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Thanks for the advice, I need to figure out what the root problem is then. I suppose it may be internal paracites since there are no other symptoms except one of my platies fins are beginning to clamp. As for the fish, I scooped her out of the water this morning and noticed 3 large bites on...

Hi, I have a danio that I noticed today lost all of her color and is slightly pineconing. My water stats are all normal and I did a water change yesterday. I know that recovery from dropsy is not likely, my worry is if she will infect my other fish if I leave her in there, or should I...

Hi there, Just checked my tank when I came home and noticed the dominent female danio swimming slowly and not leading the pack. Took a closer look at her and see some light pineconing and a significant loss of color, she is a real dull silver now. I checked my stats and everything is normal...

Hi there I have a female with the exact same problem. I have had her for a year now and she is as healthy and happy as can be. However she is the betta female most picked on by the others in the Sorority and I have never had a sucessful set of eggs come from her, but she has the most...

Hi Guys Just wanted to report on the death of my "wunder-Betta" Hermann. We had him for a year but he was old to begin with. Woke up this morning and he was flailing around on the ground of the tank.... by the time I ran to the kitchen to find some Melafix... or a net to get him up for some...

Thanks everyone ! I will be on the hunt for a Betta now.... saw some pretty plackets in the LFS... housed together with 6 females no less... these people will never learn. BING

Hi there- I am thinking about buying a new Betta and just found in Germany a wonderful 20 L small Aquacube on sale. Happy early X-mas for me, but the question is, do I need to cycle it before buying a betta. The reason I ask is that it seems that since Bettas don't need to have filters in...

I have my male in a 100 liter tank w female platies and he is happy as can be. The platties leave him alone and he stays on his side of the tank. The tank is well planted and there are plenty of resting places and hiding places for all the fish. All the platies came into the tank pregnant and...