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I started treating with Maracyn 1 yesterday. The aquarium guy at the store said not to treat with both Maracyn medications (1 & 2) simultaneously, even though the medication's instructions say you can. He said it would be too stressful for the other fish in the tank to be exposed to both meds at...

Marin County, CA. How much water should I change if doing it once a week? I don't wanna go overboard and stress them out. Thanks!

Thanks for the response. I will get a liquid test kit today as well as checking into more healthy food. As I stated in the original post, it's a ten gallon tank with a male and female swordtail, a pictus catfish, and a pleco (about 3-4 in long). The blood spot (only one) is in the tail and looks...

I am pretty new with fish, so please bear with me! Three or four weeks ago I noticed my female pineapple swordtail platy was having trouble swimming normally. She was swimming nose-down, tail-up, and using the plastic plants in the tank to lodge herself in a position such that she wouldn't...

:unsure: I am pretty new with fish, so please bear with me! Three or four weeks ago I noticed my female pineapple swordtail platy was having trouble swimming normally. She was swimming nose-down, tail-up, and using the plastic plants in the tank to lodge herself in a position such that she...

:unsure: I am pretty new with fish, so please bear with me! Three or four weeks ago I noticed my female pineapple swordtail platy was having trouble swimming normally. She was swimming nose-down, tail-up, and using the plastic plants in the tank to lodge herself in a position such that she...