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    Possible Fin Rot?

    in Diseases

    Posted

    On 1/18/2022 at 4:34 PM, Swampbones said:

    Hello everyone, 
    This is going to be the final update for this thread.

    I want to thank everyone for the amazing advice they gave me throughout Ponyo and mine struggle during this endeavor, and I will be taking this information with me as I continue researching and learning what I did wrong- so I can correct these mistakes in the future.

    Here is the sad and unfortunate news.
    I came home from work, and have found Ponyo dead. 

    so again, thank you all for the advice.
    I have mourned, and have been severely humbled by this experience. 
    But now I will use this time to research and learn. 

    Have a great day,
    Kat (Swampy / Swampbones)

    I'm so sorry you lost Ponyo. We've all made mistakes when first starting out, and even old veterans in the hobby can screw up too. But we're here to help you along your fish keeping journey. Don't give up! ❤️ 

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    Urban Birds....(post your pics too)

    in Photos, Videos & Journals

    Posted

    That looks very much like a cooper's hawk to me. We have one in our wooded yard I see now and then (it was sitting on a bench outside the back door the other day and I scared it when I opened the door). Very cool you were able to photograph it!

    We also have a mated pair of great horned owls I hear in the evenings. I have yet to get a sighting of them, but a few nights ago one was on the roof and I could hear its hooting through the chimney - it was so loud! There's also a cell tower behind our house that is a perch for a group of turkey vultures. Sometimes they roost in the trees around the house at night. Always so neat to see the local wildlife!

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    Possible Fin Rot?

    in Diseases

    Posted

    Looks like we found the root of the problem - your tank is not cycled. At all times, in a cycled tank, Ammonia and Nitrite should be measuring 0. All fish produce waste, which is poisonous and degrades the water quality, leading them to become sick. A cycled tank will have a bacteria colony within it that will eat up the toxins and keep the water safe for the fish to live in. These bacteria colonies live within your filter media, and so if you completely change out your filter, you will completely lose your bacteria colony. 

    Let me find you a Co-Op video explaining the nitrogen cycle.
     

     

     

    On 1/17/2022 at 3:59 PM, Swampbones said:

    possible emergency- seeking advice!
     

    I went with my mom to get her booster shot at 12:30pm, and came home at 1:15pm. I came back to check on Ponyo and he was floating in the hospital tank with the current, upsidedown/sideways/etc just not swimming with his gills flared. 
    IT was obviously clear he was dead- and I wasn't sure for how long, because he was fine throughout the entire day I have been here.
    He is in my bedroom, and the temperature of the tank has never changed.
    I started to open the lid to the hospital tank when his gills started to move again- and he wiggled  back to life and started moving around!
    He's alive and will swim if the lid moves.

    I'm waiting the 5 minutes now on the API test, but I don't know how skewed the results will be since it's the hospital tank.
    Any further advice to help keep Ponyo alive would be so helpful.

    Thank you all so much!

    I'm so sorry to hear Ponyo is not doing well! It sounds like his swim bladder might be getting affected. Please let us know what the water params are in the hospital tank and we'll go from there.

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    Possible Fin Rot?

    in Diseases

    Posted

    I'm a little concerned that there's no presence of nitrates in your water when you do not have any live plants in the tank (a planted tank will consume nitrates, whereas an unplanted tank needs water changes to lower nitrates). This could mean your tank isn't cycled. Do you ever see any nitrates before you do a water change? An uncyled tank definitely could cause fin rot. 

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    Java Fern Issues

    in Plants, Algae, and Fertilizers

    Posted

    I definitely am not an expert on java ferns, but I do know that they can take a while to establish. Since it's just been 2 weeks, it might be still acclimating and old leaves are dying off. Easy Green SHOULD be providing all that they need. Maybe wait and see if new growth shows up in another month? This at least has been my experience with the windelov variety. 

    Apistogramma jumping

    in General Discussion

    Posted

    On 1/14/2022 at 10:38 AM, Stephen Zawacki said:

    No I don't have any floating plants in this tank.  Do you think my fluval nano light could be scaring them? 

    If they go from a dark room to suddenly bright from the light, or vice versa, that definitely could spook them. 

    Apistogramma jumping

    in General Discussion

    Posted · Edited by H.K.Luterman
    me talk good

    Do you have any floating plants? I've heard they can help with jumping as they provide a "ceiling." Something like frog bit. 

    But I agree, a lid would be the best solution. Even just using saran wrap would work. 

    My 5 gallon planted tank!

    in General Discussion

    Posted

    On 1/14/2022 at 3:59 AM, PedroPete said:

    Not to divert this thread too too much (my apologies), but I had a question for pea puffer owners ( @Brandy @H.K.Luterman etc) - have any of you cohabitated Heterandria formosa ("dwarf killifish" / "least killifish" / "dwarf livebearer") and pea puffers?  Just a thought as I had planned to do Neo shrimp and H. formosa, but this thread gave me an idea....  Thank you!

    I've only ever had my one, and he's kept solo. So I can't comment on keeping them in a community. 

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