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We had a fish with columnaris for which we treated it in a hospital tank. It's all but cleared up and we just need to know when it will be safe to move it back to the big tank? Also, when the hospital tank is not in use, what do we do with it? Do we need to keep water in it? We've...

Thankyou for your advice... I got meds (found out a pet store is just 15 minute away thats not a big chain store! yeah!!!) and hopfully can get rid of this. Thanks again.

You helped me diagnose my red finned shark with columnaris flexibactor, and this morning it's dead (we have no petstores nearby so getting meds is not as easy as you'd think). We moved him from the main tank (a 28 gallon) to a smaller tank (10 gallon) that had some fry and a pleco in it (that's...

Yes, it is a red finned shark.

I don't know the stats, took a sample to the pet store and they tested and it was all within normal range. I don't have any test strips on hand. Is there something specific I need to do to remove the salt? I have done several water changes and the other tank has zero salt in it. Here is...

Two weeks ago, a majority of my fish died in one day (our tank is well over a year old with no previous problems). We had some black molly's, 4 zebra danio's, and 5 neon tetra's. There was also a shark/catfish thing and a pleco. All died except 2 danios, the shark and pleco. I went to the...

No, it doesn't look like salt, it's one big spot. How do I treat the fungus?

I have two black Mollies (and various other fish) in my 28 gallon fish tank, and suddenly, this week (tank has been established with no problems for nine months now) , my black mollies have big white spots on them. They seem to be acting okay still. All the other fish in the tank are fine...

We have 11 fish now, 3 platys, 3 molly's, 3 tetra's, a pleco and a rainbow shark. We do vary their diet, one day it's brine shrimp, one day it's worms (blood worms? they are red), and regular flakes. We feed them what seems like a lot and they devour it in seconds. I know it says only feed...

Okay, my dh went to the pet store and got some test strips. pH was 7.8, hardness was high (does that even matter?), alkalinity 18.0, nitrates 0, nitrites 0, and ammonia 0. So I need some of the good without getting any of the bad. I got it. They sent him home with two minnows. They said...

So explain to me why I need to add ammonia if I'm not supposed to have any? I don't get that part. And any ideas what these little mucus balls are?

Thank you. I wish they had told us this at the pet store or even in the directions with the aquarium (it was add water, wait 48 hours and add fish). We never did this with our first tank, though, and never had a single problem so this new tank surprised me. Good to know!

We have a 10 gallon tank that we've had for about 8 years. We had one ferocious goldfish in it that finally died at 6" in length in November. I changed the water a few weeks ago, rinsed it out well, including the rocks and filter, set it up again and let it run for 48 hours (this was with well...