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The eye was very swollen before moving him to the QT, and the QT was bare. He seems to be swimming okay, but his breathing is still somewhat labored and he is content to float in a corner at the bottom of the main tank for the most part. Here is a pic of his eye and the white spots on his...

Update since ~30 hrs ago: 1. Good news - Bugsy was actively swimming around in his QT yesterday afternoon. 2. Bad news - When I checked on him hours later, he was floating on his side at the bottom of the QT. I immediately moved him to the main tank since it was now clean and the nitrates had...

Hi jlk, Tank is planted. See pic. Bugsy has been in a hospital tank for the past 48 hrs. I'll need to go to the pet store today to pick up a kh/gh test kid in order to get those numbers. Regards, Kent

Any advice on the diagnosis and treatment of illness? Thanks!

Here is a picture of the algae in the main tank. :banghead: I believe it is blue green algae (cyanobacteria). Any suggestions for treating this?

What are the parameters? >> ammonia < 0.25ppm >> nitrites 0 >> nitrates >80ppm What other fish are in the 40? >> none What is your filtration? >> aquaclear 70 What is your water change system? >> infrequent 75% water changes Here's what I've down so far: 1. I moved Bugsy to a 20g hospital...

Hi all, I came home from a work trip to find my son's black moor goldfish in bad shape. From my research, the tank appears to be overrun with blue green algae (actually black in this case). My guess is that toxins from the algae infestation have compromised Bugsy's immune system and he has come...

1. I will go ahead and get the ac110 as the cost difference between it and the ac70 is not that much. 2. Understood on the cycling. I'm not sure how much cycling is happening in the qt, so I might try to get some substrate/water/filter squeezings from a friend's tank. 3. Pool filter sand...

Bugsy is doing better every day. Thanks for asking! I haven't had the chance to do the methylene blue baths, so I am a bit behind on that. I am doing daily pwc, and every other day water testing to keep the water healthy. I looked into my power filter options, and I think I will go with the...

Petco is having a dollar per gallon sale right now, so a bigger tank is going to happen. :-) If I go to a 40g breeder, what would be a good filter setup? My experience to date has been with aqueon hanging filters, which work ok, but I find them a bit noisy and Bugsy loads up the filters very...

jlk, any comments based on the pics I posted? Thanks, Kent

Here is a single picture of Bugsy's right eye. It is noticeably bigger than the left eye. From the day we got him, his right eye is either shrinking or growing. :(

Here are 4 pictures of Bugsy's left side/left eye.

jlk, I found a post of yours that details how to do a mb bath. Are these correct for my situation as well? http://www.aquariumadvice.com/forums/f17/black-moor-with-possible-pop-eye-and-fungus-260260.html#post2460007 Thanks!

I am back from my vacation, and Bugsy is doing much better: 1. The cotton like patch on his side is ~1/4 of its original size. 2. No more white patches on his tail fins. 3. No more bottom sitting, and all together more active. However, I still need to address: 1. The cotton like patch on his...

Oh... I need to ask a clarifying question. Is a 20g tank not big enough for a single black moor goldfish? He is 7" from nose to the very end of his tail. Both his main tank and the qt are 20g.

Sorry for any confusion! He is still in the 20g QT, and he will be remaining in the QT until he gets 100% healthy. Unfortunately, all of the new fish have died. For Bugsy and the QT, the complicating factor is that we have some vacation coming up, and I wanted to move away from the daily...

Background information Bugsy has been in our family for the past 3 years. We inherited him from a neighbor and he was the lone occupant of a 20g tank until 4 weeks ago. What happened 4 weeks ago you may ask? A close family friend, a grandfatherly type, offered to take my 11 year old son to...

1. Tank size: 20g 2. Tank stock: 1 7" long black moor goldfish (Bugsy :D) 3. Temp: 74F 4. Ammonia: 0.5 ppm 5. Nitrite: 0.125 ppm 6. Nitrate: 20 ppm 7. Test kit: API Freshwater Master Test Kit 8. Water change: Bugsy was moved to QT on 6/14. QT was a brand new tank and was filled with 0.3%...

Hi all, I have a black moor goldfish that is sick. He originally came down with a severe case of ick. In response to that, I moved him to a separate 20g QT, and treated the ick with a solution of 0.3% salt. That seemed to cure the ick over the course of ~10 days. Now he has another issue. I...