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I thought of ick, but I truthfully don't see any spots on her at all. I have another video clip of her after her mishap last night. I did have her water level down to 4 gallons, I did a water change today (ammonia was 0.25 added a secondary filter that was in my larger tank, to hopefully get...

My guy will not flare in a mirror, occasionally flares at his reflection (black background), but he is CONSTATLEY flaring at his heater. I have no idea why he hates the heater so much, but I am worried it might be getting to be a little too much. I don't necessarily have to have the heater in...

Well miracles or miracles she survived the night :hooray: I could have sworn I would have had a dead fish today. Today her weight looks fine, like she looked before, so maybe it was the way she was situated in the tank last night that made her look skinny, I don't know because her weight...

Hello, 29 C is fine for cycling, but no idea if it is still ok for plants, I'll one of the others comment on that. As for the substrate I have sand in all my tanks and love it (I just used play sand), but with sand you do need to stir it to prevent air pockets from forming. These air pockets...

Well tonight I went to go check in on her, and was quite shocked to see she had a turn for the worse. I am starting to think that perhaps it is fish TB, but really not sure what it could be. Anyway, I went to feed her the evening meal and she was about the same as she had been. But I went to...

RV totally different, they have plugs in them so you shouldn't even need the adapter for that. If the moving van is only carrying the aquarium and the equipment then no issue there, just make sure the tank is well padded and strapped down to avoid cracks. You can ship fish on non comcerial...

Hello, 2 things I saw that are potential flaws. First - moving van, I am assuming you are thinking Uhal, I know for sure that UHal trucks DO NOT have plugs NOR cigarette lighters (for the adapter) in the back area, which means the containers will have to be in the front cab with you for that to...

Hi and welcome to TFF :hi: Glad to hear you are getting back into fish keeping, it is always nice to have a new member espically an experienced one. I think your idea of getting media from the office tank would be the best, and since it is available to you mite as well take advantage. You...

Well it looks like Moonbeam is in the lead followed by Phantom, followed by Rasputin, Foo Man Shoo and Keith. I didn't vote, accidentally hit show results instead of vote. But if my vote is allowed to count then that puts the standings as: Moonbeam (4), Phantom and Rasputin (tied with 3...

Check out this link, not a perfect article but will help to answer some of your questions. http://www.fishforums.net/index.php?/topic/315183-liquid-test-kits-how-to-perform-and-read-tests/page__p__2611010__fromsearch__1&#entry2611010

:lol: Yes Rasputin, sorry was watching my sick fish and typing at the same time, obviously I can't do two things at once :lol:

If in the US most people go with eithor API as they can be found in just about any LFS here in the States, and the cost is reasonable. Hagen Nutrafin, is also popular here in the US, but usually needs to be purchased on-line, price is roughly the same as the API (I believe the Hagen Nutrafin...

The tank looks great!!! Good job. The cycle is looking good too, hopefully you will be coming colser to the end of the nitrite spike soon, I know it can get to be really boring after a while

So cute...cats can be funny.

I like Loki, but only because that is my cat's name, he is grey though. Caspar would be cool to though.

I know with just the clips the heat gets dispersed (now I have mine near the filter), but I don't see why it wouldn't with the netting or the nylon, I mean the netting/nylon won't prevent the water from going through. I have a nylon stocking over the intake of my filer for the betta tank (to...

I think going with the mosquito netting or nylon stocking might be a better idea, there is no way fry are getting through mosquito netting or nylon.

Oh just had a thought, what about adding the hair curler clips then wrapping the entire thing (clips and heater) with mosquito netting? you can attach the netting with food safe elastics or something simillar. That why you are getting the protection from the clips but preventing the fry from...

I wonder if something like this would work - It is called fine insect mesh, only probablem is you may have to order a lot of it. http://www.boddingtons-ltd.com/forestry/insect-mesh.htm

Thanks wilder, you have been so helpful, I don't think I could get through this with out you. :wub:

For fry you would probably have to find something that is much finer of a mesh. Not sure where you would find that though. But the pre-made heater guards all seem to have wider holes in them too so I don't think those would work for fry eithor. Here is the link for the heater guards I was...

Just got off the phone with jungle and they say both the food and the parasite clear tabs are safe to use togethor and also safe to use with the tetracycline. However, I still think I should wait and clear the antibiotics before adding the parasite clear tabs. Your thoughts? (sorry but I trust...

The poo doesn't look bloody, it is formed and solid, no mucus or anything, just that pinky reddish colour, and it wasn't like that until I started feeding this food, so not really sure. The instructions say I can use the food with the antibiotics, but nothing about using the tabs with the...

Here is the link to the hair curlers I used - I got mine off of Ebay though because they were cheaper. I know you are in the UK, so not sure if you could find these exact ones but it will give you an idea...

Ok so today is the last dose of tetracycline. Also I started her on the Jungle parasite medicated fish food, and I think that might be the trick. She seems to be swimming a little more stable today. Anyway I also bought Parasite Clear also by Jungle so I figured that tomorrow when the...

Yeah give me a couple of minutes and I will up load some.

If it helps I made my own heater guards using the clips for hair rollers. I had a hard time finding heater guards that would fit my heaters that were not a fortune so I made my own.

I just thought of a new one Rasbutan! I added it to the poll, but as promised before I will go with the majority :lol:

It probably won't take longer than a regular cycle, I was just thinking that because it is only going to be the media in the small container, a filter will not be running, and although there will be an airstone, I was thinking that worst case senario it might take a little longer because of...

Well I say 4-5 ppm ammonia only because that is what we say for fish less cycling, which is essentially what you would be doing only on a smaller scale. As far as the time it would take, I would have to say the same amount of time it would take to cycle an 10L tank. Only this method may take a...

I believe you can use Maracin 1 and 2 simultaniously. So you could probably just start him on the Maracyn 2 now even though Maracyn 1 is in the tank, but DOUBLE CHECK THE DIRECTIONS BEFORE DOING THIS!!! Sorry for the caps but wanted to stress that.

Ok, well that leaves you with fish food if you can't get the ammonia. Ammonia amd ammonium is essentially the same thing, for cycling purposes. Products that say the eliminate ammonia (i.e prime) actually converts ammonia to ammonium. Ammonium is slightly less toxic to fish (but only...

You could try it and add an air stone to the container, that would help with the oxygenization. But you can colonize the wrong type of bacteria if the ammonia is too high, so doing it with fish food is harder to control the ammonia ammount. If you substituded ammonia (the type we use for...

Ok well I took the names that were suggested here, plus a few others that friends suggested and started the poll. And I promise I will name him per the vote, so I leave it to my forum friends to decide. :good:

Might work, usually what I see advised is a clear plastic bin (like tupperware) filled with water and placed in the window sill where it will get light, but a saucepan full of water might work too as long as is isn't too cold outside. I like the decor, the only thing I would add, if it were my...

No need to clean the tank, they wouldn't have changed the chemistry that much, at most they may have eaten up some of the ammonia and nitrates, but no need to do a complete change. Do you have somewhere where you can put them in direct sunlight, or under a really bright light? That should...

I am by no means a plant expert, but I think plants use ammonia as food, so your plants may use the ammonia rather than it going to the bacteria. But wait for a more expert opnion before removing.

ok great, I'll get some and try it when the antibiotics are done and maybe that will do the trick, if that is not it, then back to the main tank she goes.

Thanks, she only has one more dose tomorrow to finish up this round of antibiotics so I figured I would just finish it up, so that would mean that she would go back to the main tank on Wednesday (24 hours after last dose). I have never tried a wormer on her, not even sure I have ever seen any...

I am writing them all down, when I get a few more suggestions I will start a pole