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Did an all in one treatment... Looks like fish are fine in the Ich dept, however... Looks like I've got an ammonia problem at the moment. One of my fish is swimming to the surface all the time and is looking darker than normal. I know this is not normal and I looked it up, looks like it may be...

Okay so, so far we've done two treatments of this all in one cure, we were encouraged to buy from a girl that has grown up in a family pet store. On the back of the packaging it said to also turn off the light. So for 5 days I am supposed to do this. Just today one fish did not make it. So we...

Okay I'm heading to pet smart today because its around all the stores I need to go to. What is the best thing to treat ich. I don't really like to treat with meds. So I am going to try salt and water heating method. Any other ideas?? And as for those parameters how do I get nitrate down and pH...

Okay I am having an issue uploading the pic of my fish using my phone. I have 4 types of fish. There are a total of 7 fish. One fish is oblong (horizontally) and the color is like a neon yellow/green, like a highlighter, there are two of these. The second kind are small and deep reddish burnt...

How do I go about "cleaning" the filter in dirty water?? Sorry, please explain. My bottom feeder died this morning and some of the fishes spots, seemed to have disappeared while one of my fish seems to be getting worse. I'm doing another water change and siphon tonight, levels are still just a...

One fish down.... I will try again using a photo upload site. I really need to test the waters again. Question, when should the filter be changed?

Can y'all see the picture!

Here's a pic of one of the sickly fish! I have a couple of these.

Hello again! Sorry I haven't gotten a picture, just getting home. I am getting my kiddos to bed and then snapping one. Just for clarification, I didn't just let it sit empty. I was told I could cycle it using fish food, water changes and testing. It just has been a several weeks since my last...

Thanks for all the responses guys! I can get a picture here in just a few. I just remember from the last time around it all started with spots and then what seemed to be like rotting skin, then they became lethargic and died. I have a 10 gallon tank and I was sure our cycle was fine since having...

Hello everyone!   This is our second round of fish for our 3 year old. We bought the tank in October for her birthday and did not know much about fish. Well we hadnt know about the nitrogen cycle. I got to trying to fix our tank, but it was too late, our fish ulitmately suffered and died. :( So...