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Thanks so much for your help, at least I can sort ammonia if that's what it is. Will look forward to the phosphate/algae help bx

Aaah - how do you test for and treat phosphate? I've never had algae before so have no idea. What shall I do, have taken most of the wood out just now actually (left a bit in for the plec as he's so unhappy)

Yes. the kit with the 4 testubes and chemical testing for ammonia, nitrate, nitrite and ph Just done it again and it's pale yellow. Will do a big water change. Do you think the algae has an effect? It's brown and long fronds and is all over all the bogwood etc. I hate it.

Tested ammonia today and last week yellow on the card so 0 ppm....

No, not particularly - it's an albino plec. The others all looked normal. The angel that died was a gold colour too.

Yes, did water changes each time. Attached pic of nearly dead plec taken just now. Gold severum died within 30mins of maracyn being added, not a mark on her, was perfectly fine this afternoon, am heartbroken.

Hi, I have a corner 190litre tank, well established from when I moved here 6 months ago and apart from major brown algae everything has been fine and as it was before I moved - til about a month ago. I seem to have a bacterial problem, the water quality is perfect, there's a tetratak external...

No, there's loads of o2, it looks like a symptom of internal disease. They aren't at the surface, just acting quite normally, but rapid gills. The talking catfish did this for a few days then bloated and died. Sorry about your fish, they really become members of the family don't they - even tho...

Gills look fine, just moving fast. No sign of velvet or white spot, have you read the history of all this? It's a bit of a saga, it's not a simple one I'm afraid. My gold sev is also looking a bit bloated altho she's better in herself today, she looks darker too. I tried to get some anti...

Wilder, the big severum is now flicking and rubbing hilself on leaves etc - any ideas. have ordered maracyn but is from the USA so will take a while. Is the Fish Zole (metronidazole) that I have here any good? AND the clown loaches are breathing very fast - I am getting so upset about all this...

Thanks for your support with all this Wilder, thought i'd tell you that the talking catfish is dead this morning, I feel so upset. Sounds silly I know, but I'm just so disappointed I couldn't help him. |He was such a stunning fish and so easy to keep, I always felt honoured when I saw him as he...

Hi again, I am pretty sure that the talking catfish has got velvet or slime so have dosed with Interpet Anti Velvet. These are the severum's symptoms :Small Lumps/Scales lifting though through damage/Red patch (old) beside gill, slight fungus traces on raised scale damage/lost tail These are...

No, no bent spines. Will redose with anti bac tomorrow, should I do a water change first? Thanks for all the help with this, that last link was brilliant. Going to bed now - the dogs are nagging for bedtime biscuits and driving me nuts! Belinda

I've got clown loaches, are they scale-less? Haven't seen any flicking or jerking, the gold sev has got a small red patch next to her gill but she's had it ages (before the tank break). She's also got raised little lumps on that same side on her side.

No, no skinny fish, they all look fantastic. Not sure about slime diease, tho salt seems to be a common remedy for this sort of thing - would it do any harm? What sort of salt and what quantity. OR should I try myxazin again or another anti-bac? Sorry to bombard you with questions!

Hi, no the gold severum's not bloated at all, the patch of raised scales is from the damage she sustained after the tank broke a couple of weeks ago and she and the others were clonking about on the gravel. This tank is a new set up, she had these damaged scales but they were covered in fungus...

Thought I'd update you on my severum and others. Good news so far! the myxazin has worked wonders, I dosed the tank for 5 days and have now stopped - is that right? The fungussy/growth on her side has gone down but she's left with a patch of sort of raised scales, hard to describe, like a pile...

Thanks, will go and buy some tomorrow

It's just white, tho less so than yesterday. I think it's just where he clonked it thrashing about when there was no water in the tank. The tank looks lovely now as it's all freshly planted - he's a real plant wrecker tho, so it won't stay lovely long! Re meds, I'm in the UK B

Thanks, what meds would you suggest? The water will improve as the filter matures, I know she's got a way to go, but at least she's trying now. B

ps. This is the other severum and the loaches. Belinda

Hi again, good(ish) news today, Goldie is trying to live! She's still hovering but isn't hiding now, she's found a place in the tank that she likes and stays put, but is in almost full view. She's still nose up alot of the time but actually ate a tiny bit of flake today (when she thought I...

Thank you so much for the reply, she's still with us, I moved them into new tank yesterday and all are ok, tho the big severum has a knock on his head that's a bit fungussy. The poor stressed out Gold is still hovering in the water, head up, tail down, semi hidden, she can swim fine but chooses...

I'm new to this forum but hope someone can help. I've had an awful week. I woke up on Weds to find that my tank had cracked in the night and ALL the water had leaked out. Every single drop. The fish were all lying on the gravel, I dumped in some water immediately and tho most were obviously dead...

I'm new to this forum but hope someone can help. I've had an awful week. I woke up on Weds to find that my tank had cracked in the night and ALL the water had leaked out. Every single drop. The fish were all lying on the gravel, I dumped in some water immediately and tho most were obviously dead...