Recent content by Priscilla

Stated in my post: I'm still having nitrate problems in my 20 gal tanks. I don't understand what you mean by jumping back & forth. I've made several posts over the past couple of months....I lost most of my fish in my bottom tank. I took it down & cleaned it. Since that time I've lost most of...

I'm still having nitrate problems in my 20 gal tanks. I lost my oldest rosy barb in the bottom tank & another one in the tank above last weekend. I see 2 more in the upper tank which appear to be struggling....they're near the top some of the time but stay in one place wherever they are...like...

What's wrong with hairy algae? I used to have this in my ponds...was pretty messy, impossible to get rid of & grew faster than any weed but the frogs didn't mind it at all! (grin) For the past 3yrs or so I can't even grow algae in my ponds. :sad: priscilla

One of the 2 fish in distress died. The other I put in the top tank but don't have much hope at this point that any of the fish in that tank will survive other than maybe the female I moved yesterday. I don't have much in the way of veggies in the house...Hubby does have some makings for salad...

I noticed something else...the fish in the bottom tank are breathing faster than those in the top tank. Priscilla

There does not appear to be anything wrong with the fish I pulled from the tank other than he's sitting on the bottom (of a cup now). Both fish in trouble are able to swim normally if I upset them with a net...just real lethargic. Scales are normal as is color. They don't fit the description of...

I have some medicine here...not sure what but I have no car to go get anything at this point...gonna go look & see what I have. The only things I found are Mar Oxy & a couple of packages of Maracyn two, one of which I can see expired in 2002...not sure about the other...there's no date on the...

There's no physical signs of disease or anything wrong with the fish at this point other than hiding at the bottom of the tank. The female that died had whitish excrement & her belly looked squarish...like a guppy about to give birth. I didn't notice this with the other fish....he just sat on...

I guess I spoke too soon...there's another in the bottom tank dying. Priscilla

I've lost 2 more rosie barbs since tearing down my lower tank after most of the fish in it died suddenly. One that died had been put in a 10 gal tank with some fry...the other, a female, was from my upper tank. I'm home from work because of a car problem...I noticed a male hiding in the corner...

It didn't look dead in my pond filter! :D ...grew very nicely although large compared to what I've seen in my tank filters! But I guess I won't take any chances on making things worse than they are already. I'm not new to fish keeping I had a number of tanks years ago...one with with mated...

My fish liked almost any frozen food...especially the blood worms but then I got a bad batch & lost most of my fish including my green tiger barbs. I was really upset about losing them. I threw out the remaining ones ( a large package at that...cost me something like $15 to $25). A few weeks...

OK I give up. I know what daphnia, peas, cabbage, spinach, bread & lettuce are. What are the rest of the things you listed? Thanks, Priscilla

I posted under the emergencies but no one has an answer or at least not responding. I lost all but one fish in my lower tank. I decided to tear that tank down & clean it....both my tanks in the living room are 20 gal & set up identical with external filters. The lower one had been growing an...

There's no need to panic. I'm guessing here you bought some live plants? If you didn't see any snails when you put the plants in your tank then there were egg masses on the plants. They look like spots of clear jelly. Snails will lay eggs on darn near anything! I've not had good luck keeping...