Brown on my fish?
Next time you need test supplies, get a Master Test Kit. The API kit can be found for under $20.00 on Petsmart.com and the local stores will match the online prices. Other online sites have it under $15.00. It will last you at least a year or more even with frequent testing. The test strips are so much more expensive… albeit easier to use but if money is an issue, then go with the Master Test Kits with test tubes and reagent chemicals for accurate and inexpensive testing.
I’ve never used Lifeguard so I can’t comment but make sure you don’t overdose and follow instructions as far as doing PWC’s, etc. Hopefully they all make it. A broad spectrum antibiotic and some salt would have probably done just as well as the Lifeguard stuff but if it works, then it’s worth it. If you are going to be rescuing fish/tanks, you might want to keep MelaFix and PimaFix on hand since it’s inexpensive in the bigger bottles and lasts a long time. I buy the 16 oz bottle of Melafix and the 8 oz bottle of Pimafix online pretty cheap and keep it around as a first defense against minor issues that might pop up with new fish. Once you get your fish stabilized and stick to a good tank maintenance schedule, fish will stay pretty healthy after that.
If you haven’t opened that pH reducing stuff, I’d bring it back. It’s not good to use chemicals to reduce your pH as they usually don’t work right and you end up with pH swings that cause your fish major problems. There are natural ways of lowering your pH that are healthier for your tank… if you even need to lower your pH. Most of the times, it’s not needed. Further, it’s not good to put all them chemicals into your tanks. A simple dechlor product that treats heavy metals is all that I use. None of the stress-this and slime-that type stuff. That’s all just added chemicals to your closed ecology, practically turning tanks into toxic waste sites. LOL
As to Pandora’s FishPalace.org site, I sent her an email last night asking if the original site will ever be back up. She had a Gmail address so hopefully it’s still active since they are relatively new email addys for most people. I noticed some of the pictures did not get saved on the WayBack web archived page. I hope she had the pages saved somewhere other than her website hosting company. I’m sure many of the other forums would be glad to host her pages for free on their sites and then she could update them as needed, which won’t happen on the WayBack archives.
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