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Since I saw the post up at the top on euthanasia I thought I would share this with ya'll... I recently had to euthanize a fish to bring to a fish disease laboratory at a university for diagnosis. The method that I was told to use was to put the fish quickly into a bag without water, then...

Do my fish have TB?!?!? (With Pictures) A few weeks back I had issues with my GloFish and danios being very lethargic and not eating, but I thought I fixed the issue. Now it seems that I have new problems with them. Some of them are starting to bend at the spine. They seem to show interest...

Anyone have any answers to my second round of questions?

Thank-you everyone! Your responses have been helpful! I noticed a few people said diatoms, and a couple said it was from an iron deficiency. As far as the diatoms are concerned, are they blooming due to over-exposure to the light? And as far as oto cats are concerned, I already have two of...

So my aquarium has been around since March of 2011, and it is a 29 gallon biocube. It has been planted the whole time, but only recently have my plants started to show unusual signs. I have a 36 watt 10k bulb, and also a 36 watt actinic bulb (about 2.5 watt/gallon). My plants all seemed to be...

Just a thought since this is what I would do since no one seems to know what the disease was. If you still have the carcass, (or at the very least the pictures), bring it to a local veterinarian school if you have one. Someone might be able to identify it there, and if you don't have a local...

Just an update...and thanks for the responses! I have done another water change, and the stats are all better. The ammonia is nearly 0, nitrite is 0, and the nitrates are between 10-20 ppm. However, the only comment I have about ammonia being "high" was that if it were high, why wouldn't my...

As the title mentioned, my danios are having some issues. I recently got back from a trip of 4 days during which I used a 10 day feeder. Upon my arrival back home, I noticed the danios were acting kind of sluggish, but I went to bed thinking that they were perhaps just hungry. The next...