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Lost the other Bala today I noticed before he passed that he didnt want to move around a lot and around some of his fins it looked almost like the scales where rotting off. I could see a patch or two of scales that was missing. He did not have that the day before I am going to move the 2x...

the directions say "For each 10 gallons of water, empty one packet directly into aquarium. Repeat dose after 48 hours. Wait another 48 ours then change 25% of the aquarium water and add fresh activated carbon etc" One thing that concerns me is I cannot test my ammonia levels because the...

Yeah the directions don't say. They say it needs a second dose, and they say to do a 25% water change and add carbon filters to scrub the meds out (that's after the second cycle). Some s.. I noticed that there is some "fungus" or something growing on a lot of things. These pictures are...

Well we lost that one Bala yesterday. So far today things are alright The remaining Bala is not acting nearly as stressed. Question: The directions for the Fungus cure say to repeat the dose after 48 hours. Can I do a 50% water change today before adding that second dosage?

Well they survived the night. I guess that is a good sign.

I ended up taking out all the media that was in the filters because it was pretty bad. I replaced it with filters that have no carbon. I cut away pieces of the old filters and put those in with the new ones. I made sure to get all the carbon off and chose sections that where not bad. I then did...

Well I looked at the box for the API fungal treatment and it looks exactly like what the 2 tetra's have. Theres no little "Spots' which leads me to believe its not ich. The fins on the tetra's are a little white on the end and around the mouth. I did some googling and this looks like its a...

The PH has been below 6 for a while now. my test does not test below 6.

Looks to me like a fungus. I will pick something up in about 10 minutes or so to treat it. Do a 50% water change this afternoon and do the fungus treatment. Also my PH has been pretty low for several months. I kept trying to get it up but ever since I added a lot of live plants its been...

FYI I have sand in one of my tanks and it has tore up 2 filters so far. It makes an awful racket and no amount of cleaning will get the sand out. Eventually it just seizes up. I will be switching from black sand to crushed rock this weekend.

We have dual filters and I only rinsed the one (in tank water) I was under the impression that this *should* not harm the bacteria.. anyway, I noticed this white bit on both of the remaining tetra's... Some sort of bacteria or fungus? Those white bits where not there last week. I...

Also, I noticed some white-grayish fuzz growing on all the fish that where dead + some of the rocks. Any idea what this is?

Yeah I have plans to eventually move the Balas. I use the API Master Test kit and it has not expired. I have used stress coat+ on every water change including thurs and friday. I added more today. I figured the ammonia would have been a lot higher considering the number of dead fish that have...

Ohh forgot to mention. I tested the ammonia after taking the fish out this morning. Its back around 2PPM but that is to be expected considering the state I found the fish in. (they must have passed very late friday or early saturday)

So last week one of my fish died in the 36G tank @ work. One of the other fish didnt look so well so I did a test of the waterparams and noticed elevated Ammonia (2PPM). I immediatly did a 50% water change which brought the level down. The next day I did another 50% water change while cleaning...