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A fellow aquarist on a Norwegian forum came across a species that was only labelled red-blue Botia. The body was a deep-red colour and the tailfinn was dark blue/black. Anyone who has any idea what species this might be?

Kind regards
Marius Podolski

No more dead skunks, and AMPLE clicking when another microscopic portion of mosquitolarvae was fed :D 3 of them even made an apperance outside theyre caves :D Water conditions are very stable (eventhough they are a little bit "off the mark" as far as loaches are concerned..PH=8!) As long as they now...

Hi again! Good news first: no more deaths, and Skunks now coming out and eating a (very microscopic) dose of Red mosquitolarva. However, since I have measurable ammonia in the tank, and PH is stable around 7,8 (KH is 4) doesn`t that create more toxic Ammonia? I`m a bit confused as I have taken up yo...

Hi! I`ll take youre advice and keep KH as stable as possible. But this will keep my PH a bit higher than what is preferred. I guess this is OK? I use Tetra Aquasafe after every water change, eventhough it is said not be necessary in Norway. Nitrites have not been present at any time. I check every d...

Hi again! I have tested the tank for ammonium and other things. Here are the results: Temp - 24 PH - approx 7,8 Tetra test shows a little higher than 7,5 but lower than 8 KH - 4 Nitrites - 0 Ammonium: Here I`m a bit uncertain. The test is Red Sea Max it shows a total of 0,25. According to the chart ...

I have quite subdued lighting in this tank. There are some plants in there. I added the KH after the first skunk died, as I figured I needed to raise the PH when I realized the sudden drop. As KH is 3 and PH is 7 in my tap water I have never had the need to adjust this previously. Yet, the second sk...

chefkeith wrote:What's the kH of the tap water?

I measured it now: 3 (this was from a glass which has contained tap water since yesterday evening)

I`ll get the Ammonia test tomorrow. The filter pump was moved up to the surface earlier this evening. Haven`t fed today and wont do so until after testing tomorrow. I`ll keep you posted.

Thanks for the help!

Kind regards
Marius

I measured the KH now. Result: 4. I have done a small waterchange earlier today. My tap water is close to perfect: PH 7,0. As i live in Norway there is no problem with chloriine or other water-parameter issues straight from the tap. (one of the few good things about this country... the cleanest wate...

Nitrite is 0,(sorry, I meant Nitrite in my first post) and has been so all the time. I have checked every day since the move. I don`t have an ammonia test, unfortunately. But do you think ammonia might be present with no mesurable No2 in the tank, and two fully cycled filters?

Hi! In 24 hours I have lost 1 skunk and one is currently dying. Long story (relatively) short: I transferred all my skunks to their own tank approx 2 weeks ago. (the filters were not new and completely cycled.) Both sick skunks behave the same way. they come out of theyre hiding place into an open p...

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What is the big deal? These loaches are apparently commerical available in large numbers. We aren't talking about endagered specics here. I love MY loaches and I would be very sad if I caused their death (to say nothing of what I would do to somebody who intentionally harmed them), but frankly I do...

I'm going to assume you understand I know what stuck is and spare you their recent harrowing near death experiences. So, any advice on gauging the impact of these hopfully never happening again experinces? By all means :D I`m not hinting that you don`t know what stuck is. But it seems to me that yo...

I have to agree with Emma. How do you know the loach is stuck? These creatures can squeze in to holes you wouldn`t think physically possible. However; if they get in, the will most of the time get out