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03-01-2010, 05:52 PM
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Senior Member
Join Date: Jan 2009
Location: maine
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Could 1 more thing go wrong in my tank...ReAllY??!!!
So first ich (months ago) then brown algae (not totally cleared yet), cyanobacteria (I am in the trenches now) and then THIS?!
What is this on my bettas tail?? I just noticed it this evening, sorry the pics are blurry... on the 2nd one it look like a weird piece of jelly but it is round and looks more whitish (at first I thought it was a snail) he is swimming, eating, acting normal, I have had him for awhile I have never seen anything like this in my tank, its not even close to his body, like on the actual fish, its 1/2 down his tail!! What is this and how do I treat it? Heeeeeeelp me!!!!!!!
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03-01-2010, 06:30 PM
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Fish Watcher...
Join Date: Feb 2008
Location: West Midlands, England
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This looks very much like a Fungal Infection, I suggest you do a 75% water change and then you can get treatment for fungal infections from nearly every fish store. Keep to the instructions and it should clear within 3-5 days 
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4 Gold Severums (2")
2 Keyhole Cichlids (2")
1 Golden Sucking Loach (3")
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03-01-2010, 07:17 PM
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Join Date: Oct 2007
Age: 19
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Brown algae isnt even a problem, I've had it in all my tanks I just left it.
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03-01-2010, 09:00 PM
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~ Dirt Kart Racing ~
Join Date: Nov 2009
Location: Minnesota
Age: 15
Posts: 301
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Yeah, brown algae is no problem. Scrape it yourself or have a pleco do it for you haha
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10 Gallon Freshwater
- 1 Albino Bushynose Plecostomus (Shamgar-2 1/8'')
- 6 Harlequin Rasboras (No Names-1'')
Other Pets
- Buddy (Shi-tzu dog, age 4)
- Thumper (Netherland Dwarf rabbit, age 8)
*Link to my tank's own web cam. It works only when I broadcast. http://76.17.182.161:8081/
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03-01-2010, 09:17 PM
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Junior Member
Join Date: Mar 2010
Location: Alberta
Age: 22
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I agree with the fungal infection.
If the algae REALLY bothers you, one thing you can do is to add something like this: http://www.thatpetplace.com/pet/group/24604/product.web ,or an equivalent, to the water and it should clear up nicely. Although the species of cyanobacteria in marine and freshwater are different, they seem to be closely related enough that this works for both.
Good luck!
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5.5 gallon DIY betta terrarium - java moss, duckweed.
65 gallon planted community - 4 congo tetras, 1 angelfish, 5 diamond tetras, 6 choprai danios, 2 clown plecos, 5 paleatus corydoras, 2 gouramis... wisteria difformis, echinodorus bleheri, cryptocoryne wendtii, twisted val, alternathia reineckii, java fern, anubias var. nana, anubias var. coffeefolia.
10 gallon planted community - 1 betta, 3 threadfin rainbows, 3 rasbora espei, 1 mountain cloud minnow... fava fern, duckweed.
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03-02-2010, 02:22 AM
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Senior Member
Join Date: Apr 2009
Location: N. Hollywood, CA
Age: 29
Posts: 853
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your heater can break and cook all your fish while you sleep.
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GH 180+
KH 120
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Jager Heater
Overflow Box
2 female Betta
6 Discus
2 Sidthimunki
2 Clown Loach
30gal. Acrylic Sump
Jager submersible heater
Marineland Emperor 400
Aquarium pump (canister flow booster)
Fluval 305 Canister Filter
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03-02-2010, 09:22 AM
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Darth Ichthyos
Join Date: Jan 2005
Posts: 5,844
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Pima-fix or standard salt treatment should help.
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