Recent content by HoosierInFL

I posted about this problem on October 7th. It is now the 16th and the fish are still doing it. The tank parameters are still perfect. I do a partial water change each week. Still no sign of Ich. All the fish appear healthy and happy except for the scratching themselves part. I'm at a loss...

Ich was the first thing I thought of but none of the fish have white spots. Everything looks normal. It's a 30 gallon tank. Temperature is 78 degrees.

Today I saw a few of my fish brush themselves against some of the artificial plants I have in my 30 gallon tank. I have associated this in the past with possible bad water conditions irritating their gills. My water conditions seem fine: Ammonia: 0 Nitrite: 0 Nitrate: 5 The water is crystal...

Well, I put in two more gold barbs but that didn't see to curtail the problem. I started reading about rasboras and found that they prefer a water temperature a couple degrees below what I had mine at. Since I was running a tad in the high range, lowering it wasn't a problem. Since then, the...

Bio Spira worked great for me, no problems with it at all. Nobody sells it in my area, so I have to buy it online. They ship it in a cold pack which helps keep the bacteria alive.

It has what I believe to be several hiding places but the rasboras don't use them. It does appear that the gold barbs do "bite" the other fish at times, although it's mostly chasing them over and over again. The tank is not planted. While I realize the benefits of a planted tank, this will...

I have: 3 gold barbs 3 rasboras 2 white cloud minnows 1 opaline gourami To finish out the tank I was thinking of getting a bolivian ram and an algae eater. The thought had occurred to me to get a couple more gold barbs and see if that would settle them down. They are by far the most active...

It's a 30 gallon tank.

I have used Bio Spira twice and it worked both times. It basically is real live bacteria in a package that must be kept cold until used. I bought mine from the same store above.

I put 3 gold barbs in my tank. I read that they are peaceful community fish, but they have turned out to be anything but. They chase and harass the other fish virtually non-stop. I have 3 rasboras that get it the worst. They now confine themselves to one corner of the tank, but that doesn't...

I'm starting up my fish tank after a long layoff. I tested my tap water with a master test kit and it shows that I have the following: .50 ammonia .50 nitrites 10 nitrates What is the best way to deal with tap water that already has ammonia and nitrites in it?