Thanks for the words, everyone. After feeling a tad reassured, I am nuking the tank today - thorough cleaning, boiling the decorations, putting in aragonite substrate and starting from square one. And to prepare myself while the tank is cycling.
Now, the only thing is......what fish do I want? Evan, my boyfriend, thinks I'm having a very, very bad streak with Green Spotted Puffers and knows my heart is set on puffers in general. Perhaps trying a Figure-8? I do not trust any of my fish stores around my city, so I'm actually thinking of buying one from liveaquaria.com, Dr. Foster & Smith. Safe to buy online? Safe from that company?
Now, the only thing is......what fish do I want? Evan, my boyfriend, thinks I'm having a very, very bad streak with Green Spotted Puffers and knows my heart is set on puffers in general. Perhaps trying a Figure-8? I do not trust any of my fish stores around my city, so I'm actually thinking of buying one from liveaquaria.com, Dr. Foster & Smith. Safe to buy online? Safe from that company?