Recent content by Ringoffire

Yes I have tried that as well. He is going on about 4-5 days fasting. I am at a loss as to what could be wrong. Maybe a tumor or something. No treatments have had any affect. It is even bigger now than before. At first it didn't affect his activity, eating or swimming. But it now is starting to...

When you go buy a larger tank for your daughters preschool class pet . And agree to come do regular water changes for him cause the teacher has no idea how to care for a fish. Poor betta had been in a half gallon pet carrier type tank for 2 months with no water changes. ? Oh and he came home...

My cherry barb has been in this state for about 2 weeks in quarantine. I have fed him peas, treated with PraziPro(for worms), and also tried melafix and just recently with API general cure. None of which these treatments have had any affect. I'm not sure what other remedy would be useful. In...

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1~What type of fish is afflicted? Australian rainbow fish. Put into quarantine because of constant panting and losing weight. 1st treated tank with salt (no improvement) then started API General cure (metronidazole & praziquantel) once treated with that fish started expelling white worms out of...

So you are saying that improving the water quality should help the fish fight off the fungus without having to do any fungus treatments or such? I usually do at least a 40% wc every week with a heavy vacuuming but fell a day behind this week. Just performed a 50% wc just before posting and...

I've got a rainbow fish with what I think is a tiny bit of fungus on his mouth. He is in a 55g tank with hob Fluval 50 and aqueon 30 internal filter. Just did a large water change (50%). parameters before wc were Ammo- .25, Nitrite 0, nitrate 30, ph 7.8. Problem is my quarantine tank was in the...

I had a friend having a similar problem. I asked what she was feeding them and she was only feeding flake food. She had two die with the same symptoms as you are having. I feed my Cory's sinking shrimp pellets. They can not get enough food from the left over flakes from the other fish gobbling...

I wouldn't be scared of otos. I inadvertently fish-in cycled with 2 green Cory's and an oto. They all survived just fine. I love the Cory's, they are like little OCD vacuum cleaners. I have sand substrate and I almost never see any bits of anything on the sand. They also were in a tank with a...

I think they must be about to drop eggs. There is some pretty intense spawning activity going on. ;-) fed them some peas yesterday just to make sure it wasn't blockage. I think they are ok. No signs of distress or anything.

I'm thinking male. Though I don't have any myself I'm looking into getting them soon, from what I've read is if dorsal fin is pointed at end it is a male, also is if anal fin extends past where body stops is male. Lastly is on males there will be no blue sheen showing through on black spot on...

These female cherry barb have extremely bloated stomachs. Don't think it is from over eating. The smaller one in front of first pic has it too, though not as extreme. Has been like this for several days but gotten worse today. Any ideas about what if could be? Do they get big like this before...

Got this 29g cube at a garage sale today for $5!!!!! Doing a water test now. I'm thinking maybe my first saltwater tank, I'm so excited.

Ok think I've got it figured out. Have been on aqadvisor.com and this is what I'm thinking, Full stock would be: 7 cherry barb 8 emperor tetra 5 green cory cats 2 blue ram 5 boesemans rainbow fish 1 otocinclus( realized it's an oto not a Siamese algae eater) 1 striped Raphael catfish. Aq...

Yea I think I should get a few more of each that I've got. I realized today that I have 1 female emperor and 4 males. They are relentless on her. Prob get 3 more female emperors and 2-3 more cory and cherry barb. What about something for a centerpiece type fish something bigger and colorful bit...