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My female ( I think) Paradise Gourami has an open wound on the top of her body in the middle of her dorsal fin.... its getting bigger by the day, pieces of flesh have fallen off, and now it looks red and deep. She hides most of the time (in the 29 gallon community tank), but will come out to...

I have a friend with 5 tiger barbs and they all stood on their heads as well... I was always curious as to why... could they all have had a disease?.... She finally did about an 80% water change (after 6 months :S ) and now the alpha barb is attacking all the others , injuring them and actually...

My 5.5 gal. tank has been almost empty for months except for a guppy, and a bronze corycat. I recently bought them some tank mates, but the guppy seems less than happy. I bought a marble molly, a peppered corycat, and a dwarf gourami (who died the next day.. ugh). It looks like the guppy is...

Well Poppy passed on into fishy heaven a couple weeks ago... he hung on for 2 months!! Today I finally got a new betta... this time hes a Crowntail and I named him Piper. Hes beautiful. I hope to have some photos soon. Thanks to everyone who replied while Poppy was sick.... Id be lost without...

Weasel--Although Death Star is a beautiful fish, hes not mine. My betta is the same colour but his name is Poppy, and hes just a regular veil tail from walmart. The photo must be from someone elses gallery. I did manage to give him some peas the other day, and he gobbled two pieces, and spit...

I never did get around to giving him peas.... Im sure its too late for that... Im going to clean his tank tonight and continue with meds.. but hes pretty sluggish and his head is so swollen that his eyes dont even stick out anymore :(

Well I continued the Maracyn Two and he seemed to improve. But now after a week hes even more bloated than before, and his scales are raised unfortunately. But he does still eat like a pig, and flare at his reflection... so maybe hes not too uncomfortable. Its so sad, hes our favourite fish...

I checked Bigalsonline, and to me, 35 bucks isnt cheap... but anyway I will try to get a kit that tests more than just ammonia. My molly seems to be fine now.. I think. Im assuming something scared her that day, and thats why she was hiding for so long.. maybe my cat swatted the tank or...

Maracyn-Two and Melafix may help for the fellow Ontarian betta. ;)

My test kit doesnt check for nitrates and nitrites... I havent found a kit yet that does.. Im still looking. The pH is always 7.4 or higher (my kit only goes to 7.4, another thing I need to buy --higher value kit) I do a water change every week, and usually its 75%-85% change, and I add...

Ho hum... Im getting so sick of sick fish. My pearl molly is sitting under the ornament with her head straight up almost.. as if shes trying to find the darkest place. I dont understand, she was fine yesterday. Could weeks of my male guppy chasing her make her sick? she didnt seem to be...

LOL... I was just going to say, I wouldnt think a betta would like peas.. but I will definately try it. I have used peas before for goldfish and a gourami, and the corycats ended up eating them all. I will continue the maracyn two, and Poppy has been building bubblenests, so thats a good sign...

I feed him only once a day.. and hes a picky eater.. he only eats a few Tetramin tropical granules each day... and he never picks up leftover food from the ornaments or gravel. I figured that a tumour would be more irregular looking.. I could be wrong... he just looks swollen up. I did see him...

the bloating is kindof right below his gills... he looks like he has a beer belly... and its not just a lump or whatever, his whole front behind his face area is bloated. So when bettas are a year old, are they still growing? because I know he was much smaller when I bought him. I did try...

Ive had this male betta for about a year now, and hes never been sick... My daughter and I are very attached to him, his name is Poppy. He lives in a 3 gallon tank with just an air stone, and I do a 100% water change every week. Lately hes been looking bloated in his abdomen and is acting a...

Well I tested the ammonia level right before my weekly PWC, and its fine. So my unexplained deaths previously are still a mystery. The molly and guppy are still doing well and I will purchase a higher value pH test kit when I get to the store.. maybe thats the issue, I dont know. Thanks for...

Oh, BTW, this isnt a new tank... I just have two new fish in it (the molly and guppy)... Its the ammonia test kit thats new.. it took me forever to find one, and its only for ammonia , not for nitrates.. I wish it tested both. The darn ammonia test kit cost me $15 plus tax... grrr.. so I hope I...

Oh.... well doing a PWC to fix the pH wont work for me... the tap water is naturally that pH, and thats all I have. The ammonia test kit I have is a TetraTest. I do have a pH reducer, but no one seems to think I should use it. And my ammonia level right now is closer to 0 than to 0.25.

Ok... I just did another ammonia test, and since I put in the aerator, it definately hasnt gotten worse since the water change on Saturday, if anything it may be a bit better. Its definately not over 0.25. Ill do another one on thursday and then one on Saturday right before my PWC. Also, my pH...