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Help! One of my sailfin mollies is dying. He was fine this morning, and seemed under the weather but ok earlier. Now on the bottom giving up! Nitrate/nitrite levels are near nil, carbonate hardness fine, ph 7. All other fish are ok (except 4 minnow have lost an eye each?). What could be the...

Another update. Lost a guppy! The other seems to be under control and hasn't rapidly deteriorated health wise like the other did. It was last treatment today, so freshen up tomorrow! BUT....I have a new issue! 2 of my white cloud mountain minnow have lost their left eyes. Is this linked to...

HELP ME PLEEEEASE??!!! I have just come home to find 2 of my white cloud mountain minnow without their left eyes! I don't know if this has happened today, or I just haven't noticed. I have 8 of them, 8 cardinals, 6 guppies, 3 clowns, 3 otocynclus, and 2 sailfin mollies. Is there a disease...

The aquatic store had only melafix and pimafix.....I hadn't heard of pimafix so just went for the 1. Seems to be working though!

Update time! Another female guppy (I think its from the same batch of fry as the 1st) had developed some finrot on her pectoral fins. The tail on the original had got worse. I did a 40%ish water change on Friday and I took the Melafix approach. It seems to be working! 3 days treatment so far...

I'll go ahead with a water change tomorrow night then, and we'll play it by ear. I'll keep you posted!

wasnt a bit as in a chunk of tail, was a bit as in it was lovely and tidy, now is all rough!

Thanks. When I change the water, do I leave carbon out of filter until next week? Do I leave nitrate and phosphate absorbers in? and do I still add blackwater extract, tapsafe and fertiliser as normal?

....and I clean my filters in the removed water....as I am supposed to. I am proud of the quality! I don't like forums as a rule as you just get conflicting info (see above lol)

Hello all....Neil here now....sent Donna on her way! The aquarium is not cycling. I kept goldfish in it till March, took them out, did a 75% water change, and left it alone with a couple of plants in it for over a month before adding 6 minnow. They were on their own until June when I added...

Whats your water stats? Was your tank cycled before adding fish (cos u said its fairly new) Ok, he's telling me now he added a capful and a tiny bit more of the treatment so it works out about treatment for 200 litres. The tank was cycled :-) I said it was fairly new but it has been up and...

I'm posting this on behalf of my other half who has the tank while he's in a blind screaming panic in the next room...... Before I brain him, please can somebody help? He's running a fairly new tank with Guppies, Silver Mollies, Cardinal Tetras some form of Minnow (Rainbow? silvery with red...