Sunny Doan
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Does anyone know what these white lumps are?
0 Ammonia
0 Nitrites
20 Nitrates
PH 7
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Removed the female and he's moving around a lot more. Going to let him rest a bit before trying and breed again
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Ammonia 0
Nitrite 0
Nitrate 20
PH 7
Not sure what happened but overnight this male ram suddenly turned lethargic with rapid breathing one cloudy eye and wispy front fins. I did a 50% water change and will start treatment with Kanaplex
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found these worms crawling in the substrate of my tank. What are they? Are they harmful? Tubifex worms?
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Is this mycobacterium? I know that this apisto will pass. But any way to prevent it from spreading to any other fish?
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On 11/9/2021 at 7:57 AM, Colu said:
Looking at the symptoms it could be a mycobacteria infection very difficult to treat I would use seachems kanaplex in food and aquatics foods premium flake containing nitrofurazone together I would not use any of the equipment in your other tanks and would disinfect your nets with a 3% hydrogen peroxide solution and not add any other fish to these tanks as it can spread very quickly between tanks I would Qarantine these fish and disinfect anything these fish have come into contact with
Should I use the flakes? Or the medicated recipe for the food?
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On 11/9/2021 at 7:49 AM, Colu said:
Do you use the same nets and equipment in the these tanks and over what time period have they been dieing
Yes
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On 11/9/2021 at 7:29 AM, Colu said:
What are your water parameters and are they all in the same tank and what meds have you treated them with
Not all in the same tank my parameters have been fine over the course of the months that I’ve had them. 0 ammonia, nitrites, 20 nitrates. It’s 3 separate tanks in which some are breeding tanks for breeding pairs and others are in a community setup.
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I’m not sure why but the past 4-5 pairs of apistos and cichlids have all died due to some form of tumor/growth growing on the side, head, or any part of their body eventually leading them to death. Anyone know why these happen to only my cichlids? Should I just treat all my tanks?
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On 6/23/2021 at 8:21 AM, Colu said:
What are your water parameters and what meds have you treated with
20-30 nitrate, 0 nitrite, 0 ammonia. Ive only treated with salt, I havent used any other type of med since I didnt know whether it was bacterial or parasitical.
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I've been getting this sickness for two of my male nanochromis. And several other apistos. All which have passed now. However, it is only apistos and my nanochromis, my rams seem to be doing fine in the tank. The only difference between that tank and others is it is dirted and is capped with sand. Any issues with this sand causing diseases? https://www.homedepot.com/p/Cemex-50-lb-30-Mesh-Sand-200000278/100321932 Its weird since these fish can go fine for months and then out of the blue contract a disease and die off. This time the nanochromis seems to have a large bump on its head, I have moved him from the sand in case that was the causing factor.
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4 hours ago, Fish Folk said:
Looks like two females.
Here is a good HD video that shows differences between male and female angels. Start at 3:44
Females are larger, to allow eggs to pass through. Males are slimmer, as only milt passes through.
I have no issues with this statement however, there is only one angel with a rounded belly filled with eggs. The larger angel never seems to have eggs so that is why I am unsure of it's gender. Neither of their breeding tubes look like a females breeding tube either.
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I have two angels that have been breeding for quite a while now. Although none of the eggs have been fertilized ever and this would be around their 5-6 batch. It's been bugging me for awhile now so I want some help identifying the angels breeder tubes and figuring out which is a male or if they are both females. The second angel is my larger angel of the pair and the first angel is the smaller and fatter of the pair. I want to know if I either have a male who's aim is really bad or two females paired off. I've never caught them laying eggs before.
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Just now, Hobbit said:
I drilled a few small holes in mine with the thought that it would provide some channels for the water to get in and the air to get out. Not sure if it helped though. I have driftwood in my 55 gal that’s still buoyant after 13 months under water. 😆 Though it’s definitely getting less buoyant over time!
I anchored mine in three places using large suction cups that I tied to the log using fishing line. Initially they were suctioned under the gravel but then they came off and that was a mess. So now they’re suctioned to the side of the tank. Not as secure as using slate but definitely easier to move if you need to!
Definitely going to be using slate rock to weigh down this gigantic wood piece
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Just now, redmare said:
I took some huge pieces of wood from my garden and have them in my guppy tank now. I just sprayed them with a high pressure hose for a while and went for it. They are AGGRESSIVELY buoyant though, I have many rocks strategically placed to keep them down.
Currently working on trying to get pressure washer. And some rocks to sink it! I remember trying to sink my first piece of wood and it AGGRESSIVELY jumped out of the water and smacked me back.
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1 hour ago, CanadaAmanda said:
Great thread, excellent ideas, and the idea of testing a smaller piece first sounds really smart.
I have been put off using found wood after a piece I boiled 2 hours and then soaked for an additional day, once in the aquarium overnight, made my water go super foamy and my mystery snail (only inhabitant to see if wood was safe) was floating around the top with his slime hanging off. Mystery snail is a-ok, and that wood lives in the backyard now. I’m thinking maybe it was a softwood, I’m not sure how to tell.I’ll be looking out for foam! Hopefully it doesn’t foam out. I really hope that it isn’t it’s a really nice piece
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looks to me like guppy grass
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1 minute ago, Paul said:
@Sunny Doan Spray it with peroxide. It cleans and disinfects and leaves no residue.
Great idea, I'll soak the bottom half right now to get any bugs out, then spray it out with hot water and peroxide to disinfect it! Thanks for all the great ideas!
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4 minutes ago, Hobbit said:
That will be really neat if you can hollow it out. The fish will love it!
Yea, I was planning on getting some sort of wood eat pleco, and my kuhli loaches into my 55 gallon so they can have some new hiding spots!
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3 minutes ago, Hobbit said:
Do you have a plan for how to get it to sink? I have a piece of driftwood the length of my 55 gallon that still isn’t sunk after a year. It’s getting heavier, but it still needs to be held down with suction cups.
Im planning on trying to weight it down with maybe stones if I can find any. But first I am going to soak it in some tubs outside so the that core of the wood softens and I can remove it. Not sure if it is necessary but I'm afraid of having the wood chunks everywhere. The core I would describe it as "spongy" when wet so I want to remove as much of it until I'm left with hard wood but I'm not sure if I need to.
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3 minutes ago, Streetwise said:
I should temper my enthusiasm by saying I have not yet tested local wood. I think it would be good to test it in a new tank with plants for a while.
Yes! I've been waiting on finding a piece of wood to tie my anubias and ferns to, and I just had the idea now to use the perfect piece that was right outside my house the whole time!
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1 minute ago, AnimalNerd98 said:
I watched that video by Cinescaper as well!
I only have a little experience with preparing hardwood for an aquarium. I had a Chinese elm bonsai that I got as a Christmas gift a couple of years ago that died when I left for vacation. I saved the trunk and branches until I got the inspiration to prepare it for an aquarium.
I boiled it, soaked it, and dried it over the course of 2 months. A lot of sap came out initially and I just kept boiling and soaking it until no more came out. Whenever there was something mushy, I took it off.
To test if it was aquarium safe, I soaked it in a bucket and first introduced rams horn snails (2 weeks). Then I added an air stone, changed some water, and added a couple of white cloud minnows (another two weeks). I saw that the fish and snails were not being affected adversely. After that, I felt confident enough to put it into my 10 gallon display tank.
I would just soak it and take your time with your piece. Good luck!
I might just try it out! I have a 29 gallon with a few random guppy fry that popped up right now and with the size of the wood I'll only be able to soak a few pieces at a time. But I think I'll try and see if the fry and snails do fine in the tank for now and then move on to moving it to my 55 gallon tank where it will barely fit it. It's a large piece (at least 3.5-4.5 feet) Thanks for the help!
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36 minutes ago, Streetwise said:
I am a huge fan of wood in aquariums, and I have had only positive effects with my medium-hard Vermont water. If this piece is going in a tank with any loaches, corys, shrimp, snails, etc., they will enjoy snacking and burrowing. Your epiphytes might also enjoy the raw nature of the wood.
I love the look of wood as well but am not sure if this specific piece is ready for a fish tank or not. Might have to test it out tonight. I’ve just finished washing it and scrubbing off some decayed pieces currently the wood is sponges when wet. Is it supposed to be like that?
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Hey guys found a nice video about this. The YouTuber is Cinescape and I think I’m going to try this method of preparing the wood. Remove any moving decayed pieces with a wire brush and then plop it into the tank!
https://youtu.be/SnIkE9diQ2Q
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I’m not too sure why this is happening. But my flowerhorn has lost his appetite and his head hump has gotten smaller. This has happened multiple times where he’ll make a recovery be energetic again and then slowly become lethargic and not eating. He’ll often look at food but eventually spits it out and doesn’t eat. I’m not sure what to do. My water parameters are normal and I have the temp at 82 currently. Any advice on what it could be?