SuomiBetta
Aquarium Advice Freak
Hello there fellow fish lovers! I joined up here for quick and reliable advice on fish keeping since there's not much around me in the physical realm. I recently lost all my fish in a fatal fungal attack and I'm restarting my aquarium for one supremely spoiled betta. In my community tank I had three beautiful platys (Jeremy Irons (Red Wag), Jason Statham (Blue Wag) and Gandalf the Golden (Sunburst) and three Tequila Sunrise guppies (Captain Rum, Vodka and Tequila) This was obviously my first community tank and I tried hard to save everyone (Captain Rum however seemed to have died of old age since he had been slowing down and losing color while being otherwise healthy for awhile. Vodka probably died due to high stress (he was always such a jumpy guppy) or sudden water chemistry changes and was long gone before the dreaded fungus) when I noticed Mr. Irons and Statham fin clamping I dosed the tank with 2.5 mL Melafix and Pimafix and added 1/2 teaspoon of Aquarium salt. Unfortunately the fungus took hold before whatever made the platys sick in the first place cleared up and they went to fish heaven. Sorry for the long post but I think that should help everyone understand where I'm coming from. I apologize if I just post the name of my fish and forget to mention species and variety in advance.