Recent content by Smoochy

I am in the US. What led me to believe it was Columnaris is that my Red Zebra ended up getting the small sores on his side that were white with red around them, as well as the swelled up white lips. The other fish had the fin rot portion of it, and one of my fish died in a matter of 24 hours...

Well, it turns out this is Columnaris. I have moved everyone out of the 75. The BP and orange red zebra are in the 10g healing. The rest are in the 36 being treated with Furan-2. Everyone is getting Jungle Anti Bac food, salt, and I have reduced the temp in all tanks to 75. I hope I have...

I'll agree, it sounds like Columnaris. I too am dealing with this right now. It's awful. Start treating ASAP or you will lose them all. I am using Furan-2, I have lowered the temp to 75, salt, and Jungle Anti Bac food. Good luck.

What other fish can they be kept with? I have no problems putting them into the 36gal ASAP, however I would like to know what else to stock that tank with in the future. Thanks! Also, here are the new water parameters: 10g Hospital currently treated with 2 doses of melafix, and 2 tsp of...

No dead fish, no rotting plants. I do not have any live plants in this tank, as the last time I had them, the fish uprooted them and killed them as cichlids will. I was not aware of the severity of mixing these fish... I informed the LFS which fish I had in my tank, and they stated it would be...

I have been using the medicated food for one week now. I was using the Furan-2 for 3 days until they came down with Ich, then I had to switch to treating them for that, then I have just been treating with the medicated food, salt, and melafix.... that has been for 3 days now. The ammonia...

I do water changes of 25% each week using the vacuum with Amquel+ The Amquel+ is supposed to also bring the ammonia down by up to .15 per dose.... Hard to believe because for the past week I have been doing almost 50% water changes everyday, and those tests were performed yesterday. Could the...

Good evening all, I have been having a problem in my tank since Thanksgiving now, and today I lost Smoochy. My favorite Blood Parrot Cichlid that I had for 4 years. I have posted on another forum, however I am still not sure what to do. Any assistance would be appreciated. All are after...