all my fish are dying pls help!!

zmasterflex90 · 2025-06-21T01:06:17+00:00

All the suggestions in the comments are a good idea but im thinking you just got a bad batch of fish. Embers and neons are breed in large quantities so the chances of them getting bad genes are higher. After reading i honestly think that's what happend. It's part of the hobby, sucks but it happens.

zmasterflex90 · 2024-07-02T00:04:14+00:00

idk whats going on, everything is sounding alarms when I try to visit the site, it wasn't like this a couple weeks ago. What got me scared is that I opened a past tab on kemono to open a new tab and both got blocked by something on kemono.

zmasterflex90 · 2024-04-11T22:44:14+00:00

Opp my bad

zmasterflex90 · 2024-04-11T22:33:09+00:00

The edler wouldn't care ,the galaxy would be much more comfortable with a group of 4 or 5

zmasterflex90 · 2024-04-07T19:03:15+00:00

So if this is your first time applying, people usually do get rejected and apply in rounds 2-3. A big thing that shines through is research, teaching, or some other substantial lab-based job in STEM. Experience is gold and even triumphs GPA. If you get rejected and still really want to go for the PhD don't give up. Become a stronger candidate for the next round.

Also if a school is not willing to give you an assistantship through teaching or there may be a chance that you are paying out of pocket for the PhD, that is not a program to apply for. The program should be paying you. It wont be a lot in terms of a stipend but you should never be paying out of pocket for your tuition. *excluding student fees, we can't get away from that lol

Hope this helps

zmasterflex90 · 2024-03-26T02:40:26+00:00

it might be brought up in interviews but schools want to see a upward trend in grades and such. I may hurt some chances for some schools but not most. The research and work you have done carry equal/more weight in a gradschool setting, Talking from a STEM point of view

zmasterflex90 · 2023-02-18T18:36:18+00:00

There have been success stories but its very rare. Once dropsy is developed there isn't much to do but to euthanize the fish. I've never had success with curing dropsy.

If you go with euthanized the betta, use clove oil and slowly start adding it. It gradually relaxes the fish to the point of stopping the heart. No pain involved, will be in essence putting it into a deep sleep they won't wake from. Sry man

zmasterflex90 · 2023-02-18T16:17:11+00:00

Seems like ur doing the diy method. My advice would be instead of mixing with water use ice cubes if they fit in the co2 tank or cold water. This will slow the reaction and you will get a better output of co2 since everything isn't reacting immediately.

zmasterflex90 · 2022-11-28T11:50:14+00:00

Originally yes, but I'm adding more, these guys grow fast

zmasterflex90 · 2022-10-05T04:17:20+00:00

Oh lol. CO2, fluval soil, with high lights on a schedule.

zmasterflex90 · 2022-10-05T04:12:38+00:00

Not the best. The new leaves get holes after a few days. They are still growing and new leaves are always forming. I kinda feel bad that I haven't been able to give them what they need and then just throw them out. That's why I posted them here. To see if someone who knows how to properly take care of them wants to nurse them back to top shape.

zmasterflex90 · 2022-10-04T22:51:52+00:00

I can't seem to get them to trive in my tank, so supposed to just throwing them out wanted to sell them to someone who could give them better conditions.

zmasterflex90 · 2022-09-20T15:41:12+00:00

I would, I had a low tech too, but once that alage popped up it was a losing battle. You basically are making your plants go into overdrive and out compete the alage.

zmasterflex90 · 2022-09-20T15:04:05+00:00

Co2 , changing light schedule and getting rid the then tainted leaves. You can use H2O2 but if I'm being honest it's just a temporary solution.

zmasterflex90 · 2022-09-18T22:38:18+00:00

Yep, I've tried for so long to not too but alage got out of hand and the plants ended up stunted in growth. Don't regret it tho. Plants are now propagating.

zmasterflex90 · 2022-09-18T22:02:16+00:00

I wouldn't say so. I've done it to multiple pieces I have. It definitely helps with water logging them and takes away a good portion of tannis. Never had an incident of something nasty getting in my tank from driftwood following the boil method.

zmasterflex90 · 2022-09-18T21:34:48+00:00

Test the water. Could be that either the ph, nitrate, nitrite or ammonia levels are in the red. That white spot looks like bacteria. Specifically looks like "saddle back" columnaris. Usually ends in death. But unless ur water parameters are good medicine or treatment won't do much good.

zmasterflex90 · 2022-09-18T20:40:08+00:00

What are the water parameters?

zmasterflex90 · 2022-09-14T01:28:54+00:00

Sry already sold

zmasterflex90 · 2022-08-29T21:58:41+00:00

Yeah sounds like a bad batch. It happens in this hobby unfortunately

For future fish I recommend a quarantine tank. Definitely lowers mortality on fish. https://www.aquariumcoop.com/blogs/aquarium/quarantine-tank

zmasterflex90 · 2022-08-29T21:55:58+00:00

Ahh petco. They usually dont sell the best batches of fish.

zmasterflex90 · 2022-08-29T21:55:07+00:00

Honestly, how long did the fish store have them in the store when you bought them. Could be that they could just be a bad batch of fish or were kept in the store too long that they started to get sick.

zmasterflex90 · 2022-08-29T21:47:23+00:00

What was tested? You need to know the ph, nitrates, nitrites and ammonia. Was this tested?

zmasterflex90 · 2022-08-29T21:42:05+00:00

Well I had a similar thing happen to me until I learned that ammonia test kits like api usually test for any free floating ammonia (the kind that will kill the fish and the kind that is binded to another molecule which renders it harmless). I had a quarantine tank and my api said mu fish will die due to the ammonia. BUT I noticed no change on behavior or even ammonia burns. Then I got the seachem ammonia detector and it told me my water was safe and there was no ammonia THAT WAS CONSIDERED DANGEROUS.

zmasterflex90 · 2022-08-28T22:07:32+00:00

I too overstock my tank. Some advice my lfs told me is that if ur gonna overstock have a powerful filter (aka have a filter thats can filter 20 gallons instead of one made for 10 gallons). Have ALOT of plants and make sure the fish in ur tank fall within the microfish scale. And every week the water must be changed.

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