jesusjones
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HI there,
This is my first ever post here, and I'm here because I no longer think my tank mates are at their best.
Where do I even start........Fluorite... that's when it started.
I recently decided my fish tank was sort of dull and I wanted some plants to make it more natural and offer hiding places. So I bought some plants and put them in the tank. Most of the plants died. I never had any luck with plants. But then I heard of fluorite substrate. I went and bought a bag of Brown fluorite and put it in my tank after a rinse(note that I put some in before rinsing but it clouded the water)
The water cleared up eventually and the plants seemed to get better.
Shortly after my 3 of my 4 cichlids got swollen anuses. And one was devoloping a white patchy spot. Also they were itching lot's and continue to till this day. I knew this was a bad sign. I looked into it slightly and bought some Melafix and aquarium salt. I used both for a weak.
At the same time. My smaller Goldfish. Maybe from the P.O.'d Cichlids attacking him had terrible fungus all over him. I gave him a salt bath. Along with the Cichlids. This helped the goldfish for sure. And the Cichlids Anuses were no longer swollen.
Now just in the past couple days I've noticed my water looks like it has millions of tiny bubbles floating around in it. But they are not bubbles. That's just what they look like. I did a 75% water change. I was getting fed up. I never had any problems like this before. I washed everything that could come out of the tank with salt. And did the 75% water change.
Instantly things seemed improved. My loach seemed to be sinking more(Previously he was adjusting his float ALOT and he was sinking rather slow) And the Cichlids seemed more active.
Now today only a couple days after the 75% water change. The tank looks like it has more of those bubbles(but there not bubbles)
My plants are not thriving. They either turn red or Hardly grow. My Cichlids are always outside(instead of hiding and hating each other) My loach is always adjusting his float. And the guppies I have in that tank are always itching!!!!!!!!!!! I just can't deal with it anymore by myself. I had to come and ask some people who know more than me.
And only one of my Cichlids has a single spot that looks like itch/a grain of salt.
I just don't know whats wrong. I never had weird issues like this before I tried getting plants to grow in my tank. Which makes me think my plants are the issue.
I'm sorry for the long post but I just wanted to throw it all out there.
Any thoughts or ideas will be greatly appreciated.
I will also post pictures soon. So you can see what type of plants I have, and the water condition.
Thanks for your time,
Rudy
P.S. I have had my larger goldfish for nearly 7-8 years.
This is my first ever post here, and I'm here because I no longer think my tank mates are at their best.
Where do I even start........Fluorite... that's when it started.
I recently decided my fish tank was sort of dull and I wanted some plants to make it more natural and offer hiding places. So I bought some plants and put them in the tank. Most of the plants died. I never had any luck with plants. But then I heard of fluorite substrate. I went and bought a bag of Brown fluorite and put it in my tank after a rinse(note that I put some in before rinsing but it clouded the water)
The water cleared up eventually and the plants seemed to get better.
Shortly after my 3 of my 4 cichlids got swollen anuses. And one was devoloping a white patchy spot. Also they were itching lot's and continue to till this day. I knew this was a bad sign. I looked into it slightly and bought some Melafix and aquarium salt. I used both for a weak.
At the same time. My smaller Goldfish. Maybe from the P.O.'d Cichlids attacking him had terrible fungus all over him. I gave him a salt bath. Along with the Cichlids. This helped the goldfish for sure. And the Cichlids Anuses were no longer swollen.
Now just in the past couple days I've noticed my water looks like it has millions of tiny bubbles floating around in it. But they are not bubbles. That's just what they look like. I did a 75% water change. I was getting fed up. I never had any problems like this before. I washed everything that could come out of the tank with salt. And did the 75% water change.
Instantly things seemed improved. My loach seemed to be sinking more(Previously he was adjusting his float ALOT and he was sinking rather slow) And the Cichlids seemed more active.
Now today only a couple days after the 75% water change. The tank looks like it has more of those bubbles(but there not bubbles)
My plants are not thriving. They either turn red or Hardly grow. My Cichlids are always outside(instead of hiding and hating each other) My loach is always adjusting his float. And the guppies I have in that tank are always itching!!!!!!!!!!! I just can't deal with it anymore by myself. I had to come and ask some people who know more than me.
And only one of my Cichlids has a single spot that looks like itch/a grain of salt.
I just don't know whats wrong. I never had weird issues like this before I tried getting plants to grow in my tank. Which makes me think my plants are the issue.
I'm sorry for the long post but I just wanted to throw it all out there.
Any thoughts or ideas will be greatly appreciated.
I will also post pictures soon. So you can see what type of plants I have, and the water condition.
Thanks for your time,
Rudy
P.S. I have had my larger goldfish for nearly 7-8 years.