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Re: Newbie with questions in need of advice
Posted: Sat Jun 26, 2010 5:54 am
by pufferpuggirl
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.
Re: Newbie with questions in need of advice
Posted: Sun Jun 27, 2010 4:04 pm
by Aster
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
Re: Newbie with questions in need of advice
Posted: Sun Jun 27, 2010 4:04 pm
by Aster
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 .
Re: Newbie with questions in need of advice
Posted: Sun Jun 27, 2010 4:14 pm
by pufferpuggirl
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.
Re: Newbie with questions in need of advice
Posted: Sun Jun 27, 2010 7:08 pm
by Aster
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 .
Re: Newbie with questions in need of advice
Posted: Sun Jun 27, 2010 7:14 pm
by J-P
you could treat it in the 10 gal as long as you have a spare filter handy for the original tank.
Re: Newbie with questions in need of advice
Posted: Sun Jun 27, 2010 11:25 pm
by LilGreenPuffer
Melafix is dangerous for anabatoids.
Re: Newbie with questions in need of advice
Posted: Sun Jun 27, 2010 11:56 pm
by J-P
the Gouramis?
Re: Newbie with questions in need of advice
Posted: Mon Jun 28, 2010 12:10 am
by LilGreenPuffer
Yep.
Re: Newbie with questions in need of advice
Posted: Mon Jun 28, 2010 2:54 am
by Aster
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 .
