Daven
Aquarium Advice Freak
Hey guys. I hope you dont mind that i made another thread, i thought the other one wouldnt have gotten much attention seeing as when i made the thread i was wondering about early signs in just a few fish. The symptoms didnt get more severe and in other fish until a few pages in after we concluded it was likely eggs. Heres the issue...
My girlfriends 29 gallon community tank with 7 rasbora, 4 neon tetra, 4 male guppy, and 4 panda corries. 3 of the rasbora, 4 neons, and the corries have all been recent additions without quaruntine over the last couple weeks (getting rid of old fish at the same time and no ammonia spikes/etc). Started with a rasbora or two with swollen stomachs that i was worried about. Now it is almost all of the fish aside from i think the corries are ok (they dont let me see their bellies lol). They seem to all be eating readily. I have not spent much time watching her tank, but i dont think ive noticed any weird feces. The fish seem to be swimiing in their spots (rasboras stay up top swimming with the current in short jolts as there arent much, neons middle to bottom, and guppies wherever they want lol) but again i never spent much time watching this tank. She feeds once a day around 30 seconds or so, hadnt been timed but i have her timing now
I got some NLS Hex-Sheild pellets for parisites, but the only size they had were the 2mm kind thats too big for them. First time trying to feed them was unsuccesful because of the size, so i also added some thawed peas to help. Later i took a knife and chopped them into smaller pieces and that seemed to work good and i believe they all got some. I was going to start feeding them twice instead since that is what the food recommends and i figure it contains a specific dose (Says twice for 1 minute, im going to do twice for 30 seconds as that seems to be alot of food).
Since i am pretty sure there is an issue in that tank, and we use the same equipment for both tanks, i am worried about my 75 gallon Mbuna cichlid tank as well. I have be having lighter colours stringy feces in a couple, but they all eat readily as well. Ive never had an illness aside from ich before so idk what the dreaded "white stringy feces" looks like for sure, but these arent white as much as lighter tan so i thought it might be from the food. But it tends to be stringy with parts of thicker solids throughout when i see it. I fed them the pellets as well and later noticed their stomachs seem bloated. Might be from the different food, but im treating it as the same deal.
These are some pictures ive taken so far of her tank. Let me know if others are relevant and ill try my best to get them lol
My girlfriends 29 gallon community tank with 7 rasbora, 4 neon tetra, 4 male guppy, and 4 panda corries. 3 of the rasbora, 4 neons, and the corries have all been recent additions without quaruntine over the last couple weeks (getting rid of old fish at the same time and no ammonia spikes/etc). Started with a rasbora or two with swollen stomachs that i was worried about. Now it is almost all of the fish aside from i think the corries are ok (they dont let me see their bellies lol). They seem to all be eating readily. I have not spent much time watching her tank, but i dont think ive noticed any weird feces. The fish seem to be swimiing in their spots (rasboras stay up top swimming with the current in short jolts as there arent much, neons middle to bottom, and guppies wherever they want lol) but again i never spent much time watching this tank. She feeds once a day around 30 seconds or so, hadnt been timed but i have her timing now
I got some NLS Hex-Sheild pellets for parisites, but the only size they had were the 2mm kind thats too big for them. First time trying to feed them was unsuccesful because of the size, so i also added some thawed peas to help. Later i took a knife and chopped them into smaller pieces and that seemed to work good and i believe they all got some. I was going to start feeding them twice instead since that is what the food recommends and i figure it contains a specific dose (Says twice for 1 minute, im going to do twice for 30 seconds as that seems to be alot of food).
Since i am pretty sure there is an issue in that tank, and we use the same equipment for both tanks, i am worried about my 75 gallon Mbuna cichlid tank as well. I have be having lighter colours stringy feces in a couple, but they all eat readily as well. Ive never had an illness aside from ich before so idk what the dreaded "white stringy feces" looks like for sure, but these arent white as much as lighter tan so i thought it might be from the food. But it tends to be stringy with parts of thicker solids throughout when i see it. I fed them the pellets as well and later noticed their stomachs seem bloated. Might be from the different food, but im treating it as the same deal.
These are some pictures ive taken so far of her tank. Let me know if others are relevant and ill try my best to get them lol