Romans116 Posted March 15, 2021 Share Posted March 15, 2021 Sorry, I’ve got a couple questions... Question 1: So I have had my new 10 gallon set up for about a week now. I have 1 honey gourami, 2 ruby tetras, and an ember tetra (it was supposed to be 7 embers but they gave me the wrong fish and when I called and asked, it turned out they were sick so a lot died). I was planning on getting more tetras to get the school up to a healthier number when I saw tiny white dots on my fish. My first thought was that they had ich, given that there were suddenly there, but I read that I should wait a day to make sure. So the next day, almost all of the dots were gone. Now 2 days later they are almost all gone leaving me very confused what that was. Any ideas or explanations to what happened? Question 2: So recently, my tank has developed a bit of an algae problem. It has grown fast in a week past my control. I also really want to get a good clean up crew. I have Malaysian trumpet snails in there but they haven’t done much of anything. I really don’t want nerites and already have amonos with my betta and I want to do something different. Is there any small clean up crew fish I could get? I was thinking about ottos or Pygmy corys but I don’t know if that will overstock my tank. I’m also open to maybe a less common invert as well. Question 3: I have a spare 3 gallon from a friend and I was wondering if a scarlet badis could go in there if it had some filtration. I know that’s small but I was just wondering if it’s possible and healthy because I want an excuse to get another tank. I attached a picture of my tank (sorry it’s cloudy I just did a bunch of maintenance and tried to get off some algae) and a picture of some of the tetras with the dots, there are almost none on the honey now. Thanks! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
KBOzzie59 Posted March 15, 2021 Share Posted March 15, 2021 You really should look into balancing your ecosystem. Here are some questions I have. 1. What are your water parameters? 2. How many hours of light is your tank getting? 2. What brand of light is it? FYI. If you are wanting a "cleanup crew" to correct an imbalanced ecosystem you will be sorely disappointed. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Romans116 Posted March 15, 2021 Author Share Posted March 15, 2021 Nitrates: about 5 (strips are hard to read) Nitrites: 0 Ammonia: 0 Probably 8-12 hours of light depending on when I go to bed but I’ve been doing less the last few days. I know a cleanup crew won’t fix all my problems but I know they will help with some algae and help cleanup some extra food. I also really wanted corys but don’t know if they’ll fit. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Colu Posted March 15, 2021 Share Posted March 15, 2021 I would have your lighting on fix time 8hours a day that will help to reduce your algae and add some nerites or rams horn snails to eat the algae Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Romans116 Posted March 15, 2021 Author Share Posted March 15, 2021 Ok, I will reduce the light but I have looked everywhere nearby and can’t find rams horns and I really don’t wanna worry about nerite eggs. I know they don’t hatch but are a pain to cleanup. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Colu Posted March 15, 2021 Share Posted March 15, 2021 You might be able to get rams horn snails of aquabid Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Romans116 Posted March 15, 2021 Author Share Posted March 15, 2021 Ok, so I’m assuming that Pygmy corys or ottos won’t work in my tank? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Colu Posted March 15, 2021 Share Posted March 15, 2021 You could put 6 pygmy Cory's in your tank oto will clear your algae the hardest thing is to get them to eat once the algae gone most are wild court and won't eat algae wafers and need plenty of algae in there diet to do well long term Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Romans116 Posted March 15, 2021 Author Share Posted March 15, 2021 Ok! Thanks, I’ll do a bit more research on the Pygmy corys but thanks for the information. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Romans116 Posted March 15, 2021 Author Share Posted March 15, 2021 Oh yeah I forgot the main reason I came on here, any ideas for the causes of the white dots? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Colu Posted March 15, 2021 Share Posted March 15, 2021 It looks like ich I would treat with ich x or API super ick cure Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Romans116 Posted March 15, 2021 Author Share Posted March 15, 2021 Ok, the only reason I was thinking not to treat it is because of how fast it went away. Is that common with ich? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Colu Posted March 15, 2021 Share Posted March 15, 2021 The ich parasite drop off when they become free swiming looking for a new host Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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