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OK, get this - When I left this morning, the little fish was lying on his side kind of wedged between a plastic cave and the tank wall. I thought he was dead, then I saw his flipper fin moving a little. I considered euthanasia, but just didn't have time or the heart for it. Tonight I pulled...

I fully expected to find the little guy dead this morning when I went into the kitchen, but he was pretty much the same as last night. He's laying on his belly, not moving much, but still alive. I suppose I should consider euthanasia, but (I hate to say it) I'm really hoping he'll be gone when...

I'm not so sure I'm cut out for this hobby! I take this stuff too personally. L

OK this is just crazy, frustrating, and troubling. The cardinal tetra I mentioned a couple months ago, whose fins were all chewed up and whose spine was kind of curved? Well, I put him in quarantine with Melafix and Pimafix, and he buffed up nicely, so I put him back in the community tank, and...

Thanks for the tip on Melafix. I'm pretty sure it's rot. Problem is, this is a dark blue betta, so it's hard to know if his fins are darker. But his fins are getting more ragged by the day, which to me suggests something isn't right. The LFS suggested Nitrofurizole (sp) which is in...

Hi, Devilishturtle! That's the first I'd heard that about Melafix! I've treated other bettas with it as well, and had read that it was a good first-line treatment for fin injuries in bettas and other "finny" fish. Anyway, it's obviously not helping this time, so I've discontinued. I...

I have a betta going on 3 years old. He's always been very healthy, and always in the same 2.5 gallon tank. Last fall, I decided to add gravel and plant his tank (before he just had some silk plants). That's the only change he's seen, really. I faithfully change about 3/4 of his water each...

I've kind of gotten used to not seeing all of them when I do my nightly head count. But generally, if I sit and watch and am patient, I will eventually see most of them. I actually haven't seen more than two for several days. Doesn't mean the other two can't be hiding somewhere, or I'm seeing...

Well, first off, I would consider doing at least a 25% water change. The fact that the danios aren't sick yet doesn't mean the water quality can't be off, particularly if you haven't done a water change in better than a week. Then first thing tomorrow, consider getting a test kit, as the water...

Thanks! I guess I'll just watch the parameters closely and if amonia or nitrites spike, then I'll think about tearing down the tank. You're right - the other fish have been stressed enough. In fact, the latest addition is a poor little cardinal tetra who has some kind of spinal deformity...

OK, I have a densely (and I do mean densely) planted 10 gallon, formerly inhabited by a single male betta. Last weekend, I bought 5 otos to put in his tank. I know, that's a lot for a 10. I was thinking about how they like to be in numbers, and how, if he got the urge to pick on them, larger...

You should get some Amquel, also, to make the ammonia less toxic to your fish during the cycle. Keep in mind that a fish's stomach is about the size of its eyeball. Try to feed only about that much. With fry, you probably need to feed more often, but in my tanks, four x a week seems to be...

I'm sorry about your little paradise fish. I lost my girl not too awfully long ago. Question: Did you just start adding any fertilizer for your plants? Mine got sick and died just a couple days after I started adding ferts (correct dosage, I'm sure). I'm wondering about a connection. L

I had a 15 gallon once, divided three ways with a betta on each end and a dwarf gourami in the middle. I bought six otos to go in, and put two in each section. The two bettas actually chased all four of their otos over the divider and into the middle section. I put them back in the end...

Spine is still crooked. If you look at him from the top, it's kind of S-shaped, and one side of his body is thicker than the other. I moved him today. For now, he's back in QT. He's obviously very stressed, so I decided to medicate him for another week with Melafix, and give his tail fin...

... and already it looks like someone is picking on him. Bits of his tail are missing. I'll probably move him again this afternoon when I get home from work. Do you think he'll be OK with one of my male bettas? I have one in a 10 gallon tank, and another in a 2.5. Maybe if I put him in...

Hi, I agree with Zagz. I've had seven bettas thus far, some housed in bowls and others in tanks. My oldest is going on 3, which is a ripe old age for a betta, and has lived since the pet store in a 2.5 gallon, filtered tank. My newest is in a 10 gallon (I had planned for him to be part of a...

Well, this all started on December 11. He had two weeks on meds, with a 50% water change midway, and another 50% last weekend (no more meds since). He seems to be pretty well buffed up. So I think I'll go ahead and risk it this weekend. Hopefully he is able to fend for himself now. I think...

Sorry I didn't get back right away. I've been messing around with car trouble - transmission failure. :x I feed a variety. Tetramin flakes, Bioblend pellets, and the tetras usually nosh a little on the sinking wafers I give the cory cats. Also, before my tank started getting lots of...

Peculiar.... Well, much as I hate keeping him away from his pals, I don't think he's going back in the main tank until I'm sure he's fine. It is possible that I just never noticed his "curvature" before, and it's something he came with. But I've looked them all over pretty closely, and really...

Update on the tetra. He's still swimming around, looks like he feels OK, but it seems like he's kind of turning a darker color, and might have a bit of a hump on his back. But he's FAT, not wasted. Does it still sound like TB? Anything else? L

My sympathies, zagz! I wish they could come up with a simple, humane, way to do this that isn't so hard on US. I'm afraid I would be incapable of doing the "quick" way as mentioned. I think I'd have to do the clove and freezer thing if it comes to it. Thus far, my losses have either been...

By the way, shouldn't he be skinny if it's TB? He's really not. I'm wondering if there is something else that might account for this. His fins are almost grown back now, but I'm not putting him back in the main tank until I know what's what with him... L

So far so good. The spine is still curved, but the fins are growing back nicely, the fish is very active and eating. Not happy at all about being alone, but that's to be expected. By the way, I stumbled onto a study on the antibacterial properties of tea tree oil, and it turns out it...

By the way, a couple of sites, including the aquarium pharmaceuticals site, say that Melafix and Pimafix are useful in treating TB. I was surprised as I had always thought they had only mild antibiotic properties. But given tetras can be fairly delicate, if those two medications will do, I'm...