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Not even one reply. That is about the 3rd time this has happened. Am I not giving you enough information? Am I being a dumb newb? From now on I will go elsewhere for advice on my sick pet.

My neon tetra has a lumpy belly. He has been treated for bloat and sort of helped for a day. He is swimming fine, no discoloration, Just a really large lumpy stomach. I have had him on algae based food but he never eats when offered. He has been in isolation for about 2 weeks and is not...

I think that is may have just been new scales underneath. It looks like it resolved itself. Well, if it's not one thing, it's another. Now her dorsal fin is getting ragged. Maybe the tetras, with their new found sense of community are ganging up on her. It's weird I know, but for a community...

*Update* So the thing fell off and now it looks like a slightly darker patch of black on her skin. I can't tell if it's a hole, as she is black herself. Hole in the head? I swear this fish is going to give me a heart attack. She is the healthiest sick fish ever. But she is a survivor.

So I moved my Balloon Belly Molly back into her normal tank from the hospital tank where she was treated from columnaris. The hospital tank is not as well lit as the normal tank (a mistake, now I know) so when I returned her to the well lit tank with my 6 tetras (10 gal) I saw that she has...

I have a neat little school of Neon Tetras (5 of them) in a ten gallon tank. Four of them are thriving and schooling and one of them hangs out all day under the rock cave. No symptoms, no white spots, specks, red anything at all. He just stays in there all day and come out to eat (so he has...

Totally, no killing fish! That is mostly the reason for the post. I want to have fun without killing my fish :)

Again, where is the fun in that?

Total killjoy! It was just an idea. Mostly my tank hospital tank is bare save for one hidey hole and a small plastic plant. This is purely for laughs. The tank is too small for any sort of background art to be significant and my apartment is way too small for anything on the outside. So I...

I had the really cheeky idea of furnishing my hospital tank with an ornament shaped like a tall hospital with a red cross on it. What sort of craft clay, material or whatever is going to be safe for my tank and fish and easy to obtain? Any ideas?

Thanks for the idea of different pumps! I never though goldfish waste was processed differently. Does this still apply if all of my levels are normal? Also, this fungus, or whatever it is, was a problem before I ever got the goldfish. This might make a difference though they have been...

My Balloon bellied molly is clamping her fins once again. She does not have any other symptoms besides her usual bit of fungus that flares and clears on it's own. I have a school of neon tetras and a gold fish in my ten gallon. Seems a bit over loaded but they have been fine for months and all...

Totally addictive. I am ...hooked :)

They work alright for my smaller tank, it stays pretty steady and my fish are happy. I have always been just a little unsure of them in any case. Might have to invest in liquid.

Yes, I am testing for nitrite, but I only have the test strips, not the liquid form ( I have liquid for the ammonia). Results for nitrite and nitrate come back negative. Also, define well-seeded. I seeded but, as I am a class A newb there quite a few things I have no idea about. The way I...

Oh yea, I have graduated from the 5 gal to the 10 gal and am 4 days into the fishless cycle. I seeded it from the existing 5 gallon tank and have had the ammonia levels fluctuate down, but no sign of the coveted Nos. Does it generally take longer ( I am sure longer than 3 days, but I just want...

OK, Ace Hardware, here I come! Thanks!

Its this one. Buy The Case: HyTop Clear Ammonia but it does not have the non streaking agent in it, or doesn't have the cool label on it anyway.The website is very unhelpful in providing content info and it doesn't actually have the ingredients on the bottle...which I thought, by law, has to be...

Wow, oddly specific..clarification I am setting up a new 10 gal and actually had the exact same problem. I went to three different stores and all they have is something called "clear" ammonia. It is next to the ones that have additives so i thought this may be the pure stuff. It does bubble...

Howdy! I am a first time fish keeper with a travel sized 5 gallon tank. It was my sister's tank but she decised to move cross country and didn't want to put the little buggers through the move (it's not THAT travel sized afterall) She bequethed them to me with 3 balloon belly mollies, one of...