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The last I checked there was no rule against responding to a thread that isn't recent, and in the case of a poll IMO it is far better to keep all responses on one poll rather than have someone start a new one evey couple of months.
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Ditto, and like I've said before... a different poll shows up every time you refresh the homepage, regardless of date, so theres no rules/reason NOT to add onto it when you can share insight and/or provide valuable information.
Even if it is not a poll, as long as the thread is open, you are able to respond freely until a Mod. closes it.
Even if it is not a poll, as long as the thread is open, you are able to respond freely until a Mod. closes it.
Explain this to me like a 5 year old please!
I had a Neon Tetra that had fading in his coloring towards his tail, then more up the body and head until he died, then another and now a 3rd is getting discoloration.
All over the course of a week.
Do I need to turn the heat up to 86 degrees and add salt?
I have a 50 gallon tank with mollies, fancy guppies, tetras and 3 marbled angelfish with 3 algea eaters.
How much salt and what kind please?
Thank you for the help! I'm sick of losing fish.
I had a Neon Tetra that had fading in his coloring towards his tail, then more up the body and head until he died, then another and now a 3rd is getting discoloration.
All over the course of a week.
Do I need to turn the heat up to 86 degrees and add salt?
I have a 50 gallon tank with mollies, fancy guppies, tetras and 3 marbled angelfish with 3 algea eaters.
How much salt and what kind please?
Thank you for the help! I'm sick of losing fish.
for ick, i'd use salt. but if it was something else like a big bacterial infection, i might medicate instead
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I did salt, heat, and medication on my ick outbreak. All fish died 
Hopefully I don't have to deal with that again but I will not medicate the next time, strickly salt, heat and frequent water changes.
Hopefully I don't have to deal with that again but I will not medicate the next time, strickly salt, heat and frequent water changes.texas said:I have had great success using heat and QuICK Cure. I guess I am lazy
just a bit of both (very small amount of chemical & slightly more salt)
Sometimes fish will pick a spot like guppys rubbing in a divit or a loach rubbing on a rock . I sprinkle a little aquarium salt on that spot because it inhibits an alarming behaviour .Now I did this to a rock & it turned red (the salt made the rock red) where the sprinkles were
Anyway after they dont rub & even if they tried it would be in a medicinal area.
