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My blood parrot was fine last night. I come in this morning and his eye is hanging out. He lives with loaches and they are fine. Does anyone know what this is and what to do? He is five years old. 55 gallon tank running for five years. Tank at 79degrees. I dumped 70 percent of the tank...

Thank you for the reply. I found him floating at the bottom of the tank. At least he didn’t suffer much and it was quick. I think I knew it was bad because no one else is sick. I’m worried about the other tank mate he has been with since a fry and will eventually have to get another one. I’m...

Hi, My blood parrot started to look a little weird a few days ago. He started turning white and looked lethargic and is breathing heavily. Yesterday I thought he looked really bad so I dumped 80% of the tank and started Kanaplex. I don’t know if the water chemistry will be accurate. Today I...

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Thank you for the reply and for sending over the loach info. I had written an earlier post and didn’t get any answers so I called Seachem. I will paste the previous post at the bottom here with pics. Seachem told me that Metroplex or Kanaplex was fine but if I was worried to do half the dose...

I need to treat a syndontis catfish and two blood parrots for fin rot and possible ich. I have three Blue Botia loaches in the tank they seem unaffected. Is it safe to use Metronidazole with them in the tank? If not what meds are safe for them? Thank you

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Hi, I noticed some lesions on my blood parrots the other day. The smaller fish has always had some scarring on him since the day I got him. I noticed some white flecks in the tail that’s why I am concerned. The big one has what looks like ulcers on his face. Nothing on the body of these two...

Hi, A few days ago I noticed a white spot on my Betta’s head. My first thought was he had brushed against a decoration and knocked off some scales. Today I see another tiny spot appeared so I’m not so sure what it is. He still has a voracious appetite and seems normal. He lives with guppies and...

@ King Fisher Wouldn’t regular tap water be better than purified? Wouldn’t purified have some of the essential minerals taken out? @BkiniBottom I have the Aqueon 20 on one of my tanks. The blue grid next to your filter cartridge is your bio media grid which will collect the beneficial...

What kind of water are you using? What water additives? Also what kind of filtration? How are the Tetras doing after you did the water change? I’m not sure if we can tag others to this post to offer their input but I just wanted to say King Fisher, V227, Ashenwelt and Goatnad have all helped...

That’s a good idea. I’ll have to make something like that.Mine got spoiled on the sinking carnivore pellets and will spit out anything else. I’d like to get some roughage into his diet. Before I got the catfish I was using a veggie clip with a suction cup. I stopped using that because it was to...

Hi, I’m sorry about your fish. Just a few questions When you say you acclimated them to your water did you cycle the tank? How old is the tank? Do you have a water test kit on hand? What temp is the water? Where the fish healthy and then suddenly died? For right now without knowing anything...

This was very helpful thank you. I had noticed that my fish used to be super dark and was now very light colored. I just thought he was getting lighter as he got older. I didn’t think anything about stress. I’ve been having a algae outbreak for about as long as this has been going on so perhaps...