quarantine

Hello all. This little fellow just arrived early this afternoon after 5 days in the mail. He is in a 6 gallon tank, with normal parameters (it hasn't quite been two weeks of running it yet so not fully cycled yet, but no ammonia or nitrite). Water was prepped with Prime, Stability and a bit of...

I’m on the tail end of treating my QT for Ich, and I’m noticing a lot of white, stringy poop on the bottom. I’m wondering if this is a parasite or sign of something else like fungus, bacterial infection, etc. If it is, when should I start treating for it? I want to make sure the ich is...

Hey, guys please I need help I don't want to lose him! His name is Peanut, he is a FlowerHorn fry about 1 to 1.5 inches long! I bought him about a month and a half ago. Since I got him he's always had trouble eating then for a good week he started eating every day. the last two weeks I haven't...

I’m treating my 36g for ich. All the fish show varying degrees of it. I added an air stone to the mix due to raising temp to a steady 86’f Questions: do I continue to dose with ferts? Do I still run CO2 during treatment? How often should I be doing small water changes? I’m using the herbal...

I know it is always best practice to use a quarantine tank. And I think it might be a good idea to set up a bare bottom 10 gallon as a small quarantine tank with a sponge filter. But fish are not something you go and buy on a regular basis. So, what do you do to keep the biological filter...