Recent content by Ryan_M

So it's been a week and not much has changed, maybe marginally better? The fish is still gasping but is not at the surface all the time now, maybe only half the time. The wound seems very slightly smaller, tough call. I need to start changing some water, do you think I should keep on the salt or...

Hi Colin, thanks for all your help. Unfortunately I didn't get to do the things I wanted to do this evening (like a good clean of filter, glass, and gravel. As soon as I got home I got an emergency call for work. It's now 3AM and I'm just having dinner lol. I did at least get salt in the tank...

It's a 37g tank that's been running for about 3 years, had this angel for nearly a year. It's in my daughters room (who's not with me 100% of the time) so I sometimes only see it maybe every few days. I found the issue when she came to stay with me and I was doing a water change. So I don't...

I noticed yesterday one of my angels isn't doing well. It's staying near the surface, labored breathing, and no interest in eating. It has a spot on its side where the scales are absent, is a little concave, and is darker in center. I haven't found anything like it on google. Anyone have any ideas?

I put some live plants in my tank but they're failing hard. Had a convo with a guy at the LFS and he said my water is the reason the plants were dying.... Using an API test kit my amonia, nitrite, and nitrate were all zero. He suggested I back off the water changes to allow the nitrate to...

Sorry I'm sure this has been brought up many times before but in a day and a half searching and reading I havent found anything concrete that answers my questions. I've had oscars before, I definitely didn't give them enough space. I had 2 in a 55gal, they had a lot of filteration though I...