Actually I have no concrete explanation for the appearance of the worms. My most recent outbreak was in a tank I had set up to culture greenwater for Daphnia....
I don't have answers for everything (and my wife would love to see that in
writing!), but I'll help where I can ..
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... had ... have a ... Kordon, I think, makes a breathable bag that's used to hold fish in such a manner. I wonder if that's what they were using. The fish are...
Hi All I have a little problem in that I have a fairly well planted 18 gallon tank but not enough fish - currently 4 neon tetra, 6 x-ray tetra, and a couple of...
Hello Paco, Thanks for your information. They were very helpful. Do I get any mechanism which lowers the temperature of the water? Like you get heaters in cool...
Hello Sonja, It depends on what kind of fish you have. And what filtering systems you have. For some fishes, you will have to replace 10% of the water daily....
Hello Kristy, Thanks a million for your information. I suppose it is the size of the tank that is causing the problem. My tank is quite small. Also our local...
I cannot decide if my gold high fin tetras have ich or not. They do have white on their fins but I thin it is from the nipping they get (from mostly each...
My son has 6 blue damsels in his tank (near end of cycling) and some live rock, etc. One of his blue damsels has vividly red lips almost looking like a...
Happy New Year to all... hope we were all safe and happy :0). My question is about my son's tank. It is a 10 gallon, has two sailfin mollies (M/F), two dwarf...
Jason I will add the salt if for no other reason than to protect the fins that have been nipped and see what happens from there. I thik the Plecos are just...
Hi again Michael I posted earlier to ask if your tank had cycled - do you have test kits to check your ammonia, nitrite and nitrate levels? Now I've read your...
Happy Newyear everyone , may you all have healthy fish! I had a brilliant Newyears gift in my tank, I bought a couple of blue acara's a couple of weeks ago and...
Can you trun the filter off and use a sponge filter. With small water changes from the opposite side of the tank where the fry are.Mother should be OK. Wilma ...
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My "free" Betta has been bulgy since I got him a month ago. I thought it was a little better, but as you can see (I hope), it is not. This is the picky eater,...
... Jan, my best guess would be a bacterial infection. Jungle products "Fungus Eliminator" should do the trick (it does much more than just fungus, as you...
... Miss Jan, If he is indeed suffering from stopped-up plumbing you could try putting him in a separate container in which you have dissolved Epsom salts at...
... plecos (that's right...I'm not into all that superstition) ... OK. I have been curious about this one. Sometimes folks write pl*cos and other times...
Hi everybody! I'm the beginner who is reading up on fish and combing my local lfs. Some of the books I read say discus are really hard fish to care for....
Thanks for the answers, Jason. Unfortunately, when I arrived home last night, the angel was dead. I'm going to keep a close eye on the inhabitants of the 75g...
Hi Tilly, Just to clear up any further confusion, my 75g is my "show" tank that has 6 bloodfins, a honey red gourami, a redeye, two bleeding hearts, and 5 ...
Hi, Larry! ... What kind of "risky"? *shudder* Are there any other treatments for constipation - such as certain foods - that would be more gentle? Also, ...
Thanks, Dan. I'm just so surprised to see it look so bad all of a sudden. I really thought it was getting better. :-( I'll pick up some "Fungus Eliminator"...
Good question from another relative newbie. I know my gouramis & rainbows are easy keepers. I have a new 55 gal cycling with feeder goldfish now that is...
Thank you for providing me with that link, Frank. Interesting. I'd never heard of it, yet I hear that Comets (like mine) get it quite often. My guy only has 2...
