Recent content by TracyRee

So I've been using plastic plants and traditional gravel for years. Got inspired and was trying my hand at planted tank with rock hardscapes. Well, my hand fell off or something because it is pitiful. I don't think I have the creative ability to actually set it up. I have a 15 gallon AIO...

GORGEOUS. Absolutely stunning.

Thanks Rick! 15 gallon aio Aqua Japan tank. Tons and tons of space for biological filtration. Huge black sponge, huge bag of ceramic media. Pump that says it does about 100gph and temp at 78-80 Lost all but 3 dwarf neon rainbows to columnaris but received 2 small german blue rams that I...

The columnaris is not an issue any more. Treated the fish that I could save and lost the ones I couldn't. Columnaris is actually a bacteria that thrives in pristine water, unlike a lot of other infectious agents. The issue is the NH4, the bound ammonia. It won't go down.

Long story to get to the NH4. Tank up for 2 years and all well. Bought a fish that gave tank columnaris, learned lesson to quarantine. Treated tank. After meds I did a 100% water changed and switched to RO (with replenish and neutral regulator) ammonia on API test has been a steady .5ppm...

Lost my bioload after medicating for columnaris. 5 community fish in a 15 gallon left. yesterday i had .5ppm ammonia, zero nitrites and zero nitrates. ran out and bought Fluval biological booster and added last night. tonight my readings are .5ppm ammonia, zero nitrites and 5.00 nitrates...

Thanks. Panic has subsided, just frustrated at this point. I shook the snot out of that test and tested the water the rams came in to test that my tests are working. They are. Sure wish it had been user error. So I am trying Fluval Cycle and hoping it'll give me a jump start. Guess I'll...

UGH!!!! Having so much trouble with fish keeping. I've been keeping fish on and off for like 20 years and never had this trouble. Fish got sick and treated tank with Furan-2 and Kanaplex. (they had columnaris) saved a few fish and things looked good. Ordered some Rams and they arrived...

Thanks! Ordered the Furan-2 and Kanaplex Amazon same day, so they'll be here tonight. Running carbon now to pull out the API General Cure and will do a huge water change today. Lost a black skirt tetra today. DOwn to 2 black skirts, 2 panda cory cats and three neon rainbows. The tetras...

Been researching all night and think it is in fact columnaris. Only thing that accounts for the sudden deaths in perfect water. Lost three more tonight, i'll see what meds i can get local tomorrow.

Thanks for helping. (I'm super excited to hear you breed rams. Been looking for a trusted source) It'll be a few weeks before I'm ready, I want to get this 100% solved before adding anything. So last ram died. The API General Cure was either not the right medicine, or it was too late...

Two tanks involved as I started the second tank off of the first tanks filter media. First death was about 3 weeks ago. My German Ram. No noticed symptoms. Two days later my other german ram and two male guppies died with no noticed symptoms proceeding death. So. I had been cycling a...