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ok that's probably what it is thanks.

It could definitely be making it more noticeable, but it has been an issue long before an ammonia spike. They don't look like ich spots, more raised bumps slightly larger than ich that are a similar color to the fish and they are mostly on the tail.

ammonia .25 being suppressed with dechlorinator nitrite 0 nitrate 10 ph 8.2 temp 77V

I have a fancy goldfish with little textured spots on it's tail. They have been there for a while, any thoughts? Also now that I look at the picture, is that a little bit of fit rot we have going on?

I never stated anyone's choice to use anything as "rubbish"

been using for 20+. So has Dean and Cory.

I would go forth with Epsom salt bath. I have had success with it in the past. There are many "recipes" online and I would recommend one from cory or girl talks fish.

In a livestream like 4 years ago, Cory was talking about aggression and that was one of the comments he read out loud

NOBODY PUTS LARRY IN THE CORNER!!!!!

@Lennie, if you have two sponges, you can just move one over to your new tank. And @TheBlueBeetle, if both your sponges and rings have bacteria, isn't cleaning the sponges out with pressurized water similar to boiling half your biorings? @TOtrees here is one of the videos I found during my research into bimedia. In it a study is discussed where scientists measured the amount of bacteria found in each media type and found it liked fine sponge best, and course sponge second best tied with ceramic. Therefore, the statement that "bacteria prefers sponge over all bimedia is just rubbish" is in and of itself, rubbish

Cool project! while it is true that sponge is biomedia, I am more referring to things like biohome, biorings, bioballs, lavarock, etc. 99% of the time the surface area just usn't needed or can be achieved through sponge, which bacteria prefers to live on anyway.

We don't actually need bio media in any of our filters, because we could just replace it with sponge, which provides more than enough surface area, in combination with substrate. Just look at sponge filters, none of them have bio media, yet they can handle ridiculous bioloads no problem

Yeah I don't know what's up with those lately. They jacked the price on the website which before was the only reason I liked them. No longer have a use for them or their other pumps, I just get what I can find at a good price on amazon.

if it is ick, the salt you're adding will do the same thing as ich x, so no matter what the spots are, there is no need for ich x

welcome

they will absolutely bury themselves in the sand and uproot your plants. The question is, how well rooted are your plants? If it's an amazon sword you may want to be concerned, but if it's a jungle of vallisneria, then there's probably no need for worry.

alright will report back when I feed the meds or loose more fish. should be here day after tomorrow

hornwort and duckweed are my absolute go tos for removing nitrate, but be careful as once you introduce duckweed, it is very hard to get rid of so make sure you want it.

I would email aquarium coop for advice, since you are using their product they should have some ideas

Alright makes sense. I don't know too much about diy, but I do know the flip aquatics matten filters are very good https://flipaquatics.com/collections/filtration flip aquatics also sells just the sponge if you wanted to make your own

Ok. If they don't eat it do I just dose the water?

Ok I will get maracyn from coop hopefully it gets here on time. Also why does it need to be eaten rather than in the water colum?

I don't have either I would have to go buy it. Could I put it in repashy? would it work to add salt to the tank?

why not use a sponge filter or undergravel filter?

you're saying to feed them maracyn?