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is this drinking water the filtered, low-ion kind? like, do they remove all the salt and minerals? cuz if so, that's not good for fish. they won't do well in de-ionized water because they need some ions for proper waste exchange, maintaining inner ion balance like in their blood and tissues...

sorry, all. i've been offline for a few days, felt very disconnected from the world. anyway, my goal in posting this topic was to see if anyone could help me identify the nature of this. i had read the freshwater ich article before i posted. it is very good, sound advice, but i don't know...

glasstapper, what happened after the treatment? What's "clout", by the way? I've treated them in the past with RidIch+ when they had visible white dots. it helped for awhile but i thought maybe I didn't get it all the first time because there was still a little flashing. so i did another...

OK, so I posted a topic called "Flashing, but I don't think it's Ich" last week. I've been watching my aquarium and now more fish of several species are flashing. I don't really see any spots, though. Should I do the heat and salt treatment, just in case? The thing is, I've always got a...

hmm, well whatever it was seems to have cleared up. the little guy is almost completely normal now. i don't know if there are diseases that will cause a swimbladder to deflate and not be able to fill with air. maybe he somehow tore it and it gradually healed. i don't know if i'll ever know...

One of my fishies lost his buoyancy completely for awhile. The poor thing had to pump his pectoral fins constantly to keep from sinking. He couldn't even rest at night. His stomach also looked deflated. I figured he was a goner. He looked so thin that I was sure the exhaustion would do him...

Hmm, it is mostly the White Cloud minnows that were doing it. They are kind of show-offy to each other and will often hover side-by-side with all fins held open stiffly. My concern came when I two fish of different species doing it, too, but only a couple times. I have been watching them and...

Cool! I never know what to use as a login name, but yours is very creative and unique. I bet no one already has that name when you register at new forums. I usually end up picking something stupid. "babybetta" has absolutely no significance whatsoever, it was just the first thing I could...

Some of my fish have been flashing. I got really frustrated because they had I had already treated them for ich about a month ago with RidIch. It seemed to work because the dots went away and the itching stopped. Then a few weeks later, some of them are back at it. I just assumed it was...

Ahh, Amquel! I didn't even think of that one. I'm used to letting the biological filter take care of it, rather than relying on chemicals. But for short term, that is not a bad idea at all. I second the over-thinking fish sensitivity thing. I'm probably the most guilty of all. Those...

Oops, sorry about the misspelling of your name, patryuji. That doesn't really count because it's a virtual name and not a real word in the English language. Told you I'm obsessive-compulsive.

Don't worry. I have weird obsessive-compulsive things revolving around grammar and spelling, too. Oh, and pronunciation. I can't stand when people say words incorrectly. Anyway, platyriju, congrats on your 2nd molting! You must be doing something right.

Oh, yeah, and sorry about the green font. I thought I'd highlight the question part. But it just made it hard on the eyes.

You're right. It probably is silt and mud that they dig into in the wild. I will do some more research before I do anything drastic. I've taken the sand box out, by the way, as of this morning. I thought I'd give it a try, though, to see how he'd respond. It wasn't an entirely ecstatic...

Yeah, I've heard them called fan shrimp, too. :uzi: :invasion: Disturbing, huh?

Yeah, in the end, take the steps that you are willing to do. You, of course, do not have to take all the precautions I posted. The final decision will be yours based on how much effort you want to put into it and how much the fishies mean to you. Those were suggestions based on my...

Yup, I was just gonna suggest cooler. Yes, it slows down their processes so they get less worked up. That way they use up less oxygen, produce less ammonia. It may be helpful to adjust them slowly to a cooler temperature, too, so it's not a huge shock. The other thing the cooler would do is...

I have a dojo loach who is the undisputed star of my tank. I love this fish. Here's the story. These guys are supposed to enjoy burying themselves in the substrate, sometimes with only their whiskers sticking out. I noticed mine trying to force his way into the gravel but the particles...

My water parameters are (and I'm rounding up just to be safe) total ammonia-0.25 , toxic ammonia- 0.013, nitrate-40, nitrite-0.5, pH-8.0 He is in isolation, though, without the benefit of the biological filter. I used to have him in the main tank (he gets along beautifully with the other...

Just wanted to give my two cents on bamboo shrimp. I have one in a 10-gal and it's doing great. It is just a baby, though, and those puppies do get big. I've real fat honkers about 3 inches long and thicker than my thumb (my fingers are pretty skinny, though). Mine is a lovely tan color...

Yeah, it's been about four days now and he ate ONE piece of pea. I'm not trying to starve him, I've just been offering him peas everyday and not his regular food. I even went as far as to fashion the cooked peas into little, dry pellets. He's still not buying. His poop is not stringlike...

still waiting... Hi, thanks for both of your responses. I am still engaged in battle of wills with my betta. He is not impressed by this vegetable matter. Since I've been "starving' him, he's actually become pickier about what he'll eat. He's become very suspicious of anything that...

Ahh, is that the trick? I have been feeding them raw because that's how I eat them. It didn't even occur to me. That will also get rid of the problem of fibrous skin that he can't seem to process in his mouth (and throat teeth?). I will definitely try that and let you know. Thanks!

oops Thanks for the prompt reply. I was writing the intended message when you answered. Please see questions in that post. thanks also for the warm welcome.

Pardon the last blank message. Anyway, I read the discussion from last September about the poor betta that was apparently bloated and eventually died (my condolences, by the way). I think my betta is constipated because he is swollen about the belly and vent regions. He makes a little poop...