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  1. You could try a spot treatment with peroxide on a qtip if you’re comfortable handling him, but I’d keep the meds. For an unknown fish, use gloves.

    Is this a Pan Farms fish (via King Koi or something)?

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  2. 3 minutes ago, Rick Bunn said:

    I test weekly and do water changes only when Nitrates exceed 20 ppm.

    My normal testing is with the Tetra 6 in 1 No3 <20ppm. No2 0ppm GH 300 ppm KH 180, pH 8

    They are in a lightly planted tank and usually spawn on an Amazon Sword growing in the tank,

    Thanks for that! Can you post a picture of some of your otos? We can probably determine species if you don’t already know.

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  3. 13 minutes ago, Socqua said:

    Awesome post. I may have missed it but I'm curious, have you tried this recipe multiple times with different store-bought otos since the first batch? Would be great to see this reproducible on different shipments of a variety of otos!

    Species make a big diff too. The only one I can personally predictably reproduce are true vittatus. That’s maddening because basically all stores call “common” otos either vittatus or affinis. Some are true vittatus, basically none are affinis. They seem to be able to handle cocama.

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  4. 5 hours ago, Tyler said:

     

     

    Im pretty certain he got it from a plant I moved in there... I'm curious why this isn't more talked about in the hobby given the apparent risk. Literally sounds like a nightmare...

    If I had to guess it’s because of the rarity of it, combined with relatively few firm diagnoses.

    I know we had it because it was diagnosed by a veterinary pathologist, but if you look through an average disease post on an average site most people don’t have the faintest clue how to figure out what’s affecting their fish. It’s the old joke about the tetra that’s bitten in half being diagnose with Ich.

    Then even when people are careful, they’re usually looked at as paranoid. I remember an interview with Gianne the betta lady where she said she doesn’t touch fish tank water without gloves on, and at the time I thought that was way overkill. I likewise remember someone asking Cory about it on a stream and he said he’d never seen it and thus wasn’t overly concerned about doing things like Gianne does.

    So, there you go I guess. I don’t do gloves but I also basically don’t buy fish anymore. I was super paranoid around the ones I have for about a year acting like they were contaminated, and now I’m just breeding those to maintain the population. It definitely changes how you keep fish, for sure.

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  5. 2 hours ago, Tyler said:

    I'm quite paranoid now, I'm not going to lie...

    Sympathies, but I’m not in a position to say not to be. Getting it is statistically rare, especially with bettas given how they’re raised isolated.

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  6. 5 minutes ago, Brandy said:

    Thanks @AdamTill, I couldn't remember the specifics, but I remember the blue fantails you mentioned in that thread because I had never seen "goldfish" that color. Sorry to dredge up bad memories.

    All good, if some good can come out of it it’s at least being able to warn others. We’ve dealt with it and moved on (though I only keep a single tank now).

    Nerd cred requires me to point out that they’re actually egg fish (blue egg phoenix’s) rather than fantails. Biggest difference is eggfish don’t have dorsal fins 🙂

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  7. Got the FX5 hooked up today and...I’m underwhelmed. Think there’s a gyre pump in my future.

    Also got my CO2 tank strapped in and chained down, and the regulator hooked up and checked. No time to run tubing because I did my first 50% water change (daily for first week), so the CO2 might be for tomorrow.

    Not a big deal because I ran out of smart switches, so I have some more on order.

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  8. Just now, AdamTill said:

    The limit is purely because supply is limited, not for the benefit of the fish. They act very differently in large groups (I like 20+), but are okay in smaller groups too (or don’t die, anyway)

    I just pulled 15 or so out of my 29. The tank gets Soilent Green every few days, and veggies once a week or so. There were also 30 habrosus cories in that tank.

  9. Next, the livestock got added to the bottom and the sponge filter was brought over. I’ll run the sponge until I figure out how much media I want in the FX5.

    I moved the two little circulation pumps over for the evening, but I didn’t feel like trying to get the FX5 working tonight.

    Lastly, it was just a case of slowly filling the rest of the tank, and admiring the view.

    I chucked the CO2 diffuser into the tank to soak, but I won’t actually hook it up until tomorrow. Oh, and I drilled the doors for cabinet locks so the small human can’t get in.

    All in all, a satisfying evening.

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  10. Well, not sure that I’d do another dry start with tissue culture plants that aren’t carpeting plants. Those were about the only ones that didn’t hate life for the last week.

    My son had a 5 hour nap today (woot) so I actually had time to swap the tanks. First step was to break down the 29, pull out all the plants, and capture all the livestock. I lost count, but I think I was at about 30 habrosus Corys and 20 otos thereabouts.

    Then it was just a matter of selecting the best plants, trimming them appropriately, and planting them in the new tank.

    I also filled the tank just to the substrate level to make that a bit easier.

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