DeniseT

Hi! Thank you so much for your reply! It won't hurt to do Maracyn twice in a row, right? Just do a water change in between? Thanks again!

Hi! Thank you so much for your reply! I don't know for sure what the illness was. One of the Celebes casualties had some tiny white dots on it before it died so I suspected ich. And you know what, now that I'm thinking about it and trying to remember, the Boesemani might have showed some tiny white dots as well??? And he did dart around the tank crazily for a day or so before he started gasping and swimming at the top of the tank right into where the HOB filter empties water into the tank. I gave the tank one full dose of Ich-X as part of the quarantine trio, but when I decided to do the full Maracyn treatment, I suspended giving the Ich-X since it wanted water changes before every additional dose and the Maracyn wanted no water changes until the end. Maybe the Boesemani injured himself way back then (~3 weeks ago) and I only just noticed? The Boesemani is definitely not being bullied, though. He's far and away the biggest fish in the pond. :) I bought 4 Boesemani rainbows and 4 turquoise rainbows back in January of 2014, and he's the only one left now. His tank mates are 4 Corydoras, 8 lyretail guppies, the 1 Celebes rainbow, and the most recent addition -- 1 nerite snail. On the topic of tank mates.... I was debating whether I should try more Celebes rainbows? They are supposed to be best in groups, and I now only have the one survivor. I certainly don't want to kill any more of them, but now I wonder if I could have kept my initial batch alive if I had known to do the quarantine tank and med trio immediately? Would you try them again or avoid them? Thanks again!!

Should I be worried about this wound-looking spot on my Boesemani Rainbowfish? Background info: I bought some Celebes Rainbowfish and added them to my 60-gallon DT without quarantining them — lost 4 of the 5 Celebes and my last remaining Boesemani got sick (he’s over 7 years old now). Now that I found Aquarium Co-op’s videos, I know how to do a quarantine tank for the future. I just finished a course of Maracyn and ParaCleanse last week, primarily for this fish who I thought was a goner for sure. He’s feeling feisty again (he bit me several times while I was trying to plant new cryptocorynes tonight) and is back to eating well so I thought he was in the clear, until I noticed this weird spot on his side. Any help would be greatly appreciated!! Thank you in advance!

I’m going to be visiting Houston in a few weeks. Which stores do you recommend, Nancy K? Thanks in advance!

Thank you, Guppysnail!

Howdy from Texas! Does anyone have a guess what this plant is? It’s the lone survivor from my initial foray into plants when I first set up my tank about 7 or 8 years ago. I have been torturing the poor thing for years. Now with Cory’s videos to educate me and a couple of orders from Aquarium Co-op, I’m trying plants again. My main question is, should I plant it in the gravel or mount it on a log? Many thanks in advance for any advice, Denise

Just curious to see if your pH came back down??