Recent content by Fishfunn

Wattley discus recommends regularly treating with Potassium Permanganate. It sounds like a good idea, especially if they do that. Raise Healthy Discus with Potassium Permanganate | Wattley Discus . Next time, I will try their recommendation.

When you bred your discus, did you do anything extra to prevent the 4 week syndrome of baby fry dying off?

My tanks smell like dirt.

Here is a good video on how to use Prime to lower ammonia while your biological filter gets stronger to remove ammonia.

It depends on the fish bioload and how high the nitrate levels get. If nitrate levels get elevated, then I will rinse out the filter pads with used aquarium water to remove the excess buildup. I usually leave the bio-media, like ceramic beads, etc., alone. I have fish that are sensitive to...

This guy on YouTube said he cured Epistiylis by treating for three days with Ich-X and adding KanaPlex to the fish food for two weeks.

I have a 30 gallon medical-grade food container that I use to store RO water in my garage. My garage gets hot, so I am wondering about the growth potential of harmful bacteria and fungi. When I make RO water, I do a 50/50 mixture with tap water for ease of mixing before dispensing to the other...

I agree with your post. I saw bad bacterial infections where the fish was near death and erythromycin or KanaPlex brought it back from the death dance. There is a place for antibiotics, or we wouldn't need them in medicine. As we have seen from many novice fish keepers, they tend to wait until...

You know, I saw in forums where very serious bacterial infections in fish were recommended MB treatments by non-US members that resulted in the fish's death the next day. So I can say that overuse of MB causes unnecessary deaths too. MB is mild and not to be used as the first line of defense to...

Your pH is high for neon tetras. Neons like acidic and soft water too. Tap water has a high pH out of the faucet, so I am not sure of your hardness either. I would recommend getting an RO filter and mix tap water into the RO water for your aquarium. That way, you can always have soft water and a...

I know there are a lot of members in this forum who live in countries that do not allow the over-the-counter purchase of antibiotics without a veterinarian's prescription. I would like to know if that has hurt the fish-keeping hobby or helped it. I live in the US and have found antibiotics to...

FYI, you should wait 48 hours after using your water conditioner before adding ammonia to your aquarium. The added water conditioner is still active for 48 hours, and any excess water conditioner will detoxify your ammonia you added. API water conditioner will de-toxify ammonia, remove chlorine...

If it has a battle wound, I would treat it with an antibiotic with either Maracyn or SeaChem KanaPlex. If it was my fish, I would try KanaPlex. Hopefully you can get either of these antibiotics where you live. Some plecos can be territorial and fierce. I have one pleco that killed several fish.

An open wound is serious, and you need to treat it with an antibiotic right away, specifically I would use SeaChem KanaPlex. Follow the directions on the package. With its weaken state, dont try to grab or manhandle the fish. Try to keep the stress level of the fish as calm as possible.

Less water can be more dangerous than a large tank since there is no room for error. A large tank has a lot more water to dilute the CO2. If you ever wanted a safeguard to protect against too much CO2 being injected into your water, this works great.