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  1. I cut back a little on the aquarium salt, so I'll put more in. Whataya think it is if not Ich?
  2. I've noticed this before on my black skirt tetra, it comes and goes. I've treated it for Ich and used API bacteria and fungal treatments, thought there was disease in the tank but ended up being ammonia spikes I think. I brought back a danio from the dead by treating the ammonia with water changes and API Ammolock. What is this white dot on this fish's nose? Should I treat again? Is it Ich? There's no other white spots and no other fish with white spots.
  3. Daniel, I got the test kit yesterday and it says: 4-8ppm Ammonia, which is WAY high I know, so I did a 25% water change and will test levels again today. Nitrate and Nitrite = 0ppm, is that good or bad? High Range pH 7.8ppm since I was using aquarium salt is that why it's a little high? Temp is at 80. What do I do? All but one fish seem fine. I have a danio that is swimming around crazy and running into things, seems uncontrollable and his gills are really red and moving fast. Do I get API Ammo Lock as the test kit suggests for high ammonia levels? I was feeding twice a day, small amounts, now I'll just feed once a day. I use API Stress Coat + and Stress Zyme + when I do water changes. I need more good bacteria in there to neutralize the ammonia, how?
  4. You're spot on, that makes a ton of sense, thank you again Daniel!
  5. But, if it is disease, shouldn't I be treating it with medicine? Or could my levels just be that off that it's causing fin rot and red gills?
  6. Hm, Daniel, thank you, I didn't think of it that way. I appreciate your insight!
  7. I take my water to Petsmart for a reading just about every week and they always tell me it's good. They assumed it was Ich, so I also treated for a round of it. Can the parameters change drastically in a day? What do I need to look for in my water parameters?
  8. James - I also used aquarium salt during this time and am continuing to use aquarium salt, thank you though! Daniel - I take my water sample to Petsmart and they run a full check on my parameters and tell me that all is good every time. I setup the aquarium 3-4 months ago. It's a 55 gallon tank, I moved some tetras and danios I originally had from a smaller tank and put into this tank (I had the parameters checked prior to adding fish into it). Over a month or two we introduces a few new fish, some black skirt tetras, a pleco, a cory catfish, neon tetras, and mollies. In total we had 25 fish, then now down to 17. We had tiger barbs but found out they were too agressive and removed them which I think stressed the fish out terribly... about a week after we got them out is when I noticed other fish dying. I thought the barbs were killing my fish, I saw them attacking them. I followed the API treatments including how and when to change the water. Previous to having to do treatments, I changed the filter every 3-4 weeks, I do a 10% water change every week. I used aquarium salt, and stress coat when I do water changes. I also feed my fish tropical fish flakes, we started feeding dried blood worms and soon after the blood worms we noticed the fish dying off too, I mean, could the worms do that (carry disease) so I only feed flakes now.
  9. Alright everyone, I did full rounds of treatments together of API Pimafix, Melafix, and EM Erythromycin. I lost many fish to red sores, white cotton mouth fungus/bacteria, and fin rot. I have done proper water changes, my levels are all good, and I replaced the carbon filter (since I couldn't have a carbon filter in during treatment). A week or maybe 2 after the treatments, I now have a black skirt tetra losing the bottom of its back fin, and the fishes gills are looking more red again. So do I do another round of all of these treatments or try something else?
  10. We recently lost an albino cory catfish, a white molly, and a danio in my 55 gallon freshwater tank (their bodies had some lesions and red lines on them) I thought my ghost shrimp were attacking them and eating them since I found the shrimp eating their dead bodies. I had my water tested at the local pet store and they said my water levels/readings were all really good. I noticed one of my black skirt tetras had a white dot on its nose so I assumed I should treat for ick, which I did. Then I noticed the same fish was losing its back tail, and a neon tetra was missing its top lip. I started the next day with API Pimafix and Melafix. Its tail was still rapidly disappearing next day (fin rot), so I added EM Erythromycin to the treatment. The neon tetra died and so did my black skirt tetra (the fish basically dissolved into nothing). Now I'm going to complete the 7 day treatment with Pimafix, Melafix, and 4 day treatment of EM Erythromycin to ensure all the other fish are ok. My question is, do these medicines rid the entire tank (gravel, decor, live plants, water) of fungus, bacteria, whatever disease is in there? Or do those only treat living fish bodies? Do I need to use a parasite treatment or other medicine? How soon should I wait to introduce new fish? I had all those other fish for 6 weeks +, but added some small neon tetras a week prior to the few that died (assuming they were carrying a disease even though none of the new guys died). The only other thing that's different is I started feeding my fish freeze dried blood worms, could those possibly carry disease? Pic attached, sick tetra on left, "healthy" on right.
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