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well the first BN to show symptons showed them within 4 hours of changing the filter, so i think that is a bit too quick to be the only cause. i checked the nitrite levels less than 16 hours after the filter change and no nitrites showed. THe BN has been bloated on and off for the last two weeks sin...

Hey thanks for your reply. I replaced my filter 12 hours before and changed one bucket of water when doing this. Otherwise once a week 20-30% water change and gravel vac is done. The water parameters i know are temp 25c., PH is about 7.8 (high i know, but i have had no sucess lowering the PH of the ...

Here is a few pics. His skin looks alot better than two weeks ago. HE hardly moved when i had my hand in the tank trying to get him into photo range. His movement is in fit like bursts and he always has his body twisted as you can see in the photo. He also seems to lean a little to one side all the ...

About two weeks i had an outbreak of some kind of bloat disease which killed about half of my fish and left me with 3 BN, two rosy barb fry, a guppy and a yoyo/pakistani loach. He lost his colour and was very lethargic, laying on his side, but he seems to have recovered a little. Although his skin w...