[Ammonia Crazy]

On 6/12/2022 at 4:28 AM, nabokovfan87 said:

What does your water test after 24 hours with aeration?  Kind of unfortunate to have the ammonia in there. I wonder if it can just be off-gassed.  From briefly looking online it sounds like the culprit is probably chloramines in the water that show up on the ammonia test.  From what I read they also cannot be off-gassed.

I really hope you have something to filter water  for cooking or drinking.  They sell under sink systems that might be a good investment for you to filter that out.

I agree, having a container to condition water is a good investment for water changes. They do sell 55G trashcans that you can put on wheels. It's very common use for maintenance companies at well so they don't have to carry buckets in places that don't have water access.

I will have to look and see how I can work that in my apartment

On 6/12/2022 at 5:21 AM, Flumpweesel said:

Maybe to help those little guys out that are in quarantine use some water from the main tank for that water changes as you mentioned it can scrub the tap ammonia.

Get some lucky bamboo (easy to lift and keep on standby if you need to use plant unfriendly meds or salt) or other hungry plant to use the ammonia to.

 

I will look at getting a lucky bamboo. Also I didn't think about using the water from the main tank for the water change.

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On 6/11/2022 at 7:12 PM, Colu said:

Have you tested your tap water for ammonia 

Yea, the water from the tap is 1.0ppm. Which i'm sure is playing a part of the problem but I'm still confused on how to get past it. My main tank doesn't have this problem but I'm sure thats because the gravel and filter media is helping with that.

[Ammonia Crazy]

Good Evening!

So I have been having an ammonia problem with my quarantine tank. It keeps reading 1.0 - 2.0ppm. I have done a number of water changes even done a 50% water change and it doesn't seem to be helping. I put some bio-rings and an old sponge from my main tank setup. I have some guppies and otos in the quarantine tank. The nitrite and nitrates seem be no longer be present. I'm kinda at a lost right now.

[Quarantine Question]

Update on the ich guppy -- looks a lot better after about 15 hours. Will do another water change tonight and add more meds.

[Quarantine Question]

On 6/1/2022 at 8:42 PM, Guppysnail said:

That looks like an injury with swollen connective tissue. As long as no redness or open sores it may heal on its own. Poor thing it happens sometimes no matter how well we do by them. 

It ended up passing away 😞

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On 6/1/2022 at 7:36 PM, nabokovfan87 said:

Yeah, definitely ich! 😕 It's going to require some temp to get the Ich to progress in lifecycle and then hatch out in the substrate/be killed by the meds.
 

 

Definitely just rewatched this video.

Glad that I don't have any substrate in the quarantine tank and hopefully I can get the ich cleared up in the next few days.

On 6/1/2022 at 7:13 PM, xXInkedPhoenixX said:

Thank you!

That's definitely Ich- follow the instructions I posted above- 30% water change and follow the manufacture instructions for ICH X only for now. 

I can't really tell what your fin guy is all about- still leaning more towards deformity @Guppysnail? @Guppyguy? Any of our guppy people see the fin issue before?

Thank you for pointing that out! I there is a wound near the tail of the guppy, still thinking its because of a fight lol

[Quarantine Question]

On 6/1/2022 at 6:37 PM, xXInkedPhoenixX said:

Actually I stand corrected- if we can see another pic and confirm it could be Ich this is what they recommend:

... you start the quarantine medication treatment, a few days later you may see obvious signs of an outbreak like ich (or white spot disease). Change 30% of the water, and follow the manufacturer’s instructions for the medication you need to use (e.g., Ich-X in this case). Once the ich is beaten, wait a couple of weeks with no medication to give the fish a break, and then follow up by treating with the other two quarantine medications (e.g., Maracyn and ParaCleanse) for 1 week as originally suggested.

I got it from https://www.aquariumcoop.com/blogs/aquarium/how-to-treat-sick-aquarium-fish

I don't use the Med Trio so sometimes I have to refresh my memory! I got too much upstairs! 😄🙃

So I should have let the fish sit in the tank for a few days before starting the quarantine medication treatment?

So also for clarification, I should start the process over but only treat for ich then wait?

So here is another shot of Ms. Funky Fin - When I first got her and put her in the think this was not here. It look like a regular fin that would moving properly. I think she may have got into it with another fish.

Here is the fish that I believe has ich.

[Quarantine Question]

So I have my tank set up and I followed the recommendation that were shared on the sight. I'm on day 3 of the quarantine and now one of my guppies appear to be getting white spots on his fins. Should I add medication or wait until Sunday which will a full week. Also I have a fish with a weird looking fin and not sure what it is (sharing a picture)...please help.