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Hi there. I’m sorry your fish isn’t feeling well. :( I’d recommend filling this out so that members of the forum can better assist you. Aquatic Emergency Template | Freshwater Fish Disease and Fish Health Forum | 376562

Hi there! :) Don’t panic, this is perfectly normal and just means that your snail is growing! They start developing their new shell along the edge like that and as it continues to grow/harden(as you said soft -> hard water), you’ll watch that line move back on the shell. It’s called...

IMO, your slight hesitance to leave them would be enough for me to take them home. An above commenter suggested that you could leave just a couple inches of water so long as they had something to grab on to for the ride and they’ll do fine. Another question for me in that circumstance would...

Great info! Thanks for your reply :)

*sigh of relief* Give them time. Both your fish and you have been through a lot lately. They’ll perk back up. :)

Hi there :) My vote is to bring it home. Although I do believe the shrimp would live, at least a good portion of them..I personally couldn’t go that long without checking in on one of my tanks. If you can’t even go into the building..who’s to say something won’t malfunction..possible power...

Hi there :) 84-86 is quite warm. What fish are you housing in the tank? I always recommend adjustable heaters unless it’s for a 5gal betta tank and then I’ll use the preset ones. But I think you should be hasty in replacing it, a faulty heater can cause an electrical current in your tank and...

Yes, agreed. What’s the reasoning for your 90% changes? Just curious. I’ve only ever done 100% water changes when either moving a tank or doing a complete rescape. I’ve never felt the need to do more than 75% even with fish-in cycles.

Hi again! Don’t panic and start dosing for illness. White stringy poop is more often than not just a sign that your fish hasn’t eaten today and had a bowel movement with no food in it which leaves it white and stringy. Unless the poop is moving itself around the tank..lol..then you have no...

Oh that’s good to hear. How are the other two goldies doing now?

Okay, understandable if you have to move the tank. But as some other commenters suggested, mixing your tap with some water that you heat up on the stove could quicken that process in the future. Did the tank get repaired? I’d hate to see you have to go thru it leaking again :(

Hi there! :) I don’t think you need to be too concerned about transporting your plants, they should be fine wrapped in moist paper towels and put in Tupperware containers with a heat pack in the box preferably, this time of year..I wouldn’t ship plants without it. The fish are a different story...

API General Cure contains praziquantel which is known to cure black spot but prior to treatment..you should be 100% sure that this is indeed what the fish is suffering from so I would suggest separating and observing him in a QT tank for a few days-week prior. I always like to try raising the...

The brine shrimp could work also. But anything to get him to eat is what you’re aiming for. Keep me updated. :)

Awh poor Dale. :( What was the reasoning for the 2nd 100% water change? Changing the water can’t really hurt your fish but leaving 3 goldfish in one bag, I assume a gallon size ziploc..is not ideal. A bucket is a better option for WCs that take a long time. Better yet, leave them in the tank...

Kuhlis actually don’t have scales. They have a slightly different kind of slime coat than the average fish which they occasionally shed the way a snake would. Do you have any frozen foods you can offer him? Even the most stubborn of eaters will go for a good portion of frozen bloodworms IMO.

GM. It looks like Black Spot Disease, appropriately named obviously. There is mixed opinions on what to do when your fish has this disease. Some people say to ride it out..because of the kind of parasite this is..it typically needs multiple hosts in order to complete its life cycle and spread...

So initially he had positive buoyancy disorder, floating on his side and at the top and now he’s suffering from symptoms of negative buoyancy disorder or laying at the bottom, swimming occasionally but not well..correct?

Did he recover from the swim bladder issue and then develop the mark? Could he have injured himself while you were removing him from the tank? Does look like a scrape that removed some scales to me..

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