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Yes it is for a drop checker. I previously bought some 4dkh solution off ebay for 14 NZD but figured surely I can make it myself. I just needed to check on here to see if my solution would work okay. Judging by your answer it should be sweet:) I used an API KH test kit to check it was 4dkh...

Hi people I just made my first batch of 4dkh solution tonight. Does it matter what PH my 4dkh solution is? I haven't checked its PH, only the KH. As long as it's 4dkh I'm hoping that is okay. would suck if I needed to get the PH correct also lol.

I have NEVER found bettas to be hardy. They have long fins that are prone to rot. I killed 3 with an uncycled tank. That's not hardy. Then i put one in a cycled tank and its happy and healthy and still alive months and months later. No fish should have to tolerate any ammonia or nitrite. I say...

Betta fish don't tolerate Ammonia or nitrite, even low levels of it. Molly's are much hardier than Betta fish and could tolerate a tiny bit of it. Unfortunaetly i know this as when I was a beginner I killed about 3 betta fish from an uncycled tank. (please don't judge as I do fishless cycling...

Hey, you could try tetra parasite guard after if the api general cure doesn't work as the parasite guard has Praziquantel, Dflubenzuron, Metronidazole and Acriflavin. Whereas the General cure only has Praziquantel and Metronidazole. So maybe? I mean if you can afford to its worth a try. In...

I've never had this nasty parasite before in my tank and I'm not feeling happy about it. I purchased 10 cardinal tetras to go in my discus tank. I was sitting there admiring everybody when I noticed two of the cardinals have anchor worm!! Little white threads hanging from their bodies. Very...

Oh dear:( Sounds like it's not going well. Bout the filter, Just use filter floss and if you can fit them in there some bio noodles. Carbon will take meds out and render them useless. Also you don't need it to keep your water sparkling. You just rinse your filter floss in a bucket of tank water...

Sorry have done too many replies lol. Sorry all if you're sick of listening to me. In short: 20 Tablespoons of aquarium salt per 10 litres. Dip the fish in till it rolls over. Make sure it's the same temp as the aquarium you pulled it out of. And dissolve the salt first of course.

Interesting point there ImACoolguy. I didn't know that the reason the slime coat of a fish builds up from salt is due to salt stressing them. Although no doubt it does when added very quickly in order to shock/stress the fish. I have read statements that say salt reduces stress at relatively...

normally a bacterial infection will start in a certain spot and spread from there like a crawling plant. Parasites can move and crawl and will often place themselves around the body in random places. Like fish lice for example. Parasites imbed themselves under the slime coat of the fish and seem...

Other than nitrates the weird blister things look parasitic. The way they are sparsely placed al over the body is quite bizarre which tells me it's parasitic. Have you done a salt dip yet?

levamisole is also useful to add to the mix of wormers when worming. When I treat for internal parasites I go all out. I use flubendazole, levamisole and praziquantel. They are all wormers but target different types of worms. I live in NZ and people who own birds are allowed to buy it. Go and...

Hey Tetra Parasite Guard. metronidazole, Praziquantel, acriflavine and diflubenzuron Obviously the metro is going to help with any secondary bacterial infections of mostly gram positive nature. But Metro an also treat some gram negative infections. With the cloudy eye thing I think it seems...

Sorry I keep forgetting some people are far away from the beach. I'm in NZ so seawater is always close by:) So with aquarium salt for a 3% salt solution you need 20 Tablespoons of salt per 10 Litres. Heaps I know. Anyway you just leave the fish in till it turns over. Which could be almost...

Yeah API general cure is decent stuff for parasites Sent from my iPhone using Aquarium Advice

Yes and higher a person to analyse the footage lol. Sent from my iPhone using Aquarium Advice

Seawater kills bacteria good and parasites just explode from the osmotic shock Sent from my iPhone using Aquarium Advice

Cool, use it for longer than the container says. It won't get parasites though. Put some salt in the water 1 tablespoon per 5 gallon and do 30 sec salt dips in sea water (actual seawater) to frizZle external parasites off the fish as it they are common especially in fish with low immune systems...

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Easy enough to set up a canister. Less water changes I guess but even canisters need cleaning Sent from my iPhone using Aquarium Advice

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Just wanna say one thing. When I treat a fish I do so in this order. Eradicate parasites, then treat for bacteria. Reason is is that parasites are usually not always but usually the cause of the bacterial infection. Best thing you can do is a 3% salt dip to just fizZle the buggers off the...

When I say google betta fish I say that because there's more info on them an d the side effects of melafix and pimafix. However gourami's are also air breathing fish and do what bettas do. They come up to gulp air. Pimafix and melafix both bubble the surface and float. Also the two gourami's...

Don't risk it. Google betta fish and melafix, pimafix is much worse though. When they come up to breath they gulp in the floating oily substance. Regardless if you see no symptoms don't make the fish eat it. I used pimafix with gourami's once and it wasn't good. They started to act lethargic...

Thanks, yeah i looked up discus plague. Mixed answers on google. Seems to be a broad term for parasite and bacterial infection in one. Like a mixture of all sorts. Thing is, apparently discus plague is highly contagious and none of my other fish are suffering so fingers crossed it's not that...