I know that the ammonia is too high. I'm already fixing that. That wasn't my question. When I put my fish into the "CLEAN" quarantine tank (zero ammonia), it was gasping at the surface for at least twenty minutes. I have an air stone in the tank with the sick fish so I know it's not a lack of...
My black moor goldfish developed white patches around it's eyes yesterday. Today the white patch extended over it's nose. I did some research on types of fungus and didn't want to spend a lot of money on different medications so I went with the best one I could find, Triple Sulfa. My tank is...
I went to the pet store yesterday to get a third gold dojo loach as a companion for my other two because I know they work best in groups and I'd like to try to breed them at some point in the future. The whole lot of dojos at the store looked pretty sorry except for one really fat and healthy...
I stated at the bottom of my post that I already know it is overstocked. I'm getting a larger tank.
As for cycling, when I bought the tank and fish, the people at the store (Petsmart) never mentioned having to cycle it so the two small fish I got originally died, mostly likely of the temp shock...
UPDATE: HELP! My comet seems to have gotten much worse. All of the fungus is gone but now it is swimming vertically and backwards, won't eat, and is settling on the gravel. I added a little bit of aquarium salt and checked the water specs which are all good. What should I do for my poor lopsided...