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  1. @Colu I tried Epsom salt. As you can see the fish has slimmed down, actually after only one treatment. She is swimming slantwise, but looks much better. I hope she will recuperate completely. Thanks!
  2. <0,3 nitrite is the lowest with my testkit.
  3. @ At least one of them died. Ammonia = 0mg/l Nitrite = <0,3mg/l Nitrate = 1mg/l Ph = 7,2 Temp = 26°C I have to add this is not a new tank, had it for 3 years.
  4. My black neon tetra has a swollen belly. This has happened two times before and only to my female black neons. I thought it was constipation, but now I don't know
  5. Hi guys! Just an update. I think I have found why shrimp died after water change. I used both hot and cold tapwater to get the right temp. Now I only use cold tapwater that I then warm. Seemingly there must be some copper in my hot water. I haven't checked it for copper, but that must be it, since I haven't seen one dead shrimp since I changed method.
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    Scratching fish

    I have no longer problem with scratching. I put garlic cloves in the tank before, that might be the reason of the scratching or maybe it was just the filters that needed a real cleaning. Either way I have stopped with putting garlic in the tank.
  7. My dad says he who sold it to him said it's not a vallisneria gigantea. But he doesn't remember its name. To me it looks just like v. gigantea. Do you know?
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    Scratching fish

    I cleanded the filters yesterday. It's been a while. The water came out really dark. Today the fishes look more lively. Maybe this was the reason for the scratching? We will see if it fixed the problem.
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    Scratching fish

    Since I got corys I'm a bit afraid of using salt.
  10. Got some problem with green neons and corys scratching and sometimes swim around like crazy. Water parameters are good. I think it might be flukes, but don't know. I see no visable signs on them and they seem healthy otherwise, good appetite etc. It's been like this for quite some time and since it's got worse I got to do something about it. I also got cherry shrimps in the tank, so what could I use (or do) that don't kill the shrimps? I'm still a beginner in the hobby, so be kind. 🙂
  11. I wonder why I have this problem. I normally don't do more than 10-15% water change. Something wrong with my tapwater maybe? Dechlorinator can't be a problem, can it?
  12. I never had amanos. I have been thinking of given them a go.
  13. I have read that some grades of cherries are hardier than others. Not sure how correct that is, or which is hardiest.
  14. I have cherries, sometimes they die after water change. I have heard cherries are quite hardy, but are there other shrimps that are less sensitive to water changes?
  15. Now it's been almost a month and no spots. Taking it as it's gone. 😍
  16. Today the pandas were put back to the main tank. From our observation they didn't have ich. Now we just have to wait and see that we were right. Sorry for no picture!
  17. The tank is at my dad's. I'll get to it next time I'm there.
  18. We moved them from an ich infested tank we then cured with heat, to an empty tank, so pretty sure it's ich. But now I'm not 100% sure they actually have it. It's very hard to see because of the sand in that tank, it tends to stick to their bodies looking ich-like. We didn't think of that when we put them there.
  19. Heat treatment has worked wonders in the past against ich, but can pandas take 30°c? Anyone got experience with this? I know they prefer cooler water than most corys.
  20. I like doing smaller changes, like 5% every other day, rather than doing one change a week. My shrimp didn't seem to handle it very well on weekly changes, started to die on me, that's why I changed to smaller more frequent changes. I also have neons and corys in there. I have this nagging question, if these small water changes is enough.
  21. Hi guys, I'm Peter, live in Sweden. I found this forum through youtube. I have had an aquarium for about a year, so I'm new to this hobby. I started out with 120 liters and recently upgraded to 240 liters. Fishes are black and green neons and panda corys, and shrimps. I hope to learn more to keep my fish happy and healthy. God bless!
  22. These corys are Panda corys. If we detect spots (there might be a spot), what is the best way to treat it? We tried Esha Exit for over two weeks, since it didn't do it, we switched to JBL Punktol for two weeks. After tiredsome treatment and ich just getting worse we decided to try heat. So we moved the corys to another tank and did 30°C on the main tank. It's soon been a week and ich is almost gone. Since the bad experience with meds, I would hate to use it on the corys. I have also heard salt treatment is dangerous for corys. So what's the option?
  23. We had a tank with Ich. Since the corys were uninfected we moved the corys to an empty tank, and doing heat treatment on the main tank. Now I have heard that if we move back the corys to the main tank they may reintroduce ich, even they have no visible spots. Now I don't know what to do. Can corys spread ich, and how do you know if they have the parasite? /Peter
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