VF> I run a slightly salty environment, around a 
VF> tablespoon per 8-10 gallons, j
 GS> That in itself could be the problem. Some fish are not 
 GS> salt tolorent at all.  I don't know about barbs, but you might check 
Not it at all. Barbs in the tank at the store, which are overseen by the chap 
who is running it brackish, are supposedly doing fine.
Maybe there was just a bad season or two. I know that up here, Kuhli loaches 
went from being healthy, indestructable and cheap to flimsy, quick to die, 
and expensive.  Now, they're just healthy, small, and expensive.
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