Mark C.
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What kind of stands do you use @nabokovfan87?
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On 6/12/2023 at 1:56 AM, nabokovfan87 said:
No, the fish are fine!!! I think the only "rush" is the angel with the betta, things might get nippy if the angel is older. If there's any issues, just move the angel to a bucket with a sponge filter for as long as need be. (the bucket is tall, good for the angel)
I have the Angel is a small Betta tank by itself. Not with any other fish. I didn't want to put her in my son's 10 gallon with everyone else. The problem I'm having now is finding a stand that's in stock somewhere.
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I just took a level to the stand again. There is a bow in the center of front to back. I would say it's somewhere between an eighth and a quarter of an inch. That may have put pressure on the bottom center of the tank and overtime may have caused that issue. I guess I better find a new stand ugh. My time is just so limited now because I have to try to save the fish.
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On 6/12/2023 at 1:35 AM, nabokovfan87 said:
I'm sorry, I am sure there was a full thought there! If you aren't concerned with the stand, which I think we both agree you aren't and it shouldn't have caused any issues. If you aren't concerned with having a 29G in that spot again, then maybe a pad would give you some piece of mind! (circle which ever applies) 😂
Not sure the rubber mat will give me piece of mind. I have never had the concern of a tank leaking but now I will always be worried about it. Will the rubber mat just help level it out if it is a little off?
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On 6/12/2023 at 12:59 AM, nabokovfan87 said:
Absolutely! Do you see any weirdness or feel the silicone on the bottom separating from the glass? Was there any crack or failure on the rim?
I have not looked at the tank yet. It was dark when it all started so I have the tank sitting on my front porch with the substrate still in it until tomorrow. I will try to inspect it tomorrow and see if I can see anything. I know the tank was a little unlevel because the water on one side was slightly higher but not by much. But I never noticed it was off from the front to back. Before I set the new one up tomorrow I will make sure it's level all four ways.
On 6/12/2023 at 12:59 AM, nabokovfan87 said:If you aren't, maybe add a rubber (yoga mat works) under the tank just for the sake of doing so to act as a cushion. It will also protect the stand from any drips over time. Some people cut the mats to the tank itself, I cut mine to the top face dimensions of the stand.
What do you mean with the yoga mat? You started that sentence with "If you aren't" Maybe I missed it but if I'm not what?
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Thanks @nabokovfan87 You were always so helpful when I went through all of my struggles when I first got my tanks going.
I didn’t take any pictures or anything. I was panicked because we have hard wood floors. I didn’t even think about putting the fish in a bucket instead of into another tank.
I have the tank on a piece of furniture that is very flat. I looked at that tonight after I read that an unlevel surface could cause a seal to fail. But I put a level on it tonight, with the tank off of it, and it is very flat. There may be like a 32nd or so of space in the middle but very slight. Now, I don’t think it bows with the tank on it but I’m not 100% sure. But it lasted a little over a year with that setup. Could it just have been a faulty tank?I plan to call Aqueon in the morning. They were closed tonight when this all went down. I’m hoping they will do something even though I can’t wait on them to get another tank but the replacement 29 by itself is only $40 at Petco right now. I thought about changing the tank because I am Leary of getting another Aqueon tank but it’s more cost efficient right now to just replace the tank since I have all the other accessories for it.
The stand top that it was off is sealed so it should be fine.
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I only have a small amount of the water that came out of the tank. The tank itself still has some water in it that should keep the substrate wet overnight I would think. I have the piece of driftwood in a bucket but it doesn’t have any of the tank water in it. Should I put it in regular treated water?
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So this evening I was heading to bed and as I walked by my 29 Gallon Aqueon tank, I noticed a puddle on our wood floor. I then realized that water was gushing from one of the bottom corner behind that black plastic. I have never had this happen before. We have had that tank for just over a year. Got it April 29th of last year. We relocated the smaller fish, 6 Cardinal Tetras, 3 Harlequin Rasboras and 2 Otos to my son's 10 gallon tank and put our Angel Fish in a small betta tank for the night. I put an air stone in the little tank with the Angel.
I have ordered a replacement tank from Petco that I will be able to pick up in the morning but I am nervous about getting the same tank and if this happens again. I am also nervous about filling the new tank and putting the fish back into a non-cycled tank. But I have the old tank so I will replace all the rocks and the driftwood, and I still have some water in the filter with the same media.
Will having these old rocks and items help it cycle faster? I'm only really concerned about my Angel fish. The others.....meh!
Thanks!
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On 7/13/2022 at 6:25 AM, Colu said:
It could be Columnaris how long has your fish had the white is it eating ok and what are your water parameters @Mark C.
Hey, thanks for the reply. I only noticed the spot the day he started swimming funny and died the next day. I have very low KH so it's buffered with crushed coral in the HOB filter so my PH stays around 7 and my Nitrates are around 30 ppm. Zero for the Ammonia and Trites.
I'm just worried about the other fish in the tank, mainly my angel fish. They are acting fine and I don't see any discolorations on them at all. They are all eating fine.
Should I treat the tank with someone just as precaution?
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Hey everyone, one of my Harlequin Rasboras has this white area on it's back and doesn't look like it will live because it's having trouble swimming. Anyone know what it could be and if I should be concerned for my other fish? Do I need to treat the tank with something?
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On 7/7/2022 at 10:11 PM, nabokovfan87 said:
I would wait to change anything until nitrates are consistently lower week to week. If they are rising exponentially, more snails will just make it worse.
Naw I’m not having an issue with Trates getting super high quickly. It takes a good two weeks to get up there above 40 ppm
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So should I just get another mystery snail or two instead of trying to get any other algae eating fish? I’m having bad luck obviously. And the wafers I was feeding are the Hikari Wafers.
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On 7/7/2022 at 3:39 PM, nabokovfan87 said:
Snails help out with the algae for sure. I would think that they might have a spike in some parameters just in general, meaning something like clean water will help the fish out.
Maybe @Guppysnailhas some advice or experience here that would be beneficial.
I would just try to keep nitrates below 20 and see how much they rise week to week. If you're spiking really high, it might be a sign of too much bioload. As for any other fish, do they seem healthy? Plants doing ok?Yeah the plants and the other fish are doing great! The plants are eating the Trates up. Even dosing easy green, It takes two weeks for the Trates to get up to 40 or 50 ppm.
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On 7/7/2022 at 2:13 PM, nabokovfan87 said:
I'm assuming it was food, but it could've been just a simple acclimation issue. Difficult to know. I usually try to go off of their gill colors to keep track of stress on them. I have one I can't find at all but was doing just fine for a few months. The other 4 have no issues.
Any spikes on ammonia or nitrites?Nope. Water is great! Zero Ammonia. Zero Trites and about 30 to 40 ppm of Trates. Maybe I’ll just stick with snails.
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On 7/7/2022 at 1:51 PM, nabokovfan87 said:
Could be. Did the oto usually hang out on the glass or where?
It's pretty difficult to feed otos and have snails always scaring them off. Having rocks for them to graze on, back glass, and then feeding should keep them happy. I wouldn't suggest to just dump food in, but if you have more otos in there try to get an idea for how full they look.
That was the only Oto that I had because I hadn't been able to find anymore at my local stores. They spent a lot of time on the glass but a lot of time he stayed on the Amazon Sword and most recently on the heater.
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On 7/7/2022 at 1:24 PM, nabokovfan87 said:
Is it possible it was difficult for the oto to eat heavily or internal parasites? Was the belly usually full?
Hard to tell man. He seemed to be eating good. I was putting algae wafers in there occasionally and they were disappearing. So either he was eating them or the mystery snails were. The mystery snails are doing great maybe I did just need to add one more of those?
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I spoke too soon. My Oto died after like two weeks. Dang it
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Just an update. The 29 gallon tank is doing great. Haven’t lost any fish since the Rubbernose Pleco. I added an Oto and it’s doing great actually. Petco only had one and hasn’t gotten anymore in. I want to get probably 2 more. The 10 gallon tank still has an amount of ammonia in it but the fish are doing fine and it’s still crystal clear water.
Everything in the 29 gallon is growing like crazy. Especially the plants. I’m gonna post a new picture and compare it to the old pic from this post at the very beginning. That Amazon Sword is growing like crazy and that’s the top runner to the left of it that I cut off and planted.
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On 6/22/2022 at 3:45 PM, nabokovfan87 said:
Could just be molting time.
Does the Betta tank have crushed coral? It would be a good candidate to add some (more) to the substrate if she doesn't mind the white.
The betta tank is the 10 gallon and no it doesn't have any crushed coral. It's the one that I am having the ammonia issue in. But if the low PH is making the ammonia less toxic then it makes me feel better.
It has black sand as a substrate.
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On 6/22/2022 at 2:53 PM, Torrey said:
Depends on what species you are keeping, goals long term, how much you enjoy stress, etc.
You have an opportunity for a science experiment, and you can just test, observe, monitor.
You have an opportunity to add crushed coral, or some other long term stabilizer, and see how that efffects your cycle.
The world (or in this case your fish tank) is literally your oyster, and you get decide which pearl you want to grow:
low pH testing and observations? means more work monitoring, and can also be fun!
add KH? can alleviate worry and also be fun!
I do know that if you make your decision out of a fear of failure, you are 90% more likely to experience what you fear. So literally, my recommendation is pick the path that you think you will have the most fun with, commit fully, and embrace whatever happens as a hilariously entertaining learning opprotunity.
It keeps the hobby more fun that way.🤷🏼♂️
[Not everyone appreciates my sense of humor, so results vary wildly]
Well thanks for all of those options. I have used the same water in this tank from the beginning so I feel like the fish are adapted to it but I also have a fear that my wife will shoot me if her Betta dies lol. I think I will leave it alone and maybe do one or two smaller water changes per week and see what happens? The fish all seem to be fine. There are two ghost shrimp in there that don't look so hot. Their bodies look frosted white with a hint of blue but they are still kicking. But the other fish are thriving at this point. So I'm just going to keep on keeping on until I notice the fish in some sort of distress. Then I will make some other serious moves. I'm already having to battle with my 29 gallon tank to keep the KH levels up a little to buffer the water. I don't need a secondary issue right now. I have only been in this fish game for a few months now. I'm just wondering when it's gonna get easier lol. But I can say, I have already learned so much so it's already less sucky so I have high hopes!
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On 6/22/2022 at 4:15 AM, Torrey said:
That looks like pH of 6.0? or is it lower? Doing a reverse filter on your picture makes it easier to see.
Which may be the problem. Lower pH, the acidic water keeps the ammonia in a safer form which is helpful as the bacteria don't grow as well (the ammonia compromises the integrity of the bacteria). You may have found your answer, it's been too long since I have lived anywhere that didn't have liquid rock (it took me almost a year and an incredible amount of tannins to get *one* of my tanks down to 6.8 pH) to remember the chemistry regarding pH, ammonia, and plant health.
Essentially, there may be too low pH for the plants to adequately uptake all of the available ammonia from the food left over. I generally ghost feed my tanks for about 6 months before thinking about adding live creatures, and I feed for what I want to have, so by the time I add fish the tank is stable. Until I fail epically at an experiment... like lowering TDS to get rid of cyanobacteria, lol
So should I try to buffer the water in any way to increase my KH which will raise the PH some? Or should I just leave it alone and monitor it to make sure the ammonia doesn't get higher? I have been dosing the tank with Prime to keep it less toxic.
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On 6/21/2022 at 6:28 PM, nabokovfan87 said:
Sounds good. I'm curious what is really going on. Like you mentioned before, maybe you just need more sponge or something in there to give it a kick.
@Torreyhhave you ever had a situation like this where things just never stayed cycled?
Yeah I don’t know man. The water is crystal clear. I haven’t done any water changes in this tank since I was last having this issue like 2 weeks ago. I just ran all the water tests except for KH because I know that’s low because I haven’t ever had any coral in the 10 gallon. My PH is still super low but that’s nothing new. My ammonia has come down a little bit. Looks to be between .25 and .5 to me. Zero Trites. Some but not a lot of Trates!
The fish seem great. My Betta is doing well. There are a couple of super plump Cherry Barbs in there. A few glow light tetras that look good then the one Rummy Nose Tetra that survived when I had those in there.
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When feeding them I do notice a small amount on the substrate, but not a lot. I’m trying to be very cautious about over feeding them.
it was between .5 and 1 ppm. I did not test the other two this time but I will today. All I have right now is the Master Test kit.
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I’m back to having an ammonia issue in my 10G. I’m wondering if I need a bigger sponge filter or if I just need to add another one? I have an Aquarium Co-op Small sponge filter in there and 5 or 6 plants. I would think the plants would do more. I don’t feel like we are over feeding them at all.
This fish keeping stuff isn’t that easy at first. Dang.
Aqueon Tank started Leaking!
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@nabokovfan87 do you think if I put the yoga mat under the tank is would absorb that bow in the middle of the stand?