Recent content by Raydawn

Hello all, I've got some questions about my Ich treatment. First my stats: Tank size: 20 gallon pH: 7.6 ammonia: 0.0 nitrite: 0 nitrate: 20ppm kH: gH: tank temp: 80 degrees F Tank inhabitants: 1 red tail shark, 4 tiger barbs, 3 danios, 1 golden algae eater, 1 black molly, several plants. No...

Hey all, I've had an Eheim 2213 since July for my 20 gallon tank and it is a fantastic filter. I recently stopped it and restarted it (to remove the carbon layer) and when it came back on, all the air in the tubes came flying out the spray bar and it caused a lot of junk to come loose and it...

It didn't work at all... :( The little guy passed away overnight :(

No worries, thanks for all the information. I appreciate your replies. I read more about Pimafix and it says that it's best used when combined with Melafix anyway, so I'm giving the two a go. The downsides I've read about is a potential decrease in oxygen and I think I can compensate for...

The front of my Pimafix bottle reads "Antifungal fish remedy - All Natural, extracted from west indian bay trees - rapidly treats fungal infections on fish." On the back it reads, "Benfits: A safe all natural way to treat a broad range of fungal fish infections. Also treats internal and...

Okay all, here are three more pictures that show his scales better. I think I am going to treat with Pimafix. I dunno, it just looks like fungus (and Pimafix also has antibacterial) to me and I'm getting anxious. His behavior has improved slightly in the past several days, but his scales...

I just noticed that the white area seems kind of crusty/flaky in spots... I wonder if something is healing?

I posted a video of my shark on YouTube. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cGw73E_quP0&context=C393ffbeADOEgsToPDskIi2uCOuuEp4zmHoqapHhza You can see his spot on the left side and that his tail looks crooked. I don't know why he would want to be directly in the path of the spray bar, but that's...

I'm still not sure how he's doing. We've seen a lot of changes in the last few days. Sometimes he seems to be swimming fine for short periods of time, but most of the time he just swims in place in different corners at the top of the tank. Sometimes he's horizontal, but other times he's...

His swimming seems to have more direction today. The slight redness on one side is gone, but the white patch remains on the other. His front fins are no longer red - they almost look clear, so that has me a bit worried. When he come out of his tree today, the molly and algae eater nipped at...

I did two 50% water changes shortly after Ruskull's post (that was after a 25% change when I noticed the problem) and the water is much better. pH: 7.4 ammonia: 0 nitrite: 0 nitrate: 10 ppm I was not home Saturday and the shark spent all of Sunday in his tree. Still alive, but swimming in...

Thanks, I have done a few large water changes and will re-test. Should I add any salt? Feed as normal? I guess all I can do is wait and see at this point? EDIT: Should I adjust the temperature at all?

I know... I feel terrible. I got complacent with my tank and I'm paying the price... I want to do whatever I can to save them :(

Tank size: 20 gallons pH: 7.6 ammonia: 0.1 nitrite: 0 nitrate: 150 ppm (i know... i did a 25% water change immediately) kH: 4 gH: 9 tank temp: 78 degrees Fahrenheit Fish Symptoms (include full description including lesion, color, location, fish behavior): Whitish scales and bloating around...

Sorry to jump in your thread here with more questions, dtaylor, but I also am trying to add some successful plants to my aquarium. The biggest problem I have seems to be securely planting them in the substrate without damaging them! Is there a secret to this or am I just uncoordinated?