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My Fancy Goldfish Is Possibly Sick, Please Help?

My fancy goldfish has a pinkish white spot on it’s scales. It’s not big, it’s pretty small for being on him. He lives in a healthy tank, I have plants, real ones, and three other goldfish. They don’t seem like they should stress, they have the perfect life. But I did recently get frogs. So can this be it? He does have the bladder thing, where he sucks up too much and floats, but he’s always had it. Not bad though. I looked up on the web and they said it can be a ulcer. I just want some more help on this. I love my fish. And i don’t want to harm them or put them through any pain or stress. Thanks so much.

Yellow Belly Slider Turtle Help?

Well i got it about 4 months ago. And i was keeping it in a portable tank with enough room to swim and bask. Then a month or so later it started not swimming really and just floating or sitting on its basking area. so i thought it was just tired of being cramped up in that cage thing. So i bought a 10 gallon aquarium and got it a ” Turtle dock” for basking. And its behavior has not changed at all. Oh and he hasn’t grown really at all its pretty much the same size as he was when i got it.

What Is Wrong With My Betta Fish?!?

I’ve had a betta fish for about 3 months now. I never noticed his fins getting shorter since I see him everyday, but my roommate did, and finally today, I think I do see some black. He mostly just sits there and is eating less. I’ve tried 4 types of food with him. I’ve given up on flakes completely now because he just spits half of them out. But recently, he’s not even eating the pellets I give him and he normally eats those up almost as quick as the blood worms. I read everywhere that poor water quality causes fin rot, but I got the water checked and everything is fine! Ammonia, nitrates, whatever, it’s all good. I just bought a filter so I will install that soon and the pet shop person said with it I won’t need to change the water. Is that true? I put aquarium salt and water conditioner. So, I just don’t know what I’m doing wrong! Unless he is cold, but it’s boiling in my apartment anyway. Maybe he was sick when I got him and it’s only noticeable now? Should I get him medication? I don’t know if he will just get better — I don’t even really know if he is sick, but healthy and happy fish should swim around, no? What should I do?

Beta Fish Tank To Hot? 90 Degrees!?

My betas tank is usually 78-82 degrees…. i just cleaned his tank and changed the water and i accidentally put water in that was way to hot… when it was full the tank was at 102 degrees… that was about 2 hours ago and it is now down to 90 degrees…. my house is very cold and he is in a cup of water that is getting cold because it has no heater the cup is currently 70 degrees i want to get him in his tank as soon as possible because he just jumped out of the cup on to the dresser
can i put him in 90 degree water? if not what is the highest possible water i can put him in as i dont want him to wait to much longer

Weird Dream/nightmare Involving Vinegar That Causes A Dilemma! (detailed)?

Last night I had a dream that I woke up at my house at around 11 AM, I guess, and the front door was open, and we barely ever use the front door. Like, the door was pulled to, but not shut, and then I went to get the mail. Later in the dream, maybe not even the same dream, they all seem kind of intertwined, I remember I was in my backyard, which is on creek-like water, and there was someone coming through on a kayak, and I remember my mom yelling at me about something, and I told her to be quiet. Then once these 3 blonde girls came up, who were about 20, in a canoe/kayak, my mom just vanished from the dream. Soon as they entered the dream had that feel of a Lifetime movie. It was broad daylight and the girls got out and got swimming. I could see what was going on as if they were in an aquarium and I was laying on top of the glass. Then, this part started in slow motion: one of the girls was laying on a full-body float and flipped in the air really high, she meant to come down, but it didn’t land as expected. I was scared and I could see it all, and then we couldn’t see her once she landed. We all went into the grassy part of the yard (the other two girls and me) waiting for her. We heard a crash in the water and then thought, “Maybe that’s her! She’s alive!” Then we went to look, and we didn’t see her/she was dead (something like that). Then that dream ended and there was a dream that I had a dentist appointment I think, and I left school early, so my mom and I got home after the appointment around 4 PM and went to the backyard, saw my cat, but he kept running. It was as if I was living in fear in the dream though, everything was startling me. On the way back to the door to go in, there were these two buckets of vinegar (like 5 gallon buckets), and one wasn’t full to the tippy-top, so my mom said just pour more in it (the vinegar was in a container that a quart of oil would be in) and then I remember it overflowed. It seeped onto the driveway, to the side door we mainly use, and then onto the steps inside my house. Then apparently later it made the floor swell up, and we couldn’t shut the door, we would push it, but it wouldn’t stay! And then nighttime came and it wouldn’t shut. I looked out the door and heard a teenage girl who lives across the street from me scream, like she was raped or someone broke in and she saw them. Then I looked down the driveway to see if I could see them running down my driveway (the burglar), but then I thought, what does it matter? The vinegar ruined the door, so I guess I’d die anyway. Weirdest part: my mom had a dream that she was in the old truck we have, and it was backed into our driveway, and she saw a burglar in a ski mask running down the driveway, who was trying to get in the truck she thought so she locked the door and sped off. She said she had already locked the door to the house so it would be too hard to go in, then she tried to call my dad to tell him about it because apparently there were break-ins going around in the neighborhood in her dream, but he wouldn’t answer.
Sorry for it being so long, I just put it in detail!
Usually I can tell what my dreams mean, but this one puzzles me. The vinegar is what I’m stumbling on. Any ideas?

Loach Dieing, Here Are Symptoms. Help Me Diagnos 10 Points To Best And Most Helpful Answer Please?

Hey guys, so about 2 weeks or so ago i put up that my Golden Dojo was sick with something, i thought it maybe a parasite. So i went out and got a 5.5 gallon quarentine tank with a little filter, and take some of the media from my 20 gallon so he wouldnt have to cycle all over again.
well since i put him in there, i started feeding him a little bit 2-3 times a day, hoping it was just malnutrition.
He basically was getting SUPER thin, thinner than normal, an indent formed in his stomach, a long line on his belly folded in. I had several guppies die in the same way, hense my thinking a parasite. basically he is wasting away.
I gave him some novqua anti-biotic stuff, with slime coat additive, with just a small amount of aquarium salt because i know loachs dont like that stuff.
He started getting a whole heck of a lot better. then i noticed a couple days ago that there was this wierd patch on his side. I look today, and that patch is gone, there is a gaping hole in his side and i can actually see his bones where the patch used to be.
What could this be?
I changed 2 gallons every day out of the 5.5 gallon tank with filter, and i stopped adding aquarium salt a while ago after he was improved. so there is no aquarium salt in there at all.
What could cause a fish to waste away, then have a hole in the side?

Things To Do In Chicago?

For my 16th birthday I want to drive to Chicago and stay there for the weekend with some friends. What are some fun things to do? We have recently gone to MOA, so shopping is out of the picture. I know about the Shed Aquarium and stuff, but what are some other fun ideas. This will be happening in January, so it will be cold.

What Is A Good Size School For Black Skirt Tetras? 10 Points To Best Answer?

I Just upgraded to a 60 gallon aquarium, from a 45 gallon.
In my 45 i had 3 black skirt tetras and 3 red minor tetras along with some others.
I know however that 3 of each is not enough, and i didnt want to over stock my 45 gallon, so i didnt add anymore.
However with the 60 gallon i can add more fish, (i am going to do a 2 week quarantine, i have a 20 gallon quarantine tank for just that reason)
But i want to upgrade the number of black skirt tetras and red minor.
Currently the 3 of each dont usually school together, 60% of the time when i watch they are swimming together but the other 40% they are off doing their own thing.
What is a good size number of fish for them to school with? and if i added in thew new black skirt tetras would my current ones school with them? and same for the red minor?
Just for additional info incase it may inform your responses.
Currently in my 60 gallon i have
3 black skirt tetras
3 red minor tetras
4 Male Guppies (brood brothers)
6 Female Bettas (they did their fighting to establish hierarchy, and now school nicely together :) )
1 Dwarf Gourami
and 2 Otto Catfish (I had 3 but one died, will add 2 more i think)