My eventful day so far

[juliethegr8t]

This morning when I woke up, I looked in my 5 gallon tank and found my dwarf gourami laying on his side barely breathing. I'm starting to wonder if something is wrong in that tank considering the mysterious cherry barb death and now this. I netted the sick boy, and stuck him in my other tank, still in the net, on the other side of the divider I'm using for my fry. I was sure he'd be dead when I got home - but it's been about 3 hours and he's still breathing - though barely. Anyone have any ideas on what could have caused this, or on what I should do for him, if anything can be done? I'm really baffled about the tank - ammonia and nitrites are at 0, and nitrates are in the safe zone. I don't know what can be killing them.

On a bit happier note, I took a trip to a lfs to pick up some more food and a thermometer, and ended up bringing home some new guys. I was planning on picking up 2 panda corys, but I decided on just one instead to replace the sick one, and then I grabbed an African Dwarf Frog. They're just so cute, and I hafta have something to use up all those frozen bloodworm on! Also - I took the advice of many of you (especially smb hehe), and grabbed a bag of filter floss. I decided I didn't wanna spend my money on all these expensive cartridges that include carbon, especially if it's unncessary. So ta da!

 

[juanveldez]

Man I am so jealous!!!! I have always wanted to get a Dwarf frog but my wofe thinks that they would get out all of the time, and on top of that I really don't think that they would survive long in my 75 gallon. and they would be a tasty meal if I were to put one in my 55 and my 29 is out of the question cause it has goldfish in it, and now my wife informs me that she wants my 10 gallon for a turtle. but I did finally get my CAE out of quarintine due to the fact that he had to go into a 10 gallon that used to have my goldfish in it cause there was a HUGE algae outbreak and no matter what I did it wouldn't go away so since the tank was kept at about 74 degrees F I decided that he wouldn't be that bad off and since I moved them he has been in quarintine but it is great to watch him zoom all over the 75.

 

[juliethegr8t]

Just an update - the dwarf gourami is still alive, amazingly, I thought he'd die within an hour max of when I found him. This really is making me suspiscious of the new tank. Maybe it has something toxic in it... hmm... I've decided I'm going to wait a week or so, see how the cherry barbs in it do - and if that doesn't look so good - I'm going to take it back, keep my heater, gravel, decorations, etc, and spring for a Marineland Eclipse System 6. It's not a hex tank, which I now realize cuts down on the amount of fish I can have in my tank, so that's a plus. I found a really good deal on the 6 at an online store, and I still have the receipt for my hex, so hey - that may work out for the best if worst comes to worst. We'll see.

P.S. juanveldez- Convince your wife that having an ADF is worth it - they're so awesome and fun, not to mention cute. I love mine already! Also, I read a post from someone else awhile back that mentioned how 2 ADF's can live quite happily in a gallon jar if you do frequent water changes and the like. That might work for you if you don't have a tank for them.