Recent content by ray210

Hello. Would you please take a look at the pics? Do you know what this is and how I might prevent it? I just found one of my pygmy corys dead, seemingly swollen and belly-up with air/gas and with red flushes particularly on the right side of his body. Here's the Imgur link, as inserting the...

Hi there. I have a female platy. She's the only platy in my tank. For about a week she's been hiding on the floor of the tank. When she tries to swim any higher, she seems to have some difficulty (wobbly), though I have seen her swim higher a few times, when the light is off and I've just either...

Any updates on this? My betta is immobile, and I'm thinking it's constipation. I was wondering if anything worked for you.

I did the API tests just now, and I'm worried that the StressGuard and/or the BettaAid (or maybe the soap residue which may or may not still be there are affecting the readings): Ammonia: 0 PPM Nitrite: 0 PPM Nitrate: 0 PPM pH: 7.6 High pH: 7.4 I ordered a new, 10-gallon tank kit (Marina...

Thanks. Looked it up. I think it's very likely: I was probably overfeeding him. He hasn't been eating for at least two days, so I'm going to give him a frozen pea perhaps tomorrow (Thursday) or Friday. I vacuumed out the food lying at the bottom of the tank. Will continue with the StressGuard as...

Thanks. There doesn't seem to be any more vibration from the filter than normal (i.e., the last several months), but there is some construction going on outside, but it's not that loud, so I'm not sure if that's what stressing him out at this point. I really think it was my screw-up of bothering...

Just a note: I removed the carbon and added 1/2 cap for StressGuard and three good squirts of API BettaFix. I'm keeping his light off and the tank mostly covered. He's still in the corner, exactly as he was last night. I added some flakes to his feeding ring, since he hasn't had them in a while...

Thanks. I use only bottled spring water. I don't think there's much of a chlorine issue...?

1~What type of fish is afflicted? In addition, please describe what is wrong with the fish to the best of your ability (i.e. cotton like growth, bloated, etc.). Betta, “deflated”, sitting at bottom of the tank near the heater. Won’t move, gills moving very slightly (barely noticable); no...

Oh, a key question is if I buy everything new - a new 5-gallon aquarium with a new filter, new filter media, a new floating log shelter, new artificial plants, a new heater, I can’t just move him there immediately, can I? Spring water and conditoner plus TetraAquasafe just aren’t enough for...

I will post more later, completing the quesitons, but it’s an emergency: On Sunday, my betta wasn’t eating. He’s in a 5-gallon tank and had been fine, eating normally, as late as maybe Friday afternoon or Saturday afternoon. I usually use a food ring, but the past week I found that he ate more...