http://mbunamadness.forumotion.com/health-and-disease-f19/-t1.htm Health and Disease topics, Treatment, Food, etc. Fri, 16 Oct 2009 18:10:41 GMT 10 http://i89.servimg.com/u/f89/12/19/62/09/ban2mb11.png http://mbunamadness.forumotion.com/health-and-disease-f19/-t1.htm http://mbunamadness.forumotion.com/health-and-disease-f19/our-new-site-t503.htm richard It has been a while since we left this site, i am just writing to let you know that this site is closed even though this site has been spammed in the past few months, if by chance you come back to this site pleease note that our domain name has changed as below PLEASE LOG INTO WWW.MBUNAMADNESS.COM IF YOU CANNOT REMEMBER YOUR LOG IN DETAILS FOR THE NEW SITE, EMAIL ME AT richard@mbunamadness.com Health and Disease Fri, 16 Oct 2009 18:10:41 GMT http://mbunamadness.forumotion.com/health-and-disease-f19/our-new-site-t503.htm#4324 http://mbunamadness.forumotion.com/health-and-disease-f19/our-new-site-t503.htm http://mbunamadness.forumotion.com/health-and-disease-f19/more-ich-ick-in-the-90-gallon-african-tank-t455.htm cc_woman Today I noticed a couple of my african cichlids with ich. I have no clue how it got transfered, but I am leaning toward the possibility that my africans had it first, and when I took some water out of that tank to put in the 90 gallon discus tank (the water parameters are the same) to help cycle it again, I must have transported the ich over. I think the only reason the community tank got such a bad case of it is because the water parameters were screwed up and water quality was poor at the ... Health and Disease Mon, 28 Apr 2008 00:20:20 GMT http://mbunamadness.forumotion.com/health-and-disease-f19/more-ich-ick-in-the-90-gallon-african-tank-t455.htm#4088 http://mbunamadness.forumotion.com/health-and-disease-f19/more-ich-ick-in-the-90-gallon-african-tank-t455.htm http://mbunamadness.forumotion.com/health-and-disease-f19/stressed-discus-t425.htm cc_woman Well it has been 4 days now since I have changed the substrate in the discus tank. One of our wild caught discus is looking very stressed and not well He is really dark in color and he still has all his fins really clamped. Earlier today he was resting at the bottom not moving much, but now he is at least in the open floating mid tank. The ammonia levels are down, but the nitrites are still about 0.8ppm. I did another water change today and put more salt and some melafix in. I am hoping this ... Health and Disease Thu, 24 Apr 2008 02:50:25 GMT http://mbunamadness.forumotion.com/health-and-disease-f19/stressed-discus-t425.htm#3844 http://mbunamadness.forumotion.com/health-and-disease-f19/stressed-discus-t425.htm http://mbunamadness.forumotion.com/health-and-disease-f19/quarantine-alley-t421.htm korndog I bit the bullet and went and picked up a hospital tank-got a 10gal, a powerhead, and a hood. Also picked up some "cycle", and some fungus medication. The strategy is this: Take chiclets that look fungus-y or acting sick and put them in here for a while and see how they do. I used my bio sponge and about 5gal of the original tank water. I added medication and cycle to the tank. So far the water parameters are better on my aide station(MASH aquarium) than on my 55g. That was easy-so ... Health and Disease Wed, 23 Apr 2008 05:03:47 GMT http://mbunamadness.forumotion.com/health-and-disease-f19/quarantine-alley-t421.htm#3761 http://mbunamadness.forumotion.com/health-and-disease-f19/quarantine-alley-t421.htm http://mbunamadness.forumotion.com/health-and-disease-f19/1-ea-pearl-white-zebra-mbloat-casualty-t374.htm korndog As of yesterday evening, my pearl white zebra died from what was a case of the bloat. Kind of interesting considering none of my fish have had anything other than flake food, be it spirulina or omega cichlid flake. I treated the tank to hopefully head off an offensive strike, or an "inside job" lol- Health and Disease Fri, 18 Apr 2008 23:48:04 GMT http://mbunamadness.forumotion.com/health-and-disease-f19/1-ea-pearl-white-zebra-mbloat-casualty-t374.htm#3369 http://mbunamadness.forumotion.com/health-and-disease-f19/1-ea-pearl-white-zebra-mbloat-casualty-t374.htm http://mbunamadness.forumotion.com/health-and-disease-f19/new-10-gallon-t388.htm mbunaboy91 i am setting up a new 10 gallon fry tank i got for free from my neighbor. i am doing a fishless cycle have never try a fishless cycle. i have pour half half the tank with my 60gallon water and the other half with my tap water (condintioner as well). it is running by a new sponge filter and an old 10gallon HOB whisper from my 20gallon (will this help?). so how can i get this tank cycle without fish? i usually cycle my tank with convicts because they are hardy fish..but i dont have any left. ... Health and Disease Sat, 19 Apr 2008 19:43:08 GMT http://mbunamadness.forumotion.com/health-and-disease-f19/new-10-gallon-t388.htm#3454 http://mbunamadness.forumotion.com/health-and-disease-f19/new-10-gallon-t388.htm http://mbunamadness.forumotion.com/health-and-disease-f19/breathing-t365.htm korndog My fish, all of them, from day one seem like they breathe fast. They do not have odd behavior, and are quite active, but their mouths are always going, and their gills are as well at the same rate-just seems fast. What would cause this if it is bad... Health and Disease Fri, 18 Apr 2008 04:58:19 GMT http://mbunamadness.forumotion.com/health-and-disease-f19/breathing-t365.htm#3318 http://mbunamadness.forumotion.com/health-and-disease-f19/breathing-t365.htm http://mbunamadness.forumotion.com/health-and-disease-f19/pearl-white-z-bloat-t351.htm korndog I have a Pearl White Zebra that may have the bloat-actually, among the several other fish, he is the only that just stopped eating, and looks as if he was sliced open at the bottom on his belly. He swims fine, and is not sluggish, and he isnt fatted-should I treat the whole tank for it? Health and Disease Thu, 17 Apr 2008 02:32:53 GMT http://mbunamadness.forumotion.com/health-and-disease-f19/pearl-white-z-bloat-t351.htm#3188 http://mbunamadness.forumotion.com/health-and-disease-f19/pearl-white-z-bloat-t351.htm http://mbunamadness.forumotion.com/health-and-disease-f19/red-anus-anal-t318.htm mbunaboy91 hey does anyone know why my fish anal hole gotten bigger and red? i am thinking it is an early indicator of bloat. the fish is still swimming and eatting. maybe it is a internal parasites? or worms? i have in a seperated tank right now. i do waterchanges once a week. temperature 78. i also think it is a breeding tube. but like i said my first time expericing mbunas. is this a vent? before i got it out...i notice some other acei were shaking their heads at eachother..but i am not 100 percent ... Health and Disease Sun, 13 Apr 2008 18:17:37 GMT http://mbunamadness.forumotion.com/health-and-disease-f19/red-anus-anal-t318.htm#2726 http://mbunamadness.forumotion.com/health-and-disease-f19/red-anus-anal-t318.htm http://mbunamadness.forumotion.com/health-and-disease-f19/bloated-kenyi-s-t244.htm cc_woman I was wondering if anyone knew what could be causing my female kenyis to be bloated. We lost one of them this morning, and the other one we have looks like her tummy is bloated too. They were in the 25 gallon tank for a couple weeks, and were fine up until a few days ago. I took them out of it because I wanted to separate the females from the male for a week then put them back in after, to see if it will help with them breeding. But I noticed the morning before I removed them, that they had bloated ... Health and Disease Sat, 05 Apr 2008 00:25:43 GMT http://mbunamadness.forumotion.com/health-and-disease-f19/bloated-kenyi-s-t244.htm#1892 http://mbunamadness.forumotion.com/health-and-disease-f19/bloated-kenyi-s-t244.htm http://mbunamadness.forumotion.com/health-and-disease-f19/nls-formula-foods-t262.htm cc_woman Ok guys it has been 3 weeks since I have started my fish on the NLS food. But we are still using up some of our old food, so they don't get just the NLS. The protomelas is the one who has shown the most difference in color, before he was always a drab brown, but now the yellow and blue are very bold. Here is a picture of him....not a very good picture, he moved around too much and fast lol. Before NLS: After NLS: He is now a great looking fish Health and Disease Tue, 08 Apr 2008 03:50:30 GMT http://mbunamadness.forumotion.com/health-and-disease-f19/nls-formula-foods-t262.htm#2153 http://mbunamadness.forumotion.com/health-and-disease-f19/nls-formula-foods-t262.htm http://mbunamadness.forumotion.com/health-and-disease-f19/eye-injury-will-it-heal-t151.htm bulldogg7



Fish is a Protomelas sp., I've seen scratches and scrapes heal. Anyone think this will? I think my Ps. sp. kingsizei got hold of him. He appears to be blind in that eye now. Am using Melafix.
Anyone seen something this bad heal?]]> Health and Disease Tue, 25 Mar 2008 15:22:33 GMT http://mbunamadness.forumotion.com/health-and-disease-f19/eye-injury-will-it-heal-t151.htm#957 http://mbunamadness.forumotion.com/health-and-disease-f19/eye-injury-will-it-heal-t151.htm http://mbunamadness.forumotion.com/health-and-disease-f19/fishless-cycling-t198.htm Arteta Apologies first if I've put this in the wrong section but was just hoping for some clarification on fishless cyling. I've heard 2 theorys, one is that once it's completed you should stock your tank asap before the bacteria reduces, and the other being just to add them slowly which is what I'm doing. Any ideas? Health and Disease Mon, 31 Mar 2008 05:29:38 GMT http://mbunamadness.forumotion.com/health-and-disease-f19/fishless-cycling-t198.htm#1463 http://mbunamadness.forumotion.com/health-and-disease-f19/fishless-cycling-t198.htm http://mbunamadness.forumotion.com/health-and-disease-f19/mbuna-scratching-t152.htm mbunaboy91 is scratching always mean there is something wrong with my mbuna? i notice that some of my yellow labs scratch after a waterchange. but then sometimes my yellow lab would swim and then scratch agaisnt the gravel. but i dont see any white spots at all. maybe they like to scratch? Health and Disease Tue, 25 Mar 2008 18:27:51 GMT http://mbunamadness.forumotion.com/health-and-disease-f19/mbuna-scratching-t152.htm#965 http://mbunamadness.forumotion.com/health-and-disease-f19/mbuna-scratching-t152.htm http://mbunamadness.forumotion.com/health-and-disease-f19/injury-to-flavus-t46.htm Nads After my tank swap and move of stocks my dominant Northern Blue went on a rampage and managed to get hold of my female flavus, resulting in a severe bite to her side. The pics below show how bad the wound is, a whole chunk of skin has been torn away leaving the muscle exposed. I have decided to do this thread as think there is a good chance that this girly will make a full recovery (although she may be scarred) as the wound is not infected and there is no sign of fungus. She is also ... Health and Disease Sat, 16 Feb 2008 21:23:55 GMT http://mbunamadness.forumotion.com/health-and-disease-f19/injury-to-flavus-t46.htm#167 http://mbunamadness.forumotion.com/health-and-disease-f19/injury-to-flavus-t46.htm