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Hey everyone, My wife and I were thinking about getting the kids a new tank for Christmas. The only we have now is about 15 years old and the silicone caulk in it comes off a little more every time I clean it and it is, in general, just kind of beat up. Anyways, I was looking and we both...

I was just wondering.... A couple of days ago I posted about a sick fish of mine that is laying on the bottom and then swimming straight up sporadically. I have Quick Cure for Ick and other Protozoan Parasites, mild Fluke outbreaks, Costia, Chilodonell, and Trichondina. I didn't see the white...

I think there might be a few of those spots that were in the picture but I can't be positive. Nothing new, in or around the tank.

The Quick Cure says it is a treatment for Ick and other Protozoan Parasites, mild Fluke outbreaks, Costia, Chilodonell, and Trichondina (whatever all that is).

I have a dip stick to see what the levels are....everything is fine

An angel of mine looks sick. It is swimming strangely and going straight up then coming back down to the rocks and kind of just laying there! Every other fish looks and is swimming fine. The sick angel's fins are not spread out and I'm not sure but I might see white dots, ick. I have Quick...

Just today I cleaned out my 6gal Nano cube. I took about the filter and cleaned everything. The thing that spins inside the pump seems to have broke because it make really loud noises and isn't pumping water. What should I do? Where should I buy a replacement? Do I have to order it? How...

No, I haven't. Could you recommend anything? This might be completely wrong but I was thinking if it can't swim right then there might be something wrong with its fins. Is fin rot a possibility? Thank you for all your help through this long and drawn out thing!

OK so its been a couple of weeks since I have posted and there is still no news on the fish. I have purchased a 10gal filter for the tank. I'm still doing frequent water changes. I don't know what to do. There is no change. One thing I have noticed about the fish is that when I feed it, it...

Also, since I don't see anything on the fish its, I'm assuming, not a parasite on the fish or ich or anything like that. So, is it ok to switch filters back and forth?

Ok...well I guess no news, is good news. It went behind the rock that I put in the tank. I thought it went there to die. I was even about to take it out and then the fish started swimming around again. What I have been doing is switching my 50gal filter back and forth. I can't find a LFS in...

Ok I went out today and got the actual stuff called Stess Coat. Is this the same as the Water Conditioner? Also, should I only put in Stress Coat when I change water? Making the big assumption that the Angel makes it, how should I reintroduce it to the regular tank? Other than that, I think...

The Angel seems to be doing a little better. I can't really find a filter that is only for a 5gal tank. I really don't want to sink too much more money into this. I am very incouraged with the Angel though. It still seems to be laying on its side alot but it does get up to swim every once...

Well I went out and spent $40 on an $8 fish. I bought a 5gal tank, air pump, air stone, and some AmQuel (removes nitrate, nitrite, ammonia, cholamines, and chlorine). Everything was fine except my nitrates seemed a bit high. One time I measured it, it was at the unsafe, the next time it was...

Thanks TCT. What if the water is fine? Should I still put it in a QT?

Well, my girlfriend just called me at work and told me he was swimming around but by the time we got off the phone he was back laying at the bottom. I don't know what to do? Thank you all for your help!

Thank you for your posts. I will not be able to check water quality till I get home later this evening. I really don't know either if I will be able to set up a QT. I just moved and really haven't even located the LFS. Also, TCT asked how I knew the fish was 18 months. I should have said I...

Hello. I was hoping someone could help me with a problem I am having with about an 18 month old Angel fish. I recently moved, and everyone made it fine except I noticed right away my Angel was acting a little strange. Now yesterday when I got home, the Angel was laying on the ground, still...

Well, I just moved it. Cut it as close to the base as possible (it didn't come off as easily as I thought it would). Then I stuck a toothpick through the center of it and stuck it to a rock. It now looks a lot smaller than it did when it was open! I hope I didn't kill it. How long until it...

So a toothpick is the way to go?

I am using Kent Marine Concentrate Iodine. It says 8 drops per day per 50 gal. I am only putting in 3 drops per week. Maybe I will discontinue this. Is it normal for the stem to be transparent though? That is what I was most concerned about. I also made sure that the rock wasn't crushing...

I bought a piece of Xenia about six months back. It completely moved from the rock it came with to another rock in my tank. Now, it has split into two separate plants on the same rock. I know all this is normal. I was told this will happen. I also know that you can move a piece of Xenia and...

3 drops every once a week of Iodine, and 5 drops every 3rd day of calcium. I am also putting in (oh God I forget the exact name of it) some green stuff that you have to refridgerate. This is only a 6 gal nano cube. I can't figure out what is going on. I am following everything I am supposed...

I have recently noticed some odd behavior with my feather duster. It hadn't come out for about a week and then it only came out half way. I moved the rock around because I thought maybe it was being smashed. However, it wasn't. It had connected itself to the rock so I couldn't even move it...

CG...thank you so much for your suggestions. When you talk about the cooler lined with a garbage bag...when you get the fish back out of the cooler should you get them with a net or can you just dump the garbage bag with a little water in there? I would imagine you should net them because a...