Fish Lovers 3.0 [new poll]

[Dia.]

White fuzz could also be the fish rotting if there wasn't any sign of it before they died.
White fuzz could be a lot of things, as we've found out the last few pages. >.>

[Gryffindor's Sword]

Great.... It just kills me that they all died in 2 days!!! Ugh thanks I guess.

[Dappled Sapphire]

Kinda late haha, but Goldie is pink and Rosie is green. ^^ We used to have another pink one but it passed away sometime back in May. :c

Now I'm stuck with Sparky. She's a bully. The fish I got from the lake also wants the top part of the tank, but pushy little Sparky chases him down to the bottom. At least the neon tetras are nice!

Any thought about Ghost shrimp, people? I'm thinking about getting a pair of ghost shrimp for the tank. Would they git with a few 1-2 inch fish? Thoughts about being eaten / eating others? Thanks in advance!

Yeah, they can definitely be little bullies sometimes. cx

I've actually thought about getting some Ghost shrimp before aswell. But I was wondering, for any Ghost shrimp owners/lovers out there, can they be housed with a betta? Or a tank with some Glofish and apple snails possibly?

More then likley the betta will make a meal of the shrimp
Eating it limb by limb
Same with the glofish

[moonbutch]

Great.... It just kills me that they all died in 2 days!!! Ugh thanks I guess.

The description you provided of the disease kinda reminds me of "ick".
It kills extremely fast. I lost my betta Ignitus and my other boy, Spikes to it in under 24 hours and I believe it can infect the rest of the tank just as fast.
I'm sorry to hear about your fish D; losing a pet to a disease is hard!

[Dappled Sapphire]

Ick looks more like grains of salt all over the fish usually starting on the fins
It can be treated with meds or heat and salt
The fuzz on the fins sounds more like a fungle infection which can also be treated with meds or salt

[Gryffindor's Sword]

Ok. I'll remember that for future reference.

Does anyone here have an all Otto tank? I've been considering converting my one 20 gallon to one. I always say they're the guinea pigs of aquariums! They eat a ton for little fish but I LOVE THEM! I only have 3 in the 20 gallon right now with 2 guppies but I can move them to another tank if I do that.

[Dappled Sapphire]

I haven't owned Ottos before
I thought about it but I prefer bristlenose Plecos
They eat more algae and aren't as finicky as ottos
But I'm sure it would be nice with lots of live plants

If you use the 10g again clean everything in it out with vinager then let it dry out compleatly in the sun before putting any more fish in
That should get rid of anything that was in it

[fruity99]

Great.... It just kills me that they all died in 2 days!!! Ugh thanks I guess.

The description you provided of the disease kinda reminds me of "ick".
It kills extremely fast. I lost my betta Ignitus and my other boy, Spikes to it in under 24 hours and I believe it can infect the rest of the tank just as fast.
I'm sorry to hear about your fish D; losing a pet to a disease is hard!

I don't think it is ick, a fish can survive ick for around a week and is easily treated and most of the time is caused by stress

[Dia.]

Great.... It just kills me that they all died in 2 days!!! Ugh thanks I guess. :(

The description you provided of the disease kinda reminds me of "ick".
It kills extremely fast. I lost my betta Ignitus and my other boy, Spikes to it in under 24 hours and I believe it can infect the rest of the tank just as fast.
I'm sorry to hear about your fish D; losing a pet to a disease is hard!

I don't think it is ick, a fish can survive ick for around a week and is easily treated and most of the time is caused by stress

Ick isn't exactly easily treated.
Basically you have to let it run its course, keep it from continuing, and hope the fish survive it. (It's a combination of raising the temp, salt I believe, good water changes, and the like)
Ick could be in a healthy tank and you'd never know it. It only appears when the fish's immune system is compromised. So it isn't necessarily caused by stress.

[Starfalling]

Kind of like this but a bit bigger. (Picture is not mine, I found it through a google search.)