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Thankyou Diana. After reading more about mycobacteriosis I have noticed there are alot of symtoms present in my fish. I hope I'm wrong though. I have managed to get hold of some epsom salts (now that was a hunt and a half!) and will begin treating the tank for dropsy tomorrow. I was wondering - seei...

Thats really strange - I had the same problem when I first got dojos! The red marks you describe - were they like red bruises under the skin? I only bought one at a time and I got through 4, then I gave up for a couple of months and then tried from a different LFS. I think they must have been a bad ...

Thanks guys - yeah I don't know much about goldfish either! When we got this fish it was shaped exactly like the other one in the tank, which is still slim. When she feeds from the top she is really struggling with her balance - she flips over then kind of struggles for half a second before trying a...

I wonder why that is...the album is public and when I click on the links it comes up. What does it say when you click on it mick?

As you can see (hopefully!) the fish isn't symetrical, she was, but she seems to be very very slowly becoming more uneven. This swelling has occured over, I would say, the last 9 months or so.

Thanks for pointing out my feeding error - I was told before that it was best to feed the only a few times a week as fish are scavengers and it is good for them to do this. After reading the sticky post I have now been feeding all my fish small amounts morning, evening and before I go to bed. So tha...

Hi there, my son has two shubunkins, one is very streamline, the other is very fat! They were both slim when I got them but then after about 6 months one of them bloated up. I thought this was just because she was a female and just maturing, but now my mum has been round and seen it and has made me ...

Thanks Mick. It was you who recommended it to me on the other thread! Sorry to keep creating new ones but I am getting a bit worried about the little fella, he's not looking good! Just ordered some wormer plus, should be here in the morning! Fingers crossed and thankyou soo much for all your help.

I have a weather loach with anchor worms and flubenol has been recommended to me as the best way to get rid of them. Trouble is, I can't seem to find where to order it from! Any suggestions or websites? It isn't even listed on Ebay suprisingly.

will wormer plus do the job? I have read that it contains flubenol?

I don't think so, althought the only time I have really seen ich up close was on my clowns a while back, so I can't be sure but I think it unlikely. Unfortunately I cannot get a pic as they are so tiny and the fish won't stay still long enough. They look like planaria, but they are all over the fish...

Ok, I have been looking around to find somewhere to buy flubenol from and I have found loads of info on it but nowhere I can actually order it! Apparently flubenol 15 is the one I am looking for? I am in the UK. Thankyou in advance.

Thanks for all your help guys. I will do a water change and then add some flubenol and cross my fingers! Thank you again.

So will I need to remove them then? Oh god I really don't like the idea of that!

I have treated a weather loach and two shebunkins with Interpet No. 12 (anti crustacean parasite) but I keep reading that you have to pull anchor worms out of fish with tweezers?! It does not say anything about this on the bottle so I am a bit confused as to what will happen. Will the worms just die...