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Does it matter the kind of fish? Like neons might need to eat more than rams?

I was leaning towards taking my chances with not feeding them. Is the two weeks just way too long?

I have baked wood in the oven at 200 degrees for 12+ hours in addition to boiling the wood and like flipping it with tongs (it was too big to boil all at once). Worked great!

I will be leaving my fish for exactly two weeks when I go home for the holidays. I currently have two tanks (both are planted if that matters): a 37g tall with a bolivian ram, 5 neon tetras and one bronze cory catfish (yes i know I should not have one alone, I will be restocking when I...

Yea, sounds exactly like columnaris. I found the peroxide to be very helpful, You should use a very small dose with the 5 gallon though. Keep the water cold. Neons like cold water to begin with. Aquarium salt should also help.

What is this film? I believe my fish have columnaris. Thanks!

I used hydrogen peroxide to treat my tank. I used 3% solution, 20 mL for my 37gallon tank. I took the filter media out before dosing. I did it once a day for multiples days accompanied with 50% water changes. I also turned down the temperature to like 74 to help weaken the columnaris...

I found a really nice piece of wood to use as driftwood outside today. I boiled it and put it in the oven at 200 degrees for 1.5 hours. When I took it out, I noticed it was oozing sap. How can I prep the wood to ensure it is safe for my tank? I recognize it may be easier for me to go to the...

How quickly will neon tetra disease kill my fish? Please help!!!

I recently had an outbreak of columnaris in my tank. One of my neons caught it (I noticed cottony stuff around his mouth) but recovered. However, while he was sick, his colors faded However, more than a week after all trace of columnaris is gone from my tank, this neon's colors are still...

I was thinking of getting either one large school 20-25 of neon tetras or a smaller school of about ten for the neons and ten for another kind of tetra/danio/rasbora. Right now, if I go with a secondary school I am leaning towards glowlight tetras. Any thoughts on what would look better/be...

Perfect. Thank you so much. The advice is much appreciated.

When will I be able to add new fish?

Its been in there for a day.

When should I put the filter media back in? Should I do a water change and add another dose of hydrogen peroxide just to be sure?

Try hydrogen peroxide if you are in a jam. I dosed ~.5 mL per gallon of 3% solution for my tank and it helped iwth the columnaris. I am currently undergoing the same issue with my tank Good luck.

Hi, There was an outbreak of columnaris in my tank last week. I lost all of my java loaches pretty suddenly and three of my cory catfish. I have dosed my 37 gallon tank with 20 mL of 3% hydrogen peroxide solution as well 1 tbls of aquarium salt per five gallons. Before adding the peroxide...

He exhibits none of those things. He has been doing this for about a month now... I have done big pwcs- no dice. Two more questions: My loaches keep swimming up along the glass, especially the corners. My cory cats used to do the same thing but don't do it any more. What kind of behavior is...

Oh man, you are never going to guess what happened. I have a plastic hut that I tipped sideways for the loaches to play in. He was stuck in the roof of that! I thought I saw like his spine in the hut or something and I picked it up and saw he was in there and wiggled it around to free him. I...

They ate him all up just like that? Which ones ate him? How is that possible? They were hungry this morning!

For the past 3 weeks, my male swordtail hasnt been swimming properly, floating all around, essentially dying. A couple of times he was getting stuck to the filter and i set him free from it. last night, i went to sleep he was in the tank. I woke up and he is gone!! I have 6 black loaches, 1 or...

Hey guys, So originally I had bought 3 banded kuhli loaches. One died within a day so I called up the fish store (knowing my water was clean). Apparently, they had pre-medicated the shipment too much and they got sick. So I went to petco yesterday and saw that they had black kuhli loaches...

What do you mean when you say they are nocturnal? They will only come out when I am sleeping?

Thank you. I will get two more tomorrow as well as some shale and floating plants. I have a lot of plants already but I think a floating plant would look nice. I do not have a sand substrate, but I have rounded gravel. I plan to swap out for sand in the future though. It just seems like a...

I bought three kuhli loaches on Sunday. They have been very shy. I read online that I should have at least 5. Do I need to get two more or will; they grow more comfortable to the tank?