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I thought I sent this last night but am I swapping the jungle and kan for the maracyn2 and repeating the treatment for 2 sets totaling 10 days?

1 Congo and 2 rummies have it. White patches almost like wounds from rubbing against something. It’s mostly on the top. All fish are swimming normally. All are eating normally. This is a 75 gallon planted with heavy filtration. I have about 12 corrys, 10 rumnies, 6 Congo tetras, a couple ottos, a betta, ton of shrimp, and 2 dwarf frogs. They had ick a few months ago but I treated it and they’re cleared up. I do a 30% water change every week. Given a varied diet of frozen foods, flakes, dried tuboflex worms, & crushed snails. Temp - 76-78° they’re under a vent ph 6.6 gh 8-10 kh - 1-2 ammonia - 0 nitrites - 0 nitrates - 5-10

@nabokovfan87 I ended up getting fluval black sand as a cap for stratum. I saw Caribsea and gonna look into it for my next tank. Thank you.

I ended up going with Fluval stratum in mesh bags and a bunch of seachem black sand. I know the black diamond blasting sands is way cheaper but I don’t wanna deal with washing that stuff out and running magnets through it for 3 hours. I meant an alternative to stratum and how it can help with maintaining a near neutral pH.

I have a 75 gallon I’m setting up. I have 2 17.7 bags of fluval stratum and plan to mesh bag that and put it through out the tank. Then cap it with a dark sand or substrate. Aiming for 3-4 inches. I have a lot of bottom dwellers like corries and loaches so need something soft for them. Right now I only use HTH pool filter sand and love everything about it other than the light color and not keeping the water neutral for shrimp. Any advice on a dark alternative to hth and something to help with neutral water for shrimp?

Thank you

If I chose not to do the medicated food then how often do I feed them?

@ColuThank you. I just reread it and realized he meant to put the levan in food and that’s why you syphon after 24 hours. Thank you.

Thank you. Would you recommend using pareclense as well to be in the side or just expel?

I got 5 CPDs and 4 guppies from Petsmart and ended up losing 2 CPDs and 3 guppies. I got some more fish and now I’m considering doing the med trio. All water perimeters are stable and all the guppies were active and eating. They were in a different tank than the cpds. One was a bit skinny but eating and active. Came down stairs to 2 dead and then a 3rd the next day. The 4th is fine though. That was 2-3 days ago. Is the med trio still recommended and if so then is this article still accurate on dosing and instructions? Sorry it’s been a while since I got new fish. Been obsessed with shrimp the last year so wanting to double check. Also I have maracyn and maracyn 2 so which would you do? https://www.aquariumcoop.com/blogs/faqs/how-to-use-quaratine-med-trio#:~:text=If you just purchased some,parasitic diseases they may have. Ph - 7-7.2 Amonia - 0 nitrites - 0 nitrates - 5 kH - 1-2 gH - 6-9 Temp - 74°

@Colu Ended up losing 2 of them. I got some more fish and now I’m considering doing the med trio. They’re from petsmart and we already lost the 2 cpds and 3 out of 4 guppies as well that got bought at the same time from the same place. All water perimeters are the same and stable and all the guppies were active and eating. They were in a. Different tank than the cpds. One was a bit skinny but eating and active. Came down stairs to 2 dead and then a 3rd the next day. The 4th is fine though. That was 2-3 days ago. Is the med trio still recommended and if so then is this article still accurate on dosing and instructions? Sorry it’s been a while since I got new fish. Been obsessed with shrimp the last year so wanting to double check. Also I have maracyn and maracyn 2 so which would you do? https://www.aquariumcoop.com/blogs/faqs/how-to-use-quaratine-med-trio#:~:text=If you just purchased some,parasitic diseases they may have.

@Colu thank you very much. I’ll keep you updated on how they do.

I just got these guys about an hour ago from petsmart. They’re in a new empty quarantine tank I just set up with an existing sponge filter. I have focus, kanoplex & garlic guard and was going to use it but wanted to double check first. 5 total and 3 look healthy and plump but 2 look a bit skinny and sunken in. These go quick at the store since they sell them for $3.50 so they’ve only been there for about 2-3 days. They were all picking at detritus on the bottom of the tank in the store. I have the lights off in the tank and it’s in a dark corner but I can see them all moving around in the tank together. I’m planning on getting about 10 more when they get their next shipment later this week. parameters are temp - 78° Ph - 7-7.2 ammonia - 0 nitrites - 0 Nitrates - 0 gH - -6-8 kH - 1-2

@Odd Duck here’s another from its clutch as well as the albinos. Yeah they’re all C. aeneus.

@Odd Duck in all honesty, these weren’t meant for breeding. I got 5 of what I thought was emeralds and 3 albinos. The parents are no where near the colors of the offspring. They’re almost albino their selves with light shades of green but all the babies are that color. I’ll probably go to a LFS and grab a male and female to add to the genetics.