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Posts posted by Garren
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@Kirsten I am dealing with ICH as well. Just caught it in my one tank today. Luckly I have not been using equipment in other tanks so I should be good from spreading it. Good luck in getting rid of it. (I FEEL YOUR PAIN) 🥲
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Got a ICH outbreak in my 20gal. The stressed out Chili Rasboras I put in yesterday have ICH. Feel bad for the little guys. So I am glad I started my Med trio today. However, because I have a active infection I will follow the ICH-X instructions and dose daily with water changes. I did bump my heat from my normal 77.2 to 82 to help with the process. I also added 1 tablespoon of salt to help. Did not want to add any more salt than that because of the plants. (Following the video guide on aqaurium CO-OP for ICH-X).
The only question I have is if I should run the other meds in the trio as I normal do without a active infection once I rid the ICH? I did dose the trio but will be doing 1/3 water changes (6 gals) daily and reducing only ich-x while treating the ich and feel the other meds effectiveness will be reduced.
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@Streetwise Your welcome. I thought the photo would do exactly that. It really gives a good prospective.
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Welcome to the NERM family.
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Had a death in the fish family yesterday. Bought a rubber lip pleco on Wednesday and put him in my 20gal. He did fine until I did my water change yesterday. Tested water this morning and noticed that their was ammonia and a nitrite spike. Then I noticed my Amanos picking at a tail in the back of the tank. Well he must of passed last night. I am thinking he just did not like the water change.
Well that stinks!!! I may just put in a baby bristle nose as I seem to have good luck with them. Hopefully my rubbernose in the 10 gallon does good.
Swim in peace buddy!!
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My favorite would have be dwarf chain sword for a carpeting plant because it propagates very easily and very easy to care for. Bucephalandra for all the same reasons as @Steph’s Fish and Plants stated.
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@Dancing Mattmine does the same thing and I have a Samsung s10. This is a new feature so I am sure there will be bugs.
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I always cycle my tanks with plants. Works for me and my water parameters. I am sure you will get people on both sides of the fence but I would say a majority would say plant now.
Have fun!!!
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Welcome to the forum. Would like to see some pics of the tanks.
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Agree with Daniel. I have high nitrates and hard water straight from the city. My plants eat up the nutrients fairly fast so I still use EG to supplement. You should be all set.
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Welcome to the forum. You will learn a lot if you dive in. Definitely try planted tank!! They are fun and rewarding.
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Welcome. This forum is amazing and you will learn a lot if you dive in.
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@OceanTruth yes the water lettuce is doing very well in all my tanks. I have to thin out my main display tank weekly. I have been just keeping what I pull out in 5 gallon buckets. Going to ask my LFS if they want it to sell..maybe I can get some store credit.
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Well I needed to get my hands wet again.
Rescaped my 10gal and did a water change.
I also did a water change on my 20gal. Little (Adrian) is growing up. Got a few shots of the hovering pygmy corydoras.
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I don't have a answer for you on improving the growth as by java fern has struggled from day 1 (I even dose extra potassium as I know they really like it). I did however have a question, Do you use Easy Green along with seachem flourish advance? I have saw some older videos on Aquarium Co-op Youtube with them using them in combination but wanted to see other peoples results as well.
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You can try some dwarf chain sword. It sends out runners and is working on carpeting one of my tanks.
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My 10gal dirted tank (experiment) is coming along. Set it up and planted on 24 January 2021 with a cycled sponge filter. Added a HOB as well so I could add some crushed coral and media for benifical bacteria. I am still having some higher nitrites levels. They did go away for about 3 days but came back. Been doing 25% water changes every 3 days. No nitrites in tap water. No ammonia and showing nitrates. Hopefully it will level out soon.
2nd day of setup
8 February
21 February
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12 hours ago, CT_ said:
Does anyone use half whisky barrels for this? From what I can tell when dry the staves are loose and they don't hold water. Do people seal them or is continually adding water until the wood swells and seals up enough?
I have not used them but had a funny thought. The fish would be happy all the time with the wiskey that might leach out into the tank. 🤣
More seriously, I would like to know as well if this has been done with success.
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I would nurse it back to health and enjoy watching it get better. It will really give you a appreciation for the species then as others said give it away to a LFS or some else that can take care of it long term.
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@Joshua Harding so glad it worked out for you. Tank looks amazing.
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Looking really good. Excited to see the end result! Thank you for posting!
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Active ICH and med trio
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Got a ICH outbreak in my 20gal. The stressed out Chili Rasboras I put in Wednesday have ICH. Feel bad for the little guys. So I am glad I started my Med trio on Wednesday. However, because I have a active infection I will follow the ICH-X instructions and dose daily with water changes. I did bump my heat from my normal 77.2 to 82 to help with the process. I also added 1 tablespoon of salt to help. Did not want to add any more salt than that because of the plants. (Following the video guide on aqaurium CO-OP for ICH-X).
The only question I have is if I should run the other meds in the trio as I normal do without a active infection once I rid the ICH? I did dose the trio but will be doing 1/3 water changes (6 gals) daily and reducing only ich-x while treating the ich and feel the other meds effectiveness will be reduced.