Recent content by Kasei

No problem--if it makes you feel any better, we were really worried too when ours started doing it all of a sudden in November. He's stopped now; these days he mostly just lays around at the bottom of the tank and eats too much, haha. I guess these fish must have mood swings or something. x)...

I think this is normal behavior, I wouldn't worry too much. :) I own a pictus catfish and had him for almost two years before he started getting really active. He went through a phase where he swam in one place on the tank, rubbing his belly against the glass as if cleaning the tank. He used...

I would say feeding him algae disks would be advisable. Just go buy some at your local pet store and follow the feeding instructions on the back. I recently dealt with treating ick and what I would do if I were you would be to go buy some ick treatment for sensitive fish because catfish (your...

This is the aquarium I live with currently, it's a 28/30(depending on how high we fill it) gallon tank that belongs to my roommate. She's had it for 6 years now and it's been established in our apartment for 4.

That's great, congratulations! I would do a salt treatment for my tank in heartbeat--but for the fact that I have a pictus cat and a pleco. :/ Oh well; meds it is!

I'll definitely have to try that pea thing--is it okay if I freeze canned peas or do I have to buy them already frozen? I know that sounds dumb, but I dunno if there's something in frozen peas that makes them special, hehe... Okay, my water results are as follows: PH: 7.6 Ammonia: 0 ppm...

Yes, I had just done a 50% water change prior to treatment. And when I bought the new meds I brought the old bottle with me and made sure to ask the guy there if it would be okay to use with remnants of the first in the tank and also made sure to tell him that I had some scaleless fish--he said...

I've been treating for ick in my freshwater tank for the past 5 weeks now (that's not what this thread is about though, so please don't stop reading!) and am entering the (hopefully) final week of treatment. Yesterday I changed meds from a solution that contained formaldehyde to one that uses...

Quick question! Not sure if anyone will reply since it is kind of an older thread, but here I go! So I've been treating the tank steadily these past couple of weeks and so far so good (I think). The fish haven't shown any signs of stress and appear very active. The ick has disappeared from the...

I got some medication that is safe for delicate/scaleless fish, or so said the guy at Petco--it's call Wardley Wellness Ick Out Sensitive. We don't have temperature control on our tank, which I guess could also be part of the problem... my roommate said she only got the freshwater tank because...

Great! So just keep up the changes every few days until it's gone? So you don't think I need to do ich treatment then? I went and bought some medication just in case (I didn't want to have to go back to the store) but I haven't used it and the guy said it had a shelf life of a few years, so if I...

Okay I just went and got the test kit you recommended, here are the results: Ph: 6.4 Ammonia: .25 Nitrate: 20 Nitrite: .25 I did a 10% water change earlier today and put in some Aquasafe TetraAqua brand conditioner. The catfish is acting a lot healthier since yesterday and doesn't seem to be...

Hey There AA! I've had a look around this place and I must say I'm really impressed! You all are so nice and helpful and there is every topic imaginable here. I look forward to getting a better look around and getting to know you all! I'm an Art Education major from North Texas currently...