Newbie with questions in need of advice

pufferpuggirl · Post by **pufferpuggirl** » Sat Jun 26, 2010 5:54 am

Aster -- just a note on photography, see if your camera has a "macro" setting. I had no clue about this until another member pointed it out and now I can take close-ups of my puffers without any blurriness. On my camera the macro setting shows a "flower" and is near the "two mountains". Play around with the settings until you find it, but if you have that setting, it should allow you to get better photos.

Aster · Post by **Aster** » Sun Jun 27, 2010 4:04 pm

here are some pics of a few fish i think are sick if anyone could help me to properly diagnose them id greatly appreciate it .

The molly with the black spots that was supposedly a silver fantail .
http://i958.photobucket.com/albums/ae67 ... 0_2888.jpg
http://i958.photobucket.com/albums/ae67 ... 0_2883.jpg

Also my poor gouroumi(sp) his scales are coming off some this killed the other one like him that i had and he at the time showed no symptoms but now he is getting it and it appears to be progressing in the same fashion as the other one did started at his head and slowly made stripes around his body .
http://i958.photobucket.com/albums/ae67 ... 0_2885.jpg
http://i958.photobucket.com/albums/ae67 ... 0_2885.jpg

Aster · Post by **Aster** » Sun Jun 27, 2010 4:04 pm

oh and meant to say also thank you ppg for the camera info i did indeed have a flower right next to the mountains on my camera -) and it worked very good .

pufferpuggirl · Post by **pufferpuggirl** » Sun Jun 27, 2010 4:14 pm

You are very welcome Aster, glad it worked for you. The molly doesn't look sick to me, I think maybe those spots are just part of his ornamentation ... however, the gourami sounds bad and I am not certain what that would be. Poor fishy.

Aster · Post by **Aster** » Sun Jun 27, 2010 7:08 pm

i went and bought some melafix should i add it to the tank or shoud i remove the sick fish and dose him in my 10 gallon tank ( it has nothing in it atm just gravel and plain treated well water .

J-P · Post by **J-P** » Sun Jun 27, 2010 7:14 pm

you could treat it in the 10 gal as long as you have a spare filter handy for the original tank.

LilGreenPuffer · Post by **LilGreenPuffer** » Sun Jun 27, 2010 11:25 pm

Melafix is dangerous for anabatoids.

J-P · Post by **J-P** » Sun Jun 27, 2010 11:56 pm

the Gouramis?

LilGreenPuffer · Post by **LilGreenPuffer** » Mon Jun 28, 2010 12:10 am

Aster · Post by **Aster** » Mon Jun 28, 2010 2:54 am

hrmm well im glad you posted that i will stop treatment with the melafix then i suppose , i had already put it in the 55 though tonight =( however i didn't remove the carbon filter inserts so i guess maybe it didnt last long in the water anyhow ? after reading this i also went and did a 40 % water change .

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