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yesterday i noticed that my blue gourami had developed some kind of bump on top of his or in his eye i cant distinquish it well. it looks like the inside of his eye just popped out or something. i really want to help him and dont want him to die. doest anybody know what this is or how to cure...

are those snails good algae eaters??

ok..so i have a common goldfish about 5 inchs long....and for a little while he is being losing scales and also now i noticed that he is missing two little chunchs of the end of his tail..is this fin rot?? he is being like hiding and not really active for a couple of days and i dont want him to...

well i think my tank is cycled...my readings are ammonia 0, nitrites 0, nitrates 5 ppm. i usually put two caps of the janitor strength ammonia bottle every night and in 24 hrs ammonia and nitrites 0 and nitrates 5-10 ppm...its been like this for the past two days..if i check it like 10 hrs after...

where could i take him?

yeah but what can i do now? i already have them

yeah i guess my 75 gal is good with just those 5.and my tetras are red eye tetras

ok so i have a 75 gal tank...just abt done with cycling..i have three shubunkin goldfish, one common goldfish and one common pleco kept in a tank with two gouramis. i want to move the goldfish and the pleco to my 75 gal since they need cooler water and more space. but i would like to know what...

i thought they were supposed to be going down..not rising but i did a 25% pwc last night but it didnt go down much..is like the highest lv possible on the test kit...when are they supposed to come down? the ammonia is been fine...it goes to 0 in a day but nitrites never do..i guess i ll change...

ok so ive been doing fishless cycling for about two weeks...and i add about 2 ppm every night and it goes down to 0 in 24 hrs but for abt 5 days the nitrite has been sky high and no signs of going down..is that normal? can the cycle stall for high nitrite??

what would be a good course of action? should i add any med or just do pwc? i did a 50% pwc last night after the fish died just in case

could that transfer to my other fishes?

im really sad to say that the poor goldfish didnt make it..it died this morning..i feel so bad for the poor fish..i tried to do all i could but i quess it wasnt enough...when i took it out though i noticed that his belly was kinda swollen so i made a little cut to see what it was..he had a big...

any ideas what it could be?

i meant that i didnt think it was itch cuz i didnt see any grains on the fish. yeah i ve been cycling the big tank for about two weeks and is almost ready for fish...ammonia is down to 0..only nitrites are high.. yeah i ll do a 50% pwc but i wanted to use quickCure in case it was parasites or...

is a 25 gallon tank i believe....i have two goldfish abt 5 inches and two gouramis about 2 inch plus a pleco about 1 inch long and two small tetras...im currently cycling my 75 gal tank so i had to put them in there to do fishless cycling.my water parameters are ammonia 0, nitrite 0.50 and...

i have a goldfish....is about 5 inches long and it has been acting weird for a couple of days. it used to be really active but now he just hides behind my filter intake tube. he seems to be stressed for some reason cuz he is always opening and closing his mouth. also i tried feeding him but he...

thanks for the info. i appreciate it.

ok so i am doing fishless cycling and been doing it for almost a week..friday night i added some ammonia and i added a little too much and my ammonia is like 7-8 ppm...can high ammonia stall cycle? should i do a pwc or wait till it goes down?

well i got my new filter yesterday, it is a cascade 300 power filter. i was looking through some websites and i found this one: www.cichlid-forum.com/articles/power_filter_tricks_ii.php so i was wondering if it is really worth it to do all that and what are the benefits of it. i dont know much...

ok so an update. i already did the first ammonia treatment for the cycle last night, planning to check it again later today. so i have some filter questions. well i got my new filter yesterday, it is a cascade 300 power filter. i was looking through some websites and i found this one...

i was debating if i should add air stone to my tank..are they worth it?

oh ok..thanks for the info. i had some trouble finding the ammonia but i already found it so tomorrow i ll start the process and also my new filter gets home tomorrow. so i should be ready to start tomorrow.hopefully they dont feel too cramped in the 20 gal tank.

oh ok. thank you i ll go buy it. then so far i took the fish out of the tank and put them in my 20 galllon tank for now. so im gonna try fishless cycle. so i had a question. at the beginning you set it to like 5 ppm and then keep checking till it goes down to 0. after that how much should i add...

i have a question..where do i get the pure ammonia? do they sell it at the pet store or pharmacy?