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Not really, all of the swelling is restricted to the abdomen, there's no sideways swelling it just sticks out (or down depending how you look at it!)

Dude, at the risk of sounding thick, wots daphnia

Can other medications for white spot or fin rot cause constipation?

Thanks, all I've been giving them is tetra waffers, I take it that diet is the main cause? Are there any medications apart from vitamin drops available?

One of my bristlenose plecs has become constipated, so much so that she swelling and trailing 5-6 inches of poo behind her. This happened once before and my LFS told me vitamin drops is the only thing that can be done, it didn't work and he died now it's happening again has anyone got any quick...

I once took 3 bristlenose catfish from Germany to Engalnd on the overnight ferry in a thermos flask for my sister!! Cool eh!

I can't tell how high at the moment cos I've only got a dip stick test for GH. However all of my fish have been fine for about 10 months and I've even had my Bristlenoses and Guppies breed several times. But two gold nugget plecs have died with no signs of any infections at all and the GH is the...

Can a high GH value kill my fish eventually or will it just cause them not to breed?

Please help! found my fantail looking very miserable this morning. No loss of appetite as yet. Quite lethargic and spending a lot of time still near the bottom. Appears to have some redness on his side fin and seemed to occassionally try to swim without using this fin at all, didn't get very far...

Thanks mate, but surely it's not supposed to go that high!

I've had an aquarium for about a month and the levels have been fine, until today, my ammonia is OK but my nitrite has shot up to 1.0mg/l. What can I do and how long have my fish got left?!!

Dunno how to do a link, I'm a beginner with computers as well as fish!!!

Bactozym is explained on www.tetra-fish.co.uk but it's too long winded for us beginners to try and explain!!

Has anyone used Tetra's Bactozym and if so, does it really work instead of cycling?