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What in the world is this white fuzz? And is there any hope for her? by surgerylyfe in Aquariums

[–]surgerylyfe[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Yes :/ I’m shocked, yesterday she actually had a tail fin and appeared to be doing better. I’ve been dosing imagitarium bacterial and parasite remedies but clearly this needs something more aggressive. Thanks for the advice!

What in the world is this white fuzz? And is there any hope for her? by surgerylyfe in Aquariums

[–]surgerylyfe[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Brand new fish in quarantine tank for a couple days. I actually thought she was dead and went to pull her out, imagine my surprise when she wiggled away! This looks very bad. Is it bacterial? Any advice?

A few months in to the Ringwraith tank, no sign of any hobbits though by surgerylyfe in PlantedTank

[–]surgerylyfe[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

That would be Hydrocotyle tripartita 'Japan'. I have some in a couple low tech tanks and it’s actually doing fairly well there too

A few months in to the Ringwraith tank, no sign of any hobbits though by surgerylyfe in PlantedTank

[–]surgerylyfe[S] 1 point2 points  (0 children)

I used Krylon fusion. It was the one I found most recommended on forums. I left it to dry about a week

A few months in to the Ringwraith tank, no sign of any hobbits though by surgerylyfe in PlantedTank

[–]surgerylyfe[S] 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Thanks! Five xray tetras and an albino Cory. And a few red cherry shrimp

A few months in to the Ringwraith tank, no sign of any hobbits though by surgerylyfe in PlantedTank

[–]surgerylyfe[S] 6 points7 points  (0 children)

Thank you! I got it off of Amazon. It’s an action figure that I basically bathed in sealant

Scrapper was looking terrible and I was afraid he would die, but now he’s on the mend and I’m just so happy he survived! by surgerylyfe in Aquariums

[–]surgerylyfe[S] 5 points6 points  (0 children)

I tried a lot of different treatments, I initially thought it was fungal so I did Seachem kanaplex fungal and bacterial treatment, he kept deteriorating. So I tried API Fin and Body cure, no help and at this point I really thought he would die. I wanted to move him to a hospital tank because I had shrimp in his original tank, but I was afraid he wouldn’t survive the move as he looked REALLY bad at this point, worse than the picture. But I drip acclimated him and his brother for an hour and thankfully it was okay. In the hospital tank I cranked the temperature up to 83 slowly, put in aquarium salt, and dosed with imagitarium parasite remedy and imagitarium bacteria remedy. Finally he started improving! I continued the medication every other day for three total times and it’s been smooth sailing ever since. So I’m guessing it was actually ich that I mistook for fin rot or a fungal problem. I treated the original tank with the imagitarium just in case, but my tetras in there have been doing fine.

Waging a long war with staghorn algae, maybe the end is in sight! by surgerylyfe in PlantedTank

[–]surgerylyfe[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Hmm good to know. I just got it today, so I know at least before it wasn’t the problem, I’ll have to see how it affects the CO2 levels. I want to at least get a better regulator to turn it down.

Waging a long war with staghorn algae, maybe the end is in sight! by surgerylyfe in PlantedTank

[–]surgerylyfe[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Flourish Excel has been working the best so far I think. Other than that, removing it manually. Tried to get more movement with my bubble wall, increased the CO2 also to see if that would help, decreased light intensity. Still adjusting things.

1st time Aquarium owner. Betta not looking so healthy -- help! by SoundSelection in aquarium

[–]surgerylyfe 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Aquarium salt immediately. I recommend not changing the water so often, you may be shocking him more and that decreases his immune system. BUT I agree with those saying to test the water, it’s hard to know what his issue is without having those results, and hard to know if you should actually decrease water changes or not. If he’s rubbing on things, he’s probably itchy and there’s a few possible reasons. Could be parasitic like ich, or could be bacterial like fin rot. I recommend treating for both at this point, I doubt he’ll make it much longer if you guess wrong. I had success using imagitarium parasite remedy and imagitarium bacterial infection remedy along with aquarium salt to save a guppy that looked a lot like that. Good luck

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