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Aquarium salt is special salt, I gather. It's not epsom or rock, kosher, sea or iodine table salt. Correct?
Should I add the aquarium salt to the 54 g of water or put it in a bucket first with prime?
Your help is much appreciated.
Spooky was on metroplex until he stopped eating and started to look like he has swim bladder bouyency problems. On day four fasting he has more control than before. Has new sore on the kok and it looks like maybe anchor worm on picture below. This isn't looking good.
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Spooky was on metroplex until he stopped eating and started to look like he has swim bladder bouyency problems. On day four fasting he has more control than before. Has new sore on the kok and it looks like maybe anchor worm on picture below. This isn't looking good.
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pH 7.6
Nitrite 0
Nitrate 10pp
Ammonia 0
Gh hard 150
KH high moderate 100
I gave my flowerhorn paracleanse via food instead of dosing the tank.
54g corner tank 81degree
Lil Spooky is a FH - for the last year he would only eat shrimp anything else he would ignore. I made a slurry of shrimp defrosted in fridge, focus, paracleanse, vitamin drops, and a pinch of epsom salt. Fed once a day for four days on the fifth day he would take the food in munch on it for a min then spit it out. On the fifth day white stuff came out of his pink wound/sore like a zit, lots of them.
What can you tell me about this situation? For the next two days lil spooky ate pellets, no problem!
Now looks like worms are coming out again.
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On 9/5/2021 at 9:19 AM, Mmiller2001 said:
If feeding Paracleanse doesn't work, dose it to the water column. It will not disrupt your cycle. You should treat for 1 month. Flukes have a decent life cycle.
Should I remove any filtration? I don't use carbon. I have a hob with prefilter sponge on intake, 3 foam bricks inside and a biowheel. A fluidized bed with K1 and an additional sponge filter...
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On 9/4/2021 at 11:55 PM, Mmiller2001 said:
Ah, okay, that could be ammonia burn then. They can present very similar. I would do antibiotics in food first. Then watch for continued flashing.
The flashing does continue...I added paracleanse to the food...
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On 9/4/2021 at 5:58 PM, Mmiller2001 said:
Wait, did you cycle the tank with him in it?
Mostly, yes. Took him out after nitrites were too high.
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On 9/4/2021 at 5:29 PM, Mmiller2001 said:
What you are describing sounds like gill flukes. In the instance, I would dose Paracleanse into the water per directions on the box. I would go 2 weeks dosing, rest one week and dose a 3rd time on the fourth week.
This tank just finished cycling, I don't want to mess with the bb. I just added pellets to the slurry and it absorbed it. Want to feed it to her, are you saying not to??
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Most of the slurry got into the water, I am sure there has got to be a trick to this...
I used Repashy thinking it would gel up and be easy, not so much.
Pellets are too hard for fishy so should I soak first to soften them up?
Then we are back to the slurry, lil help....
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pH seems about 7.4 or 7.6
ammonia greater than zero less than 0.25ppm
nitrite 0
nitrate more than 20ppm close to 40ppm
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Little Spooky is flashing and red gills too. Dorsal fin is twitching!!
On hand I have ParaCleanse, Maracyn, and IckX. She is in a 54g should I move her to the 20g to medicate?
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On 8/26/2021 at 5:06 PM, Guppysnail said:
Pictures dark but looks exciting and good. I would change out to lower nitrate but my tablet is ancient so use your judgment I try to stay at or below 20. I’m happy for you and Spooky
I think the nitrate is around 80, therefore I should do water changes to reduce?
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Any opinions or advice is welcome...When can Lil Spooky move back home?
I see this as great water perimeters, any thoughts?
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On 8/24/2021 at 12:36 PM, Guppy Guy said:
I like the water bottle filter idea, but when you made it, did you strip off all the label glue?
If not, it could be leaching toxins in the water and stressing out Lil Spooky.
You were right Guppy Guy! I did leave some residue on the bottle...yikes.
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I'm very happy to say the nitrites have dropped to the lesser purple, almost blue! The cloudiness has cleared some as well... Thank you for your kind words, and encouragement.
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Only had success with jumbo shrimp and Repashy.
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Problem being I have no access to groovy-gravy (brown gunk) anymore because the first time I found out the importance of beneficial bacteria was after I followed instructions on a HOB and flushed it.. I already went through it with two Jewel cichlids, very traumatizing. It is not through lack of researching, I have found a ton of bad advice. Bought an unbelievable amount of products only to be wrong over and over again. Established media is hard to keep established. Once its disrupted, or out of water too long (or flushed) its gone. I find this hobby frustrating, but I have high hopes!
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On 8/25/2021 at 10:01 AM, Intuos said:
the spreadsheet idea is brilliant...
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Good morning,
Does anyone have any advice for a 54g corner tank that started out a little Spooky? What we have now is a fishless cycle, I presume? Do I add anything at this point or does the tank have enough feed to continue the cycle? The water is slightly cloudy, bare bottom, 81 F. The nitrites are 2ppm, ammonia monitor is in the yellow; could the Prime be binding the ammonia? Nitrates are still 5ppm.
My inner voice is telling me to be patient, however I would hate to stall the forward movement of this cycle. Lil Spooky is counting on me.
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did you strip off all the label glue?
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Flowerhorn-parasites are coming out!
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I can't stand to see him suffer, do you think there's any hope for recovery?