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    HELP! Mbunas with problem breathing in bottom of tank HELP!

    Stop adding fish whatever you do, don't worry about the algae the more fish you add the more your ammonia is going to go up. Rapid gills moving mean your fish need oxygen, so I would do a big water change and make shure you have a air pump hooked up, the ammonia present is likely robbing your...
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    Funky Poo

    True it is not necesary but it will help them cope with almost any diesease they will have, in the pet store I work at when we treat mollys for anything we dump about two cups of salt in a fourty gallon tank and it helps them perk up right away. Also they are far more tolerable to salt than...
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    clueless?

    Red fin sharks may turn from black to a white color in times of stress, I definately would find out what your Nitrite levels are though. Sounds like the shark has a little bit of fin rot try adding a antibacterial medicine and adding a couple tablespoons of salt. Most sharks are tough and you...
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    Internal infection and bent spines

    The bent spines could be TB but that is unlikely being that it is not highly contageous, so it could be from inbreeding. Even if the guppys are bought at different stores due to exsessive breeding many guppys bought at stores are not even able to breed. I have never had this problem however...
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    Funky Poo

    Is the fishes fins clamped? What doe the pooh look like if it is clear it is a internal parasite if it is black than it is not. I would try something for parasites, I don't think feeding it a pea will do anything. It sounds like he is in trouble mollys like lot's of salt do you have any salt...
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    Possible cory disease?

    Try something a little stronger than Maracyn, like Kanamyacin, Seachem makes a brand called Kanaplex which kills almost all bacterial and Fungal infections.
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