[Jacob]

The fish are healthy, that only was a problem when there was some bullying and when I used the wrong water, the symptoms went away when the fish settled in and the water was corrected (medicine was used in that case which reduced symptoms but the proper water seemed to make a bigger difference than the medicine- skin symptoms dissappeared with medicine but fish were still inactive until the water conditions were corrected).
The tank is 2 feet long, and 20 inches deep and high. It has about 25 gallons of water in it, it’s not totally full but it’s a Red Sea Max 130 which has 34 gallons of water, inlcuding a 5 gallon sump I don’t use so I’m guessing 25 gallons is in there.
There are 5 vaillantis, 4 parosphromenus and 7 ceylon dwarf barbs, they don’t seem to bother the vaillantis, all of these fish ignore each other except for the intra specific aggression between the vaillantis and sometimes between the paros.
The vaillantis were about one inch when I got them this summer, so maybe 4+ months since then.
They look full grown, though I’ve read it takes them a long time to breed, that they mature slow.