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When can I dose with different meds? A new fish added to the tank three weeks ago. Some fish showing signs of Ich. I treated, waited the 24 hours as directed, did a water change and tre...	bmcelfresh	5	10-Oct-2005 20:05
very concerned about my cory. PLEASE HELP!!!! I have two false Julli Corys that I absolutely love and one of them is acting really strange. it dashes up to the surface and then starts thrashing ar...	little fish	5	08-Oct-2005 22:40
angel with film on eye About a week ago I noticed a milky white film on one eye of one of my angels. After a day or so it looked like it was peeling off but now it's covered...	fish479	8	08-Oct-2005 20:44
QT Time How long is good for a QT period. I got 4 new angels yesterday. I was about to put them into the big tank till I saw a white dot on the black angel. I...	greenmonkey51	1	08-Oct-2005 10:48
strange deaths I am new to the fish world and just started my first and only tank a couple months ago. I've already had several platys die for no apparant reason. My...	little fish	7	08-Oct-2005 03:34
Molly Problems Hi, have had problems with some mollies I got the 2 weeks ago. they were black and mottled black ones and so far 3 have died and dont have high hopes...	morpheus21	3	07-Oct-2005 03:43
Flicking! While observing my ten gallon guppy tank, I noticed that several of the fish were flicking their tummies against ob jects in the tank... mostly plants,...	kitten	10	06-Oct-2005 01:57
mysterious platy sickness??? I have a batch of platy fry that are about two months old, and today i was doing my usual viewing and i noticed a patch of scales completely missing o...	chelaine	3	05-Oct-2005 22:30
discus disease I have a red turquoise discus, it has white slime all over its body, it's like its membrane is torn off. what's this disease? I've tried baktopur, ec...	chix2k3	1	04-Oct-2005 07:05
Female Con dies........ I just lost my female Convict. I have had her for almost 4 years. This really sucks. I liked that fish a lot! I have no idea of what took her out....	Wingsdlc	12	03-Oct-2005 19:39
Bala dead a month ago i had bought some balas and a rainbow shark and they were fine for a week but when i looked back one of my balas was swimming upside down...	Crazy_Coyote	1	03-Oct-2005 07:59
guppies attacked..now what??? hi... i've noticed for the last couple weeks now that my male fancy tail guppies seem to have fin rot.... well just jagged tails in which i thought wa...	mrsmonty	2	02-Oct-2005 22:33
Dying Red Capped Ornigta This evening I found Simon, our beloved Red Capped Ornigta (sp?) floating on his side near the top of the tank, he responded to provation but would on...	jared999	2	01-Oct-2005 22:11
Ram has dropsy -- Advice Well I've now lost two guppies to dropsy in my 75G. I've been under the impression that there was nothing you could do for dropsy but I've read posts...	rewd	3	01-Oct-2005 06:56
Dead Barb. :-( I noticed when I got home today that my newest Barb was acting a little funny. He was not schooling with the other Barbs in the tank. Instead, he was...	kowar100	3	30-Sep-2005 21:10
Sick Guppy Hello I have a sick guppy He's been ill for a few days. I'm wondering whether he might have Swim bladder disease as all he does is hang around t...	fishymama	2	30-Sep-2005 17:18
What to do with sick fish? When sick fish are present in a 10 gal. tank with other fish who are not sick what is the best course of action? (For example, should the sick fish be...	kowar100	4	30-Sep-2005 01:48
HELP! What's wrong w/ my Barb? ENVIRONMENTAL DATA Ammonia: unknown Nitrite (note the “I”: between 0 and .5 Nitrate (note the “A): between 20 and 40 pH: 7.8 Temp:...	kowar100	1	29-Sep-2005 17:00
Possible fin rot Hi everyone i got home today and noticed my 4 little glowlight tetras have a white trim to their anal fins and one of the females seems to have a litt...	Patchy	1	28-Sep-2005 01:27
/cheer! Babies /sigh sick mommy Well this morning my first batch (that i am aware of - long story) of swordtails arrived. They ALL appear to be doing great with no losses yet. My w...	shadows	1	27-Sep-2005 22:54
what is this? i want to know what and how my bettas died neptune died like 2 wekks ago and king died today they looked like there flesh was being eatin away. it st...	funnyfish	1	27-Sep-2005 05:05
Need help.... Really Quick.... My beautiful Rainbow Shark decided to jump ship the other day, by the time I noticed the cat batting him around the floor he was quite dry but he seem...	Oscar_Jewel	10	26-Sep-2005 05:14
Possible dropsy case I havent been really paying attention to my tank lately as I have been busy with school. And i havent done a water change in about 2 weeks. Today I wa...	ericm	2	25-Sep-2005 10:47
im so stupid well i did a water change about a week ago 40% and forgot to add hardness crystals to adjust my hardness (aus water is very soft) so with my lack of i...	r0b3y	5	24-Sep-2005 19:54
Mysterious cory deaths... Over the past 2 weeks I have lost all of my Danios and now My cories keep turning up dead.I believe it could be some disease.My tetras and my pleco ar...	Guppy_man	8	24-Sep-2005 14:58
Weird Acting Cherry Barb I have 6 cherry barbs in my 30 gallon tank along with 3 platies and a pleco. The tank is cycled with 0 ammonia, trace nitrites (due to gravel and fil...	crazyred	2	23-Sep-2005 21:52
Same Problem Again I had 2 danios die on me like 2 weeks ago. It seemed that the problem was gone after the 2 had died. But now I noticed 1 of my other 4 danios left h...	Punksvspops	7	23-Sep-2005 03:48
betta with dropsy or something else? I believe that my betta has dropsy but i do not think it is just dropsy. I think the dropsy is secondary. I noticed her gills swelling rapidly and beg...	jefferysgirl	6	22-Sep-2005 02:27
dying tiger barbs Monday, September 5th Ph – 6.9 Nitrates – 9.0 Nitrites – 0.0 Ammonia – 0.0 Temperature – 76º F My second tiger ba...	i_spaz_out	2	21-Sep-2005 06:59
sick dwarf neon rainbow Need some help guys... Have a 35 gallon community tank, well established, with stable parameters: Nitrate: 40 ppm Nitrate: 0 Total Hardness: slightl...	questor	7	21-Sep-2005 06:52
heavy/rapid breathing hi i have three discus (two tangerine and one brown) that i've had for almost three years. i think that one of the tangerines and the brown may hav...	niggit	1	20-Sep-2005 22:18
Hatchetfish in trouble - need condition ID and Advice A month ago I bought some silver hatchetfish (all male) from my LFS, after getting whitespot initially they appeared completely fine after treatment a...	bigchris	4	20-Sep-2005 00:22
All Iched Up 10g glass 1.0 ppm amonia (still cycling) 7.2 ph 1 Neon tetra 1 Guppy Originally I had 6 neon tetras and 2 guppies. I bought the tetras for cycling at...	Cowch	5	19-Sep-2005 23:54
White worms and some things as small as BBS I have a 4g tank with a betta in it and a lot of plants. Irecentely fed it live food(tubifex)and now i have some small 1-2 mm long wite worms that ar...	dukydaf	5	19-Sep-2005 20:31
Euthanasia Hi I have two sick clown loaches. They seem to have the mysterious "thinning" problem. One is very very thin and I was wondering when or if I should...	bkaryn	4	19-Sep-2005 13:05
After ick treatment?? HI, I noticed a week ago that two of my guppy males had one spot each on their tails that looked exactly like the photos of whitespot that I have seen...	shiftingsands	9	19-Sep-2005 02:27
unexplained ok first things, i didnt write down the readings, but i tested my water and all of the numbers for nitrites, nitrates and ammonia are at the levels th...	monkeyboy	7	19-Sep-2005 02:17
Ick Guard II Not Working This Time (Clown Loaches) I recently purchased three small clowns to eat the snails out of my 65g hex (the clowns will be moved to a larger tank in the future). In the past Ic...	rasboramary	11	18-Sep-2005 06:07
Brusis on gold fish in an outdoor pond I have had my pond set up for more than a week but in the past three days i have noticed that two of my fish developed a redish purple discoloration o...	Spaced emu	9	17-Sep-2005 03:25
look waht happened to him :C i can belive what happened to my betta he got into a fight with my other betta and now he has a big hold in his side it wasnt that bad at first so...	funnyfish	6	15-Sep-2005 17:59
what meds can i mix :? i want to know what meds i can mix. but i can only get surtin meds from walmart. i cant go to a fish store and i cant order them online because it w...	funnyfish	4	15-Sep-2005 00:57
female betta in critical condition!!! ok, i was attempting to breed my friend's pair, she told me they had been living with eachother for quite a while in a very small container (the divid...	fishyhelper288	5	14-Sep-2005 19:57
treatments affecting other fish I have a female betta that needs to be treated for some fin damage. I'll be using Melafix and salt but first I wanted to know if that combination will...	Theresa_M	4	14-Sep-2005 15:53
White colony on glass There is a colony of little white dots living on my aquarium glass. They move around fairly rapidly. My tank is still cycling, but I know it has too m...	Cowch	3	14-Sep-2005 15:51
Fungus on RTBS I've noticed a small white fungus on my RTBS. it's in the "nose" area. I'm guessing it's just regular body fungus. He's in a 90 gallon community/plant...	fishnewbie	7	14-Sep-2005 15:48
sick con hey i have a very sick convict she was fine up to a couple of days ago she started geting a white film around her mouth checked the water per alls fin...	deschazkody	5	12-Sep-2005 22:23
My Fishes Mouth is stuck open My jack dempsey has his jaw stuck open and he cant get food anyone have any ideas?...	S	5	12-Sep-2005 00:54
out of water bala while cleaning my tank last night my 2 year old bala jumped out of the holding tank i had put him in and landed on the floor, not sure how long he wa...	chris152	8	11-Sep-2005 19:40
Albino Cory kittens - whale like behaviour My kittens are acting very weirdly these few days, they pile themselves on top of each other - Like whales beaching themselves. http://www.mydocs...	littlepebble	6	11-Sep-2005 02:13
my betta looks to be in bad condition he's laying on the rocks and against the side of the bowl lately. He doesn't look to have ich or fin rot but he's been acting odd lately....	phoenix5724	7	10-Sep-2005 14:10

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