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Nitrite level appears normal again!! Will retest tomorrow just in case!! Thanks for all your help :)

Do I still need to get Seachem Prime to dechlorinate my water, or should I now be getting something else? Does this mean one dose of that internal antibacteria treatment has 'de-cycled' my tank?? How long am I likely to be doing 95% water changes? It takes about 2 hrs every time.

Ive just tested prior to doing anything with the water since last night and its shot back up again - what is going on?? Am I going to have to do a 95% water change every night?? The fish seem ok at the moment at least they arent gasping like they were last night...   Help??

Ive just done a water test 30 minutes after the big change and its now showing between 0.25 & 0.50pm, I would say that its much closer to 0.25pm if not exactly, if this still reads this tomorrow what size water change should I do considering what I have done tonight? PS This reading is a HUGE...

95% water change done - cichilds are fairly large so just left enough to cover them, military operation completed, roped a neighbour (friend) in to help. Replaced ALMOST all of the water taken out as just had enough fish safe left, was also adding easy balance with it. When will a test show true...

Thanks both, am doing another water change now, if only id known to take a few more bowls worth out this morning :-(

Hi, I have a 130 litre tank with 8 neons (just lost one) 2 female platys (just lost one) 2 keyhole cychilds, 5 corys (2 albino) & 2 bristlenose (1 albino)   Amonia fine Nitrite has been high for 3 days (that we know of, could be longer) I have done just over a quarter water change last night and...

Is it best to treat the whole tank or best to qurentine and treat just her? Any idea on survival chances? Ive never had a sick fish get better yet!

I have a female platy that over the past couple of weeks doesnt seem herself, she is still eating and swimming to the top for food but when she isnt swimming she kind of props herself up on the side and breathes slightly heavy. Possibly lost a bit of weight too. All other fish are fine, I have...

I have an albino bristelnose with a red sore on its head, looks painful. Fish doesnt appear well. Have had this fish for a long time, tank is established 120 litre. Shares with 9 neon tetras, 2 keyhole ciclids, 5 corys, 3 platys and 1 other bristelnose (not albino). All other fish are fine...

Someone has mentioned constipation, im trying to feed him a pea but he cant get it off the floor as he is 'nose up' and isnt always quick enough to get it dropping down, have you any experience with constipation in fish?

Well he is still pretty much the same, lying at the bottom and breathing quickly. He had a swim around the tank obviously looking for food but then after it seemed he wore himself out he dropped down to the bottom again. Its like he is trying to fight it, he is still showing signs of survival...

OK will do, thanks so much for your help. Will update you tomorrow :-)

Thanks. Fish is now in quarentine tank with treatment, fingers crossed. Any idea on if I should feed tomorrow (assuming he is still with us)

OK,I have found an interpet anti internal bacteria, would you mind advising how much water I should fill the smaller tank with? Also do I treat the water before putting the fish in or when Ive put him in? It says to add the treatment to warm water then add this to the tank, do I use a small...

I have a 35 litre tank in the garage i could set up with a filter (not currently working in my other tank though, it an old one, so would this worsen the problem)? The smaller tank has a heater but no light. IF I can find an anti internal bacterial treatment in the house do you think its worth...

Hi Wilder, thanks for getting back. The tank is 130 litre which is 28 gallons I think? Its fairly big, definitley not over stocked. Mr Grumpy (thats his name) is not looking any different, we lost the female dwarf guerami over a month ago to that disease that bloats their scales right out, we...

Ive just tested ph and it is 7.8. He is definitley trying to feed but doesnt seem to have any luck and getting a closer look as he swam i could see that it looks like his scales have worn around his mouth slightly if that makes sense, but the problem is I dont know if he has always been like...

Hi, My dwarf Guerami is lying at the bottom of the tank on his side and breathing quickly, he can swim as he tried to swim for food but then couldnt really swim properly, seemed weak and ended up at the bottom on his side again. I cant see anything physically wrong with him at all. My Ammonia...

We have a fish tank at work and I noticed the other day there are around 40+ platys in it. The tank is half the size of my own tank at home so Im guessing its around 60 litre, I could get the measurements to check. When I counted the fish I counted 40 and upwards, maybe even 50-60, they are all...

An update. The liquid tests arrived and both tanks were fine :-) I still have 9 neon tetras, all still seem fine, swimming around, feeding etc. Some still have faded red and there hasnt really been much change in that, they are still in the quarentine tank, do you think it will be OK to put back...

Yes nitrate fine according to strip tests but am awaiting liquid ones for more accuracy...

Hi Terry, we usually do a water change on the big tank once every two weeks. All fish in that tank still seem fine but the neons in the quarentine tank are the same, most have faded red but they all seem quite happy and it doesnt look to have got worse again yet so will be interesting to see...

Hi SikkAquariums, Its only been in the last couple of days Ive been having all these problems. Currently, all fish including my keyholes in my 120 litre tank are all fine (phew). I have 9 quarentined neon tetras in a 35 litre tank, most have fading of their red but are swimming normally and...

Hi Onidrase, I think the keyhole is fine and maybe I was being over protective with the shock of the neons becomming sick. Ive quarentined the neons in a seperate tank but felt awful putting the ones showing no symptoms (yet)? in with the ones that are. Do you know if this disease will spread...

Update: I have spoken to someone in an aquarium who has advised me to treat the water in the main tank and also the quarentine tank with tonic salt for 3 days and then to use an internal bacteria treatment to try and prevent anything spreading further after the 3 days of salt treatment. I was...

Hi, We tested the water using the JBL test sticks and they were fine, we are in the process of ordering some liquid test kits, people seem to be recommending the API kits so I will order those. They are keyhold cychilds, I have attached a pic but im afraid its quite blurred, they seem ok but...

I am reposting this post with more information as I have now a possible sick cichild. I would appreciate anyone that can help to read the below 3 exchanges (only short) and it should explain whats going on. I do need help on this and hope that someone can advise me on what to do for the best...

Thanks Blitz, I have quarentined 3, they are still swimming and eating but with the obvious signs. I am getting very worried now though because my largest cichild (keyhole) seems to have lost some of it colour. It sounds awful but I would feel 1000 times worse if I lost this fish even though I...

Hi I have a 120 litre tank with 10 neon tetras, ciclids, platys, dwarf guerami's, corys and bristlenose and today I have noticed 2 of my tetras have lost the red on their backs and the one that the red has competely gone on has a slightly curved tail. I have looked online and wonder if this is...

Hi, There is probably something written up on this but I have looked and can only find bits and pieces. I am looking for a decent test kit for my tank, currently we use the JBL easy test strips as recommended by the place we bought our fish a while back. We have had our tank up and running a...

Thanks for your help and advice everyone, I dont think they were eggs although I have no idea what they were! I guess it will remain a mystery!!

They are keyhole ones, placid. The eggs or whatever they are are all still there so we will attempt to get them out this morning, we only have an empty tank with filter to put them in, no stones etc, hopefully that will be ok??

I cant see what else they would be, we did look at pictures and they do resemble eggs! Maybe they are neon tetra eggs? I will put them in a different tank tomorrow if they are still there and feel very silly if nothing happens lol! Will keep you posted, in the meantime if you think of anything...

The eggs already seem to roll freely around the floor when the other fish swim past or feed around them,so would be easy (ish) to get, would you say our best bet is if they are still there in the morning, use our smaller tank and filter with some of this tanks water, and move the eggs into that...

Problem is we havent a clue who the parents are? We dont have a huge amount of cover in the tank, a large mountain thing with holes in it so it creates a cave and some plastic plants! Is it worth putting some more of the plastic plants we have as spare back in the morning if the eggs are still...

Hi Minnnt! Great if its the cories, you told us to get them for our tank and you were right, characters, I love them! However, what on earth do I do now, will the other fish eat them? Do we leave them to their own devices?

Ive just noticed in my tank tonight there are about 10-15 transparent round egg looking things. Ive had a look on the web and it seems they are eggs? They are mostly about 0.5cm but one is slightly larger. In our tank we have 11 neon tetras, 2 dwarf guerami's (1 male and 1 female), 1 female...

PS We are doing a water change now