Recent content by EmmaTheCabbage

Yes. 2.5gal with a bubble filter. I heard doxycycline is one of the worst when it comes to killing benefitial bacteria so I’d definitely not treat a main tank with it.

Hello. So I have a fish with popeye (lovely dumbo Betta I bought with the problem). I tried kanaplex for a week and I thought that handled the problem (eye had cloudy spots at the end of treatment but I thought maybe it was just odd colouring. but it relapsed and came back. I tried doxycycline...

Hello! So early March I adopted (petsmart gave it to me for free) this glow betta which had swim bladder problem. Since it was so easy to solve I suspect it was just really bad constipation. Just an Epsom salt bath and fasting solved it. Unlike my other adoption which was struggling with swim...

I thought they don’t lay eggs? Don’t they birth straight to larvae?

Hello! So I have some wild guppies. Found out they had some sort of parasite (multipule kinds of OVA parasites and today found some camallanus cotti worms). I also have wild shrimp and snails in there. I have metroplex and was contemplating treating them but thinking I’ll just throw the guppies...

Ah ok. I was doing a wild tank and just scooped them out of my stream. And plopped them into a tank with each other so there wasn’t really a need to quarentine since it was just them. Good to know about the snails and shrimp though. I got a few other tanks I can treat them in so I’ll try that. A...

How would that work? Do I separate them out for feeding? Although I’m not seeing any parasitic worms. Just the ovas.