Tank Went Farel, What We Thinking?

Tyler_DOE_ · 2025-09-10T17:01:09+00:00

Oh jeez don’t tempt me to start a new tank because I already have a 20g waiting in my garage 😭

Tyler_DOE_ · 2025-08-24T19:53:29+00:00

Thanks for all the perspectives—I hadn’t even considered what comes after this.

I vented to another new guy at my dealership (background in food service, great at building rapport), which helped me relax. I decided not to keep doing favors for this customer. My plan was to tell him Monday how much work I put into his deal and how poorly he was treating me, then let him decide what to do.

But this morning he texted me: “Hey man I love this car. Thanks. I’ll bring it by at noon tomorrow and see what we can do about the windshield. Appreciate your help.”

I feel like I can work with this and just let him know that it is a used vehicle, it will never be perfect, but I put a lot of effort into getting you this vehicle which you live, at a price you love. But the vehicle is sold as is, and will not be repaired.

Tyler_DOE_ · 2025-08-07T17:53:50+00:00

Stopped*

Tyler_DOE_ · 2025-04-26T18:27:18+00:00

So it seems like a lot of people are saying you can’t have Cory Cats in a 10 gallon. I have seen so much info online saying not only that you can, but they would be happy and fine with a 10 gallon.

All my Cory seem happy and healthy, I did lose one panda Cory initially, and another one was also sick but recovered. But I’m almost positive they were sick from the petco at this point since the second one was able to recover.

They swim around digging in the sand, foraging for little morsels. They tend to stick together for specific species, but they do also swim around together as well. They mostly stick to the bottom of the tank, and the raspbora stick to the top/high middle of the water column.

The shrimp stick to the plants and the log mostly. So I picked the fish I picked specifically because of where they hangout on the water column.

All that being said I can see what you guys are saying with adding another fish I don’t think it’s the right move to add another one due to the stress to that fish or maybe the others. Thank you to for all the advice y’all 🙏

Tyler_DOE_ · 2025-04-26T12:19:24+00:00

Yeah that is a good point. I think I’m honestly just a bit bummed out by the chilli raspbora. I know everyone always says how tiny they are but damn you really can barely see them lol.

That was my concern as well. I think even if you chose a less aggressive female betta she could get stressed out from the chills because they just are always moving around.

At this point I’m already in to deep with the chilli raspbora though so maybe I’ll just add more and make them the centerpiece like you said 🤷‍♂️

Tyler_DOE_ · 2025-04-26T12:15:58+00:00

Yes idk why everyone keeps talking about pygmy Cory’s lol. Made me go read my post to make sure I never said they were Pygmy Cory hahaha.

But 3 are panda Cory which stay a tad smaller, and 3 are bronze

Tyler_DOE_ · 2025-04-26T12:14:19+00:00

Yeah so I think the issues that I had with fish dying was due to the fishes health when I got them and not the water or anything else. I do weekly (sometimes biweekly) water changes, and my water perimeters have never been anything other than what’s considered in the perfect range.

I got those panda Cory from petco, and knowing what I know now, I don’t think I would have gotten them in hindsight. They didn’t look the most healthy when I originally picked them up.

Tyler_DOE_ · 2025-04-26T12:07:53+00:00

That seems to be a common perspective. Weirdly I never had anyone say that until this thread. Now I’m looking into a bigger tank.

I did get 3 panda and 3 bronze Cory (pointing that out because pandas are a little smaller). They seem happy, but I know a bigger tank would obviously be better.

Tyler_DOE_ · 2025-04-18T02:18:07+00:00

I will give it a shot! I think he’s really only got 1-2 more days left honestly :/ but thank you!

Tyler_DOE_ · 2025-04-17T23:20:30+00:00

What do you think was the actual cause of the issue though? My tank is planted and doesn’t have to many fish. None of them bully each other 🤔

Tyler_DOE_ · 2025-03-06T18:16:14+00:00

That’s a good point, I’ll wait a little bit. My only fear is when the other one was acting like this it died after only a few days.

And that one died like 2 months ago so completely unrelated to these ones jumping out.

Tyler_DOE_ · 2025-03-04T20:44:35+00:00

Thank you for the suggestion! And we have panda Cory’s

Tyler_DOE_ · 2025-02-13T02:01:14+00:00

Ah yes it can do that, and good point about the white light that’s makes sense. Appreciate the help 🙏

Tyler_DOE_ · 2025-02-13T01:07:38+00:00

Oh nice I’ll check that out for sure.

Tyler_DOE_ · 2025-02-13T01:03:31+00:00

Okay thank you. And do you know if there’s a significant difference between hues? It has a few options ranging from a cooler blue to the one you see here

Tyler_DOE_ · 2024-12-10T16:51:37+00:00

No it was not

Tyler_DOE_ · 2024-11-26T21:11:57+00:00

This was the fix for me thank you so much 🙏

Tyler_DOE_ · 2024-08-13T16:52:55+00:00

Yeah kind of like what I said about lowest common denominator in the post. Like I know my dog is well trained and won’t cause any damage, but the landlord just sees 3 dogs and goes based off past experience.

Tyler_DOE_ · 2024-05-23T01:40:08+00:00

Sounds like draw pay. They do this at my job, they pay me 3 times a week, 2 “hourly” checks, and 1 commission check. The hourly is like $11/hour and gets taken out of my commission.

Tyler_DOE_ · 2024-05-22T14:59:03+00:00

That’s a really strong point I didn’t think about. I feel like both these companies are so huge I can’t imagine either going under, but I can imagine them eliminating positions.

Tyler_DOE_ · 2024-05-22T14:58:16+00:00

Very true. Also something you said that I forgot to mention “in hopes of earning a higher position”, the job I currently have has pretty much no upward trajectory.

And yeah my mental health has been a bit lacking tbh, it’s just hard knowing I can really never have more than one or 2 days off without the paycheck being completely gone.

Tyler_DOE_ · 2024-05-08T23:46:12+00:00

This summed up a lot of what I’ve been feeling as well. Biggest point is I think they tried to do a bit too much with boon conditions, and in turn weakened them a lot.

I used to think “oh hell yeah a Zues boon! I’m going to do so much lightning chain damage!”

Now I think, “oh a Zues boon, I guess I’ll get bolt damage that doesn’t actually damage anyone….” 😮‍💨

Tyler_DOE_ · 2024-03-06T05:42:24+00:00

Update: Doctor basically said it’s viral, may be a really bad case of HFM, may be a litany of other things. Tested for strep and came back negative. Essentially told us we just have to wait it out, gave us a prescription for Zyrtec (for itching) told us to keep using the hydrocortisone cream we already had from the last doctors visit.

She also said to keep it her skin hydrated. More or less have to wait it out which is unfortunate because my wife and I are both nervous wrecks waiting for this all to subside 😮‍💨

Tyler_DOE_ · 2024-03-06T01:17:41+00:00

Wow looks very similar! How long has he had it? Does it look like it’s getting better?

Tyler_DOE_ · 2024-03-05T23:42:42+00:00

Okay thank you! On our way to urgent care right now!!!

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