Osage_Winter
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Okay People...
Thank you for all your replies; I do indeed think this suggested road of recovery for what's going on with my tank is just too daunting -- perhaps the hobby just isn't for me, and that could very well be, but that's something I will have to come to personal grips with if and when the tank crashes in terms of loss of fish. I understand completely that at that point, it would completely be a personal decision which no one could help me make. I just thought the information outlined above -- while very thoughtful and loaded with good intentions and advice -- is simply too much for me to grasp or feel like I would know where to begin; it's nothing against the members here. It's simply my level of ability in the hobby.
Well, that said, I went out today with the wife and we bought API Aquarium Salt and an Ich liquid medicine (even though I realize this was advised against). I added the Ich stuff first (the kind that turns your tank blue) according to treatment directions, and I need to continue with this for three days in the midst of doing the Stability. I then read the instructions for the salt, and according to the directive for the goldfish treatment, I needed to add 30 teaspoons -- and while that seemed like a lot, I did the 30 teaspoons...
I am going to follow the instructions for the remainder of the treatments, but I fear I may have awoken a sleeping giant, as the Japanese would say in reference to America's response to Pearl Harbor, in terms of screwing this tank up even more with chemicals and now the blue stain from the Ich medicine. I'm at my wits end with this setup at this point, as it is...
I am also growing impatient with these Aqueon filters, as I don't really think they'e filtering anything; the water really hasn't been crystal-clear since I started the tank a month or so ago, and it refuses to get clear. I am suspecting these are real pieces of junk as far as HOB filters go...
I'll post this over in the hardware/equipment section as well, but can anyone recommend a really, really good power filter? Which one is highly regarded? I know many suggest the AquaClear, but what about the Marineland ones? Are these any good? Or the Tetra Whispers (I've used these years ago when I kept a tropical tank)?
Again, let me say thank you to everyone that has attempted to assist with my problem in this thread -- your suggestions did not go on blind eyes; I am just questioning if I have what it takes, personally, to keep up with this hobby personally. I hope, at this point, that I can save the fish using the route I went down with the Ich treatment and salt...
Thank you for all your replies; I do indeed think this suggested road of recovery for what's going on with my tank is just too daunting -- perhaps the hobby just isn't for me, and that could very well be, but that's something I will have to come to personal grips with if and when the tank crashes in terms of loss of fish. I understand completely that at that point, it would completely be a personal decision which no one could help me make. I just thought the information outlined above -- while very thoughtful and loaded with good intentions and advice -- is simply too much for me to grasp or feel like I would know where to begin; it's nothing against the members here. It's simply my level of ability in the hobby.
Well, that said, I went out today with the wife and we bought API Aquarium Salt and an Ich liquid medicine (even though I realize this was advised against). I added the Ich stuff first (the kind that turns your tank blue) according to treatment directions, and I need to continue with this for three days in the midst of doing the Stability. I then read the instructions for the salt, and according to the directive for the goldfish treatment, I needed to add 30 teaspoons -- and while that seemed like a lot, I did the 30 teaspoons...
I am going to follow the instructions for the remainder of the treatments, but I fear I may have awoken a sleeping giant, as the Japanese would say in reference to America's response to Pearl Harbor, in terms of screwing this tank up even more with chemicals and now the blue stain from the Ich medicine. I'm at my wits end with this setup at this point, as it is...
I am also growing impatient with these Aqueon filters, as I don't really think they'e filtering anything; the water really hasn't been crystal-clear since I started the tank a month or so ago, and it refuses to get clear. I am suspecting these are real pieces of junk as far as HOB filters go...
I'll post this over in the hardware/equipment section as well, but can anyone recommend a really, really good power filter? Which one is highly regarded? I know many suggest the AquaClear, but what about the Marineland ones? Are these any good? Or the Tetra Whispers (I've used these years ago when I kept a tropical tank)?
Again, let me say thank you to everyone that has attempted to assist with my problem in this thread -- your suggestions did not go on blind eyes; I am just questioning if I have what it takes, personally, to keep up with this hobby personally. I hope, at this point, that I can save the fish using the route I went down with the Ich treatment and salt...