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Did you try also adding salt (rock or aquarium salt only) to the water? In my experience (at least with mouth fungus) salt has brought Platies back when meds didn't help. I think mouth fungus is different to body fungus, so I'd stick with the meds too, but salt can't hurt since live bearers do...

Thanks I checked it out again to brush up :) Just one more question, on this site when you refer to 'gallon' do you mean US? In Australia we use litres and I need to know which one to convert. Thanks!

What's the effect if you don't? Can anyone point me in the right direction for info on how much lighting you should have if using a CO2 kit? That's actually what I was thinking, but figured I'd check here since my chemistry knowledge isn't that reliable ;) Makes sense anyway.

Thanks from me too! I'll be hooking up a CO2 kit on Saturday and was wondering the exact same thing. Some guy who studied aquaculture at uni told me that they put CO2 in water to relax (eating) fish before they kill them (something about making them taste better to eat if they aren't...

Hillstream loaches? I don't know much about them because we can't get them in Australia, but from what I've heard they need a river tank to get enough oxygen. Check out www.loaches.com for more info on Hillstreams.

Sounds like fungus to me, but wait till someone else replies before you act. Of course I'd isolate him no matter what it is just to be safe, but that's just me.

I don't think you have to wait until full maturity. The ones I had were bred by a shop worker where I bought them, so they were about 2 months old when I got them and already there were signs of the sex. They didn't worry the pandas I had nearly as much as the clowns for some reason, but my...

A female will have a pink belly (which gets pinker when she's ready to breed). A male will have a longer 'spike' at the front of the dorsal fin. From memory the pink belly doesn't appear in very young rams unfortunatley. My female Ram was just as colourful as my male, and for some reason the...