first shoal were red and it extended towards the gills. They were peaceful and kept, more or less, to themselves. They died off, old age, until I only had one left so I bought another shoal of six. I didn't notice the difference until they were beside my original one. They are more an orange colour and only on the front of the head. They seldom leave the bottom of the tank and only take sinking food but they are very aggressive towards my Corys and are forever nipping their dorsal fins. The Corys with the other shoal were always out at the front of the tank, now they hide in the plants and only come forward when the food is put in. As soon as the Rummy Noses come near they shoot back into the plants, they are the same with my Plecs.

The colour difference is probably due to them being different species. There are at least three sold as 'rummynose tetra' found in the hobby. These are Hemmigrammus bleheri, H. rhodostomus and Petitella georgiae.