Recent content by tigerpaul1977

I just want my fish back to normal!! lol!

Well just to give an update, he never got any better. His spine got real crooked but he was still eating, tonight I found him stuck to the water intake area still alive, he was swimming on his back, I decided to put him down. I didn't have any clove oil but had some vodka and I gave him a shot...

Yeah unfortunately I do live in city limits, they would probably frown on the gun noise! Like I said I haven't seen the bird since Tuesday, it was clearly a bird that likes to fish long neck, big beak, not the typical black bird or blue jay I normally see.

First off I have a 400+ gallon pond with two Pleco's, 3 Shubunkin Goldfish and 3 Sarassa goldfish. The 3 sarassa's were the first added and they hid alot until we brought in the shubunkin. They really brought alot of joy to the pond. Well Tuesday of this week I noticed a big bird around my...

Thanks, I added some stress coat to the tank tonight. The more I look at him the more it I think he got a little banged up swimming around the tank and is just trying to get better.

Need some help with a diagnosis. Late last week I noticed that one of my Danio's was kind of hiding out in the bottom of our aquarium, we have a 12 gallon with 4 Danio's and 2 Oto's. When it was time for feeding, it came up and ate but looked very pale, almost a cloudy gray color, and it looks...

Yes at the moment it appears to be gone. I am going to test again in the morning and make sure. I even had my wife look at it as well and showed her the color chart as well and we both agreed that there was no green tint to the water. I will keep on monitoring it, I am paranoid about it...

This sounds strange but I think my two other mollies are feeling a little "frisky" after the water change. Is that possible? I just went back there to check on things in the tank and one was chasing the other but in a strange way, one would "nudge" the other one, the other would swim away and...

Well new update, I checked the water this afternoon and it appears the ammonia is gone. I tested the water about a hour after the water change and there was a little ammonia still there but now it is gone. The water is very cloudy at the moment. Ideas? Suggestions? I think the big water...

Yeah my tank is not fully cycled at this point. Thanks for all of your help.

I just checked the levels and it appears to be between .25 and .50ppm. I have a hard time telling the difference between the two with this API kit. It has a hint of green in it. I'll do another change this afternoon. Maybe a stupid question but how does the water changes affect my cycle, or...

Well I lost the molly :(. The other fish seem to be doing quite well. I am going to stop feeding them for a couple of days, I just did a 75-85% water change. Treated the water after it was in the tank, made sure the water was about the same temp as the tank water, if anything it was a little...

It is a 12 gallon tank. Can I just put the tap water in the aquarium and then treat it, or treat it before? I only have a small amount of treated water on hand.

I had a major ammonia spike today, I noticed that one of my mollies was on the bottom of the tank not moving too much, I actually thought it was dead. But she (I'll call it a she) started swimming again. I immediately did a 20% water change and plan on doing another 20% in the morning. Before...

OK, I know the fish cycle doesn't appear to be popular but, when you have an impatient 4 year old with an aquarium in his room fishless cycling isn't a popular choice. On to the questions.... I have a 12 gallon aquarium and set it up and let it run for 72 hours, I added the stress coat and the...