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Posted: Thu Feb 19, 2009 9:00 pm
by LoachOrgy
tank tds 267 another 5 percent water change tonight.
Posted: Sun Feb 22, 2009 12:06 pm
by LoachOrgy
ive done 2 days of 20% water changes. all fish are taking it well. tank tds is 219. im shooting for 150. my qtank is right around 150-160. ill keep taking some measurements with the tapwater with water conditioner. but it seems to stay consistently around 130-150 with added conditioner.
the cory's are now showing better signs of recovery. 3 have all of their barbels regrown. one is showing signs of growth but slower than the others. the fin rot is still present but it doesn't seem to be getting any worse.
the fish are all super energetic.
thanks guys! things are starting to look great so far.
Posted: Sun Feb 22, 2009 12:24 pm
by shari2
glad to hear it, LO.
Posted: Sun Feb 22, 2009 1:55 pm
by chefkeith
That's great news.
Posted: Mon Feb 23, 2009 2:57 pm
by LoachOrgy
tds is 208 today.
shooting for 140-150.
Posted: Thu Feb 26, 2009 9:15 pm
by LoachOrgy
tds is at 190.
Posted: Fri Feb 27, 2009 10:26 am
by LoachOrgy
tds 183.
Posted: Fri Feb 27, 2009 10:48 am
by chefkeith
It's going down nice and slow and steady.
Posted: Sun Mar 01, 2009 3:27 pm
by LoachOrgy
td 170.
the cory's fins are starting to get better. all the barbels are growing or grown back now as well.
Posted: Tue Mar 03, 2009 11:58 pm
by LoachOrgy
tds is at 160. woke up yesterday to find a cory struggling. his fins were ripped and he had bruises everywhere. i think he may have hit the jethead stream and it crashed him into some ornament or he got stuck somewhere in a filter. poor guy. ive seen the jet take him fast and he was real clumsy then.
it definitely looked like a ripped fin not any kind of rot.
he died this morning. so now i have one albino cory left.
on a side note i made up a bunch of martins gel loach food. im going to feed them after a day of fasting.
Posted: Fri Mar 06, 2009 9:19 pm
by LoachOrgy
tank has been staying steady at 168 to 170 ish for a few days now. its getting harder to lower it. seems like its going up about 10ppm at a time.
the last cory ripped his fin too. i think they keep getting launched by the jethead at the top of the tank and being albino can't really see where they are swimming too well. poor guy. he will be ok though.
its definitely a similar injury that the other cory sustained so im thinking that was the case.
Posted: Sat Mar 07, 2009 12:02 pm
by chefkeith
Sounds like the water is hitting a plateau.
Posted: Sun Mar 08, 2009 11:09 pm
by LoachOrgy
well tds is at 164 today. the cory with injured fin is already showing signs of healing. the entire tank is showing signs of healing in the fin department.
even all cory's.
Posted: Wed Mar 11, 2009 1:26 pm
by LoachOrgy
tds is 155. i think im right where i need to be now.
Posted: Sun Mar 15, 2009 3:59 pm
by LoachOrgy
tds staying consistently at 155.