thank you barbie. just any kind of iodine, or is there some sort of special aquarium iodine?
thanks for all the help all.

any one have any input if this is okay.

i just have a green severum with a rugged dorsal, anal and side fin. and was told that the quickest way to heal it was to treat it with salt.

i have a 55 gal with mostly chiclids in it, i also have a syno. eupterus (fetherfin), and i am needing to treat one of my chiclid's with aquarium salt. i konw that most cats are intolerant to salt, but was wondering if this woudl be ok. i dont have a QT tank for the fish im needing to treat so if i ...

im sorry i forgot to add the L052 butterfly Pl*co so i edited the post and hope to have some resopnce about it as well, they stay a bit smaller and all i have is a 20 gal with an alge problem. lol. and they seem to be a bit better of an alge eater than the other two.

i have been roming arround the cat-elog and have aquired an interest in the L129 and the L134 leopard frog pl*co. can anyone tell me if these are hard to find, would i have to special order them, and about how much do they run in usd. also if anyone has any other suggestions or comments i would be ...

he is stressed out, this explains his color change. fish express moods via color changes, lighter or lack of normal color usually means stressful situations. he needs more room and he is mearly freaking out because he has no room to swim and be as graseful as they can be. my best advice to you is to ...

first thing you need to do is ship one or two to me. that way they will all make it through the night. lol just kiddin. beautiful fish though and congrats. you have a very jellous comrad. congrats

thanks to all of your help, my ph has stabilized and my fish seem much happier. it is now up to 6.7 and my tap is 6.8 so im getting closer to equal. and just wanted to say thanks to everyone on this forum

i am not currently using a ug filter. that was just a speculation. i have a regent 20-60 over that back power filter (from walmart). i started my tank about 6 months ago with a ug set up along with the otb but it led to nothing but problems and was told that it would be a good idea to remove it so i ...

once again thank you everyone you have been a mass of help best forum in the world

as for right now i dont have an amonia test strip kit. and my fish are quite small all are bout 2" - 3" accept for the oscar who is about 6" and also i was wondering what kind of shell or coral do you use and how do you clean it to assure no harmful bacteria thank you guys and gals soooo much you ...

i do a water change close to monthly and yes i use a gravel cleaner, but only vaccum 1/3 of the tank at a time so as not to disturb the biological filtration. usually i change 25% or so, no more than 35%. yes i know that there are alot of fish in it right now but i was forced into adopting the ...

i try and feed him cucumber sticks and algee wafers but he doesnt accept anything. i dont have much alge growth in my tank so he doesnt have much of that to munch on either. i do feed all at the same time and i feed my other kids blood worms, chiclid pellets and sinking shrimp pellets. i have been ...

i have a 55 gallon aquarium housing a number of fishes. 1 oscar, 1 convict, 1 firemouth, 1 blood parrot, a gold and a green severum, feather fin syno, and a common pleco. my question is about my pleco. he doesnt eat at all, and he has yet to grow since he was added. he is about 3 inches long and he ...