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    3 SAE’s 2 years. 1 healthy, 2 fighting to the death - unsure why!!!

    I bought three SAE’s about 2 years ago. They were all doing well. Last year one pulled ahead in growth. One stayed smaller and the third was in the middle. Now I have one large healthy one and 2 tiny stressed ones that ALWAYS, 24/7 fight with each other. Plenty of hiding space. They seek each...
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    [Build Log] Bouncing back from a total tank loss - Planted High Tech Discus Tank

    I'll take another video. Generally after water changes and sometimes around feeding time they really "fight" strangely. They swim up against eachother in opposite directions and kind of wiggle and vibrate. Not sure what the heck they're doing but I just LOVE watching them interact. I can't think...
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    [Build Log] Bouncing back from a total tank loss - Planted High Tech Discus Tank

    Little update: All fish doing well. I did have a loss about 3 weeks ago - My last Molly. Probably about 4 years old and was sadly very slow. She was just well enough to escape my net, and never floated... but just gradually got less and less energy as time went on. I think the rams eventually...
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    I'm in love! (First Eheim ever... where has it been all my life!?!)

    OK, so I started the hobby with Aquaclears HOB Filters. Great. never had a complaint. Then I found Canister filters. I had a Fluval 304 I got on a boxing day sale. I had that for a number of years (7) and then t he motor just stopped working. (sad, as I poured 50 bucks in parts when I broke...
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    [Build Log] Bouncing back from a total tank loss - Planted High Tech Discus Tank

    Ugh! I had a big long post written but it timed out and logged me off. Slightly condensed: 6 Rams down to 5. The sick one perished about 2 weeks after my last post. His appetitie and "spunk" was not up to keeping the other GBR's at bay. Wife is still pregnant! 19 weeks. ANOTHER GIRL! Due...
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    Water quality mystery: What's causing the ammonia?

    take some bio media from your other tank to seed your crashed one. Jump starts things going.
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    Water quality mystery: What's causing the ammonia?

    In my city... There's Ammonia in the tap water! Check your tap water. Also check chlorine levels in your water. If your on a sisters or well or ground water, they may be putting bleach in there as well, killing your filters ( it surprisingly not your fish? ).
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    [Build Log] Bouncing back from a total tank loss - Planted High Tech Discus Tank

    Big als here has a policy of not buying fish back. I think what I'll do is split my Val's and make a few more hiding spots for them. If I thin out the sag and make more swimmable passages it'll provide more hiding spaces right now. If it continues to be a problem I'll sell them. Would you be...
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    [Build Log] Bouncing back from a total tank loss - Planted High Tech Discus Tank

    I tried getting pictures of them all - it was a futile attempt. here's a video. Note the white balance kept messing up. My entire tank isn't green, lol. https://youtu.be/ElAzxM0BbNs Here's pictures. (Not very good) Imgur: The most awesome images on the Internet Let me know what you...
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    [Build Log] Bouncing back from a total tank loss - Planted High Tech Discus Tank

    I can't imagine he's too happy about his current housing situation. He's literally in a juice pitcher which I'm hanging on the inside of the tank. All I could come up with on short notice. This is also right after he was transferred to a cup and back because I wanted to clean up all the poop at...
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    New GBR has Dropsy

    He's on the rebound! No more pinecone scales. Forgive my QT tank...it's a juice pitcher hung on the inside of the tank. Going to continue treatment for 24 more hours then lower salinity. Over a day and reintroduce. Also been doing twice as many water changes on main tank... But I think my tap...
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    New GBR has Dropsy

    It seems like his swelling has subsided a bit. I went to 3 LFS and all of them didn't have the medication. One had just ran out and it appears that they won't get any back, ever. This leads me to believe its been regulated. The drug I was looking for was: Kanaplex. So, I'll keep up with the...
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    [Build Log] Bouncing back from a total tank loss - Planted High Tech Discus Tank

    all they had was males - I've got 6 of them. Although I think 1 or 2 might actually be female. We'll see with time.
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    [Build Log] Bouncing back from a total tank loss - Planted High Tech Discus Tank

    81*f. ~10ppm Nitrate, 0ppm Nitrite and Ammonia. PH at morning before light/CO2 is 7.7, During CO2, 7.1. LFS (Big als ) had them. Came from a local highly regarded breeder. They only ever get males, he won't sell his females as he wants to protect his line (and they are beautiful...) Guessing...
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    New GBR has Dropsy

    He's very pine-cone like, and there is a fair bit of poop when I swap out his water. I don't think its constipation. I caught the dropsy at most 8 hours after it started, as I was admireing them in the morning, and then when I came home from work, I noticed he was a bit bloated (almost with...
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    New GBR has Dropsy

    I changed out his water, re dosed meth blue and salt. He's still bloated, breathing a bit fast, but still eating. Really readily
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    [Build Log] Bouncing back from a total tank loss - Planted High Tech Discus Tank

    One of the gbrs has dropsy. Currently hanging in some mild saltwater and meth blue bath. I am not hopeful. I haven't had a case of bloat in over 10 years. :-(
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    New GBR has Dropsy

    :-( I've added a bit of epsom salt, We'll see. If he's not better by morning I'll put him out of misery.
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    New GBR has Dropsy

    Came home from work, did the fish count of my new German blue rams. Tank has been set up and stable for years (albeit overgrown until about 8 months ago) Spotted one of the rams with something I haven't seen in over 10 years: Bloat/dropsy. I don't have a QT tank. I used a pitcher and he swam...
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    [Build Log] Bouncing back from a total tank loss - Planted High Tech Discus Tank

    An update. My daughter has the nasty habit of hitting the fish tank. I think discus are out of the picture for a while until I'm able get that under control. In the mean time... I got a fish I absolutely love. In fact, they're a very close second to discus. They have so much personality...
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    [Build Log] Bouncing back from a total tank loss - Planted High Tech Discus Tank

    Yeah, my daughter LOVES the tank. We have her toy chest just off the right, she clears her toys off the top and sits on it and just stares into it. SHe puts her hands on the glass... and before having a child, that would have... upset me. but now, I just see the Awe and her soaking it all in...
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    [Build Log] Bouncing back from a total tank loss - Planted High Tech Discus Tank

    water changes every tuesday. I remove about 20% and re-fill direct from city water. I found when I do more than 20% I get algae blooms. Turns out there's ammonia in my tap water. Dosing: NONE. Keeping it simple. I sold the murderous driftwood for 30 bucks to someone with a parrot. That money...
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    [Build Log] Bouncing back from a total tank loss - Planted High Tech Discus Tank

    Ok! Sorry for the super late update: Lets get this out of the way, because its the best news ever: I DON"T HAVE CANCER!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! Long story short: first pathology set everyone down the wrong path. It was a Myoepithilioid. Whats that? a tumor that in 94% of cases, NEVER becomes...
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    [Build Log] Bouncing back from a total tank loss - Planted High Tech Discus Tank

    Not sure if you're handy with a soldering iron, but wish.com or geek.com (one of those chinese shopping sites) has arduinos for 3 bucks and strips of "addressable" LED's for under 10bucks. All you need then is an old network cable for wiring, an old usb charger and a way to mount/stick the...
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