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I guess I should go look for a short bus decoration for the tank then. Maybe a few tiny shotguns and a banjo too
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Anyone looking for a project? http://www.nerdist.com/2014/07/the-best-aquarium-is-a-lego-super-mario-bros-aquarium/
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Enos Cabell posted:Anyone looking for a project? Hmm, those fish choices. Won't the jack try to rearrange the aquarium? Good luck with keeping it like that.
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Hey I'm going to cross post this from the saltwater thread, because even though it's a salt aquarium, mollies are generally considered freshwater. SniperWoreConverse posted:I think my fish has ich or something. He's got this white spot on him and it's loving up the scales by his fin. Another one has it on his mouth. Can anyone confirm/deny? I can get more pictures no problem, but sorry for the crap cell pics:
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Jul 20, 2014 00:33
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Enos Cabell posted:Anyone looking for a project? a real purist would only have used legos. 
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SniperWoreConverse posted:Hey I'm going to cross post this from the saltwater thread, because even though it's a salt aquarium, mollies are generally considered freshwater. I don't see Ich in those pictures. Possibly a fungus, but it's really hard to tell. edit: as far as them being is saltwater, I'd keep them in saltwater to treat whatever it is they have. The switch from salt to fresh (and then back to fresh) can stress the fish necessarily. Zaffy fucked around with this message at 02:27 on Jul 20, 2014 |
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Jul 20, 2014 02:23
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yeah it's hard as hell to get a decent pic of what's going on. Basically they have this white spot where the scales are seemingly coming off. Sometimes I catch them rubbing their bodies on the sand, but I always thought it was because one happened to get zapped by an anemone (I saw one bump into a tentacle and do the same thing). Then I heard it was symptomatic behavior -- they get itchy. A few weeks ago i noticed a lot of white particles floating in the water column. I assumed it was some kind of plankton or something, because there was a boom in the amount of tiny copepods a little bit before that. Now I'm worried it was a ton of parasites and I just let it roll like it was a good thing. I'll try and get some better pics tomorrow.
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My original plan was to put the Firemouth in the tank after it was set back up and introduce the oscar a week later. I ended up giving the Firemouth just a one day head start. The Firemouth is stalking the Oscar and does the occasional gill flare/charge. Oscar's logical response, attack decorations. 
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^ Fish do some strange things at times. Right now my month old Molly fry do the tail stand when any of the shrimp come near. Dunno what's going on with the swordtail anymore. He refuses to come to the top to eat and instead feeds on the stuff that hits the gravel. As for a few posts above, I've no knowledge of saltwater tanks except I never want one, so no help here I'm afraid.
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JuffoWup posted:Hmm, those fish choices. Won't the jack try to rearrange the aquarium? Good luck with keeping it like that. Slow moving butterfly fish, and a genetically altered and weaker Jack Dempsey, and a fish that needs to surface every other minute. drat, yeah great idea, can we put in some goldfish and Oscars too?
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Cowslips Warren posted:Slow moving butterfly fish, and a genetically altered and weaker Jack Dempsey, and a fish that needs to surface every other minute. drat, yeah great idea, can we put in some goldfish and Oscars too? A violet goby would round it out nicely I think.
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Bet the castle floats away the moment any water goes in, lego is pretty good at trapping air and staying bouyant.
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SynthOrange posted:Bet the castle floats away the moment any water goes in, lego is pretty good at trapping air and staying bouyant. should be able to keep it in with gravel over base tiles.
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SniperWoreConverse posted:yeah it's hard as hell to get a decent pic of what's going on. Basically they have this white spot where the scales are seemingly coming off. Sometimes I catch them rubbing their bodies on the sand, but I always thought it was because one happened to get zapped by an anemone (I saw one bump into a tentacle and do the same thing). Then I heard it was symptomatic behavior -- they get itchy. The white particles in the water certainly weren't Ich. You can't see them.
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Got home from work and was surprised to find apisto babies! They were pretty tricky to get a decent photo of, so have some crappy ones instead! DSC_7693.jpg by meramsey, on Flickr DSC_7699.jpg by meramsey, on Flickr DSC_7689.jpg by meramsey, on FlickrThey don't look older than a day or so, and it's hard to count but looks to be 25-30 of the little guys. demonR6, I think they enjoyed those leaves you sent me 
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Enos Cabell posted:Got home from work and was surprised to find apisto babies! They were pretty tricky to get a decent photo of, so have some crappy ones instead! What are your water parameters? I've been trying to get mine to breed for a month now.
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Enos Cabell posted:Got home from work and was surprised to find apisto babies! They were pretty tricky to get a decent photo of, so have some crappy ones instead! Brilliant! Anytime fish have babies thanks to me I am proud by association!
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So how fast is a fully cycled aquarium supposed to get rid of ammonia and nitrite? I got everything to 0 and since I'm not going to add fish that soon I added ammonia to 4ppm just to see how it goes. 24h later ammonia is at 0.5ppm which seems pretty good, but nitrite is still off the charts and nitrate at around 60ppm. Obviously I got all the bacteria needed but are they going at optimal efficiency? This is a 10 gallon tank with 20gUS filter.
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I've heard a few days minimum to do it. But then they were talking about planted tanks. Seems my Platy dropped fry over the night, I hope more of them make it than the last. For some reason the Mollies left their young alone and got all but two of the Platies...both of which are drat near exact copies of their mom. I'm hoping one turns out to be a male and has the sword tail genes
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IM_DA_DECIDER posted:So how fast is a fully cycled aquarium supposed to get rid of ammonia and nitrite? I got everything to 0 and since I'm not going to add fish that soon I added ammonia to 4ppm just to see how it goes. 24h later ammonia is at 0.5ppm which seems pretty good, but nitrite is still off the charts and nitrate at around 60ppm. Obviously I got all the bacteria needed but are they going at optimal efficiency? This is a 10 gallon tank with 20gUS filter. How long has it been setup? Did you keep feeding the bacteria with ammonia after the cycle completed?
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Dantu posted:How long has it been setup? Did you keep feeding the bacteria with ammonia after the cycle completed? Around 20 days, and the cycle just completed so there was no starvation period as far as I can tell. Also I have a lot of plants in there.
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Bait and Swatch posted:What are your water parameters? I've been trying to get mine to breed for a month now. This is in a heavily planted 40g breeder tank, with a layer of indian almond leaves that I am letting decompose in the tank. nitrates: 5ppm pH: 7.6 KH: 200ppm GH: 340ppm I was expecting to need to lower my pH and hardness, but apparently they don't care all that much. I've been leaving the substrate alone for the most part, only vacuuming out the worst of the detritus. I'm also not pruning any of the plants, and letting the dead leaves fall and decompose in the tank.  DSC_7722.jpg by meramsey, on Flickr DSC_7710.jpg by meramsey, on Flickr
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Jul 22, 2014 16:41
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Enos Cabell posted:Got home from work and was surprised to find apisto babies! They were pretty tricky to get a decent photo of, so have some crappy ones instead! Let me steal your babbies? Seriously those are some good parents... If some of them make it I have dollars to give you...
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Look at those cute rear end little babbies
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IM_DA_DECIDER posted:Around 20 days, and the cycle just completed so there was no starvation period as far as I can tell. Also I have a lot of plants in there. The only conclusion I can come up with is that you aren't cycled. Nitrite should be back to zero 24 hours after a dosing of ammonia, pretty sure.
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IM_DA_DECIDER posted:Around 20 days, and the cycle just completed so there was no starvation period as far as I can tell. Also I have a lot of plants in there. If you're just looking to maintain you don't need a full 4ppm of ammonia, But with nitrite being off the charts it's likely you're not fully cycled yet anyway.
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Dantu posted:The only conclusion I can come up with is that you aren't cycled. Nitrite should be back to zero 24 hours after a dosing of ammonia, pretty sure. It's back at 0 after 48hrs. I guess I'll keep feeding small doses of ammonia and hope the nitrite eaters catch up.
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Enos Cabell posted:This is in a heavily planted 40g breeder tank, with a layer of indian almond leaves that I am letting decompose in the tank. The store I bought them from was around these, perhaps I should stop gathering rain water to lower PH amd hardness. I have a pair of agassizzis and cockatoos in my heavily planted 120 and neither has shown any interest in breeding. The females hang out together and the males ignore everything else in the tank. I'm thinking I have pairs that just aren't interested in each other.
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SkaAndScreenplays posted:Let me steal your babbies? I've never tried shipping fish before, but if it's not too much of a hassle I can definitely hook you up. Bait and Swatch posted:The store I bought them from was around these, perhaps I should stop gathering rain water to lower PH amd hardness. I have a pair of agassizzis and cockatoos in my heavily planted 120 and neither has shown any interest in breeding. The females hang out together and the males ignore everything else in the tank. I'm thinking I have pairs that just aren't interested in each other. I think I got super lucky with this pair. I was planning to order a few more females to add to the mix, but I think I'm gonna hold off on that now. Enos Cabell fucked around with this message at 20:37 on Jul 23, 2014 |
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My oscar is still acting weird, and my firemouth eagerly goes after food but spits it out after chewing it. I bought some Hikari frozen krill, same deal. Oscar ignored it, Firemouth chewed and spit out. I'm hoping they are still just getting over the stress of the tank move. E: Ammonia 0, Nitrite 0, Nitrate 5.0
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So, I fixed my lighting and now my plants thrive. They might actually be growing too fast! They'll soon outgrow the tank. They doubled in size in 3-4 days. I'll have keep the lighting on a tight schedule. Anyway, I got 8 neon tetras yesterday as my first fish occupants. One died on the way home, another died after being introduced to the tank (got his caudal fin bitten off and ended up getting stuck on the filter despite all my best attempts to keep him isolated) and now one is showing a big white patch on its back.  Losing fish sucks.  Could this be the Neon Tetra Disease? The Fake Neon Tetra Disease? Google gives me different results. I don't have a quarantine tank and I don't want the remaining 5 to catch this. What do I do?  EDIT: He's not eating. 
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One of my Mollies did that right behind her head when I got her. After a few days she was fine though. I'm assuming it was just a stress sign like my Platy that changes from orange to black along the spine from mouth to fin. She didn't eat either, just hid in a corner.
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He died. 5 of 8 survived day 1. How bad is that?
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No more apisto babies  Their numbers dwindled day by day, and now I haven't seen any since Thursday evening. On the positive side, the female is letting the male court her again, so we should get another shot pretty soon.
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internet inc posted:He died. When I purchased neon tetras from a reputable LFS with healthy stock they sent me home with extra ones for free because they knew some were gonna die. Don't take it too hard.
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Dammit our betta has become more and more lethargic sitting at the bottom and barely swimming or eating now today I come home and he is starting to look pineconed. His time may be coming to an end. RIP little yellow betta. My breeder bettas live four years on average, store bought fish (my wife likes them) two at most but always complications of some sort.
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My dragonscale betta is pretty much restricted to a narrow 45' forward cone of vision thanks to encroaching pigments. If food isnt dropped right in front of him he cant see it. It's still progressing too so it's likely one day he's going to be completely blind and I dont know how the hell you're supposed to get a blind fish to find food.
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SynthOrange posted:My dragonscale betta is pretty much restricted to a narrow 45' forward cone of vision thanks to encroaching pigments. Copious amounts of garlic?
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SynthOrange posted:My dragonscale betta is pretty much restricted to a narrow 45' forward cone of vision thanks to encroaching pigments. Hearing the issues with the dragon scale bettas has kept me away from buying one. Our betta I mentioned having the health issues was moved last night into a smaller QT tank with an epsom salt mix hoping to treat his condition. Not expecting a miracle but I don't want to put him down since he is not pineconed like the wife though. We switched to feeding him live blackworms and unlike the pellets and other food he has almost no interest in anymore he goes nuts for the live food. Maybe you can check to see if anyone locally has live food?
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Looks like Neon Tetra Disease to me. Don't beat yourself up too badly, neons can be fragile/disease magnets. A few years ago adding some neons to my community tank is what prompted me to finally get and use a quarantine tank. Not only did I lose the new neons but also 2 clown plecos and 6 of my 8 panda corys in the span of a week. Live and learn.
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