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Hi doctor nick!

Thanks. i checked this morning and one fish who was completely infested with ich yesterday is much "cleaner" now.. I'm gonna do a water change when I get home from work... Thanks again.. I ####ing hate Ich, but I can't euthanize them..

Thanks OldMan47.. I changed about 70% of the water today... I decided to treat with salt.. That way I don't have to worry about the AmQuel messing with the CopperSafe... I figure Ammonia is going to make the ich worse than anything... The specific gravity was about 1.004 yesterday.. Today I...

The ich is definitely less visible than it previously was.. However, without carbon filtration and probably less bio filtration, the poor fish look like they are suffering.. I want to use Amquel in the tank, but it says it may reduce the effectiveness of some medications.. At very least, I want...

Is it safe to use chlorine/chloramine removers with CopperSafe?? I need to change the water, but I'm worried that the water conditioner will render the medicine useless.. Right now I am doing it the old fashion way: waiting... My fish are at the top a lot, gasping for air.. I am wondering if it...

Many thanks for your replies.. There was one glaring spot of ich on one of my platy's head that isn't there anymore, so it looks like the treatment is starting to work.. I will continue with the medication and be in "ich mode" for the next 2 weeks, and hopefully then it'll all be in the...

Ok.. I will add some marine salt to the water. I was a little concerned because platys are strictly freshwater fish.. but some people say they strive with brackish water. I guess thats always a huge debate... I rinsed out the filter and threw out the carbon... The bag was falling apart.. How do...

So my planted 10 gallon tank with 3 platys, 1 red swordtail, 2 balloon mollies and 1 black molly has ich.. I also have a small unknown fry which either came with one of the plants or the eco-complete... Only 2 platies and the red swordtail are visibly affected, but the balloon mollies were...

Hi.. I am fairly new to tropical fish.. I have a 10 gallon and had 5 platys.. One male and 4 female.. First of all I am still in the process of cycling the tank, but have been using Nutrafin Cycle in it, and since using it, my ammonia/nitrite levels have stayed zero... Furthermore I got some...

I went to Petco and they wouldn't help me.. The girl working there gave me an attitude about it, and I got into a 20 minute conversation with one of the employees, where he was saying that doing that won't help and that the internet is "just opinions".. I'm thinking of going to Petland to ask...

I haven't tested the tap water for nitrates, but I don't even have any nitrites yet. My ammonia reading today was around .25ppm, but that was after I changed the water (I screwed up the sample I took before I started the water change and put the wrong test solution in it.. doh).. I'm a little...

So I bought a aquarium water test kit... It's an all in one kit with pH, ammonia, nitrates, and like 2 other tests.. I did a test of the water before I changed some of it... and the Ammonia test which I'm pretty sure I did right came out somewhere between .25 ppm and .5 ppm.. I'm generally very...

Thanks for your help, both of you.. The one fish I bought yesterday died this morning, but he didn't look too good to begin with.. The other 3 are looking fine... fins are up.. doing a lot of up and down swimming though.. I don't think I'll be able to find mature medium, and am going to give the...

Ok, I just did a read about cycling the tank... The page I read says for a 10-20 gal tank, I should start with 2-3 fish.. Is it bad that I have 4? Also, does it affect the cycling process that I have plants in the tank as well?? Also, I should point out that the latest fish I bought doesn't...

Just about 2 days.. I let the water sit for like a day and a half before I introduced fish.. I used some of that stress coat stuff in the tank and i also have the water conditioner... How could I check/lower the ammonia and nitrate levels?

Hi all.. I'm new to this forum... I set up a new 10 gallon aquarium.. and I have 3 female platys and 1 male swordtail... 2 of the platys seem to be swimming near the top most of the time or going up and down facing the edge of the tank... Is this a problem?? I have a filter running and an air...