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    snail (purple up)?

    Any reason why i couldnt use purple up (saltwater supplement) as a supplement for the snails in freshwater?
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    Striped platies?

    Yup they have had two more batches and the babies have at least one vertical Black stripe? Has anybody ever seen this?
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    Striped platies?

    Has anyone ever seen platies with verticle stipe? My fish recently had babies a few weeks back and I'm pretty sure they are going to have random stripes. Thanks
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    your favorite heater?

    Thanks for any input mine died
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    parasites? treatment with plants

    The treatment is over, I changed 25% of the water and stuck the filter back in last night. The two that were origionally eating are eating again.
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    parasites? treatment with plants

    I did the second dose last night now all 4/4 have had the white string poop so hopefully it is getting out of their system.
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    Are Discus really that hard?

    I had already added the meds. Also turned the heat to 88. 3\4 are getting risd of white poop now so hopefully that means the meds are working. Crossing my fingers
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    parasites? treatment with plants

    Well they are hanging in there. I noticed 3\4 were getting rid of white poop so I decided to leave the med in , I think it would have just been a matter or time that they acted sick. I did however adjust the ph back to a range they like. None ate yesterday but i read that was common with med...
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    parasites? treatment with plants

    This is a new tank, i cycled it. Then added the discus 2.5 weeks ago, two were eating and 2 not. The two not eating were having white poop and have all the symptoms. Prior to the medication being added last night I did half tank water changes every other day.
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    parasites? treatment with plants

    Lol oops. Anyways my nurse thinking is if one has bugs and is pooping them out and the other fish are eating or swimming in it they have bugs too
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    parasites? treatment with plants

    I have 4 panda cories too. I didnt want to take the 2 fish out because as a nurse my think
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    parasites? treatment with plants

    Thinking this med was a abad idea . Now none are eating they are all breathing heavy. But i do see that one of the sick fish is expeling more white poop. Not sure if i should change the water out or let the med do its job. Or if i dilute it the bug will become immune to certain meds. Its...
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    parasites? treatment with plants

    Hexamita Oh crap. If Cory's are so sensitive I'm in big trouble with discus. I was relying on the metronidazole . Hmmm wonder if I should empty some of it out
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    parasites? treatment with plants

    I have aplanted tank i wanted to treat with parasite guard . Do i take the plants out? If i do, when i reintroduce them wont it reinfect the tank? I put it in another tank i have going for like 1 minute before it took it all out worried it would infect that tank ... what do i do with them in...
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    Are Discus really that hard?

    Its 86 right now highest that heaterwill bring it im using my extra heater, the one in my other tank died.. I have a feeling they might have hexamita. The poop has been wierd and they have the symptoms. I bought parasite guard which has praziquantel, diflubenzuron, metroonidazole and acrflavine...
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