Remind us how long you have been cycling with fish? You mention four guppies and a cory… is that what you have left now? Did you allow the ammonia/nitrites to get too high at some point that caused the fish deaths or do you know if there was some other issue that caused […]
Hopefully all is well but the next time you need to start a new medication, do it when you’ll be home (or awake) for as long as possible after starting the treatment… just so you can keep an eye on the fish and be prepared to do a PWC if the fish start to show […]
It might be time to look at a more serious med or treatment. It seems that there may be some internal bacterial issues going on (you mentioned the rounded look which could be digestive related but could also be internal bacterial issues causing swelling) and the salted water treatment will not really help with […]
What you describe could be attributed to an intestinal protazoan disease; the darkening coloration and the swimming pattern. As Lenny says, it would be a good idea to quarantine this fish, protozoan diseases are highly infectious. A treatment (which I believe can be safely used in conjunction with the Melafix) is to use a […]
I have a Pristella Maxillaris in distress showing a dark area in the intestins at the bladder level. I always noticed a small dark area in the same place in that fish, but now the dark area is bigger and the fish tends to hide in a cave during the day, swimming […]
I was hoping someone could answer me a few questions. I have a 55 gallon saltwater tank that I have had running for a good few months now. it was an established tank when I got it, yet very unkempt! aside from the few fatalities which from what I hear is par […]
Hi Kim,
Have you been keeping an eye on the water parameters in your pond? When the fish died, you said they looked to be in good condition. Did you look at their gills at all before disposing of them?
I think it would be wise for you to remove the koi from your pond […]
I would love to have a bigger pond but where I put it it is not practical. I basically built the deck around the pond. The bottom of the pond is sitting on the ground and the top tier or shelf is sitting on the deck, so half the weight is on the ground and […]
The fish looked well when they were purchased. Had two females drop fry within two weeks of having them, possibly more but I didn’t remove all obviously pregnant females (haven’t lost any fry since my original post - they’re in a 20g with a couple cory cats). The 75g is about four […]
Hey all — hoping somebody can help — I just (today) noticed a thin hair like “thing” attaced to the tail (appears to be just into the flesh) of one of my rainbow fish… it’s less than a quarter inch long, about the width of a human hair and seems to be […]