Pet Forum / Aquaria / Freshwater / November 2005

History:
Monday morning, we noticed a black molly with white spots all over -
went and looked at all the fish disease sites I'd bookmarked and
phoned an expert who recommended Protozin. First dose of Protozin on

Got a 10 gallon tank (38ish liters). Five Black Mollies and one male
Betta. They get along just fine, but at feeding, the mollies act like
piranhas and eat all the food before the mellow betta has a chance to
get any.

I've got a betta and what I believe is Ceratophyllum demersum
(hornwort?) - you can see it here:
http://www.tropica.com/productcard_1.asp?id=021
Today I showed the betta a mirror to get him to flare and saw that his

Trying to see if this shows up or not.
Nothing else has that I have posted today so far.

Although my Clowns certainly did have Ich they now (those that I can
find) have definitely got Velvet - one poor chap is starting to lose his
skin - of the others only one is accounted for (died last night - :-( )
- I have no idea where the other 3 are hiding out...Also explains ...

For those that have already sent this person to the killfile, it makes
me wonder about the bogus info this person is giving out. Newbies don't
know the difference.
It dives me nuts,but that is probably what they want.

I don't have a QT tank set up and I want to add some fish to my
existing tank.
What other options do I have? Set up a QT tank is out of the question.
Thanks

I was testing the KH of the plant tank tonight and it seemed a little high,
so I decided to double check it with the all in one strips. The KH came out
Blue, which is not one of the colours on the chart. :) But I did notice a
slight hue to the Nitrite test. So I decided to double ...

I knew it was a possibility as I just couldn't get rid of the ich....the
other two still have spots but I'm hoping that I can still beat it. I
actually found out last night the probable cause of it's
persistence...there was a small trace of nitrite although the water had

Over the weekend one of my platies started with a kind of grungy
looking mouth, white and bumpy.  Yesterday another one showed the same
thing.  Today I set up my Eclipse 3, no carbon filter, just the
biowheel which has been dry for months.  The two fish are now in there

Tink,
Cut out the other groups if you are going to reply.
rec.aquaria.freshwater.misc,rec.ponds,alt.religion.jehovahs-witn,alt.free.newsservers
I guarantee that if you don't, within several weeks this ng will be

My 10 gal tank with a 6-8" goldfish in it has turned cloudy over the
last three days.  It's been running for 6months or so and has never
done this before.
Your thoughts?

Hey everyone.
Have a Happy Thanksgiving for all those that celebrate it.
Give all your fish a big, fat, juicy Bloodworm from "Auntie Tynk". = )~
Yummy

Character In Fish by Clifford Bower- Shore, Boards a bit
discoloured,otherwise good condition .1938
I just had to buy this...mainly on the grounds that it's such a weird
subject,and therefore interesting! Does pretty much what it says on the

i have a pl*co about 12" long he just sh.t about 2 hours ago. i'd say
it was a 6" string turd and just laid another, the same length just
now. i'm just making sure this is normal, i only feed him algae pellets
every few days, so the rest of the time he scrounging for food  at the