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Awesome, thanks!

Can you use Prazi and Melafix at the same time?

Pufferpunk wrote:There is a fellow here who has done surgery to remove nematodes. Do a search for that. I suggest just keeping an eye on it for now though.

Do you know where I can find the post?

So happy Anabelle is better! Especially after a tapeworm that big! Buttons will need her teeth trimmed soon too, but I'm scared about using the clove oil.....

Thanks everyone,I hope he gets better too. Nematodes don't sound good...

Puff has always had lumps in his body, mostly around his tail, but lately, he'll get lumps around his head, or in the middle of his body. The lumps come and go, but are always somewhere on his body. Sometimes he'll get so excited at feeding time puff will suck up a little bit of air or water, I'm gu...

Okay thanks for your help everyone, I'll keep ya posted!

Jase wrote:sounds like it...
Have a look here.
http://www.fishdeals.com/fish_diseases/anchor_worms/

That's the weird thing, the worm didn't have the split tail like an anchor worm would....

And I shall look for Prazi tomorrow. Do you know if Petsmart or Petco has it?

Okay so today I was about to do a water change on Puff's tank, since he just got over the eye incident, and there was a small worm attached to his side! :shock: Puff is pretty mellow, so I gently cupped him in my palm and tried to rub it off. It didn't come off. I ended up gently pulling it off with...

Puff's eye is all better now! it cleared up after only 2 days of melafix! I treated him for 5 days just to make sure though and did a 50% water change today and added the carbon filter cartilage back in today. There's a new problem now though, please see my new topic!

pinkfloydpuffer wrote:Wow, those are really cool. Although I'd paint one myself before I bought one.
And on my tanks, I don't need backgrounds, since my room is painted like the ocean

WOAH awesome wall! I'm jealous!

Jase wrote:Cute
Prolly the only Pixies song I like too

Lol thanks! Me too!

For trick training, Buttons gets a tiny piece of shrimp ( about 1/8 the size of a tic tac ) everytime he gets the ball in the hoop. He learned pretty fast really. After he got the ball in the hoop twice, he quickly found out that he gets rewarded with a treat everytime the ball goes in the hoop. The...

They're awesome! Great find!

Pufferpunk wrote:Nitrate of 0 is very rare. What test kit are you using?

Jungle nitrite and nitrate strips. I really do need to invest in the drop kind..... the color on the strips will barely show up.