Recent content by jaydro

A sad update--the loopy panda cory died yesterday. It may or may not have been related to his problem--he was the last (I hope) of four sudden panda cory deaths. One day I found two dead, and I suspected that something had attacked them, because they were missing parts of tails and pectoral...

My lfs recommended Seachem Prime, and I've had good results so far.

I got the Azoo Battery Backup Pump. It's really neat, but it's also kinda loud, though I've never had an air pump before so I have nothing to judge it against. One reason I like the Eclipse setup I have is that it's pretty darn quiet. So I turn off the air pump when it bugs me, turn it on...

One thing I forgot to mention--in searching around for info I found this reference: "Clear Ich also takes care of a peculiar swim bladder problem that only affects corydoras." I could find no additional information anywhere on a swim bladder problem peculiar to corydoras nor why Clear Ich would...

Well, I was going by Aquarium Pharmaceuticals' own descriptions: PimaFix: It rapidly treats fungal infections on the body and fins, and internal and external bacterial infections. MelaFix: Heals open wounds & abrasions, treats fin and tail rot, eye cloud, mouth fungus and promotes...

One of my first panda cories lost his barbels, and they grew back pretty quickly. Barbel damage is usually because the substrate is too rough, but you say you have coated gravel. My gravel is fairly smooth, and my other cories haven't been losing their barbels, and the one who did recovered...

For the benefit of anyone who may find this in a search result in the future: I tried PimaFix for six days with no change in the cory's behavior. (I intended to go seven days, but I needed to do a big water change on the sixth day while installing a bubble wand, and I had seen no improvement...

I used to do 2m and 440, but I haven't done much lately, sorry. I was just trying to think of a clever thing to say as a subject line in this particular forum.

Yeah, my panda cories seem to alternate between periods of activity and seeming lifelessness. It would kinda freak me out at first.

Hey, Allivymar, so you've got angelfish in the 25 gal Eclipse show combo--do you have the outflow jet aimed diagonally across the tank surface toward the opposite front corner? And what are your recommendations on acclimation procedures for angelfish? I think I'm going to get a QT tank....

I'm a newbie who got a 25 gal Eclipse show combo for Christmas. As a computer guy who has an APC battery back-up, having something to keep my aquarium going during a power outage seems like a good idea. My first inclination is to get an APC battery back-up (I know most of the affordable ones...

Hey, astroguy, what would flashing have indicated to you? I just checked in on the little guy, and today he's just leaning to the left rather than rolling. I hope he's getting better. I was just about to investigate medical treatments....

Thanks for the feedback, Menagerie. I had never heard of badis badis--they look really nice, though I'm not sure I'm up to dealing with the live food requirement.

Thanks Allivymar. I've been kicking myself for being so careless and stupid--I was so happy to get through tank cycling with no fish deaths and then this. Nitrates: it *looks* like 0 ppm on the test strip. It may be a bit higher, but it's definitely closer to 0 than the next step up, 20. I...

I have no plants, but I do have some algae growth. Lately I've ended up doing 30% water changes more than once a week--my original goal was 10% once a week. (My third swordtail had developed a bad case of fin rot after introduction which I treated with Melafix and Pimafix, and I did a big...