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  1. I'd compare it to this chart that our friend here @Colu uses to ID and treat accordingly. Remember that Epistylis can be worsened when using heat so if you think it might be that but are on the fence just go with the meds only treatment. : If you search what you think it is with the word "treatment" on this forum you'll come up with lots of threads to help.
  2. This is my uneducated guess. I see those sacks are above the waterline. Once they dry I doubt they are viable eggs. Detrius worms are typically harmless to your population- their purpose is to be scavangers and eat the dead/dying things. I think maybe in this case that is what these are doing, on top of the fact that whatever food you might be feeding- if any of it floats it's probably a great perch for them and the food might stick to the sacks as well. I'm willing to bet they are not doing this on the totally submerged sacks- as I can see just below the top there is a sack that is and there are no worms stacks on it.
  3. The tanks look fantastic! One tip I have for pet sitters. I portion out food in small containers or snack ziplock bags and label them. They get put near or taped to the tanks they belong to. This definitely cuts down on the possibility of overfeeding.
  4. As reported Intrepid Partner had the base of the metal aquarium stand powder coated. We went with semi-gloss black as it will transition nicely with the black framed aquarium. He picked it up on Monday: Now it is home and he's been putting glass and metal onto the stand: I think it looks really amazing. We're going to go on the hunt for marine grade wood for the base and top, also finishing wood for the bottom half of the doors and I imagine will have some sanding and staining to do in the coming days!
  5. Tank got moved! Unfortunately we did run into a couple of issues and in the end only 2 of the 8 Ember tetras made the trip. Only 1 Kuhli spotted during the whole move of 2 possible and they made it through fine. What happened is that when trying to catch the Embers they kept "passing out" from terror (When I moved them from the Flex to the Medieval I had a couple die from fright seemingly, so this played a part in what I did). Sadly I made the decision to leave the rest in the tank. One giant wave (and the only one that happened) on the drive there is probably what did it. As I found them deceased when we got the tank on Mum's countertop. I was pretty bummed. The wave displaced a LOT of gravel from the tree side to the arch side and that is likely what played a part in the deaths- and it covered the beautiful "stone floor" on the arch side too. Quite a mess. I didn't find any dead shrimp though- hundreds of them made the trip fine. I also had the bucket with the Embers I was able to catch and some of the prettier adult shrimp. Hard lessons learned and some good ones too. It was a mixed bag really. Here it is mostly drained (even then the fish could NOT be caught!!!) I took the biggest of the rocks out of the tank but everything else was pretty stable. I got a nice board and we lifted it only very briefly from the shelf to a table we moved up against it onto the board and guernied it to the car. It made it really easy to slide it off the board onto the countertop we transferred it to at its new home. Here are the fish that refused to get caught: Here it is in the back of the car: Honestly most of it went really well so I was really disappointed about my fish losses. If it wasn't for that one big slosh I believe everyone would have been fine. It's not the way I wanted to do it but it seemed like the right thing at the time. 😞 So the tank got set up and it was of course cloudy so lots of Stability, Prime were recommended for the next week to my Mum. I dosed it with Seachem Clarity and Pristine before I left. Mum sent me a pic of the tank the next day which seems to be doing well and 98% clearer than it was the day before: Mum even went to the LFS and got a group of Embers so the remaining 2 will have buddies again. It was stressful! I don't want to do that again! But I have to!!! ACCCKKKK!!!
  6. This weekend is a big weekend for my tanks. The decision was made due to my 196 gallon custom tank that the process of moving and consolidating tanks should be starting. So one big plan is to gift the Medieval tank to my Mum. As much as I absolutely love this tank the small fish and shrimp inhabitants just wouldn't be safe in such a big tank with higher flow and larger tankmates. So the 8 Embers and countless Rili shrimp will stay with the tank and be combined with my Mum's few Neons and 2 Guppies. The not fun part is getting it broken down enough without doing TOO much and transporting it, a 30 minute drive away. Being very long but small will be interesting. The idea is to remove the fish and some of the shrimp (no way of catching all) drain it as much as we can and take out only what we have to. Possibly use plastic packing material to float on top of what water there will be in there to cut down on sloshing. Get ourselves a nice stiff board of wood and essentially guerny it to the car. Any other tips would be appreciated! Moving starts tomorrow!
  7. @AAE Custom Aquariums is very helpful, if you haven't talked to them I strongly encourage you to call. An agent will help you build your "dream tank" and you can tell them about your concerns. We just ordered one from them and are in earthquake country. We went with a framed tank which will add extra stablity and the extra silicone, though very neatly applied will also help with it.
  8. Sad announcement for my tanks. I've been treating Punk my Bolivian Ram for popeye for several weeks with no change. In the meantime though, Industry, my Bolivian female has been in the Parent tank with all my catfish. Sadly, she came down with a fast moving illness. Some days ago I found her not doing well, pulled her to QT and with no real clue as to what was wrong dosed the tank with Kanaplex and Metroplex assuming possible bacterial infection. She came through the dosing but no change. I'd done a water change and had been salting her QT and had IAL but came home yesterday to find her gone. So I will miss the little thing. Thankfully besides my 2 Bolivians and 1 bloated Black Neon everyone else in my tanks (which is quite a number of fish) seem to be doing very, very well. So I have to count the positive things!
  9. After 2 doses of Maracyn 2 there are no changes in fact his damaged eye seems to be more swollen one day and not as much the next. Intrepid partner also spotted a white mark on his other eye. We're not sure what to think about that. Sadly, in the days I've been treating Punk, his female counterpart in the Parent Tank came down with a very fast illness that unfortunately even after QT and meds took her little life. SIP little girl! Here's a couple of pics of Punk's other eye....
  10. Intrepid Partner finished the stand and it has been sent off to get powder coated a semi-gloss black. To be continued...!!!
  11. Welcome to the forum and the hobby. It can be all consuming that's for sure but it's fun to learn! Your tanks are beautiful!
  12. Well without a lot of options for meds, or more information other than a seemingly lethargic fish I would say best option is to try and locate some aquarium salt as it's usually the easiest thing to get a hold of (Study this: .https://www.aquariumcoop.com/blogs/aquarium/aquarium-salt-for-sick-fish?_pos=2&_sid=a4f341fe3&_ss=r ). Clean, clean water and an established tank (adding established tank items in new tanks when not an option) are great. Keep the lights off and stress low. Lots of oxygen, add an airstone if possible.
  13. Here's a treat. A preview as to how the glass will look when installed on the doors: Once he gets the magnetic latches attached the stand metal will be ready for powdercoating.
  14. @Odd Duck yes, you guessed it. Actually at this time we're looking at just using what will be my unused aquarium light bars. I have 2 ACO lights that are on my 20 gallons- they may be reused for this, if so they are nice and bright when I want them to be so they will also help me work inside the cabinet when necessary.
  15. Intrepid Partner has finished mounting the hinges/doors and placed brackets for the glass (not pictured). As you can see by the first pic, the doors will be removable: The height on this stand makes where the sump will be highly accessible and as you can see all doors front and back (6 total), will allow me to get to it from anywhere. The 2 sets of doors you see to the left open facing each other, this is where the sump will go, and will be the end up against the wall. The other set of doors will be for a small QT, and other storage of fish supplies.: There are door gaps around the doors as planned for airflow:
  16. Glass arrived this week. He says pictures don't do it justice (pink/purple doesn't translate to the pic I guess).
  17. @anewbie Boy you have some monster tanks. One would hope you'd not have to clean them very often so I'll have to keep an eye on your sponge project. The stand is tall so I'll have plenty of space to get in there and clean. If I remember correctly the doors are 36" the stand is somewhere around 39". Yes I know, tall- making it fun to do maintenance but we considered all possible heights/issues/etc and this is what will work best for us. I guess the only way to really find out is build a stand and put a tank on it. Haha! Weird about the algae issue you were having.
  18. @Chick-In-Of-TheSea unfortunately not much change. I'm going to do do another round of maracyn2 I think.
  19. Yes, and it will be a learning curve for me since I've never used one. We're not going to get too stupid with the plants but will have them. What do you find is clogging the socks so much? Should be fully accessible, Intrepid Partner is making the doors removable.
  20. @lefty o ok maybe a little dueling banjo here however the whole thing WILL be the focal point of the room so hopefully what we do with the inside of the tank will match.
  21. @ND1990 from where I sit it doesn't look like a bacterial bloom only because usually it just looks like white fog not bubbles per se. Have you tested the water? It could also just be particles floating if you just set up the tank. Try and get more pics if you can.
  22. Hi @Moz, welcome to the forum. I've never had a dirted tank but I've capped planting substrate before and added sand later. Rinsing the sand/getting it wet is a good idea regardless as wet sand will usually be less cloudy/loose particles will be rinsed mostly off. What I've done in my small tanks is scoop wet sand into a cup, poor some tank water into the cup so it's totally wet -and slowly go into the water with it, then placing it where it needed to go. You can smooth it easily enough with a hand or other handy tool. It shouldn't do any harm at all, but any changes made to a tank should be carefully monitored.
  23. I gotta give it to him, he's fast. Finished the frames for all the doors and the end cap which will be floating (no open/close). He's added another design element of an extra bar just below the 2 squares that are intended to frame the glass. He used some clamps to "hang" the doors so he could see how they all lined up- hard to photograph but he put a blanket behind so you can kinda get the gist: He has a cool idea we'll probably try for that center space. Stainless material for cars- which is not only decorative and matches both our interests- but will also provide air flow: Yep. I'm diggin this!
  24. Intrepid Partner is working away on the aquarium stand. He's really done a deep dive on what it's going to look like, materials and potential issues. He finished the final welds on the base last week: Just have some finishing work to do to the welds so they're smooth. Eventually the plan is this is getting powder coated. We went and picked up more steel last week so he could start making the doors. After he spent copious amounts of time on fish forums specifically about stands and design issues with them he's decided that the metal framed doors will have air gaps as you see here to allow less condensation and more airflow: He's also decided to do hinge pins to have the potential to easily install and remove the doors as needed. Also, there will be 6 doors- 3 per long side for ease of access anywhere. One short end will be solid and the side facing the wall and likely be the inlet for cords/equipment, may be open or partially- that hasn't been fully decided. He got the hinge pins: And he's started on the frames today: Last week we also picked out glass. He's decided that the upper part of the door will have glass framed in about 12x18 with more metal. So we looked and ended up ordering this: The lower part will be an insert of stained wood. Steadily plugging along....
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