Recent content by RMP

If it is fungus, how do I treat it. Something similar was growing on plants that started to turn brown and die. At this point it has also moved to plants that are alive as well. I notice it isn't killing the plants that are alive, but if it grows over a stem where I pruned, it turns the stem...

I don't think it is bacterial as maracyn has been in the tank 3 days and it is still spreading...

Could API stress coat cause slime to develop on the plants? I noticed even in my quarantine tank this is happening and the plants in there were not part of the new batch I have had them almost two months. The common denominator here is that I put stress coat in both tanks. I can't do the...

I can't check the parameters...I have been using Amquel Plus to cut ammonia, nitrates, etc. while I am dosing the medication. Carbon is removed from the filter. I notice this slime is only on the plants (brown algae is all over the glass and green algae all over the driftwood). Driftwood is...

Can anyone tell me what is growing on my plants? I am currently medicating the tank for a bacterial mouth rot infection. I have carbon and zeolyte removed, only the filter running to keep water flow. I am treating with Maracyn and Maracyn 2 together (this is day 3 of 5) I also have...

Hi everyone, 2 weeks ago I purchased 3 chocolate gouramis. Two have since died, the other seems somewhat ok. Both died from what looked like a gray/green swirly/rippled looking slime growth which grew from the fishes' lips and spread like wild fire from there. By the time it got to the...