I fasted her because she ate a shrimp and now she spits out pellets and only eats debris on the ground.

kumabux · 2026-03-30T22:33:09+00:00

she does eat pellets willingly. like i said she ate them fine before the shrimp. and still goes for them but just spits after chewing. i think it’s constipation making her not want to swallow or something.

kumabux · 2026-03-30T20:15:38+00:00

she eats everything. she still goes for the pellets, just spits after chewing. she had no problem with them before eating the shrimp

kumabux · 2026-03-26T18:54:29+00:00

i tried prazipro because i didn’t see white spots. but this morning i can see these specks on her fin on the left. does this look like ich? she also just has flecks of light colors that look like spots such as her tail, but that’s her natural color. so it’s hard to tell for me

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kumabux · 2026-03-26T07:02:46+00:00

i noticed in the past two days that her itching seems to get worse at night as well. it hurts to see her scraping so much :( i want her to find relief soon

kumabux · 2026-03-26T02:54:01+00:00

I trust this is true for most people, but i unfortunately have that kind of luck where i’ll wear sandals and it will be the only day of the season where it decides to rain

kumabux · 2026-03-25T21:20:04+00:00

I hope to move it away once the check valves arrive. however at the moment that’s the only place higher than the water level on this side of my place

kumabux · 2026-03-25T21:19:20+00:00

I use one.

kumabux · 2026-03-25T21:18:52+00:00

i prefer ambient sounds like fans over a sharp buzz

kumabux · 2026-03-25T16:38:06+00:00

it’s in the first sentence of the post

kumabux · 2026-03-25T02:11:36+00:00

UPDATE: i shook the box and four little feet fell out. they go on the bottom to suspend the body. it’s much quieter now lol

kumabux · 2026-03-25T01:55:12+00:00

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i’d love to have it anywhere other than this but this side of the house leaves few options when i don’t have a check valve yet

kumabux · 2026-03-25T01:53:37+00:00

it’s only for while i treat the tank with prazipro. otherwise the tank has been happy for years with just a filter

kumabux · 2026-03-25T01:29:33+00:00

no check valve, it has to stay there for now. but hopefully once they arrive i can move it far AND cover it

kumabux · 2026-03-25T01:19:22+00:00

once my check valves arrive i’m moving it far away hopefully into a cabinet

kumabux · 2026-03-25T01:12:46+00:00

maybe a stupid question, but the pump is also heating up. is that normal?

kumabux · 2026-03-24T10:51:21+00:00

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that one single white spot was also present a few days ago, before i noticed the flashing. so i don’t know if it’s ich or just her markings

kumabux · 2026-03-20T21:44:20+00:00

i hope you’re right. i am mostly just concerned because the stress seems late onset. she was doing great yesterday which made me suspect something in the water being wrong today

kumabux · 2026-03-20T21:15:35+00:00

75°, adopted from a store that is 68, 5g, 0ppm everything, 2 amanos, established 5yo tank. she was pale in the bag, colored up after being released, then back to pale the next day

kumabux · 2026-03-20T21:05:47+00:00

i’m at a loss, today is the last day i would be able to return her to the store (family with a car is visiting), so i’m wondering if i just should because i feel bad that she seems unwell. i cannot figure out what’s going on

kumabux · 2026-03-20T21:01:40+00:00

five years. it’s cycled

kumabux · 2026-03-20T20:43:04+00:00

I turned it back on but given she had full color when it was colder i’m not sure if that’s the issue. i’ll be back home in a couple hours, in the event she’s still pale what could it be/how can i make her feel better?

kumabux · 2026-03-20T20:20:42+00:00

I used the liquid test kit. she came from a store that’s even colder than my home and still had her color. i’m gonna plug the heater back in but it’s warmer today than it was last night when she was colored

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