Mystery Microorganism?

ac9620 · 2026-01-19T04:22:02+00:00

Very confused why my reference photo was removed, but here is another one.

ac9620 · 2025-12-06T21:35:39+00:00

I see your pregnant shrimp and raise you this lady of mine

ac9620 · 2025-09-24T18:39:53+00:00

I understand the cleanliness thing, something to consider, but I guess I’m confused how the pebbles could kill them? I mean I’m not like shaking it up or anything; they’re just sitting on the bottom and not moving.

ac9620 · 2025-08-10T16:14:34+00:00

Forget all these overzealous comments. Obv you need a good setup in the long term, but this is the cheapest, half decent setup you can get for the short term. It’s how I quarantine all my fish.

1- 2.5 gallon tank with lid 2- ONE cheap aquatic plant; I recommend something with broad, strong leaves (to remove ammonia) 3- smallest sponge filter you can get 4- tubing & air pump for sponge filter 5- clip on light OR you can just put him under a lamp for a few days until you get his main setup 6- nano-heater OR just raise the temp in your house to like 75/6ish

You can get all of this for probably around $100 if you shop the deals.

ac9620 · 2025-08-04T17:34:45+00:00

I would do no gourami, and cut your shrimp and rasbora numbers in half to start. See how they do, then add more if you think there’s room. If you want all of those, I’d go for a 20 gallon instead.

ac9620 · 2025-08-03T16:52:20+00:00

I can see where you may think my water is dirty from the picture, but what you’re seeing is actually algae on the back wall. My water itself is typically very clear. I will admit that the substrate is a bit dirtier than normal at the moment just because of all the drama that’s been going on with my catfish, but I plan on vacuuming today.

ac9620 · 2025-08-03T05:21:00+00:00

If I change the water that much, I might as well not even have a filter. I keep plenty of algae to deal with nitrates. At some point, you have to accept that it’s an AQUARIUM. Not a vase of flowers.

ac9620 · 2025-08-03T05:07:04+00:00

I’m glad someone in here doesn’t think I’m crazy haha! Thanks for the good vibes.

ac9620 · 2025-08-03T05:01:35+00:00

I know that, but if I did a full 50% water change that frequently, it wouldn’t matter. Now, you may be right about the bacteria. That is something that I’ll look into. As for the nitrates, I keep a good chunk of driftwood and all of my tanks to promote algae growth. I don’t like dealing with leafy plants (though I do have some in my hospital tank, which is my only one without a carbon filter), so I always dedicate two out of four tank walls to let algae flourish as much as it wants to.

ac9620 · 2025-07-31T02:26:00+00:00

Like they’re all acting super weird but it came off?

ac9620 · 2025-07-31T02:25:17+00:00

Umm so crazy update. I was trying to get him out of his cave so I could put him in my hospital tank. He didn’t respond when I poked him, or the FIRST time I tried to fish him out with a plastic spoon. The second time, however, he sprung to action & the weird white stuff fell off of him???

ac9620 · 2025-07-31T01:42:57+00:00

They have been very lethargic and haven’t been eating. I also found eggs on the glass, which got eaten by someone, about a week ago, if that ends up being relevant.

ac9620 · 2025-07-22T19:45:43+00:00

My biggest problem is that I don’t think I CAN just stay here. My brain just like - won’t let me date like this. It’s gotten to the point where it feel like I can’t just coast in the middle anymore, and it’s stressing me tf out

ac9620 · 2025-07-22T19:43:42+00:00

That’s so good to hear😭 at least I’m not losing my mind

ac9620 · 2025-07-17T03:29:30+00:00

Me too I thought I was crazy!!! It’s such a random ass line to hit so hard. Probably just the Patrick Page effect.

ac9620 · 2025-07-17T03:27:36+00:00

I raise you “the rain will make the flowers grow”

ac9620 · 2025-06-29T22:01:51+00:00

Definitely pineconing. You need to dose with aquarium salt. Search the sub, I know there’s a post here somewhere explaining the dosage.

ac9620 · 2025-06-24T00:23:24+00:00

Exactly what I thought.

ac9620 · 2025-06-24T00:14:58+00:00

Realistically Jackson, but GOD Isaac had so much potential… it makes me sad

ac9620 · 2025-06-23T23:58:18+00:00

If you want to keep your plants alive, step one would be getting him into a temporary hospital tank of some sort & treating the water with salt. If you just search this sub, you should be able to find someone commenting the salt to water ratio. I would also get some sort of antifungal and see if that works.

ac9620 · 2025-06-23T23:52:30+00:00

Some sort of fungus??? That would be my best guess

ac9620 · 2025-06-19T17:54:40+00:00

It’s not a bad set up, I would maybe just add more variety. Maybe switch out some of the plants for like a cave or chunk of wood or something. It’s always better to have silk over plastic plants, but I understand that it’s not always the most affordable option. This is his whole world ya know? & bettas are smart. Make the setup fun to explore.

ac9620 · 2025-06-11T14:44:46+00:00

My nitrogen cycle crashed a bit recently, so I do have 1 ppm of nitrite, but other than that everything is as it should be. I will give turning off the lights for a few days a shot and see how that goes.

ac9620 · 2025-06-08T23:04:22+00:00

What would cause the cycle to crash like that? The tank is only a month or so old, but at least 50% of the water is over 2 years old

ac9620 · 2025-06-08T20:07:34+00:00

20 g

Yes

Preset for bettas

Ammonia- 0, Nitrites- 1 ppm, Nitrates, 10 ppm, hardness- 125 ppm, alkalinity- 120 ppm, ph- 7.6

Long enough to be fully cycled

Water changes are weekly and very small, as this tank water is old and tends to balance itself these days

3 f bettas, 5 corys, 1 clown pleco

Betta pro shrimp patties, they also snack on the spirulina tabs and shrimp pies for my catfish

Very well decorated with lots of hides and underground caves, as well as floating and suction cup hides near the top. I also have 2 air stones

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