29 bowfront from goldfish to my pride and joy

[Betta keeper]

Yes, I love it when they face up to a fish like "en garde"

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[Barliman]

Yes, I love it when they face up to a fish like "en garde"

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Ghost shrimp are weird. I once went to get a dead one but, before I could net it, another shrimp dashed out from under a log and stole the corpse away.

I bet it's a religious thing with them.

 

[Betta keeper]

Maybe you were stealing its dinner?

 

[Barliman]

Maybe you were stealing its dinner?

I'm sure of it.

 

[Betta keeper]

I'm laughing tonight at my assassin snails

I bought algae wafers for the pleco and forgot to tell my snails to share

All four climbed on while the pleco sucked on the walls

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[Barliman]

All four climbed on while the pleco sucked on the walls

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Kind of like the seagulls in Finding Nemo: "Mine. Mine! MINE!!"

 

[Betta keeper]

Lol!

That's the minnows at feeding time [emoji23]

 

[Betta keeper]

Got my harlequins today

Found out they are jumpers, which is a bit unfortunate because it means I can't qt(no lid)

They went in the tank and are recovering colour now

Also new driftwood and Anubis

 

[Meesh]

Lovely!

 

[Barliman]

Got my harlequins today

Found out they are jumpers, which is a bit unfortunate because it means I can't qt(no lid)

I didn't know they were jumpers.

 

[Betta keeper]

Yup, 3-4 inches

I lost one, but still have 8....going to move out the assassin snails and tetras just in case they breed.

I also found and added the plastic strip for my lid, so it fits flush on the tank with no gaps

 

[Betta keeper]

Think I triggered a mini cycle when I added the harlequins

The nitrite spiked into the purple yesterday and I lost one..bringing me to 7 out of the nine I bought

I'm running.25/.25/10

Hate it when my tanks get out of whack:/

 

[Autumnsky]

Partial water changes until 0 nitrItes!

 

[Betta keeper]

0 nitrite as of yesterday
Still trace ammonia....not enough to turn green
Nitrates 30???

I added some bacteria supplement and Prime to help manage the parameters

And the tank is now under anti fungal meds, as I am certain that the fungal infection is the root cause

I'll add Prime daily to detox if I read anything go high during the treatment

Sir Munch a Lot is happy to babysit the snails and expensive, healthy plants while the cheap, fluffy ones stay in the tank with the meds

 

[Betta keeper]

All but neons are healthy now

I'm trying to decide whether to treat the whole tank with the second dose or pull aside the neons and just do them

The pleco isn't happy with the meds, and the harlequins weren't sick in the first place....only one was affected and it died

 

[Betta keeper]

So I decided to move the neons and minnows. Both were among the first to come down ill, so I'll watch to see if they need a second dose

I arranged my tanks and desk to make myself a little office in my dining room [emoji16]

 

[Betta keeper]

Harlequins starting to come in sick now

I did second dose on both tanks

Pulled one sick harlequin over to the ten g for better observation whilst treating because his schoolmates were nipping and he went belly up for a second a couple times

 

[Autumnsky]

What a sad experience. So sorry you are still having issues.

 

[Betta keeper]

Yes, it's getting very frustrating

Things went south after I broke my arm in December, and I can't seem to fix it

I bought the harlequins because I was sure this was neon-specific viral, after multiple treatments

Then the first harlequin died of fungus and I knew what to treat....but I get annoyed with every loss because I dropped $30 on the school and I have lost nearly half of them now..... and of course when this is over I will need to bring it back up to ten again so that's more money over top of the meds


The harlequins were supposed to have been the final touch on my 29, so I could move on to plan the new 38 stocking :/

Sorry to unload on you there....these forums are kinda my outlet lol

 

[Betta keeper]

Reading.50-.75ammomia off the tap

Not sure if it's safe to change the goldfish tank now:/