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  1. Thanks. I’ll watch the video and try cleaning it again. I’ve taken the impeller and wipes it off. There is nothing on the insides of the shafts when I took them apart before, but I’ll brush them just in case.
  2. When I take the hob lids off and the greenhouse panel lids, the grinding is still there. Both impellers and straight and symmetrical. The grinding sound is coming from the left side of the filters where the motor is. The sound is also variable. The right filter was louder all of the time, but now the left one is louder.
  3. Do the growth inhibiting metabolites fish release breakdown over time? These my two 100g stock ponds I use for breeding my rainbowfish. I took the fish out in November 2022. I have heard that fish release growth inhibiting metabolites that can only be removed by water changes. Should I do a large water change on both ponds before I add in fish? It hasn’t rain that much here. The ponds are full of microcrustaeceans for the fish to eat, so I’m excited for this breeding season.
  4. Good evening, I have twelve Penguin Tetras that have been in quarantine for two weeks. They’re active and happily eating live baby brine shrimp and prepared foods. Some have really distended stomachs while others are streamline. I think it may be internal parasites. Here are my parameters of the 10g aquarium. They school and shoal together and I haven’t had any losses. They’re accompanied with 10 Amano shrimp from the same wholesaler. Pond and rams horn snails are with them too but those are from my other aquariums. Do the fish have worms? I have Fritz Expel P on hand to treat the fish. Temp 75 F 0 ammonia 0 nitrite 0 nitrate < 25ppm General Hardness 40 ppm alkalinity 80 ppm carbonate hardness 7 ph
  5. It’s not a seed shrimp as I have seed shrimp in an aquarium. These crustaceans are smaller than a millimeter. Here’s pictures taken with a macrolense. I don’t have the Aquarium Co-op specimen container yet to have a picture without distortion. I don’t know why they are upside down when I put them in my post. Regarding rare rainbowfish from the livestream yesterday, they aren’t like some rare livebearers or tetras in that the fish have little color. Here’s a picture of the Kali Tawa rainbowfish.
  6. I need help with identifying these animals. They swim at the water’s surface of a pond. These creatures swim in rapid circles when I shine a flashlight on the pond. It’s hard to see them during the day. The animals are smaller than seed shrimp. They don’t swim in jerky motions like daphnia. They don’t sit on the sides of the cup like copepods. Will a picture my macrolense be required for identification? They’re a fantastic food source for the 27 Pseudomugil gertrudae Aru II fry I pulled out of the pond last week. Those fry grew up very quickly with that endless buffet.
  7. This is one of nine Otocinclus catfish I added into my community aquarium after quarantine. They don’t have any diseases. I added them all into the aquarium at once. The individual pictured got its nose stuck in a hole my large aquarium co-op net. The first thing I did to try and get it out was push it through. That was dumb as its mouth is white. Did I damage the slime coat? Can it heal over? The last picture is of the net where I cut it to get the fish out. I’ll tie it with fishing line so that I can still use this net. The fish is still breathing, swims forward occasionally and I added in Fritz Complete water conditioner after I added the otos
  8. Sorry for the late response. All of my rainbowfish, except for the Kali Tawa, came from Marcel Wuethrich. He’s Roseline17 on Aquabid. He’s a fantastic breeder. He received his R. ornatus Seary’s Creek from Gary Lange, and Gary received his from Leo O’Reilly. Marcel has breed this collection point to show more red. They do look similar to his other Rhads that he has, but he’s trustworthy with keeping his lines pure. I’m going to ask Marcel about the Sahul rainbowfish I got from him. You’re not the first person to tell me about the yellow fins of that picture. It’s possible Marcel bred these fish to have orange/red-orange fins depending on the lighting. I should’ve clarified that I keep my P. gertrudae with M. sahulensis. I didn’t want the put the blue-eyes with the rhads as their mouths are relatively large and they might try to eat a Blue-Eye. Here’s a picture of a Sahul rainbowfish, and one of the Ornate Rainbowfish, under Fluval Plant 3.0 lights.
  9. That would be an amazing rainbowfish aquarium! Here are my rainbowfish in order of the pictures. 1. Sahul Rainbowfish “Skull Creek” 2. Spotted Blue-Eyes ”Aru II” 3. Ornate Rainbowfish “Seary’s Creek” 4. Kali Tawa Rainbowfish There are many other rainbowfish in any color you would want. They’re hardy, not picky eaters, peaceful and have amazing displays. The only limiting factors are the size. The Blue-Eyes are 1.5” so you could do a massive school of them. That’s how they are found in the wild. 1 & 4 are dwarf species that have a maximum size of 3” and you could put in a large school of them. The Ornate Rainbowfish have an average max size of 4” so they can also be put into a large school. There’s also all of the “standard” rainbowfish like Turquoise and Boseman’s Rainbowfish which grow to 6” long. Rainbowfish are great with other active schooling and community fish like others have listed. You can even put a school rainbowfish in with African cichlids. The rainbowfish will need to be acclimated to the hard water, but after that they won’t bother the cichlids. The fish need to be about 3” minimum size or they’ll be eaten.
  10. This is one of my last few female Pseudomugil gertrudae Aru II. I have two males and three females in total. They’re about two years old. I started off with 14 individuals in November 2021 and now I only have five. I have Fritz Expel-P in the water column. Last Sunday I added an initial dose of Expel-P with a 50% water change. In the morning on Monday last week, I saw that my aquarium was cloudy and super cloudy. The canister filter stopped flowing. I did a 75% water change and got the filter running again. When the filter started to flow, a bunch of 0.5 cm whitish clear worms came out of the output. They weren’t planaria, as they didn’t have the triangular head of planaria. I couldn’t tell if they were alive and moving as they were falling down. Would those worms have been intestinal parasites? I’ve been thoroughly gravel vacuuming and draining my canister filter with each water change which is usually on Saturdays. I’ve haven’t seen these worms while cleaning. I didn’t see the worms yesterday in the gravel vacuum. Intestinal worms were likely introduced into my aquarium three months ago. I fed my fish some live blackworms that I used to get from an lfs. The day after the feeding, one of my male P. gertrudae was super bloated, and a female Okefenokee Pygmy Sunfish was bloated and had a long strand of white, stringy feces. I added in Fritz Paracleanse that day and then a week later. The sunfish survived but the blue-eye. I think he could’ve eaten too many worms. Friday I fed in some chopped up pieces of frozen bloodworms. I fed about half a cube and didn’t see any one fish eat too many worms. I don’t remember the last time I fed frozen bloodworms as it was a long time ago. I’m sorry that this not well written but I’m having so many issues with this aquarium. The pictured female Blue-eye isn’t schooling with the other fish and didn’t eat any live baby brine shrimp that I just fed The other thing that has stumped me so that not all of the other fish have this bloating issue. I have two female guppies that have wide stomachs, but they are most likely just pregnant as I’m not losing guppies. I have four male guppies with torn fins, but two others that aren’t. The purple mosaic is older than the others pictured as I got him first from a local club auction. The younger male doesn’t have torn fins. I’m not sure if that is wasting disease or just nipped fins. My Melanotaenia sahulensis rainbowfish are older than all of the other fish in here and they don’t have any issues. I also have four rainbow stiphodon gobies and they don’t have issues. They’re a benthic feeder so I assume that they would always have parasites. When I look at them laying on the bottom or on the sides of the glass, they don’t have swollen stomachs. My O Pygmy sunfish hide a lot and I only saw one fish a few nights ago sitting on the bottom so I don’t know about they’re status. They are about two years old and they’re lifespan is two to three years so they could be passing away from old age. I had four OPS to begin with. After I get this issue solved, I need help on algae, nutrient and light balance but I’ll make another post for that. You can probably see the algae in the pictures. Thank you in advance.
  11. Thank you for doing all that. I think I’ll just stay with Petco and PetSmart black aquarium sand. Most companies are cutting corners lately and it seems like BD did that with the amount of metal contents in that bag.
  12. I have this 100g stock tank that I’d like to set up as a pond. I know that it needs to be on level ground. Do I need to have these pavers under it? I can’t get them level and I believe it’ll be easier to level on the dirt. I live in Florida and this isnt on sloped ground.
  13. There are many great NA natives that are small, they just need to be bred and advertised more. I have Okefenokee and Gulf Coast Pygmy Sunfish. They’re amazing and I love the colors on the males. The first picture is my Okefenokee. The second is of the Gulf Coast. The third picture is of my Cajun Dwarf Crayfish. This one is really starting to turn a cool reddish color. In person it looks way cooler. I also have least killifish, but they’re more of a novelty. I saw Bluefin Killifish in the wild. When the sun hits the males fins, the blue is stunning. The last picture is an article of the Redface topminnow. This is a male in nuptial dress. He’s amazing and I didn’t know that they looked like this. In Google images, there are just brown with a little red. These fish are in my area, and I plan to go search and fish for them. I could easily breed a lot of these fish in a pond as I’m in FL, so I could increase the popularity of NA natives. I purchased my Okefenokee from Jonah’s Aquarium. You can look up his website and ask for a current stock list. The website isn’t up to date. Aquabid is another great source for natives. Just inspect the person selling the fish. Check their reviews and ask questions.
  14. What would you consider the Black Diamond brand in my first post to be a higher quality brand? I didn't see anything about recycled materials.
  15. https://www.tractorsupply.com/tsc/product/black-diamond-medium-blasting-abrasives-3905403?store=2535&cid=Shopping-Google-LOB-Local_Feed&utm_medium=Google&utm_source=Shopping&utm_campaign=LOB&utm_content=Local_Feed&gclid=CjwKCAjwwo-WBhAMEiwAV4dybeKLadAs1okqogvxvzSfzNIW9-sCcYYFUFgGuuVx83z8HnNTJiexLhoCa_oQAvD_BwE Is this Black Diamond blasting sand (BDBS) safe for aquariums and ponds? There are multiple five star reviews of this product from people showing that it is safe in their aquariums. I am apprehensive because of this thread on FishLore. https://www.fishlore.com/aquariumfishforum/threads/black-diamond-blasting-sand-a-cautionary-tale.472377/ This is the only negative story I could find of BDBS, but link in the post is not Black Diamond brand. It is a different brand on Amazon, so that could be this person's issue. Has anyone used the Black Diamond brand sand? I would like to use this brand as I have rainbowfish. They show better on black substrate as opposed to the tan of Lapis Lustre sand.
  16. Thank you. I will try shining the light perpendicularly like in the pictures.
  17. That's great that you'll get the medicine. After you dose Paracleanse, feed them well for a week. If they still have weight issues, then dose Fritz Expel P. Paracleanse treats tapeworms and flukes, while Expel P treats other parasites. It is hard to tell which is inside your fish. The rainbowfish that has the bent spine is less dominant than the other rainbowfish from your post, so he will continue to be bullied. After you treat for the internal parasites, add in more rainbowfish. Quarantine the new rainbowfish so that you don't reintroduce the same parasites if your get the fish from the same store. All rainbowfish are schooling/shoaling fish, and the recommended minimum school size is 6. Having more fish will distract the dominant male so that the subdominant male can get some rest. There are horror stories with all aquarium sizes. It seems like its common when you see a post about a disaster frequently, but remember that the rest of the aquariums are still intact. A lot of those stories of aquariums from PetSmart and PetCo are the cheap Tetra brand aquariums that were sold for dollar per gallon sale aquariums. I have only been in the hobby for two years, and I haven't used nor seen Tetra aquariums in sales. Now it seems to only be Aqueon brand aquariums. The 55g Aqueon tanks used during 50% off sales and dollar per gallon sales have thin glass compared to tanks that weren't in the sales. I don't recommend those 55g tanks. The six aquariums I have/had have all been intact. They were all used aquariums from friends or purchased on Facebook Marketplace. I have always checked the silicone beads on the inside. Also, as long as the glass doesn't look really thin to the eye, you will be safe. If you want to be sure, you can look up standard aquarium sizes and what thickness of glass is used for rimmed and rimless aquariums. Goldfish need about 25g per fish, so you could really only house three comfortably in a 75g. It would be best to put them into a very large aquarium or a pond. The 75g would be ideal for all of the fish in your 38g permanently. They can also go into a 4 ft 55g or the 4 ft 33g long aquarium. The 33g long is a 55g but shorter.
  18. That is a juvenile rainbowfish, as he's looks small (about 2") to me and doesn't have color. He may be born with that deformity or he could have swam into something and bent his spine. The good thing is that since he's young, that aquarium is an appropriate size for about a year. Your rainbowfish has a full stomach while you said the kuhli loaches were losing weight. Rainbowfish are quick to food, so he could be eating most of the food. Add in food for the bottom feeders at night to get past the rainbowfish. I would treat the whole aquarium with an anti parasite drug like Fritz Paracleanse. I used it once for worms and it cured my fish. If all of the bottom feeders have weight issues, it is likely that they contracted internal parasites from wholesale.
  19. Good evening, this is my Ziss brine shrimp hatchery and I need help with attracting all of the bbs towards the light at the bottom. Once the shrimp are hatched I place hatchery on this desk with the light on. I wait about five minutes for the bbs to swim to the bottom. I cover the hatchery as shown in the second photo and it helps. The third picture shows my issue. Some of the bbs will be at the surface amongst the shells. The fifth picture is how I normally position the light. If I place the light like in the fourth picture, the brine shrimp are all over the place, so I don't do that. What is the best way to catch the last of the bbs that is at the surface. At the optimal time of harvest, about a quarter of the shrimp will be at the surface and I don't want to waste them. Is there a good bbs seine that I could purchase to separate the last 25% off bbs from the shells? I add the brine water to my aquariums and to my house plants.
  20. Can you repost the picture please? The full size photo isn't appearing in your post. The small thumbnail photo shows a black banded rainbowfish with a curved spine. A detailed photo will help me. From that photo the fish looks to be a Turquoise Rainbowfish, Melanotaenia lacustris. The black band is a giveway that your fish isn't M. bosemani. Bosemani rainbowfish do not have a black band. It also looks a little blue to me. Do you know how old the fish is? Rainbowfish will have their spines curve like that as they become old. The other thing is that a 38g tank at 30" L is too small for the two mentioned species. Both can grow up to 6" long, and a 4 foot long aquarium is the recommended minimum size for them.
  21. It is not chipped glass, it is white paint from a sloppy paint job at the previous owner's house. I will check again. The aquarium was holding water for over a year, as visited their house multiple times. The inside silicone is good but I will reseal it anyways for safety.
  22. Thank you for the link. I’ll order from that store.
  23. This is a standard 30g long 36"x13"x16" and the bottom rim on one side is partially missing. On the visible side you can see how much is gone, and the rim on the adjacent short side is missing as well. The other two panes of glass have the rim attached. What would be the safest method to replace the rim? The only video on YouTube that I could find is this one. I have made a 10g tank rimless paludarium and it didn't leak water. I placed the paludarium onto a styrofoam mat and it was fine. I moved the paludarium, I drained all of the water and sand but I left the rocks and gravel the terrestrial plants are in. The tank was stuck and I was trying to wiggle it to loosen to and pick it up. Well a side pane cracked and now I have to replace that pane. I included this story as I am worried that this happening to this 30g if I make it rimless. If I did make it rimless I would brace the aquarium like in this video.
  24. Thank you for the tips. I do use a light to attach the bbs. I’ll try soaking the eggs first and monitoring the temperature of the hatchery.
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