Recent content by scaeriefaerie666

yes, that does sound like dropsy. Please be aware that there are very few things that you can do for a fish when they have dropsy, and prepare yourself for the worst. The most successful way to treat drospy is with a series of epsom salt baths (NOT aquarium salt) Google should give you the...

tights over the intake is always a good plan xxx

That may have been more exclusive to the betta as they're labyrinth fish and actually breathe air... but i've never heard that before so i don't know! xxx

white stringy poo is a classic symptom of internal parasites. I'd look up those symptoms before jumping to a dropsy conclusion. Its more likely to be dropsy if its scales are raised and looking pine-coney and it's having trouble staying upright when swimming. xxx

not necessarily. Electricity and water are a famously unpredictable mix. If he somehow took most or all of the shock then theres a chance it would just have been him... its hard to say. I'd certainly replace the heater or filter rather than just replacing the fuse though - or get them tested...

Guppies really should go into a much more mature tank than 2 weeks old. Atleast a couple of months i'd say from experience. If you take a water sample to your local fish supplying pet shop they should do you a free water test,or give you parameters for a small fee depending on where you're...

sounds like one of your pieces of equiptment has fused and electrocuted him :( xxx

what do they look like? Do they have one end with a noticeable 'head'? xxx

finish the parasite course, and if she's no better then try internal bacteria medication. Don't start the next course of treatment until that one is finished and you've done a substantial water change to get the chemicals out of the water. Try making sure that you've got as much oxygen going...

I've been looking at this thread and have been completely unable to help you at all - but that load of information really helps. Her body being bent suggests internal parasites or flukes. Either way your parasite medication should work, if it doesn't i would suggest using a gill and body flukes...

If i were to get a few more, do you think that he would calm down? Because it doesn't matter what i do, he attacks everything and anything bar my bristlenose. If i got more wouldn't he just attack them? xxx

Hello, I have 3 male guppies in my tank, and no females at all - and one of them has suddenly turned ultra aggressive! They're all very different colours, and the all black male won't leave the others alone; he's always nipping at them or chasing them, pushing them into the side of the tank and...

does it look like black cotton wool? or is it a discolouring of the skin? xxx

any chance of some pictures? xx

How are your water parameters? xxx