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- Mon Oct 17, 2011 11:25 pm
- Forum: Freshwater Forum
- Topic: What's wrong with my water, and what am I doing wrong?
- Replies: 21
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Re: What's wrong with my water, and what am I doing wrong?
At this point, I doubt that RIFF-RAFF or KittyKat will even open this thread again, but I type this in hopes that they do. I apologize for the manner in which I responded to your responses. I am new to on-line forums. This is not an excuse, just an explanation as to why I misinterpreted the connotat...
- Mon Oct 17, 2011 11:48 am
- Forum: Freshwater Forum
- Topic: What's wrong with my water, and what am I doing wrong?
- Replies: 21
- Views: 23226
Re: What's wrong with my water, and what am I doing wrong?
So, I'll sound rude - KittyKat, your responses weren't helpful at all. 1. I wasn't afraid to ask for the filter goop or gravel out of fear of looking funny. I'm not a shallow person. Rather, because of how important my fish actually are to me, I was fearful of introducing a bacterial infection to th...
- Mon Oct 17, 2011 12:05 am
- Forum: Freshwater Forum
- Topic: What's wrong with my water, and what am I doing wrong?
- Replies: 21
- Views: 23226
Re: What's wrong with my water, and what am I doing wrong?
I was able to purchase SeaChem Prime when I bought the Dr. Tim's One and Only Live Nitrifying Bacteria. I was afraid to ask for any of their filter goop or gravel. Their tanks seem extremely clean and healthy (It's truly an amazing place.), but I was afraid of introducing a bacterial infection to my...
- Wed Oct 12, 2011 3:01 pm
- Forum: Freshwater Forum
- Topic: What's wrong with my water, and what am I doing wrong?
- Replies: 21
- Views: 23226
Re: What's wrong with my water, and what am I doing wrong?
Starsplitter7, Thank you so much for your response. I never gave thought that I was overcleaning my tank and caused the break in the nitrogen cycle as a result. My poor fish. I've been doing daily partial (25%) water changes as per the advisement of RIFF-RAFF without vacuuming the gravel (fear of lo...
- Sun Oct 09, 2011 8:33 pm
- Forum: Freshwater Forum
- Topic: What's wrong with my water, and what am I doing wrong?
- Replies: 21
- Views: 23226
Re: What's wrong with my water, and what am I doing wrong?
Thanks for your reply. I don't mean to come off sounding mean, but I don't think you read my post carefully. As I mentioned, my tank was completely cycled prior to my adding any fish. I did a fishless ammonia cycle that took a little over a month to complete. (I used Dr. Tim's Aquatics One and Only ...
- Sun Oct 09, 2011 4:46 pm
- Forum: Freshwater Forum
- Topic: What's wrong with my water, and what am I doing wrong?
- Replies: 21
- Views: 23226
Re: What's wrong with my water, and what am I doing wrong?
I found a website that explained the white worms to be planaria. I read that planaria tend to be present in aqauariums with too much food left over on/in the gravel. I also know that too much waste creates ammonia. This seems to be the cycle, except I don't see any left over food particles on/in the...
- Sun Oct 09, 2011 4:20 pm
- Forum: Loach Forum
- Topic: DOJOS ON ADOPTION ROW ...
- Replies: 1
- Views: 2201
Re: DOJOS ON ADOPTION ROW ...
I really enjoyed the way you wrote this introduction to your five, new dojos. I'm sure they're truly happy to have been found by you. Congratulations!
- Sun Oct 09, 2011 1:32 pm
- Forum: Freshwater Forum
- Topic: What's wrong with my water, and what am I doing wrong?
- Replies: 21
- Views: 23226
What's wrong with my water, and what am I doing wrong?
Please help me. This is my first aquarium, and I'm having problems. I have a 20 gallon tall tank and use a Marineland Penguin 150 power filter with biowheel. I have a rolling moss ball, 2 hillstream butterfly loaches (Beaufortia kweichowensis), and 5 pearl danios. I do a 25% water change each week (...
- Wed Sep 14, 2011 1:22 pm
- Forum: Fish Health & Treatment
- Topic: Death of Two Loaches
- Replies: 10
- Views: 11440
Re: Death of Two Loaches
Thanks for all of the input. It is greatly appreciated. The Maracyn and Maracyn 2 treatment (5 days) was completed on Monday. I did a partial water change (25%) on Tuesday because the water took on a brown tinge - I'm assuming from the medication - and because the nitrate level increased a bit (appe...
- Mon Sep 12, 2011 2:55 pm
- Forum: Fish Health & Treatment
- Topic: Death of Two Loaches
- Replies: 10
- Views: 11440
Re: Death of Two Loaches
I'm sorry about that; I meant to type bacterial infection and not parasite. I will follow your advice and continue the antibiotics for the full course of treatment.
Thanks, again.
Jessie
Thanks, again.
Jessie
- Mon Sep 12, 2011 11:35 am
- Forum: Fish Health & Treatment
- Topic: Death of Two Loaches
- Replies: 10
- Views: 11440
Re: Death of Two Loaches
Thank you for the response. The danios were added at the same time as the loaches. They were in a different tank than the loaches at the store (an extremely reputable one), but both tanks looked healthy. They had some sort of shrimp in with the loaches, and I can't remember what other species they h...
- Mon Sep 12, 2011 12:02 am
- Forum: Fish Health & Treatment
- Topic: Death of Two Loaches
- Replies: 10
- Views: 11440
Death of Two Loaches
I'm at a loss. Within the past week I've lost two of my loaches. I can't find a match to any type of disease, health ailment, bacterial infection, etc. I'm fearful that I'm going to lose my other two loaches to this same thing. Type of fish: hillstream butterfly loach (Beaufortia kweichowensis) *Had...