Aquarium Fish Parasites

May 15, 2012 - I usually buy nightcrawlers when I go fishing and they look scrumcious and fat and had a thought. I read online that my "creature" requires nightcrawlers/worms in there daily t. I was wondering if anyone feeds there fish/toads/newts/salamanders ect. live worms purchased from walmart. Just wondering if it would be safe to feed to my aquarium buds without getting parasites. Are they farm Raised...

May 9, 2012 - My one aquarium of platies (also called moons) are ing and I don't know what it is from. I get them and they are healthy looking with no normal signs of being sick or stressed. They have the rounded bellies (like platies have), but after a couple weeks their bellies get flat looking and when I see that, they within a day or two. I have had fish and aquariums for years, but have never seen this. I have done several treatments of binox (broad spectrum for illness) and also had done several...

May 15, 2012 - Name: EXTERNAL PARASITES: Symptoms: Large ugly sores on body Skin looks grey in patches. Fish is lethargic Fins are torn & jagged Fish swim...

May 2, 2012 - The Quarantine Tank plays a necessary role in the marine aquarium hobby mainly because there are a percentage of marine aquarium fishes that come in the hobby with some variety of disease or...