Search results

Ah I see. It seems somewhat similar. I am seeing a lot of fin splitting with all of the fish. However the starting point for all of these is the strange white filmy spots that show up on their fins. My second oranda has these patches as well but no redness The red streaks on my male oranda were...

Could you explain what you mean by congested fins?

Please excuse the fact that my timeline is a bit off, I’ve been trying to figure this illness out in the middle of my first semester of college and while working so my memory of exact dates is a bit jumbled. All carbon was removed from the aquarium and aquarium salt + pimafix + melafix was the...

Using the sick fish template to help: Tank ORIGINAL TANK What is the water volume of the tank? 55 gallons How long has the tank been running? Setup January 21st 2019 using established filter and sand Does it have a filter? 2 aqueon quietflow 75 HOBs, 1 marineland internal canister filter, 1 diy...

Hey everyone, I'm having a bit of an issue here. I've been asking questions in a goldfish keepers group on facebook for quite some time but never get much response. Hopefully someone here can help. Please excuse all the explaining, this post is long overdue. Some background: just about every...

Someone recommended feeding live blackworms to my fish as a nice treat, so I went and picked them up because at 99 cents for a bunch it seems like a great deal, especially to watch my crayfish and shrimp go nuts over them. But as I was taking them out of the bag I noticed this. Is it a leech...

Do you feed flake foods? If they are used to feeding at the surface they may do this. For future reference I recommend sinking pellet foods or gel/frozen foods for healthier and happier goldfish. However I do also recommend that they be rehomed as a full sized common goldfish can grow to over a...

I went on a trip out of state for a few days and returned home to find that my female black moor has a split pelvic fin. I believe the cause is another fish in the tank who is a bit of a meanie, so he is being removed and put into his own tank for the time being. My question is, what can I do...

Just an update: I spoke with the guys at my LFS, and they also recommended upping my school and showed me some fish that they said would work well with them. I ended up adding a few more neons and a male Blue Ram. I was worried about him possibly not being fit for the tank as I didn’t have any...

I have a bladder snail infestation in my 15 gallon (like a hundred tiny snails popped up overnight) So I decided to move all of my inhabitants into a 29 gallon (cycled, currently with filtration for 40 gallon was previously holding another fish that has been moved into its home tank) in order to...

Has anyone grown their own dwarf baby tear plants starting with seeds? My LFS sells small mats but they are expensive and whenever I manage to get in there they only have mats that are not the best looking. I was wondering if I could have some luck trying to grow my own since I've seen that some...

You can just add it to the water, it will make its way into the filter Edit: But if the bacteria you get gives instructions to do otherwise I would just follow those

Is the tank new or just the filter? If it isn't cycled, you will have issues. To deal with ammonia try frequent water changes of 25% or more and add some beneficial bacteria to your aquarium (or get some established filter media from a friend). I am primarily a goldfish keeper so correct me if...

I have noticed on a few occasions that in the mornings when I turn on my tank lights my neon tetra’s color is very pale. But after about a minute or so of lights been in they return to their normal bright coloring. Is this normal during night time or could it be from a lack of oxygen in the...

Not sure how it happened. As I came in and noticed it the shrimp was still fighting a little bit, and almost got away, but died immediately after. My other snail is now eating it too as my purple mystery has given up on it. I guess they are missing some things in their diet. I’ll have to work...

Sorry to hear about your shrimp too. When I first added the ghost shrimp to my tank I lost 4/6, and three of them were in the first night. But since the last two have been doing well I decided it was safe to try to add them again. So far so good aside from the one that became a snail snack

They eat algae, leftover fish food (I feed a little extra because I know they eat it up right away) and veggies like zucchini. Should I be giving them something extra?

I added a big group of ghost shrimp to one of my tanks today, and because of all past experiences I’ve had with them I expected a few to die. Though this time I drip accilmated the shrimp for an hour (someone reccomeneded this to me, I can’t remeber if it was here or another group) so I was...

The room he was in before was poorly insulated so temperatures in the room were hard to control. The tank he is in now is in a place where temperatures are much more stable though. He didn’t eat any of the food so I’ll remove it and see how he’s doing again in the morning

As I was moving and adjusting basically every tank I have when preparing for my new 55g, I had to move my common goldfish into a 10 gallon tank for about 3 days. The tank was running with enough filtration for probably about 30 gallons, because he is about 4-5", and I did daily water changes. I...