RyanNJ

Thank you.

Update 1 more doa.

Looks good, nice job. What sealant did you use?

Out of curiosity are you guys using instant hot water heaters on the house. If so they need to be descaled. Changing Cold to hot water so quickly brings calcium deposits. I had in issue with mine and I switched to a adjustable water mixing valve at my fill location. Even using that though you still need to use a D scaler and yearly do a D scaling of the hot water heater if it’s a continuous on demand hot water heater.

Hello all Ryan from Nj. I am a light hobbyist currently running 18 tanks. Need help with the following. After a two week trip with a family member watching my tanks I found the following… I have a outbreak and can’t tell what it is! Went to 3 local fish stores not a chain store and got three different answers with a dead mdoka white lip. It’s a 75G tank which had 8 Placidochromas Phenochilus. Tank was running for 7 months with nothing changing or added, just routine main. Levels are 8.0ph, KH 179, No2 0, NH3 &4 0, Temp 78 deg. Had a spike in No3 to 40ppm did a 30% to 5ppm 4 days ago. In a 3 day span I’ve lost 5. I have pictures and Video of fish including magnified pictures. Looks like a parasite zoom in but also has tumor like spots almost reflecting an ick. Up the temp a little at a time to 84 deg, added api aquarium salt dosed as directed for 75 gallon tank. I started 7 packets api general cure 48 hours ago and 1 treatment of seachem metroplex yesterday. Lost 3 more since treatment started and another looks worse. I also noticed a red spot between the fin and the Gill on all the dead fish on one side. I did 1 tablespoon of their food with one dose of metroplex and focus which started 48 hours ago, only giving a few pellets just to get the meds in them each day. I think I had a cross contamination when doing water changes because today in my main 75 gallon I’m noticing an iceberg Blueberry ob fryeri doing a shimmy and scratching occasionally on substrate like the white lips. Also looking a little indented in belly which the mdoka did not seem to have. I have to get a handle on this asap or loose a lot of stock!! I thank anyone in advance for help!! thank you