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How Do I Treat My Betta Fish?

By Aquaboy on Thursday, June 2nd, 2011 | 2 Comments

My betta has a severely swollen stomach, and has just been laying on the bottom of his tank on his side, gasping for air. Fearing a water quality problem, I removed him from the tank and put him in a small plastic container and poured in a little melafix. I looked at him carefully, and it does not appear to be dropsy as his scales are not protruding but, in fact, look utterly normal. I also have another betta in the same kind of tank, and as I clean them at the same time, I’m not sure if it’s due to the water because the other is perfectly fine. I feed them every 2-3 days, small floating betta pellets. Is there anything else I can do? Or should I leave him alone and put him back in his tank to hope for the best?

What Is The Best Way To Treat Ich And Is It To Late?

By Aquaboy on Tuesday, May 24th, 2011 | 2 Comments

first is ich contagious because one of my fish has very visible white spots on his tail and dorsal fin. One fish doesn’t seem to show any signs. I have has an ich infection in the tank before and had cleaned it very well with hot water and cleaned all of the plants and pebbles and got new fish. One of my fish that doesn’t have any visible signs goes to the corner of the tank opposite of the filter and just sits there. at first i though he was dead and then when you go near the tank he springs back into life. So i had a water change on thursday and then on saturday i had my water checked and it was very high in ammonia. I did a 50% water change immediately and then I started noticing the white spots on one fish. So i have 3 goldfish – 1 not showing any signs of anything 2- sitting at bottom of tank on gravel not moving unless you come to tank 3-shows signs of ich with white dots but isn’t acting really weird and acts sort of normal even though he is sick. He occasionally floats to top and sits there for awhile. I also though he was dead at those moments. Will ich comeback and why do my fish always get it? How do i cure it and is it to late. Is it because the ammonia spike in the water. Is it because i didn’t cycle the tank? Sorry if the question got a little out of hand. Thanks alot.

Salt to treat dropsy?

By Aquaboy on Friday, April 1st, 2011 | No Comments

Question by jaden: Salt to treat dropsy?
The other day I cleaned my betta’s 1-gal tank, and yesterday noticed my betta looked slightly rounded. Today it’s a little more obvious. No obvious pokey scales, but he definitely looks puffy. Is the tank “too clean?” I read about medicated food and found a product made by Jungle called “Anti-Bacteria Medicated Fish Food.” Is this a good product/brand? I also read about salt baths. How do I do this? I’m afraid to use medication, since it never seems to work. Please help!
Also: The 1-gal tank has aeration (but no filter).

Best answer:

Answer by Oxy B
Jungle has been around for some time and is a fairly “proven” company, although not everyones preferred choice. Likewise with medicated food. I prefer products from Mardel personally as I have had success with them. They have an extensive line of medications. Mardel’s product for Dropsy is Maracyn-Two.

Salt baths are a little trickier as they involve some risk. Start with some salt made for freshwater aquariums. API is pretty good. Start with a high concentration. Usually double what the reccomened dose is on the side of the container. Place your fish in the high concentration salt water for no more than a min. The fish will look pretty unhappy for a while as most of them never encounter salt in their natural enviroment. After 1 min take it back out and put it in its tank again. It should look better after a little while back in its water. Many people also reccomend adding salt to your tank for a while to kill any bacteria left in the water. This is the dosing instructions on the side of the salt package. Fish can survive in this dosing (usually 1.009 ppm or less) for a while but dont prefer it. Also salt will not evaporate or be filtered out. The only way to remove it is with partial water changes. Also dont let your tank water evaporate too much with salt in it as this will raise the salinity level.

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My Goldfish Is Hitting Bottom Of Tank And Has A Swollen Gil How Do I Treat This?

By Aquaboy on Friday, February 18th, 2011 | 5 Comments

Hi I have two goldfish in my tank . The problem is with my fancy goldfish. Last few days I have noticed the fish swimming fast and hitting the bottom of the tank. Also spending much time under running water and our bubble features. The left gil looks somewhat swollen compaired to the other gil. (as the cover is sticking out a bit more) He is still active and eating but has slightly clamped fins. I noticed the water was a bit cloudy ( I think it may have been water quality here) so I have done a few water changes… I use cycle and I also use dechlorinator. I have tried a little aquarium salt sprinkled on my fish last couple of days .. any idea of the bacteria.. should he be seperated from my other fish..?? Treatments available at the pet stores would be the best! Thanks I really want to see him better!!

Help My Baby Guppies Are Sick! Does Anyone Know How To Treat Them?

By Aquaboy on Saturday, February 5th, 2011 | No Comments

They are hardly moving. They are at the top of the tank with their fins clamped together. They are about 2 months old. and the adult fish in the tank and three of the babies are acting perfectly fine, but the other five babies are showing these symptoms. Can anyone tell me what’s wrong?

How To Treat Two Same Size Clown Fish?

By Aquaboy on Sunday, January 2nd, 2011 | 1 Comment

I bought two same size (8 cm) clown fish and put them in a small (30x20x25 cm)aquarium. But they fight, one is lose, its fins is damaged and get laid down. I install glass partition.
May I pick out the partition?
Is the winner become female and the loser become male?
Should I bougth the smaller one to be prepared as mating male?
Thanks in advance

How To Treat Ich If I Cant Get My Hands On Medicine?

By Aquaboy on Thursday, December 23rd, 2010 | 3 Comments

i read somewhere that ich disease can be treated with hot water. funny thing is, i used it to treat my fish.
it says ” Ich dislikes warm water, so I immediately bring the water up to 85-88 degrees. ”

http://www.aquarticles.com/articles/management/Ranson_Ich.html

so i did that,adding salt,water change etc…
after a few sec, my fish started to swim upside down.so i got scared and returned the water levels to its original state.my fish are kinda weakened by the treatment and none of these seemed to work at all.
i only did this because none of our local pet stores sold ich formula thingy…
wats up with this crap? my fish are still sick and now dying.
help pls!!

Can I Use Table Salt Instead Of Aquarium Salt To Treat My Fish For Ick?

By Aquaboy on Sunday, November 7th, 2010 | 3 Comments

I have a beta whom is sick, tetras and corydoras.

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