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noone with any further ideas? :(

i should have included that the one bala acts a bit nervous, but all have the same healthy appetite as always , and dont really seem affected ,,or lerthargic.. at least not yet ,

the pet store thought septicemea, possibly. there is no discoloration in the fins however,, just in the areas(nickle sized spots) with the loose scales..

but was unsure the meds really did anything.... as he waqs appearing better before the treatment anyway..

Thanks for the reply ! yes it looks like blood under the skin - just in the same area as the loose protuding scales i treated the tank a bit ago with *maracyn-two* (during the first balas problem)

150 gal tank nitrite 0.0 amonia 0.25 ph normal well established tank - going on 5 years regular water changes andfilter/media maintenence never any real problems no new fish added and no new conditions 7 large balas ( 8 to 10 inch) 5 giant danios 2 gloden barbs 2 scisser tails 5 buenos...

Hi Meredith- well i do have a 10 qt tank.. and used to use it as we aquired new fish or had some ill ones,, but its been so long since we bought any new fish( the tank was seeming a bit overloaded , but wasnt ) or a had any ill ones i havnt had the qt tank set up in over a year :( anyway he...

Ok I have a 150g and all the parameters are normal- its been up and running several years with a general mix of healthy community fish - several each of the following - large balas' irisdecent cats large buenos aires tetras giant danios rosery barbs a few small various (sharpae')tetras or...

My boy has raised them from the eggs.. by a brand name "aquasaurs" many stoeres around here sell the "kits" they hatch in a few days , are simple to set up, feed and care for , normally come with a lil "betta like" liter tank? probably raising sea monkeys or aquasaurs has generated interest...

Thanks! The one guy has always been much mellower .. the spastic one still ccassionally flips out , and then plays dead.. but not nearly as often..as before. seems to be setlling down .. after his one 4 hour spell of playing dead i have only seen him do it mayb e twice since and only 5...

thanks :)

I have never fed any of these ,but see posts about most tropical fish liking them my only worry? can this be a start to an algea problem? truth is ive always wondered about it, but my tank never has any algea unlees a spec or two.(no algea eaters eirther) and dont want to add something that...

hmm well to quote somebody here - " i love the fishes because they're deliciuos" LOL i wouldnt eat anything from my tank though :D but I do fish for um!! LMAO! anyone else take a typicle pencil bobber / fishing luine and small weight and hang cut zuchinni or something else from it? (of...

i have a small school of ten-in a large community tank - theyve been great ,,no troubles with anyone else in the tank, and quite hardy. will probably add some more.

I have seven balas in a 150- and they grow pretty fast! my guess is full 12" in a year or a little longer ? as they are now in the 6 or 7" range already and gained 3 inches of that in what seemed a very quick time frame... *shrugs* on them being lonely kept solo- - i believe they would be-...

Thanks again! fruitbat, after reviewing th profiles and pics - it is indeed a very bright gold barb or a neon gold barb as it isnt so much "gold" but day glo yellow/orange i need to look at the fish closer when i leave the store!! lol

thanks for the replies! fins/tail are the same bright gold/yellow/orange as the body with the anal fin being white like the underside of the fish. could be a golden barb as i have never seen one to compare- and no idea how large they get- this thing dwarfs my cherry barbs- as it is about...

:oops: i'm a bit embarrassed to say,but today purchased some rosy barbs to go with some other rosies we already had. When i got home i noticed an "extra" and different fish in the batch!!! certainly not a rosy barb called petco back askin what it is and they dont know,nor do they have any...

great news on your tank- just wondering if walt whitman ever heard of the bowfin, grenal, or shortnosed gar- more commonly named- pondfish or dogfish :) somewhat toothy north american freshwater that looks prehistoric/labyrinth like and can eat about anything and live about...

awesome links- THANKS!!

agree with above sati- the photo is accurate, and of course taken under bright lighting- one of the two we have is indeed that bright. very flourecent yellow/green the other is a lil more pale at the head almost white but by the tail very bright. the eyes on the paler one are a weird almost...

just curiuos what weird incidents or humorus strange fish tales everyone has? There has to be some odd ones out there? Recently in our 150g we "lost" a leapord danio- not completely surprising considering she was about 12mm long and there are some larger inhabitants in the community tank...

We have two of those that were purchased at petco- they had a sale on them that caught my eye.. they have been very hardy and cool little fish :) in a community tank they have been no problem. seem to have voracious appetites though LOL so they may get large fairky quickly? They always hang...

irridecent Thanks Roger! and yea i meant he kind of swims against the glass in just a 4 inch area or a little larger. there are varios community fish in the tank, variuos tetra species , 5 rosy barbs, 5 cherry barbs, 2 kilifish- 2 mollys, 3 platys- but all are small- the only thing the...

Ive had two of these guys for about 2 months. They are about 4 inches long one is fine. the other since we got him "worries " one spot on the end of the tank 24/7 except when feeding time comes. then acts normally. but about 3 or 4 times a day freaks out and dashes around the aquarium until...