Recent content by Ficklewinds

Not the best pic, but I finally got around to stocking my tank! I'm going to do some major aquascaping eventually, but right now I'm pretty satisfied. Current Stock: 5 emperor tetras 6 diamond tetras 6 neon dwarf rainbows 6 peppered cory cats. So far at least one mystery snail, but pretty...

I'm really iffy on the UV sterlizer LOL, so I enjoyed the soap box. :cool: Thought about buying a better one, but the next thing my money goes toward is a new light. If anything it won't hurt I suppose? Might as well give it a try. Anyhow, I think this may be getting cleared up finally...

Well the diamonds are doing loads better, only one has any white left and it's just a tiny spot. Same with the rainbows. The lime green water is gone so I'm going to remove the carbon and dose the big tank with the furan 2/kanaplex combo. I don't thinK I'll have to do a second dose on the 6...

Has anyone with a sunsun canister filter every used the UV light on it? I didn't bother when I was setting up the tank, but now that's it's cycled and running, I was thinking about turning it on. Is it something you can leave on 24/7 or something that needs to be turned off after so long...

Well, at lunch today the rainbows are looking better, merlin's beard has shrunk considerably. I'm still planning on the water change and carbon tonight and start a new round of meds tomorrow evening. Diamond tetras seem a bit better too, less white today than last night. I'm considering since...

Okay, so this is my plan for the big tank this evening. Do a 50 to 80% water change, put in some charcoal and let it run for 24 hours to clear up residual fungus cure and maracyn 2. After that, I will start dosing the furan 2 and kanaplex on that tank as well. I was using salt and I moved my...

Okay, I am beyond frustrated. I finished the Fungus Cure on Sunday and the Maracyn 2 yesterday. Rainbows are doing much better but still have white fuzz on a few of their lips, with one male looking like he has a mini merlin thing going on. I bought some more diamond tetras and put them in a...

Well, the fungus cure and maracyn 2 must being doing something. Fish are doing much better and the fuzz seems to be going away. One male keeps chasing one of the girls around the tank though..... I guess if he's feeling that frisky he must be doing better LOL. All six didn't skip the lunch...

1~What type of fish is afflicted? Started with Diamond tetras and now Dwarf Neon Rainbos - cotton like stuff on the mouths and heads, no lesions, minor bloating. 2~What are your tank parameters (ammonia, nitrites, nitrates, temp, pH)? Ammonia 0, Nitrites 0, 2 nitrates, temp 76 F, and 7.2 on PH...

Well the diamond tetras are gone. Mebbid - I blamed myself to start with, but in retrospect, those fish were already diseased before I even put them in the tank as the white stuff was already on one and two were dead to start with. I blame myself for not paying that much attention and...

I'm having this issue too. I just got my tank cycled. I had to order my fish online because nothing local had what I wanted. I wait a week, keeping my tank perfect. The night before they showed up, I did a 90% wc, tested, everything fine. Fish show up and I acclimate them. I even took my...

Yeah I was originally replacing the penn plax with the c4, but there was no room on the tank to add both HOB filters so I could seed the c4. I just added fish and didn't want to crash the cycle, so I figured I'd wait a month more before fooling with it. Now, I'm not so sure the stupid thing...

I'm currently running a SunSun 303b canister filter and a HOB Penn Plax 200. The Penn Plax is on its last leg, motor sounds rough, and I have a Fluval C4 to replace it with. Since I have the canister filter, if I just put in the C4 will my cycle crash? Or do I need to try and salvage some...

I live in the middle of nowhere Florida. The nearest big city to me is a 30 to 45 min drive away and here lately it seems every business there is moving out to the beach area which makes that drive an hour one way. (Plus, it's about to be Spring Break, and uh, no. I'd rather eat nails than go...

Not sure if it helps but I'm confiscating my husband's paintball gear to use his tanks for co2. I got an aquatek premium regulator with the adapter because a 24 Oz paintball tank was much easier to fill than a 5lb tank. But in case I change my mind in the future I can ditch the paintball...