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ICK ICH ICKY ICK....... | 7 comments (7 topical, 0 hidden)

Re: Bringing in seasoned filter material is (none / 0) (#2)
by New Guppy Momma on Sun Jan 13, 2008 at 05:21:08 PM PST

Well somehow the darn little fish seem to be doing better. Her swordtail is all perked back up and only her Betta, Pleco and one of her Neon's look "salted". I was only able to treat them once (due to conflicting schedules between us). I do think she will lose her Betta tho. He's pretty much covered in tiny white bumps.
She has no guppies and there is no evidence that anyone is "munching " on anyone else (except the crabs on the plants). Her Albino's (slight evidence that at one time they may have been the so-called "mixed fruit") do a bit of chasing each other around. They've been together with the other "big" tetra for about a year now.

As for my tank we have an outbreak of regular old algae. My oldest daughter decided to "experiment" with the dechlorinator and acquiring a new bottle proved a bit difficult as getting to the store was a challenge (vehicle problems). So far I've done 3 25% changes over the last 5 days and it's looking a bit less green. Oh and no more baby gups yet either. Momma should drop within the next few days. It has been over 2 months since her first drop. But then again it is winter and I've had some furnace trouble as well. Momma, aka Blueberry Muffin, looked a bit squareish this morning when I turned off their light. Her 3 youngsters are doing well. Her son is showing yellow in his tail as well as the black and the 2 little females are black tailed and quite chubby. They are about an inch in length and seem fairly healthy.
Thanks for the help Unc.
Before all else fails....do a 25% water change ;)
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Re: Bringing in seasoned filter material is (none / 0) (#3)
by New Guppy Momma on Tue Feb 12, 2008 at 09:06:24 AM PST

She lost her Pleco. But everyone else is alive and swimming. I'm thinking of rescuing her platy and keeping some of the babies.
Oh well.

Oh and my algae is under control. I almost had the beginnings of a greenwater tank for a day or two. Did whopping 50% changes for 3 days and all is clear.
I really need to learn to feed my fish less. They get a small pinch twice a day....but for 4 little gups it might be a bit too much ;0
Before all else fails....do a 25% water change ;)
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Hatch a raft of mosquito eggs. Dump 'em in. (none / 0) (#4)
by unclescott on Fri Feb 15, 2008 at 12:46:43 PM PST

If everyone in the house is swatting themselves in a week, that was too much.

Just teasing of course. I know you are familiar with the idea but a couple small pond snails in there will get the uneaten food. Better as snail poop than decaying food.

I've had a real proliferation of snails in a tank of livebearers and golden bristlenose plecos. The fish are growing well, but I haven't gotten tiny bits of zucchini and algae tablets properly proportioned. Fortunately there are a couple of tanks of snail eating darters who will feast tonight and tomorrow.

In that tank, many of the little rams horns are an attractive red. Time to cull the browns. It is a lot easier culling snails than fish.

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NO SNAILS :) (none / 0) (#5)
by New Guppy Momma on Sat Feb 16, 2008 at 01:08:08 PM PST

I will never purposely add snails to any of my tanks. Too hard to get rid of them. But I will go get a few ghost shrimp for it. At only 10 cents a piece (and they always throw in a few extras) I think I can afford them. I need to go get a new net too. I can't find mine. After acclimating my new purchases today I had to use my hands to scoop them into the tank.

The guppy tank did get severely neglected the last month or so tho. So I'm not surprised I have a bad case of algae. I'm just surprised (and glad) I have nothing worse.
Before all else fails....do a 25% water change ;)
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" I have a bad case of algae..." (none / 0) (#6)
by unclescott on Sun Feb 17, 2008 at 11:53:13 AM PST

And what does one take for that? ;)

I too have had extra algae in neglected aquariums. As you and I know, but maybe for the consoling of someone else, that algae is not entirely a bad thing. There are a LOT worse things that the tank could do with extra nitrogenous (ammonia, nitrites, nitrates...) waste. You didn't have white water, bacterial outbreaks on the fish or many of the other plagues that could have resulted. Part of the reason for that was that your probably had your tank and its nitrogen cycle pretty well established already.

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Re: " I have a bad case of algae..." (none / 0) (#7)
by New Guppy Momma on Sun Feb 17, 2008 at 06:05:53 PM PST

For a bad case of algae.....I good kick in the behind to be more diligent about water changes :)

Yeah I'd rather have algae than dead, diseased fish or white cloudy water (takes forever to get rid of. Had it in one 10 gallon in Texas for a few weeks. took MAJOR (50%) e-o-d water changes to fix.). Not to mention Cyanobacteria, which I thought I had but apparently it was just bad algae :0.
Before all else fails....do a 25% water change ;)
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