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Some more tank spec info: kh 180, hardness 300, temp 78 degrees F. Magnum 350 canister filter, penguin bio wheel filter. All artificial plants. 25% water change week, gravel vacuum monthly. Tank is established with these fish since 2013. Tank has 6 silver dollars, 1 common pleco, 12 adult rosy...

Hi everyone. I have a 75 gallon freshwater aquarium, 7.0 pH, nitrates less than 10ppm, 0 nitrites, 0 ammonia, everything is clean and well balanced. I do add some aquarium salt when I do my water changes. I have a 5 year old female silver dollar that began developing a pea sized lump in her...

I guess this thread will be a good lesson to anyone who winds up in the same situation I did. I decided to jot down a complete list of every mistake I made in this whole process that led to the unfortunate demise of all of my fish. I pray others can learn from my mistakes as I have: 1. I didn't...

Thanks for all your help Byron, I know dealing with sick fish is a nightmare and it's hard to always know what the right course of action is. I believe what happened to my fish was that while I was treating for ich, they developed severe secondary bacterial infections that ate away their fins...

Hi there Dave, I definitely have learned a lot from all of this, unfortunately I lost all of the fish. It's a darn shame, but I now know what mistakes I made and I took notes so in the future I won't make them again. Now all I need to know is how do I safely sterilize the main tank, the...

I just got home from work, the gourami is still alive, His tail fin is now worn away between the spines and his sores look bloodier. I am begging someone, anyone to tell me what to do now to save this fish. Please! Update: So I have diagnosed his condition as hemorrhagic septicemia, a secondary...

Morning Update: Thelma, my female silverdollar was dead this morning at 8am. I had been checking on her all night but I had to sleep eventually and I dozed off at 2am. The water was once again cloudy, ammonia was .25ppm, no nitrite, less than 5 nitrate, PH 7.2, temperature about 83 degrees...

Thanks for posting that information on salt, all of that is very good to know and now I am considering getting rid of my aquarium salt altogether, or at the very least I won't ever use it unless deemed absolutely necessary (like for treating some kind of disease perhaps). It also may explain why...

That person mainly stated about putting in salt slowly and gradually removing it to not disturb the fish's osmosis, and how my large water changes likely disrupted that balance. However, I will say, after doing those 2 50% water changes today the fish seem stable right now. No meds, no salt...

Hi there, I'm not sure why you deleted your post, but I did read over it twice (unfortunately AFTER doing another big water change). I was unaware of the severity of changing salinity with water changes so quickly and how that could effect the fish, now I'm quite concerned maybe that's what has...

Hi there, thanks for your advice. I just did another 3/4 water change and this time the water temp is at 82 degrees heater is on but it takes a while to get it up there and gradual is better. I did not add anymore salt this time in case I had been overdoing it and I'm not going to add any meds...

I've heard mixed reviews on the salt, it's hard to know what's right and what's not since a lot of aquarium info is contradictions galore, which makes it hard for me to ever know what to (and not to) do. I'm keeping my fingers crossed, hope I can save my fish, only three fish left :/ I feel so...

Thanks Byron, I'll do the water change now and this time not add anymore salt. I'll turn on the tank heater and get the temp to 82, I'm afraid to go higher than that especially since the fish are already under so much stress. I notice they did perk up a bit with the 50% water change, but the one...

I would always do 25% water change each week, once a month I'd do a gravel vacuum, always careful not to let the good bacteria die (clean one filter at a time etc). I have a penguin biowheel and a magnum 350 canister filter. I use Kordon Novaqua whenever I do water changes, the water is from the...

Update: The smaller of the two kissing gouramis is dying as I speak, I don't know what to do. This is all happening so fast, the fish are just having their slime coat peel off and string off them like spaghetti. They are producing excessive amounts of their own mucus/slime... and then their skin...

Hello everyone, I'm here to air my guilt and shame for doing something incredibly stupid that cost me the lives of several of my fish. I've posted on here a few times in the past sharing pics and on occasion battling fish illnesses and asking for advice and help, but this time I really blew it...

My pleco just passed away suddenly. Yesterday he was fine and today I noticed his belly was round and bloated, and he began thrashing around the tank in discomfort before finally settling into his favorite cave under the driftwood to die. I went to buy epsom salt and set up a hospital tank...

It's a 55 or 60 gallon, I think it's 60 because it's a little bigger than the old 55 gallon I used to have.

Thank you!

Here is who is left, unfortunately there were some casualties this year, Rico the 9 year old pleco passed away along with three 11 year old black skirted tetras. -One 20 year old plecostamus (named Pleco--real original, I know) -Four 12 year old Silver Dollars (1 female named Thelma, three...