Recent content by Dr. Quang

From what I remember of my days in the fish trade, neons like an unusual pH. I seem to think they may like a their water on little on the acidic side. Look into their pH requirements and that may help. I don't own neons myself, simply because they often die. I do however have ten glow...

have your fish begun to exhibit ich? Are you treating? If they haven't exhibited and you are not treating, I would consider holding off on treatment until you are sure it is ich. Ich treatments are extremely hard on scaleless fish (e.g. clown loaches, african knife fish, etc.). I lost my...

I may have over fed. I am being extremely careful with feeding now. Pictures are not a possibility, the worms are sooo tiny. I recently added a rainbow to the quarentine tank for treatment of popeye with Tetracycline. Not working by the way, any other suggestions? After being in the tank for...

I believe the holes are supposed to be there (i.e. the holes are equivaent to mamalian noses).

Sorry it took me so long to get back to your reply. The tank cleared after I treated it with Kick Ick. Is white spot the same as Ick? Interestingly, after I moved the fish out of quarentine I did a water change and cleaned the gravel. A lot of tiny white worms then began swirling around the...

I recently bought a Zebra Vail Angel from a tank with one sick fish in it. The fish I bought was not sick at the time. Seven days after purchase, the Angel exibited white spots (4-6) on his pectoral fins. No spots were evident on his body. The Angel appeared agitated, vibrating his body and...