Recent content by Earthgnome

Thank you so much. I will check with my county but I also saw them on Liveaqua I was thinking about getting them for a pond in the back yard to help control mosquitoes. We have a huge problem with them in my area!

Yes I have learned my lesson. I have a 20 gal I am going to set up to breed feeder fish in. they have all already been eaten but I am going to set up a 20 gal to quarantine all feeders first and breed them. Will eating the fish that had the worms give my fish worms? I am hoping I am safe...

looks like it might have been leeches?

Tank size: 180? pH: 7.0 ammonia: 0.5 nitrite: o nitrate: 220 kH: very high gH: very high tank temp: 75F Fish Symptoms (include full description including lesion, color, location, fish behavior): My fish are full but ok. The feeders have red gills, the white worm things attached to them, and...

I had a lot of issues with my tank at first too and the poster is right it will take months. To try and make it go faster and not spend so much money on fish try putting a live bacteria in the tank I used stresszyme. Also add it when you add new fish. Now for the fish everyone I have talked...

I bought some feeder rosies today and noticed after it was too late that at least one of them had some sort of parasite looking thing on it. It was a white worm type thing attached just behind the eye and was wiggling around. It was eaten before I could even get the net! My concerns are 1...