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@Colin_T So my dad thinks that the pipes under the house is pvc. But isn't sure about what goes into the ground to the well. I may try to look under the house soon but....there's spiders.....lol. the water heater is under 10 years old but he said it may need to be emptied and flushed. But that...

Yes, I am absolutely sure they are on the same well. My house is quite a bit older than the other. I'm not sure about the pipes or the age of the water heater but I will ask my dad in the morning. I'm using the liquid freshwater master test kit from API as well as the liquid gh/kh from API too.

Thanks! Though now I have a conundrum.....I did some testing as I mentioned in another part of this thread. Now, I used water from my kitchen sink which is closer to the well. For water changes I normally use the bathroom sink. Anyway my mom also set water out so I could test it. Both of them...

Cool. Thanks for the info yet again Colin! I think I will try filtering my water first and see what happens. I did figure about the hang on back filter and use it with an air stone since it needs to be aerated anyway for the pH. Though I would also need to get a submersible pump to pump the...

We do drink it and have been for my entire life. But when I first started getting back into fish and bought the test kit, everything seemed fine. 5ppm nitrates and just a tiny bit of ammonia(which didn't seem to bother any fish at all). I don't know what could have contaminated it as we live at...

Thanks Colin. I'll see what I could get. If I decided to go the route of buying the water....how would I do that? If it was straight RO or distilled, what is the best product to remineralize? Or should I just do like half well water (that's been filtered) and half RO/distilled? I asked my mom...

So 0 nitrite and 5 nitrate which is normal for my well water.

Oh and a harlequin died during the change...and I found another dead as well but maybe it died over night? Not a clue on that one....testing for nitrite and nitrate just in case too.

@Colin_T Again.....glowlights started to not swim right before I added water but after I drained about 80%. The air pump was not on. Again ph is 7.5ish. I decided to do an ammonia test too on the freshly changed water. It is absolutely at 0.5!! I think I need to tell my dad we may have to...

Up the Cory numbers, they will appreciate it! 6 minimum but dwarfs may need more than that. I just have peppered cookies, regular size. Definitely the more the merrier!

Don't worry, I don't medicate unless absolutely necessary. But before I started these tanks up again I had some fish that had septicemia and it worked wonders! I always want to at least have it in stock just in case.

Ok! I can do that. Thanks a lot Colin. That was actually my last packet of the stuff today but I do plan on getting more soon to have on hand just in case! I love triple sulfa.

@Colin_T Well, unfortunately it passed away. I didn't see anybody gasping at the surface today at feeding time. Kinda figured I'd lose another one or two. So far everybody else looks good and is active and eating so hopefully that's it! I did the last dose of triple sulfa today so tomorrow I...

I will try to get a better picture if I see it again. It stopped and hid within the rest of them. I'm not exactly sure the color of the muscle either. I may have to drain a bit of water to lower it below the rim. It was too hard to see from the side because of that. I'll try again!

Ok...these are just for fun...but so cute! Thought you might enjoy. Lol.

@Colin_T So, just under 24 hours later and the tank is back to 8.2 ph. Also, no deaths. Yay! I did feed a little bit more today than I have been. All seem to be eating well. Though I did notice one actually go to the top and sit to the side for a few minutes before going down and around...

Ph has gone up to 7.6 at least. It wasn't quite any color on the high ph chart. I will see what it is tomorrow morning.

Is this why the pH is lower at first and then goes back to normal? Is there any way to aerate it as it goes into the tank? I have a diy python that comes to a T going into the tank so it doesn't just go straight down. Other than that one glowlight and the snail, nothing else seems to be affected.

No, I haven't been aerating it before hand. I've never had to. I don't know why it's started being lower until it gets aerated. I'm not even sure I have a way to do that first. I don't have any place to keep that many buckets or trashcans. It doesn't seem to be gasping at the surface any more...

@Colin_T So, did my 50% water change on all tanks. About a half hour later I notice a glowlight staying at the surface gasping. Looked over at my 20 gallon that has my gourami and a bunch of Malaysian trumpet snails and the snails are crawling up the side of the tank. So I did a high and low...

@Colin_T Still no more fish deaths! Today is water change day (weekly) for all tanks. I only have 2 packets left of the triple sulfa so I will treat the next two days. That will put it for a full weeks worth of meds at least. 2 days a packet per day, next day water change, 2 more days of a...

No fish deaths this morning. Yay! Things are going in the right direction!

Ok. I'll do another round of treatment after this one then! Thanks for all the help Colin!

Ok! And no salt as I want to keep the snails. Lol. And yes I am treating with triple sulfa. Did a dose the last two days and a 25% water change today. I have a dose to do the next two days and then it says 25% change and add carbon but I will just be doing a really large water change then and...

So far no fish deaths today. One glowlight is staying in the top corner and didn't want to eat so I will probably lose that one more than likely. Everybody else seemed to go for the food really well. I'm seeing the male on male behavior and even some breeding behavior with some females...

It's sand, would just vacuuming over the top be good enough? And I have 2 anubias plants. Would they survive salt? Then again...I also have some malaysian trumpet snails and a nerite snail in there.....so maybe no salt. Lol. Can't forget them!

By flushing out the tank...do you just mean lots of large water changes and maybe rinsing stuff off? Or would there be more to it?

No of course not! Just wanted to go check it out. Lol. See the quality of stock, ask questions, even take a water sample and see if they will test. Lol. Though...this does leave me with a question....if I do lose the rest of these glowlights....(Hopefully not)....or even if some survive the 4...

2 more glowlights and 2 more harlequins..........gone...at this rate I'm only gonna have 10 cories left by the end.....it hasn't even been a week yet! That fish store opens today at 1.....maybe I will go down there if I'm not too tired after working on fencing.

@Colin_T Well I do think I'm losing one glowlight at least. But the rest seems to have better colors. However I did notice actual tattered fins, not just nipped. Here is a video if you wanted to see. Hopefully the triple sulfa will help!

Ok these are premeasured packets for 10 gallons so medicating will be easy. Thanks for all the help Colin. I'll keep you updated.

Ok. I'll give it a try. Do I just follow the directions on the package then? It would mean not doing water changes daily. Also...can I get rid of it when the treatment is done by just doing large volume water changes? That tank is only running a sponge filter. No where to put carbon.

I have api general cure (metronidazole and praziquantal) and I also have api triple sulfa.

I'm really bummed out about these deaths....sucks...but...I did a bit of googling yesterday and found a pet store that looks like it has a really good aquarium section (from the pictures) that's only about 50 minutes from me. They also adopt dogs and cats out I think. But they have birds and...

Um....did a 75% on both tanks. Harlequins and cories seem to be fine....but the glowlights are breathing hard. One was tail up drifting...and another is at the surface breathing hard. The rest seem to be to some extent but are more active....

No, it didn't look like anchor worm at all. I'll keep Google searching to see if I can find anything. I also found a dead glowlight. Tested both tanks before the water change. Glowlights- ammonia 0.25, nitrite 0, nitrate 10. Harlequins/cories- ammonia 0.25, nitrite 0, nitrate 10-20. Doesn't...

@Colin_T I found the four bodies this morning. Had to take everything out. A couple were pretty far gone. Now, when the light first came on, I saw a harlequin with like....spikes sticking out of its sides? On the lower back part of the abdomen. Now I can't find it to get a picture.....they...