Recent content by laina45

I have rainbows too. I lost my dwarf about a month ago, had a darker lump between his dorsal.  Now I have an australian rainbow with the same discolored spot along his back, and also a raised lump by his fin. It looks a lot like yours. I am not sure of the cause, or the treatment unfortunately. ...

water changes ~25% /week. and I also put in API's stress coat for them at the correct dosage.    I have an API ph test kit. its not entirely specific but its off the charts.  Its the kind of test where you put some water from the tank into the test tube and pour solution into it.  the chart that...

Hello all,    I have a disease in my tank which seems to be slowly spreading. Any advice/feedback would be appreciated. Thanks in advance   About a month ago I had my Dwarf Neon Rainbow die from an unknown disease. here is what happened.   He had pop eye a few months back, but I treated him for...

here is the best picture I could get that shows what I meant by the fins And here is a pic of the dot on his lip. 

Thanks for the response. Unfortunately I am new to the hobby and the people helping me set up the tank at the store didn't even tell me I needed to test for such things. :/ I only found out that those levels were a concern after I started researching tropical fish diseases.    The scales could...

Hello all,    I currently have a sick dwarf neon rainbowfish. I am not sure if he will make it through another night so I REALLY need any input I can get here.   Tank size: He was in a 55 gallon. Since then I have put him in a quarantined tank of 5 gallons so my other fish hopefully do not get...