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the bottle says 10/08 so not that old. I did a fishless cycle for two months before putting fish in then only added one fish at a time. I also have ceramic rings in my bio filter that are supposed to allow "massive colonies of beneficial bacteria to grow" I can take the ammonia neutralizer out...

I use a gravel vacuumeach time I do a water change. There is no leftover food in the tank and I don't over feed them. my test kit is from Aquarium Pharmaceuticals and the ammonia is a fairly new bottle (about two months old) I was thinking the same thing -maybe it was just old- I haven't used...

Hey all! I have a 20 gallon tank with two goldfish that has a high ammonia level. Everything else is normal. No nitrites low nitrates ph 7.5 just the ammonia is off the charts. I have been doing 25% water changes but nothing seems to change that ammonia level. I use NovAqua and AmQuel on water...

Wow! You have way too much in a new tank. When you're properly cycled you should have No ammonia and nitrite, (a little nitrate happens from dirty water) If in doubt, do a water change 25-50%! You need it. What type of filter do you have? Any time you see your ammonia and nitrite spike that...

What are your water stats? and what size tank do you have? What are you using for water conditioner? The little yellow blobs you are talking about sound to be undeveloped fry. Sometimes when the femail feels stressed she will abort her babies. To have lots of babies you have to have good water...

It's in a 45 gallon tank with four other fish. Scales are not sticking out, no red veins, just big belly. Water stats are: No ammonia, no nitrites, 0.5 nitrates, ph 7.0 I have a under gravel system, an Emperor 280 and a Whisper 60gallon filter. I use amquil plus and novaqua with water changes...

Thanks, I wouldn't do anything drastic. I have asked before and have tried everything that has been sugested and nothing is working. It has been this way for a long time so waiting longer won't hurt. Thank you!

Hi All! I have a red capped oranda that has been belly up for months now! I have tried feeding it peeled peas, delphia, seaweed salad. I've tried not feeding it, water changes, you name it! It just keeps floating more and more. It's belly is getting rounder and rounder. I would really like to...

I use the aquarium salt to get all the junk off the tank. Just add a little water to it to make it a kind of paste and use your hand to rub it on the sides of the tank. I think it's the safest. For my plastic stuff I will use a bleach solution to get rid of the algae but you have to be VERY...

Thanks for all the advise. I do have a Master test kit (not a cheap one either!) I have the filter and a media section that I have special rock with pores in it for the benaficial bacteria to live. As I said I only change one of the three filters at a time and rotate which ones I change out...

We do a 25% water change every 2 weeks and we use 5 galon pails (new pails only used for the fish that are clean) I put one half tsp of NovAqua Plus and one half tsp of AmQuil plus. The fish get better AFTER the water change, they hang out at the bottom BEFORE the water change. I check the...

Hi I have a red cap oranda That just doesn't look right. For about a week or so most of my fish have been hanging out at the bottom of the fish tank. They did this one other time and when we did a water change and moved their stuff around they all seemed better and didn't do it again until about...

Sounds like WAY too many fish in your tank at one time. If you didn't do a fishless cycle (which is reccomended for starters), you should have started with maybe two fish to establish your tank. I can't believe your LFS person gave you such bad advise! They sound like they would be awsome fish...

As you have said here "only in kill or cure cases" but I still would NEVER recommend using more that the directions say unless you have the advise of an expert involved.

Has anyone tried paracide D for this and has it worked? Just wondering! Thanks!