Recent content by krabby

How about moving the Loaches to another tank while you treat the other, then do a partial water change and return the loaches after a period of time? Just an idea.

smashtime - thanks for that info. I might look into the antibiotic food first. I'm reluctant to add medication to the tank since I'm not certain of the problem, but if things don't improve, I may have to give it a shot. A hospital tank is a good idea I guess, but aside from the last Platy that...

It could be an internal bacterial infection. Are they eating and acting normally? I noticed the last Platy that died swimming repeatedly to the top and bottom of the tank the night before he died. In hind sight, they may have been hiding behind plants more than usual. They seemed to be eating...

I'm not sure what is going on here. I've lost 3 Platys and a Cardinal Tetra all in the past week. I don't see any signs of ich. Fish don't look slimy or anything. Water readings are all fine. Other fish seem to be OK. No new / aggressive fish added. The fish that died were not new fish as I've...

Thanks for all the advice. I generally feed flake food twice a day (small pinch). I've been thinking about upgrading to a bigger tank for a while now. Maybe this would be the time since I really hate to bring fish back once I have them. I would have gotten Zebra Loaches but went to three...

I know the rule of thumb: 1 inch of fish per gallon of water, but here is where I'm at. I have a 30 gallon tank stocked with 5 platys, 4 Cardinal Tetras, 4 Ghost fish, 3 Rose tetras and one cory cat. I ran into a snail problem recently and decided to get a Clown Loach. After researching a little...

Thanks for the replies. I did try the tetra gel feeder for a short trip I took last month and it looked like the fish didn't touch it when I got back. Will live plants serve as an alternate food source if the fish have no other recourse?

I will be going on vacation for a week and would like to know what vacation feeders work best. I have a 30 gal tank with all community fish. Do I even need a feeder? I've heard of people going away for a week and thier fish survive just fine. Any advice would be appreciated.

Thanks for the fast reply. I guess I'll remove him but just out of curiosity, what kind of problems can snails cause (other than mass reproduction)??

Hi All... I'm new to the forum and hope someone can help me out. I've had my 30 gal tank now for about 6 mo's. Everything is going well. I have a few platys, cardinal tetras, glass catfish and a cory catfish. Today I discovered a snail in my tank. The only way I can think that it got there is I...