Recent content by Sb092

I have never seen this before. The ropefish has like a gloss around its eyes (was there before it passed). It is swollen around the mouth and the gills. It also appears to have a white sore on one side of its mouth. However, it is puffy or cottony looking. Anyone ever seen this before? Will be...

I have a 75 gallon that has been set up for at least 5 years. Current stock is 5 pearl gourami’s and three blue gourami (not the dwarfs, the bugger stripped ones, and the bane is escaping me at the moment). I recently added 2 kuhli loaches about a week ago. I wanted to see how they did before...

I was able to get more pics today. Thank you for responding. I do have a follow up question. Does your barb still eat and is active? I fed mine today. (Haven’t fed since the motor on the filter ran out). She didn’t seem too interested. She swam up to the food with the rest of the group, but...

I recently had the pump on my fx6 fluval go out. I did order a new motor and it arrived in three days. Once I put the filter back together and filled the rank. I realized one of my female pearls was extremely fat. While, I do not see any pine coning and no other fish is affected, I am not sure...

You are correct. He didn’t make it through the day. By the evening, he was a goner. I did not immediately pull him out, because my vanilla lobster loves carcass. Unfortunately, no one touched him. I did pull the dead fish out and completed a water change. As of right now, no other fish are...

You may be correct. I found him on the bottom of the fish tank today. It looks like there is some labored breathing. And it looks as if the mouth is being eaten away or receding and is open. I attached the best pics I could. It is raining today, so I will do a water change tomorrow. I use a...

I have 3 jumbo swordtails. One looked as if he has a broken jaw when I first got him. One side of his lips/mouth drooped. I just noticed his mouth is black. I am not sure if fish bruise or not? Other than the discoloration on his mouth, he is doing fine. Eats, swims, and stays away from the...

Zoidberg recently molted. Of course, he is super hungry . He was suffering from appeared to be shell rot or black spot. I know he ate his molt and is now hunting for algae wafers and shrimp pellets.

Update: Zoidberg did go through another molt. He was out this evening and is definitely bigger, ALL spots are gone. I trued to snap pics, but ge ran as soon as the phone came to glass. These are the best pics I could get.

I have a video I will try to post. I am curious if the black spots that have shown up are shell rot? I have had my vanilla/snow white lobster for a almost a year. In the beginning he woulf be all over eating everything in sight. He grew to what is probably full grown. Then he would usually...

Well, last night the vicious bettas curiosity got the better of it. Her head was on one side of the tank, and her tail stuck to the intake. I am not sure what happened, but I bet she was messing with Dr. Zoidberg (snow white lobster ) and he let her have it. No one else is missIng. Usually, I...

I will see what my stocking is and see of I can squeeze one more in. So far its been hours since they have all been in the tank. For the first hour one of the females (black with gold fins) seems the most aggressive. She has chased everyone in the tank. I mean no one is safe, not even my full...

Possibly 3 spot gourami?

I have had 2 African butterfly fish for almost 5 years (with other african species, but they all passed). I had 2 pearl gourami and recently added an additional 4. They are too small to properly sex at the moment but I am sure the middle size ones are male and female. Therefore, I should have 3...

It could be bladder or pond snail. Some people think they are pests, others don’t mind because they do eat algae. Its really up to you if you want to keep or kill. I did once have a huge outbreak of both snails after receiving live plants (even though i did rinse the plants). They do reproduce a...