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Actaully I was treating my tank with melafix when i noticed the lump, but thanks for the advice from everyone, it is much appreciated. I will let everyone know how it turns out.

Oh, the bottle said to treat for 7 days, so thats what i did. My fish's fins have healed real well, so i think it worked. And i explained more about the lump in the Help! section. Read my post and tell me what you think.

yeah, sure did. Whats makes you ask? Wondering if its a good medicine or sumpthin'?

I just treated my tank for fungus (fin rot) with Melafix. The last dose was a day ago, yesterday we did a little more then 50% water change and replaced the carbon. While i was in the process of treating with the melafix, i noticed a barb with a white speck on his lip, and another of my fish...

Well I dont think it's anything from walking into something, it just doesnt seem likely the way the lump is inside his throat. It also seems to have gotten larger. But I am going to try a parasite medication, just to see if that helps, if so, i will follow through with it, if not, ill have to...

From what I am reading from a really good magazine called "Aquarium Fish Magazine", it says that with NTD the red stripe will fade away, not disappear all at once. Also the fish will exhibit unusual swimming behavior, spinal curvature, emaciation, and frayed fins. Not sure about the otto cat...

No, he definately didnt eat gravel, my gravel is pretty large, and his mouth is kinda small in comparison-I have stone gravel. But the lump isnt outside, its inside. I noticed that he was opening his mouth larger, and more often then usual so when i looked in his mouth i saw the lump. It is the...

Please help my tiger barb! There is something in his mouth that is swollen and making it really hard for him to open and close his mouth. My fiance says his tongue is swollen, but do they have tongue's? I dont know if it is some sort of internal parasite or what. Any help is much appreciated...

yes, that is why i got them initially, but i only had a slight brown algea problem, which they cleared up in about a day-I have 3 of them. Now that there isnt any algea visible I would like to make sure that they're being well fed.

I'm so happy for you! Your parents sound like wonderful people raising a wonderful kid :) If you wanted to, you could put the fish you have now into the 30 gallon and make that a community tank with all kinds of other fish (assuming you'll research them and make sure they'll all make good tank...

What do otto cats eat? I have some sinking shrimp pellets, like what cory cats eat. Would that be okay or should i just get algea wafers or something else vegaterian? Thanks in advance for all of your info :)

I didnt even know you could use Oxyclean?!?

Although it seems that some of you guys have some sort of history here, and even though im new here, I would just like to say that I dont feel that you all putting the blame on GP is right. The last thing he said in his post was "do not try this untill you get full details from someone else". I...

Also, along with the last post about adding a dechlorinator, you should get some sort of water buffer. This will keep your water's PH at a stable level, rather than fluctuating all the time, which puffers cant handle. I use something called Proper PH 7.0 , which brings your PH to 7.0 then...

get yourself some otto's. They're extremely good at eating algea problems away, and they're compatible w/ your puffers. Thats what I did and my algea problem is gone. `

Okay, Since you didnt have any fish in your tank, or add ammonia to your tank, it isnt cycled. Running an empty tank for a week and a half doesnt cycle a tank. And as your puffers produce more ammonia (waste) your tank is going to start cycling with them in there, and that is not a good thing at...

Thank you all for all of your help. I bought him some frozen brine shrimp today and he liked it. The only thing is that since that stuff doesnt really fall like the worms do its gonna be hard to make sure he eats enough so i looked into getting him a 5 gallon. The one I saw comes w/ an...

I just returned from the pet store and bought some brine shrimp frozen and he liked that. So thanks guys, im glad to find something that worked. And I'm going to remove those shell a.s.a.p.-thanks! But it is kinda hard to make sure he's getting enough food w/ all the other fish in there with...

So what do you feed him? How long have you had him?

Two days ago I bought a dwarf puffer to put in my community tank. When I bought him he was in w/ tiger barbs, which is about my most troublesome fish in my tank since they can be a bit nippy. But he seems to fit in well w/ his tankmates, nobodys tried to hurt him and he doesnt seem interested in...

he's only been in there since yesterday. When I bought him he was in a tank with tiger barbs-part of the reason i bought him since my barbs are the the ones who would make the most trouble if any. But so far they dont mind him at all. And He dont try to hurt them either. I have so many live...

I bought a dwarf puffer and have him in my community tank. Ive had people say he shouldnt be in there but he seems fine, has staked out his own area and swims with the other fish. My problem is trying to feed my puffer without the other fish eating his food. Would my other fish be interested in...