Sophia

chicken soup moro gold or moro gold stix? !drool:

Ira is the shortened for humans version of his space name I-r-Alien. They might be relatives :smln:

Warm 1 huge turtle or 5 small turtles?

What worming meds do you use?

car Bunnings or Mitre 10

rock

Just wondering what others' thoughts are on routinely medicating fish/pets. :sage: The closest I have come to doing it is having tonic salt at a low dose in the killie tank but since they have gone I haven't done it again. With the white poop or worm situation in my previous thread I wonder is it a good practise to give new fish a worming after they have settled? I know some will say to quarantine all new fish but it's too late for that in this case and since they are in their own tank that isn't getting any new fish it's a quarantined facility anyway. Should fish that are wild caught be given some kind of tonic or treatment when brought home to acknowledge the fact that they have endured a stressful time that could have impacted their health? Is regular live food and good tank maintenance enough? Personally I am undecided. While I visit the chiropractor once a month for 'maintenance' , I rarely take routine or preventative medication and prefer to seek medical or chemical assistance only when there are symptoms. That I believe is a Western way of thinking, others may believe prevention is better than cure.

:spop:

man pig-nosed turtle or leatherback turtle or

all

one fish's poop is another fish's treasure :thup:

anything

ooh that's a surprise. It really looks like a poop in the last photo but it was so swirly when attached. His friends wanted to snack on it

I wonder if they will have shrimp from their own creek

I reckon it was a worm. This is what I found today in my super wonderful perfect tank - noone has ever been sick in here ever! Never been mixed with the fish that was sick in my other thread, never been overcrowded. It looked like it was coming from the anus and though it was getting caught around the fins and antennae (? :oops: ) and whipped about all over the place it did look alive. While I mulled over which vet to spend the rest of my pay at, one of the other gourami sidled up and bit it off him. I caught it and took it out. It tapered at the end and I couldn't see an end like the worms that attach to the body. So... time for some Droncit or Panacur then? Looks like it hasn't been my week with fish ailments &c:ry

since he is surrounded by a moat he has no choice to snuggle up and get purry

rubiks cube snapping turtle or red eared slider 8)

doing

what a chubster :lol:

ferrari turtle or tortoise?

low-rise

:sml2:

Thanks Dan. I will do some more big water changes this weekend. Have been feeding them chopped worms of various sorts and a little pellet/wafer food also. So am now back to 7 again, 3 males and 4 females.

indian indian with goatee or thai with goatee?

you could collect that water for your tanks though, or are you already on tank water?