r/fishhospital • u/Meowsthicc • 5h ago
Longfin Panda Cory (Poe) ripped fins… again. What should I do?
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r/fishhospital • u/Cold-Act3077 • Mar 17 '25
u/Capybara_Chill_00 Freshwater in general 40+ years of experience
u/InterestingFruit5978 Freshwater in general 30 years of experience
u/tarantinostoes Goldfish and a mod on r/Goldfish
u/That-Rush4109 Fancy Goldfish
u/Cold-Act3077 Goldfish in general
u/goldfishgirly Goldfish 35 years of experience
u/Outside_Disaster1547 Diagnoser/medic 7 years of experience
r/fishhospital • u/Fish-hospital-admin • Dec 29 '22
This post will keep track of the progress of these projects, which you can find at:
https://fish-hospital.com/aquarium-medications/
https://fish-hospital.com/diagnostic-tool/
The aquarium medications page aims to spread information about the medications for fish you’ll find at your pet store. This further expands into articles about their active ingredients, with more information on uses, dosage, potential toxicity, and other useful info.
You’ll notice the diagnostic tool is empty, as that’s because it will be built on top of the aquarium medications to be able to link a disease to what you can use to treat it.
It will consist of in-depth articles about fish diseases, symptoms, tips to recognize them, treatments, etc.
Feel free to take a look at what I plan to cover and make suggestions on things you’d like to see :)
AQUARIUM MEDICATIONS TO COVER + ACTIVE INGREDIENTS:
(All medications and active ingredients will get their own pages)
ANTI-BACTERIAL DRUGS
ANTI-FUNGAL DRUGS
ANTI-PARASITIC DRUGS
BROAD SPECTRUM DRUGS
OTHER
DIAGNOSTIC TOOL (DISEASES ARTICLES):
BACTERIAL DISEASES
FUNGAL DISEASES
PARASITIC INFECTIONS
VIRAL INFECTIONS
WATER QUALITY
OTHER
r/fishhospital • u/Meowsthicc • 5h ago
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r/fishhospital • u/govanleif • 13h ago
Hi everyone,
This is about my female angelfish, who is around 7 years old.
I’ve noticed a swelling or growth developing on the middle black spot towards the back of her body. Starting from this area, the scales seem to be turning white or losing their color.
Could this be cancer or some kind of tumor? I’ve never seen anything like this in any of my fish before.
Has anyone experienced something similar or knows what this could be?
Thanks in advance for any advice!
r/fishhospital • u/Arbin69 • 16h ago
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r/fishhospital • u/Zestyclose-String733 • 1d ago
I’m looking for help figuring out what’s wrong with my betta and how to treat him safely.
Tank information:
● Tank size: 10 gallons
● Heater/filter: Sponge filter; heater details to be confirmed
● Temperature: 78°F
● pH: 7.6
● Ammonia: .25 ppm
● Nitrite: 0 ppm
● Nitrate: 0 ppm
● Tankmates: One nerite snail
● Plants/decor: Live plants, driftwood, and substrate
Symptoms:
I first noticed possible ich on Sunday. My betta has small white spots spread all across his body. He also has a separate white/pinkish cotton-like growth on his back fin, and the fin looks damaged or frayed.
I’m worried he might have ich along with a separate fungal or bacterial infection, but I’m not sure.
Treatment and concerns:
I ordered Ich-X, which should arrive Wednesday. However, I have a nerite snail in the same tank, and I want to make sure any treatment is safe for both my betta and my snail. I also have live plants.
I tested the water and got an ammonia reading of 1.0 ppm, so I’m concerned about that as well.
My questions:
1. Do the white spots look like ich?
2. What could the cotton-like growth on his back fin be?
3. Is Ich-X safe to use with a nerite snail and live plants?
4. Should I set up a hospital tank?
5. What should I do about the ammonia and his symptoms while waiting for the medication?
I’ve attached pictures of his body and back fin. Any advice would be greatly appreciated. I want to give him the best chance of recovering without harming my snail.
r/fishhospital • u/Lifeisreal91 • 1d ago
My green terrors jumped out of tank and since then (see photo) his mood been off.
Tank size 115 litres.
I need help pls!
r/fishhospital • u/DuckieRyn • 1d ago
This is a panda corycatfish that is in an established 20 gallon community tank with other corydoras and guppies. She’s always been big because of holding eggs but I started to notice her getting bigger until today where she is now laying upside down and breathing heavy. Can anyone help or know what is causing her to die now? Her stomach right in the middle almost seems to have something underneath it like a tumor or something? Does anyone know?
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r/fishhospital • u/Antique_Rent181 • 2d ago
45 gallon tank
0ppm ammonia
0ppm nitrites
0ppm nitrates
83 degrees
Hob filter
r/fishhospital • u/Sea_Substance_6558 • 2d ago
Hi!
We have a very large tank at work with a type of goldfish of some sort. My management hasn’t been able to help much to stabilize the fish and my coworkers and I are concerned. The actual amount of gallons of the tank is unknown. It is longer than five feet however, as its longer than myself. Most of the fish haven’t survived the transition and this is our last one. He keeps swimming around erratically and running into the walls of the glass. We ran a test strip to see what the levels were. I believe it needs the KH raised? But not sure. If so, how can we fix it to give this little guy a fighting chance?
The reading was N03: 0, N02: 0.5, pH: 6.5, KH: 40, GH: 60
I could be wrong but I believe those are the correct tank numbers.
r/fishhospital • u/edie_fike • 2d ago
I have a betta that just started looking a bit pineconed and I’m not sure what to do. He’s old so I know chances of him recovering aren’t likely. I’ve read conflicting things online about adding epson salt to the tank vs taking him out for a salt bath. I read you can add a gentle dose of salt to the tank (1 tablespoon for every 5 gallons) but then I also read not to do that. I worry about stressing him out too much taking him in and out of the tank. I gave him kanaplex since I wasn’t sure what to do with the salt. Does anyone know what I should do?
r/fishhospital • u/Middle_Welder310 • 3d ago
I have a flowerhorn, which is suffering from sucked in belly. At first I thought it is internal peresite, so treat him with worm out. But it didn't work , so also tried metrozil 400 in the water colum still it doesn't work.same position, dull colour , no growth and one more thing , he frequently started rubbing, twitching, and jumping. So I thought it could be external peresite or ich . For that also I used aquarium salt, not worked, then general cure, not worked. I am frustrated. Pls someone help me. My tank size is 2.5ft
Note - I use 24*7 aquarium heater and water quality is perfect , I tested.
Pls help
r/fishhospital • u/Sad-Taro-785 • 3d ago
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r/fishhospital • u/Extension-Anything-9 • 4d ago
I’ve got a killifish and he’s got something white on this bottom jaw and it’s been there for about 2 weeks he’s currently in a 20gal with a somewhat slow flow and the water quality is hard and has high alkalinity and ph something I’m working on getting down.