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oscar has a 100 gal tank waiting Oscar is only 2.5 inches , once he grow a bit he will have a 100 gal to himself so far I have 11 inches of fish in a 29 gal tank.

My parrot Chiclid was upside down for 3 days in the corner of my Tank I suspected some kind of swim bladder infection I used melafix and pimafix together and within hours she was upright its been 3 days she has her strenght back and has not been upside down since I started treatment , I would...

My whole 29 Gal tank is infected all my fish have cloudy eyes , my parrot Cichlid seems to have a swim bladder infection , she has been upside down for 3 days I am amazed she was still alive this morning. I have placed her in a 10 gal hospital tank and medicated with melafix and pimafix (great...

Question about Bacteria infections My whole 29 Gal tank is infected all my fish have cloudy eyes , my parrot Cichlid seems to have a swim bladder infection , she has been upside down for 3 days I am amazed she was still alive this morning. I have placed her in a 10 gal hospital tank and...

Rocket thanks alot I will try medicating one more time , I will pick up some Maracyn like TankGirl sugested. Maybe I will wait for a few day's till starting the new meds. If that dont work ! Oh well let nature take its course. Is cloudy eye someting passed on from fish 2 fish?

Thanks for the advice I have no plans to buy anymore fish and I do have 2 - 29 gal tanks Tank 1 is 29 gal has 7 small cichlids and 1-3inch Plecostomus aprox 13 inches of fish Tank 2 is also 29 gal and it has one 3 inch Oscar, 2 parrot Cichlids, 1 small Angel Fish. Aprox 10 inches of fish The...

just a footnote Oscar has a 100 gal tank he will move 2 when he grows a bit

Thanks Rocket Thanks for the advice I have no plans to buy anymore fish and I do have 2 - 29 gal tanks Tank 1 is 29 gal has 7 small cichlids and 1-3inch Plecostomus aprox 13 inches of fish Tank 2 is also 29 gal and it has one 3 inch Oscar, 2 parrot Cichlids, 1 small Angel Fish. Aprox 10...

Amonia 0 Nitrite 0 Nitrate 5 ppm Ph 7.6 Well my 2 tanks have finally cycled, but 1 tank with a small Oscar and 2 parrot cichlids is still in trouble, EVERYONE has scars or clouds over eyes PLEASE HELP I have tried some medication I got at Petco its been 48 hrs things seem worse I did not...

Both tanks finally cycled Amonia 0 Nitrite 0 Nitrate 5 ppm Ph 7.6 Well my 2 tanks have finally cycled but 1 tank with a small Oscar and 2 parrot cichlids EVERYONE has scars or clouds over eyes PLEASE HELP I have tried some medication I got at Petco its been 48 hrs things seem worse

in case someone cant scroll lol here are my parameters 2 29gal tanks tank 1 now has 7 small African Ciclids, 1-3inch Plecostomus Tank 1 , 6 weeks PH 7.6 ammonia 0 Nitrite 3 Nitrate 5 Tank 2 now has 1 oscar, 2 Parrot Ciclids, 1 Angel fish , 2 small baby africans PH 7.6 ammonia 0...

Thanks Tankgirl (great handle by the way) You answer was very informative . my tank paramaters etc are listed in my very first post they are still the same as of today

My Oscars eyes are both cloudy and he never fell out of the tank so it may be stress related, I am not sure though

My Oscar has 2 cloudy eyes any idea what this may be? My tank is 29 gal PH 7.6 Amonia 0 Nitites 3.0 Nitrites 2.0 tank is 3 weeks old 1-3 inch Oscar 2 - Blood Parrot Cichlids 1 small Angel fish 2 small cichlids 9 inches of fish total

help Thanks for all the help on feeder fish but my real questions where never answerd please can some answer these. Can I do a 25% water change on each tank daily? Do I clean the gravel? Or just skim poop off the top? What can I do for Oscar? He has cloudy eyes I have MT Shasta water (there...