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1 minute ago, StephenP2003 said:

The aqueon versa top hinges are not glued on, and it just takes a little bit of force to pull the glass out of the grooves. 

Just do it carefully on a soft surface or you might do what I did to the top on my 29 gallon. 

 

Thank you!

[What did you get done today?]

On 8/30/2020 at 8:09 PM, StephenP2003 said:

Got fed up with the black hinges on my glass tops dictating where I put my light, so I removed most of it and left a couple inches on each side. 

May I ask how you removed it? This is an amazing idea. Thanks!

[Other Pets]

10 minutes ago, Wisnasky-tank said:

Forgive me but the little boy looks like my nephew Jayden and that german shepherd is beautiful 

No problem lol that's my 5 year old son. 🙂 and thanks, Sabre thinks he's pretty handsome too

[Tinwini Disaster]

My LFS orders from two sources and those places don't have any in the 6th months I've been asking. 💁💁

[Tinwini Disaster]

2 minutes ago, Alison said:

😞 super bummer in general but especially when it's something you have wanted for awhile and were really looking forward to. 

Thanks so much for understanding. Yep it's been a crappy situation and hard on my bank account lol. I am in love with the tinwini and plan to get more to fill out my school (if these 4 live). I'm on the hunt for another source now.

[Tinwini Disaster]

1 minute ago, Alison said:

Is there any chance they could have some kind of internal parasite? Did you treat them for anything? I see that you did put them into your quarantine tank but it's not clear if you added any kind of treatment.
 

Hi Alison,

Thanks for the reply! Yes I added both salt and Prazipro doses. I thought parasite as well!

[Other Pets]

My other pets:

Cat = Cloud, 18 months

German Shepherd = Sabre, 7 years

Long haired Chihuahua = Archie, 2 years

[New, in WA State]

7 minutes ago, Daniel said:

Welcome, so glad to have you here! Are you a dog trainer?

Hi Daniel,

Yes, I'm a trainer. Not currently working as such, however. Between Covid and and a move to a poor location I've had to shut down business operations. But, I'm happy to be out from under the burden of running a small business for now 🙂

[New, in WA State]

Hello everyone,

I'm Jamie and I live in Bremerton, WA. Between my boyfriend and I we have 4 tanks and counting. We have 4 empty tanks, a 65, a 75, and two 10 gals. 

I've had tropical fish off and on since I was 5. My Grandmother kept fish and tanks going for 55+ years and my comfort around the idea of fish keeping began with her and my Mom. "My" first fish were 3 Angels in a big tank when I was 5. My first true venture with the responsibility of a tank was a 20 gallon when I was 11. I had that tank for about 18 months, then my next venture was when I was 23 and accidentally bred my giant Danios. Saved 7 fry, one survived to nearly 2" then moved and gave them back to my LFS.

I gave myself a Christmas present almost two years ago of 29 gallon kit and did a year of obsessive research on YouTube (how I found out about the Co-Op) before setting it up in December of last year.

Thanks for letting me join and learn!

[Tinwini Disaster]

I'm looking for some help with my new D. Tinwini juvinile. Here's my story.

Two weeks ago I received my very first mail delivered fish. 12 danio tinwini - I've wanted this species for a long time. Only one online vendor had them in stock for the past 5 months so I got them from that source.

My fish arrived (only 11 though) live and in good condition over all. I drip acclimated them to my established quarantine tank and they seemed good - except after 3 days they would not eat anything. I tried krill flakes, frozen brine, frozen community blend, bug bites...etc, etc.

They seemed to smell the food and looked for it but didn't recognize the food as edible. I began suspecting that 1) these fish had only had live foods, and/or 2) they were babies who had only eaten live foods. They are pretty small at .5 inch or smaller.

I sought help from a trusted source, who also identified them as Tinwini for me as I had my doubts. He helped me find a local who gave me a vinegar eel culture.

My fish seemed to eat some but not as enthusiastically as I expected. By this time they were 5 days in my care and most had a varying degree of sunken belly and swollen gills.

Between day 5 and 8 three of the fish died, so I added salt and the next day added Prazipro at the correct dosage for the 10 gallon tank.

I tried frozen BBS and they seemed to take to those best. I also added live microworms to their diet with some success. 

Trying to make this a bit shorter: I have 4 viable fish of my original 11. Two of them look normal, two have sunken tummy but are eating. 

What else can I do for the? What should I have done differently?

Water parameters: temp 77, ph 7.6, ammonia 0, nitrites 0, nitrates 5 to 0, I have quite hard water but not sure the numbers.

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My first and only post, so far, was deleted. I just realized it was because I posted where I got the fish that are really sick from. I've messaged the mod who had replied to my post asking if I could repost the topic without the company name.