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I went ahead and bought another tank and some jungle fungus clear and put Frank the betta in there. Hopefully he will get better soon. Sent from my Galaxy Nexus using Aquarium Advice mobile app

I have to add that the pic was a few days ago and he has lost some finnage since this pic and has some more fungus in spots. Sent from my Galaxy Nexus using Aquarium Advice mobile app

Hi folks, I have a crowntail betta who has fungus on his fins. I have been doing daily pwc's and vaccing for about 2 weeks now hoping it would clear up but it has not so I need some advice on how to treat him. Here is some detail. 10 gal tank, running for a year and a half, no new fish...

Hi folks! I have a 10 gallon community tank with 6 neons, 2 juli cories and a crowntail betta. They have all been in there for a year and a half and have been doing great. Unfortunately I slacked off on my tank maintenance recently and wasn't vaccing as I should and the neons have developed...

I have been fish keeping for about 3 years now. It started when my son won a common goldfish at the fair. I set him up in a 10 gal kit from Walmart but he died soon after. So I replaced him with a calico fantail who survived for year in that little tank. When he started ailing I quickly learn...

That's pretty creative! My power has been out early this morning. In the time it took to get my generator hooked up the tropical tank went from 79 to 68. The generator has been running all day/night and I will need to go get more gas for it in the am. If I can find it that is. Apparently the...

The plants would have nothing to do with it but the melafix sure does!!! That is a powerful med which can burn your fish if it is overused. I would stop using that right now and do lots of frequent water changes to get rid of it. The melafix is probably just making the burns worse. I'm not sure...

I have read that you can use a solution of pure aloe to treat the burns but I haven't tried it. When my guys got burned I just did small water changes every day and they healed pretty quickly.

To lower the kh you would add 1/8 teaspoon of vinegar to treated fresh water. Then retest and add another 1/8 teaspoon of it's still too high. Don't add it directly to the tank, always mix with the pretreated water. You also have to check your ph because it can lower it in the process.

You're welcome. You can use vinegar to bring it down. I'll have to look up the amount that you would need to add. In the interim small frequent water changes would be best to help the burns heal.

Goldfish can turn black due to a normal color change, which does happen but is more of a gradual change. They will also turn black is they get burned by either high ammonia levels or high kh levels. If you haven't checked your kh and gh levels I would recommend that you do so since the kh is...

Thanks guys! I managed to get the 2 original pumps going enough to get by till I can get another 110 or a fluvial AND a python. Holy crap was that alot of buckets!!!

Hey folks! I just moved my 2 goldies to their new 55 gal tank today. I set up a new AQ 110 and put the original AQ 50 and Biowheel 100 onto the new tank. I also transfered all the gravel, plants and a good amount of the water. Well now I have 2 issues. First, the intake on the biowheel is too...

Well I never change my filters..just rinse them and I'm moving my substrate and plants over to the new tank. I'm also going to use as much of the water from the 20 as I can when I make the move. So hopefully I won't have a spike.

Lol, a huuuuge water change!!! Thanks, I hadn't thought of it like that. I just get so paranoid about my cycle because it took me a looong time to get it stable.