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Thank you all for your help and suggestions. Unfortunately Wednesday evening it became evident that he was losing his struggle so I freed him from his misery using the baking soda method described here on the site. I felt horrible but knew it was the best course of action for him. I have...

I'm looking at a Rena XP1 or 2 for a new 30 gl I'm setting up. In checking their website, it seems the number of trays is the only difference. The XP2 is actually a few bucks cheaper on Amazon that the 1. Is a different tray required for each media type? Is there an application where the XP1...

Another question - I just found what I hope is a suitable 29 gallon tank with stand around the corner from my apartment on Craig's List. (Living in NYC, the convenience alone of not having to carry a tank on buses or subways is a huge plus). As I continue to do my daily water changes from the...

It's a week out from the 100% water change, and it's mostly status quo. He hasn't eaten in a week and just hangs on the bottom. We've been doing 30% water changes daily. I've been testing the water prior to changes and have found it consistently around: Ammonia = 0 NitrAte = 10 or less...

Well I'm afraid my optimism might have been premature. He started slowing down yesterday afternoon and is back to just sitting on the bottom or standing on his head in the silk plant. My guess is that the tank is trying to cycle and that he's stressed from all of the changes. I did a 25%...

Good News! My little friend Bubba is doing much better this afternoon thanks to the help and suggestions from all of you. I sincerely appericiate your efforts to help me! He is far more active and swimming more normally after the complete tank cleaning last evening. He's not bloated and even ate...

Will do. Thanks again for all of the help and support. We'll keep our fingers crossed...

Thanks so much for all of the great advice. I have transfered Bubba and the in-tank filter to the new water prepared around Noon this afternoon which only has the dechlorinator and the Amquel. I just finished draining the tank, removing the driftwood piece, the silk plant, and the rocks which...

I went out and bought some test strips. My estimates matching the colored boxes would be Ammonia high between 3.0 but not as dark as the highest at 6.0 `Nitrate looked to be on the lower end - 20 or 40? Nitrite was .5 or less

I'm afraid I don't have a spare tank to use, but I do have a very clean bucket which I've used to prepare the water for water changes. I can hang the in-tank filter into it easily enough. Perhaps I should mix the old water and new 50/50 in it and move the fish and the rocks one by one over to...

Thanks in advance to any help or suggestions. I've been trying to help my fish for over a week now and seem to be given different advice and water additives from each person I speak with at the local aquarium stores. In brief, our 1 1/2 year old Oranda was I believe overfed by our housesitter...