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I have an orange glo fish that is bloated and his scales are completely fanned out. It looks exactly like dropsy, but I thought dropsy was something only goldfish get? or is it just that goldfish are most likely to get it? any suggestions? Will do a PWC and post the new parameters afterward.

I've had an Oranda Goldfish that's been sick for about a month, if not more. He's got dropsy, and he's had a number of other ailments from ick to finrot to week-long constipation. This poor guy has held on for so long now, but he's not really seeming to get any better. I've managed to clear...

Do you think a 55 gallon aquarium upstairs would be too much weight? What about two?

So I'm finally getting another 55 to put all the fishes in my 20 gal community. This means I'm going to finally be able to set up a hospital tank with it's own filter, heater, and lighting system. I've never set up a hospital tank and I could use all the help I can get. I'm assuming it needs...

I had another thread on here about my Oranda goldfish who was constipated. Well when I learned about feeding him peas, I didn't know you couldn't feed him canned peas, which was what I was feeding him; canned sweet peas. I've since gone and bought some raw sugar snap peas, which I have started...

I had a 3" silver arowana that passed away this morning. He was in my 55 gallon tank. I've been unable to locate him, and I'm wondering if I should continue stressing my fish out and going through the substrate to find him, or if I should just leave it be. Will he be enough to poison the...

My oranda goldfish will be swimming along just fine, then he'll just suddenly stop moving his fins and drift forward. He starts to do this little somersault thing and soon enough he's either straight up and down, or completely bellly -up. He'll drift through the tank like this for a few...

I just got a 55 gallon aquarium, and it has an Oscar, a Green Terror, Jack Dempsey, a Red Devil, a Pleco, and 3 Cory catfish. My question is this: is it even possible to introduce my Black Ghost Knifefish and/or my Porthole Eel. I'm aware that these are pretty aggressive fish, but I've never...

I went away for a couple days, and while I was gone, my roomate's kids threw some pennies in my tank. When I came home I pulled them out and did a water change of about fifty percent....also my eel has yet to come up, I'm starting to worry if he burrowed into the substrate and isn't alive...

I've inherited a porthole Eel from a friend who was unable to care for him. I didn't want the little guy to die, so I really had no choice but to take him in. I don't really know too much about these guys other than they eat bloodworms and, if they're hungry, will eat my other fishies. I'm...

I had a horrible mishap this morning. I noticed my redtail shark had ich yesterday, so I began treating the tank with quick cure. Well the top popped off, and about half the bottle (all that was left) went in the 20 gallon aquarium! I started looking around online and found this website. I've...