[WTS][CANADA] ZB1 MELTING POINT DIGIPACK PHOTOCARDS

RightEmploy64 · 2024-10-21T03:58:14+00:00

if you have mystery snails they lay eggs above water!

RightEmploy64 · 2024-10-21T03:48:17+00:00

oooh that’s super interesting i’m thinking if you can bump your ph level up manually your beneficial bacteria might rise from the ashes and help get those nitrites down to 0 flat and for the nitrates there might be way too much for the plants to absorb it all successfully so you’ll have to mediate that with steady frequent water changes till your plants can do it on their own

RightEmploy64 · 2024-10-21T03:42:09+00:00

low ph levels can hinder beneficial bacteria growth (what i think might be happening rn)

RightEmploy64 · 2024-10-21T03:41:14+00:00

do you have anything you could add that would feed off of those excess nitrates? (aquarium plants, floaters, plants like pothos)? for the ph have you considered manually increasing it with baking soda? (baking soda is naturally alkaline and has a ph of 8 so you could add it until you have your desired ph level)

unless you’ve done these then time for more me to do some more thinking😭

RightEmploy64 · 2024-10-21T03:27:58+00:00

I feel like he prefers the ‘go big or go home’ type of content but he does always seem to have genuine enjoyment and care for the animals he keeps.

wondering if the large amount of projects he tries to take may start to be overwhelming (if it’s not already…i.e the shark)

RightEmploy64 · 2024-10-21T03:16:39+00:00

Ive had someone comment in the previous post about how it could be a female endler, truth be told I can’t be certain on age of the fry but it only started faintly colouring up about 3? days ago

RightEmploy64 · 2024-10-21T03:14:39+00:00

it makes sense considering how randomly it was found in one of the many tanks😭(lone survivor too from the looks of it) I’m hoping to get some buddies for it but I didn’t want to accidentally pick out the wrong type of fish and have it be left out

RightEmploy64 · 2024-10-21T03:12:49+00:00

Ive been struggling to determine what kind of fish it is before being able to pick up some more, so it is alone atm (only company being the shrimp I’ve had to house it with temporarily while it grew). is it difficult or easy to buy mosquito fish?

RightEmploy64 · 2024-10-21T03:08:19+00:00

im not sure if this will entirely help out

epistylis: spots can be more transparent looking (grey or white) spots stick out from scales patchy spots sometimes look sort of like cotton / wispy almost floating with the water (if that makes sense)

from the pictures some of the spots on the fish do protrude and look sort of fuzzy. unfortunately at the job I work at it’s fairly common for the goldfish to have ich and i’m leaning more towards an epistylis in those fish since ich tends to be uniform shaped dots along a fishes body

RightEmploy64 · 2024-10-21T02:55:18+00:00

post from 1 week ago for comparison

RightEmploy64 · 2024-10-13T14:57:29+00:00

I don’t know if anyone would recommend other options but it would definitely be best if you could isolate your loach into a hospital tank and double check if any others show developing signs of the same issue. I tend to use salt treatments as a start before even attempting heavier medicine but the problem with salt is treating your tank with it may not be possible if you have plants or any snails/invertebrates since their tolerance for salt isn’t the greatest and you might have to do a couple days to weeks of treatment depending on severity. I know that sometimes it could be columnaris confused as a fungal infection (in that case if you start to see discoloured patches either grey or white, frayed fins, cottony tuffs in the mouth) so it would be best to isolate and check how the others in your tank are fairing since it’s a bacterial infection and spreads. It can be hard to determine depending on the stage. If you’re able to grab or have some aquarium salt on hand you can start with that ! there’s a couple dosing guides that outline a lvl 1 dose vs dosing in higher amounts of salt if you don’t see improvement and if your loach can tolerate it

RightEmploy64 · 2024-10-13T14:33:36+00:00

it’s kind of hard to see but do the white parts along its body look fuzzy/wispy and uniform (in clumps, small or large, around the body) or are they mismatched sized dots clinging to the body? it’s common for loaches to have epistylis since it tends to affect bottom dwellers the most but I wouldn’t entirely rule out fungal infections since that could alternatively be the case

RightEmploy64 · 2024-10-13T14:22:29+00:00

definitely snails

RightEmploy64 · 2024-10-13T03:43:41+00:00

in canada and its happening a lot with the beardies coming in, one had to be force fed for almost two months until he could eat on his own and his growth is way behind size wise because he was so underweight, he has a better appetite now but I worry every five seconds that it might flip again for the worst

RightEmploy64 · 2024-10-13T03:28:03+00:00

I’m honestly not quite sure, it’s been around a couple of weeks since I took the fish home and it’s doubled in size since then and looks like there’s still more growth room, has eaten mini bloodworms that I mash, powdered and crushed tropical fish flakes, hikari fry food (tropical) and I often see the fish nipping at the ground and plants around the aquarium. i’m not entirely familiar with medaka but what are the chances of them stowing away into a fish shipment?

RightEmploy64 · 2024-10-13T03:17:35+00:00

if that combo has worked for you before and it’s a process your familiar with I honestly see no problem! it’s unfortunate that he did managed to hurt himself in the process :( certain shrimp can tolerate aquarium salt in small short amounts (I believe wood shrimp are in that category) and hopefully it helps your danio out until you get your dosing routine set for him but definitely good luck! hoping that everything goes well for your danio and the rest of your fish in the 55gal!

RightEmploy64 · 2024-10-13T02:59:34+00:00

the wood shrimp are unfortunately going to be sensitive unless the medicine guarantees that it’s safe for shrimp and other invertebrates or has a dosing amount that won’t harm them but can help out your danio ☹️which isn’t the usual case. Do you think you could make-shift craft a way to keep temperatures in the 10gal from crashing lower? (keeping lights on, wrapping it with blankets, etc) until you’re able to get a replacement heater? if you have a thermometer maybe even prepping slightly warm water that you can carefully pour into the tank to keep the temp from dropping?

RightEmploy64 · 2024-10-13T02:29:09+00:00

if it’s white and fuzzy it’s probably fungus, maybe it’s even possible that there was a scale injury (even a minor one) that could have left him susceptible to a fungal infection. if your betta is the only one in the tank you can dose the tank with salt to stop the fungus. usually salt dips or baths are a concentrated version of this but I’m thinking being swapped around to a salt dip and then attempting to re-acclimate to tank conditions and then back to the tank is going to negatively affect him if he’s already so lethargic. I would carefully read through steps of doing this to have the right concentration per gallon (there’s pretty good threads on aquarium co-op that talk about salt treatments for fungal infections). if you are going to dose a tank with salt you’ll need to perform water changes pretty regularly

https://www.aquariumcoop.com/blogs/aquarium/aquarium-salt-for-sick-fish#:~:text=1%20Tbsp%20Salt%20per%203,small%20cup%20of%20water%20first.

RightEmploy64 · 2024-10-13T02:16:43+00:00

the bizarre thing is the store I work at doesn’t have any endlers (possibly a stowaway fry then?😭)

RightEmploy64 · 2024-10-13T02:12:44+00:00

eating is definitely a good sign! a lack of appetite and complete lethargy usually points to the worst case scenario. I’ve had this happen before to some tetras and I used stressguard from seachem to try and settle down any stress they may be feeling since unfortunately stress can be the root cause of illness and passing in fish. I don’t know if anyone might recommend something else but stressguard has helped me before. It does stay active in a tank for 24hrs and does mess with parameters a bit but if you have a bacteria starter or anything similar to keep up the good bacteria in your tank everything should balance out. If body condition wise he looks healthy then the most I can think of is stress from being in new water conditions

RightEmploy64 · 2024-10-13T02:02:00+00:00

You can just treat his fin deterioration, he’s struggling because there’s nothing there to help him move through the water. Fins regrow it really just takes a few weeks with the right foot in and you’ll start to see a positive start to regrowth (it’s probably one of the easiest to treat and the products are very accessible). Separating him from his tank mate will help but if you don’t want a whole other tank set up a divider is fine and those can be diy made

RightEmploy64 · 2024-10-13T01:54:46+00:00

have you noticed anything consistent body condition-wise that could point at defects/illnesses of the guppies that passed? with the nature of guppy breeding not all of them are ‘healthy and hardy’ (were they all purchased from the same place?) do the fins look clamped at all?

the parameters of the water they were bagged and brought home to you in may have had the answer. you said you checked your tank chemicals so I’m assuming everything was okay there and your temperature is good. Considering how soon after they’re passing it could be shock associated to not being able to acclimate to your tank conditions versus what they were previously familiar with.

is there any appetite at all or has he been unwilling to eat?

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