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Hello..does anybody have advice about moving aquariums? I have 40 g and a 29 g....the 40 g has an assortment of barbs and the 29g has guppies and neons. The tanks will be too heavy with any water in them, so don't know if the fish will be ok in a bucket for an hour or so...I also have 1 10...

I have a large tank with a mixed variety of fish...One by one, they are dying, but before they do, they seem to lose their bouency....They struggle to swim and act like they've swallowed something heavy..I have lost some danios and some cherry barbs so far.... My tiger barbs, gold barbs and...

I have had a betta for about 5 months...I've noticed over the last few days, his belly is getting bigger and bigger, and his colouring in his face is getting grey. He is also not as active as he once was...Just going up to the surface for air..( more than normal ) I actually don't think he's...

woo hoo....it's almost been a month for my tiger barb, but I'm proud to say today, that I have released him to swim with his buddies...actually I set him free out of his ICU about 2 days ago, but I was still corralling him to feed him to make sure he was getting enough to eat...he's gotten...

wow...who would have thought fish can get food poisoning...He's still hanging on...His breathing is definitely better and his colour is also a little better today...He's loving his peas, so as long as he's eating I'm happy... He is my favourite fish...He's one the original fish I had when I...

I occasionally like to treat my tiger barbs with frozen blood worms...I thaw a cube out and then feed them by dropping the worms in a little at a time with a toothpick....I've noticed that I often will lose a fish or 2 a week or to after...like they are getting sick from the worms...I lost two...

I just recently lost my betta...He got bloated like that too....He was like that for about 2 months...He slowly started losing his colour too. The last 2 days of his life, he started just hanging around behind the heater....I knew his time was almost up. I don't know what caused that. I have...

That is awesome!!!! Yeah, I finally know what they are, and that the red lip is normal...lol...only my one has it...possibly a gender difference????...thanks a bunch

I have 2 of these silver fish that were sold to me as 'panda barbs', but I have not been able to find any info on the internet. They kind of look like rosy barbs, but they are silver and the black dot is closer to the base of the tail with a little shimmer of pink just infront of it. The one I...

I've been watching my tanks, and I think I need to get a bottom feeder for my 10g tanks....my tiger barbs in the large tank do a lot of bottom feeding, so they take good care of that area. I would like to get some small ones....I've seen plecos that are huge, so don't want to get one of...

I had a heck of a time when I first started with tiger barbs...I think I had every disease in the book....I virtually let them die off, although 1 of them was a fighter. After his fins grew back (fin rot), I got him some more friends...I haven't lost a fish in my big tank for a long time...

A friend gave me a 10g tank they were no longer using, and I just can't stand to see it empty. I already have a 29g tank with 3 tiger barbs, 3 rosy barbs, 3 serpae tetra and 2 panda barbs (that's what they were labelled on the lfs tank, but I've never been able to confirm the name). I also...

sorry to hear that!!! :( ....Well that's another disease I can put in my 'experience' book...So far I've battled ich, fungus, dropsy and now lockjaw...I'm sure there will be more in the future, although it's been a while since I lost one, now that I have the feeding and cleaning down to a...

yes he did have laboured breathing too...Too bad...he was so pretty.

You nailed it on the head...Within hours of separating him from the rest, he died...very strange thing indeed! Thanks anyways.

Thanks for all the advice...My tanks are doing wonderfully now. My problem was overfeeding. I now keep them slightly hungry and now everybody is happy. I recently went on a week vacation, and had a friend of mine looked after my tanks. I showed her how much to feed them, but my fish were nice...

:cry: well my first round with dropsy was fatal....I had hopes, 'cause when I put her in the QT, she seemed to relax and was breathing a little easier, but woke up yesterday morning and she was out of her misery.....Now at least I'll know the first signs, so I can start treating earlier...

oh no...this morning I noticed she is starting to pine cone!!!! I did put a little epsom salt in the tank this morning. I'm at work right now...I hope she lasts until I get home.....I know the prognosis isn't that good for dropsy....any advice?

Have a cherry barb that seems to have gotten swollen over the last couple of days and is breathing quickly and not swimming with the others...pH is about 8,nitrate 40, nitrite 0, ammonia 0, temp 28C/84F. Tank is 10 gallons and has been set up for 3 months. I am using an aquaclear mini with...

I've tested my tap water after letting it sit for 12 hours. It is registering at 8.0. I have learned from this forum to lower pH to try adding 'peat' to the filter....Do you mean peat moss that is sold at gardening stores? I've also been advised to try putting wood in the tank (drift wood?)...

is something like that expensive? Reverse osmosis ultimately gives you something like distilled water right? (it has no minerals in it?).... There's plenty of snow outside where I am right now...I was considering melting some of it and using that for water changes (after I test it of...

wow...I did the water test again in the morning after letting the water sit, and the pH is 8.0. Why is it so high and is there anyway to change that? As for the substrate, I have an aquaclear filter with a sponge, charcoal and ammonia control insert in it. The gravel I kind of question..kind...

My pH is about 8.0....nitrates about 40, ammonia 0, nitrite 0. I have tried putting in pH down, with no fluctuation. I must have very hard water. I tested it right out of the tap..it is 7.2. I am not sure what I am doing wrong that the pH keeps going up. When I first got my tank about a...

I was considering just giving up on keeping fish...I have a 29 gallon tank with 3 green barbs, 3 tiger barbs and 3 neon rosy barbs....things were generally going ok...pH a bit high, but found some postings that reassured me a steady pH (even if it is a bit high) is better than a fluctuating one...

are you going to grow him until he's frying pan size?