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well i did a full dosage and my loaches are still active but flashing now and the temp is 80 my heater does not give me the option of raising the temp

well skinny disease is contagious and from what i read it wouldnt hurt to treat the whole tank..and yes the link given above would be a good option but if you cant get a hold on it just go to www.drsfosterandsmith.com and they have good meds for internal parasites

it might have skinny disease...purchase some medication that can rid it of internal paracites

well i saw some white spots on my clowns a few days ago.... and then one of the little ones were flashing and its gills were red....i just did a 50% water change took out my carbon....and now how long should i do my treatment..should i do water changes once every other day? Ps. Im using maracide...i...

id say no need for alarm....it wont exactly eat alot of your tank's algae but it will eat algae discs and such it's sorta like a pleco in personality but needs not quite the same

to be honest i have not seen any around the US but im sure liveaquaria might have it! kinda makes me want to try to acclimate it to freshwater...lol

o man your right! its gorgeous the colors are absolutely phenominal! i want one! lol

whats that cool looking fish in the 4th pic ? its spotted and pretty nice looking fins...a discus maybe?

i never really thought kh was so important and to be honest dont really understand it ...

I dont have a KH measure but i do 2 water changes a week each vary to what i feel but lately i have alternated between 15% to 25%..but right now everyone is breathing really hard but everyone is active and eating so i dont know whats up

i changed it with the Correct PH tablets,you knwo the ones that fizz....but i read on loaches.com that the ph level for loaches have to be 6.5-7 and my PH was atleast 7.7

ok update i tested my PH and it was above 7.5 so i lowered to 7 and now i just wait lol

Gong Hai Fi chai! Happy new year and i love loaches and LOL

thank you guys...im holding my breath on this one :) im hoping and praying its just little bits of sand sticking to them :) and ill try to be patient :) i really appreciate the in put :) oh and i did change the gravel in sections :) i did one half and i wanted to do the other half sunday but nevermi...

ok ill keep the lights off and everything for a day um tomorrow was suppose to be fast day for them should i feed them instead? and no i didnt quarentine them bc they were the first fishes in the tank ps if they do have ich i do have a bottle of quick cure ready... has anyone have any experience wit...