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I'm treating my fish with Interpret No 8 Anti Fungus & Finrot. The black phantom tetras have the finrot problem due to a fin nipper. I put in the required medication then a week later carried out a 30% water change and redosed. After two weeks considerable fin regrowth had occurred so I...

Hi, just to let you know that I used to own a 45 Gallon tropicals tank but since then I have moved away to University living in accomodation. I want to keep fish but they have to be transported back to my home address in the summer so a Biorb was my only way of keeping a few tropicals that I...

Hi, thanks. In the light of what you have all said i think the best thing to do is to return this fish to the pet store and change it for a more suitable fish. I think i have been wrongly advised by the pet store with regards to suitable fish for a Biorb.

Hi, thanks for the reply. Sorry for the quality of the pic, not having much luck trying to get a better snap. The guy at the pet store seemed to think that two of them would be fine in an aquarium (one died). I'm just looking around trying to work out which type of tetra is it now. It has red...

Hi i was wondering if anyone could tell me what fish one is please? I have just one of them (previously two) in a tank with three black phantom tetras. However it keeps nipping the fins of the black phantom tetras and chasing them around the tank (which i believe has caused the finrot). Does...

Thanks for the advice! The only other thing im not quite sure on is when I should stop treating the fish for finrot. Are you meant to carry on until all the fins are fully regenerated?

Hi, thanks for the reply. I'm treating with Interpret No8 Anti Fungus & Finrot which contains phenoxyethanol. I have raised the temperature to 26 degrees from the original 24 degrees. Also I had a water test back along and was informed that the PH was 1 too low - so have used PH Up as...

Hi, Im a newbie to this forum. I have three black Phantom Tetras in my tank one of which has lost an eye. All three fish are suffering from finrot problems but their fins seem to recovering after treatment. Should I leave the fish with one eye alone as it doesnt seem to be in that bad of a...