Forum: General
December 24th 07, 11:26 PM Posted to rec.aquaria.freshwater.misc
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orange slices
"crystal101" u40127@uwe wrote in message news:7d2d6fefc05a8@uwe...
I just inherited a 55g freshwater tank. I gutted it and started fresh.
It's
been a week, and I started with five 1-2" fish. ...
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Forum: General
October 23rd 07, 01:49 AM Posted to rec.aquaria.freshwater.misc
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is it white-spot, velvet or both?
I never had Velvet. I had White Spot and I used a medicine called "QuICK
Cure" to treat it, along with gradually raising the temperature to about
85F, but I had no live plants at the time and I...
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Forum: General
October 22nd 07, 12:05 AM Posted to rec.aquaria.freshwater.misc
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is it white-spot, velvet or both?
I'm not sure that it is ALL bacterial, but the fin rot and bloody
patches certainly indicate bacterial activity. I read your later posts
also... The gold spots and dusty patches that you mention do...
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Forum: General
October 20th 07, 10:50 PM Posted to rec.aquaria.freshwater.misc
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Replies: 18
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is it white-spot, velvet or both?
I just did some checking; I'm not that familiar with Velvet, but it
seems the spots on fish are a golden color rather than white... Otherwise it
does seem to somewhat match the symptoms you...
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Forum: General
October 20th 07, 10:18 PM Posted to rec.aquaria.freshwater.misc
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How quickly does Nitra-Zorb work?
I really don't know and haven't used it, but perhaps nitrite is being
produced by the nitrifying bacteria at nearly the same rate as the
Nitra-Zorb is removing it? A little salt in the water will...
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Forum: General
October 20th 07, 09:58 PM Posted to rec.aquaria.freshwater.misc
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is it white-spot, velvet or both?
I'll give you my opinions... This sounds like a bacterial infection to
me. For one thing, White Spot Disease (ICK), contrary to popular opinion,
does not exist in a "dormant state in most tanks",...
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Forum: Cichlids
September 30th 07, 01:55 AM Posted to rec.aquaria.freshwater.cichlids
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Replies: 4
Views: 4,373
Jack Dempsey Sick?
I just added the old filter back, salt and cycle to put some of the
needed bacteria in the tank. i was told to just let him run it's
course to avoid stree him anymore. He seems to bedoing well...
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Forum: Cichlids
September 24th 07, 09:19 PM Posted to rec.aquaria.freshwater.cichlids
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Replies: 1
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Jack Dempsey (Fresh water or Salt water fish)
It can be helpful when a fish is stressed, as yours is, to add a SMALL
amount of salt to the water. On the box that your salt came in (you are
using aquarium salt, not table salt, right?) it should...
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Forum: Cichlids
September 24th 07, 09:10 PM Posted to rec.aquaria.freshwater.cichlids
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Replies: 4
Views: 4,373
Jack Dempsey Sick?
This group is basically dead, but I still check it so I will answer.
Most likely you have indeed done away with the necessary bacteria, and your
Dempsey is suffering with burned gills and lack of...
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