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Parrots have mild case of ICH!!

Thu, 02/02/2012 - 18:26 — luvmyparrots

Noticed this morning that two of out of my four parrots are starting with ich ( this would explain why they were rubbing them selves off the plants and rocks last week, guess it takes a few days for the white spots to actually show)
I have read many people having success with just raising the temp and adding aquarium salt.
How high do i raise the temp and for how long??
Also how much salt? I don't want to harm any fish..I also have a few corys and pictus catfish.
It seems like a mild case I just don't want it to get any worse.
Thank you!

Gill worms

Sun, 01/29/2012 - 12:46 — Jo and Jas

Hi there,


We have two fairly large Parrot fish that we have had for around 18 months now.


One of them has like bloodworms atttached to the inside of it's gills. He is still lively enough and feedinging ok.


We have done a couple of large water changes in the last few weeks and have tried Sera Costapur treatment for a couple of weeks with no results!

Loss of color and bouyancy

Mon, 01/23/2012 - 10:20 — stephena

After commenting to family members last night how beautiful and healthy my Parrort fish were I came downstairs this morning to find the mail on his side at the bottom and extremly pale in color... I gave the tank a water change before I left for work but am worried I may have lost him by the time I return home.


Someone suggested turning the temperature up a notch might help is there anything else I could try and do?

Pink Growth hanging from underside of Parrot!

Sun, 01/08/2012 - 16:16 — Donna Johnson

Hi, noticed today that the pinkish growth on the underside of one of my parrot fish has gotten considerably bigger. It used to just hang their like it was "man bits", today it is trailing like the insides are trying to escape from the fish!


 


The fish have been moved twice in 3 months and obviously this stressed them out quite a bit, anyone got any idea what this growth is (if it is a growth!)


 


many thanks


 


Donna :-)

BPs fading drastically

Fri, 01/06/2012 - 18:57 — reashalynn

I have two large blood parrots that my mother has had for a year. She recently gave them to me to put in my 75 gal because they were outgrowing her tank.They have both been fading quite a bit, my female has faded the worst after egg laying which she has not recovered color. I have well water, but we did take that to get it tested at the pet shop. They said that my water was great. My mother set the tank up for me, she has never had an issue with these fish while they were in her tank, even though hers did become a little overcrowded.

White spots

Thu, 12/29/2011 - 21:46 — laxerreynolds

Hello im new to the cichlid community and i have a 55 gallon tank, 2 common oscars 3 parrot fish (unfortunately i did not do my research before i bout them and they are dyed) and i had two blue belly oscars until last night where i found one died. but today i just looked at my fish and i see white little specks and 2 of my parrots and 2 of my oscars, i am wondering what i can do to help the spots. thanks

Please Help! We are trying to save them...

Thu, 12/15/2011 - 03:29 — barbt2007

Hello Everyone,

Parrot staying at top of tank

Sun, 12/11/2011 - 15:33 — megank88

Hi,

I'm new to the site but I've had parrots for almost a year. I just had to get some more because unfortunately the last ones died of fin rot. I bought two larger parrots from a local fish store that had a really crappy return policy and I didn't know what it was at the time.

The larger of the two had a little white spot on its left gill and, since we've only had him for 3 days, I'm assuming it was there when we bought him. He's acting really strange and hanging out in a top corner or up by the front of the glass.

5 year old parrot, sick for 3 months

Wed, 11/23/2011 - 18:44 — mabruzzo

Hope you can help. I have a 55 Gallon Tank with 5 medium sized Red Parrots that I've had for about 5 years. After going away on vacation and leaving the care of the tank to a friend .... who didn't notice that the power went out and that the filters shut off ... one of my parrots became ill. It started out hiding in a corner, never eating. After bringing my tank back to normal, the other fish seem to be doing great ... but this one never recovered. Over the past 3 months ...... yes 3 MONTH ....

Mourning my lost pets

Thu, 11/03/2011 - 02:33 — bamedeo

I know these fish are not BP but they were lost in my 'disaster' this week and I want to memorialize them by putting this post here:

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