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Aquaboy on Thursday, November 11th, 2010 |
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ok a friend of my mom’s gave me her tank and fish… and they r all really REALLY sick. I have been trying my hardest 2 treat them but it seems like they arnt really gettiung better. So i’ll start with one fish in this question. Its a black angel fish I belive they’re called marbles. He has one eye that is completely white and crusty looking, and he swims around wierdly in the morning when i turn the tank light on. Its like he cant keep up right, I’ve watched this fish do backflips, front flips, twirls and he bumps into everything, and its only in the morning when i wake up, he’ll be fine the night before i shut the light off but its as if the current in the tank is 2 much 4 him to handle in the morning. I’ve been treating the tank 4 close 2 4 months now using all sorts of stuff and not seeing very much progress. right now i’m using Fungus Clear Tank Buddies. some1 plz tell me if i’m doing the right thing or if there is something better i could be doing, i love these fish already they are my insperation when i need it.
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Aquaboy on Monday, November 8th, 2010 |
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right i had ten fish, 5 of which were big and 5 small the last small one died today and my five bigger danios are totally fine.. i have been overfeeding only due to instructions on my flake food but no will correct this by feeding them every other day or every 2 days.
my gravel & fake plants were digusting due to these fish decaying while i was on holiday. so ive re started my tank so its all clean and fresh because it really was a state. my question is how long should i leave my tank again before i put my fish back in.
i do have the tapsafe liquid in already. my fish are current in a massive bucket with my filter with some old water from the tank for the time being.
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Aquaboy on Sunday, November 7th, 2010 |
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I have a 26 gallon bowfront with some fish a cleaner shrimp some live rock and some soft coral. My t5 coralife light just went out. I’m pretty sure it’s the ballast but can’t find a replacement. The problem is I just got laid off and dont have the 100 bucks to replace it. I need something to keep up with everything I have in my tank. Any ideas or suggestions would be greatly appreciated
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Aquaboy on Sunday, November 7th, 2010 |
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okay currently i have a sick cory catfish that is in his own tank and healing so if he gets better he going back into the ten gallon i have a betta in the ten gallon as well i wud like to switch that tank to sand to help my catfishes barbs and i am getting like a 50 gallon tank for 3 goldfish this is all coming from petco so rite now my ten gallon has neon rocks should i keep the goldfish fimilar and stick the same or can i switch to sand or other gravel? also what kind of rocks and decor do they like? and plants its all about the goldfish in this tank i want to make the goldfish look more colorful and make it look cool and fun with the 10 gallon after the goldies move out i want to add 5 tetras and another cory so i have 2 coryies But i also want another small school of fish what is good?
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Aquaboy on Sunday, November 7th, 2010 |
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I have a 60G tank that has cardinal tetras in it. Fing ich broke out in my tank for no reason what so ever, i really don’t know how it broke out, maybe i introduced it with wet hands or something idk, but that;s besides the point.
anyway, i have a 10G tank that is not set up, i just set it up tday and i put some of the old filter media with no carbon (from my 60G tank) in the 10G tank that is set up woth tank water. I also have about 1 cup of bio media in my tank at all times in case of emergencies (my tank does not need it because its been set up for 6 months and is FULLY cycled. I took out the bio media and put 60Gs worth in my 10G tank. should that speed up the cycle so i can put the few cardinals that are sick in there?
will it be a big problem that i took out the bio media from the main tank and have it in the Q tank? will that cause an ammonia spike in my main tank? i doubt it will because all i took out was the media, a peice of nasty filter media (the stuff that has the carbon in it but i cut out the carbon)
frankly, im asking how long until i can safely add the cardinals to the tank without killing them due to ammonia spikes?
did i add enough bacteria to the q tank from my old tank? (1 cup of 5 month old bio media and a month old cartrage without carbon) and 6G of tank water with 4Gs of tap water.
i know how to take care of ich, but i’m unsure about Q tanks. i don’t need any advice on the ich, because I can do that 
but i have NOOOOO clue on what to do Q tank wise. did i do everything correctly?
will the Q tank have enough bacteria to handle roughly 5-10 max (1”) cardinals? (i only think 4-6 have ich but just in case any others do)
is there anyway i can prevent ammonia spikes because it’s useless to set up the tank to safe them when i’m inevitably going to kill them wih ammonia 
that would be sad and a waste of time.
any tips will help and sorry if i sounds bossy or mean i’m just a little annoyed due to the darn protazoan parasite that’s leaching off my poor fish. thank you so much and once again, sorry if a sound snippy, thank you!!!!!!!!!!
btw, try to give me as much info as possible, it’s hard to use 1-2 lines of info, thank you and sorry again if i sound like a jerk.
TY
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Aquaboy on Friday, November 5th, 2010 |
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55 gallon. i think 2 of the cichlids are sick.. one looks like he has fin rot mixed it ich..white little spots and fins are rotting away. was using melafix.. decided to a 40%water swap and put in 5 anti fungus tablets. like the directions said.. is that ok or what? what is it and what do i do?
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Aquaboy on Thursday, November 4th, 2010 |
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Another budgie bit his wing and then he bit it because it was annoying him and then he bit it down too far and it started to bleed. It is the second last feather on his wing (a flight feather) and I clean it with water then I put flour on it to try and stop the bleeding. He kept bleeding and I put more and more flour on it each time. Then just before it stopped bleeding for a long time when I put flour on it and then it started again so I did the same thing. I cant take him to the vet or pet shop because they are closed and now he has a patch of dried blood under his wing. I don’t have a spare cage to put him in because I just put my other budgie in it for a different reason. For now I have him in one of those small mice/fish things (like a plastic box with air holes up the top) and I gave him seed and water, he is eating but i havent seen him drink yet. I can find the tweezers to pluck the feather and I have not done it before by myself so I am kind of scared to do it. Could I wait untill the morning to go to the pet shop or even in the afternoon tommorow (I have school). If I can wait that long where should I keep him? (In the box or the outside cage where he originally was? – they dont fight very much outside normally) If I cant wait that long, apart from tweezers what can i use to pluck his feather?
this looks like what I have him in now: http://img.alibaba.com/photo/202882523/P…
will he get too hot in there overnight? I really don’t want to leave him in there and I might have to put him in the big cage ouytside (indoor/outdoor aviary).
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Aquaboy on Thursday, November 4th, 2010 |
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first of all, i got this betta last saturday. since then he has been in a two gallon tank with a filter, gravel, and bamboo.
two new changes:
- new black gravel put in last night. first washed in warm water.
- new heater http://www.petsmart.com/product/index.js…
i have been treating my fish for fin rot with proper dosage of medication.
as of tonight he has been laying at the bottom of the tank, he has been eating, but he has this white patch all below his throat (eyes/mouth). it seems as though a sore has started at the beginning of his top fin, and like red patches have been sprouting all over the place. i tested the ph and it was hard, alkaline. bettas are egg laying fish so i thought that was fine. he also seems like a white hole is starting above his eye.
i noticed this morning that the filters bubbles had changed, from big and bulbous to small and clumpy, if you run your hand across the top of the tank it seems as though the water has the same consistency of freshly poured soda.
please help me for i am not about to destroy this fish cause hes sick; he has every right to live.
