Fish Lovers 2.0

[Dappled Sapphire]

well it looks like my angelfish ate all their eggs again, atleast I can do a full tank clean with out stressing them too much (considering they use the filter to lay the eggs on lol)

[ReadingIndigo]

Username: ReadingIndigo (Indy works as a nickname if you want)
How many tanks do you have: 4
Type of fish that you have: Black neon tetras, lemon tetras, bettas, cories, and African clawed frogs.
Your fish's names: Jingles, Yellowstone, Eebo, Ossa, Rocky, Nemo, Rainbowshine, Elmo, Conrad, Dougie, Kip, and Ruben.
How long have you had fish: About a year.

Sorry it took me so long. I started school not too long ago and had a big book report to do.

[עורב לבן]

In other news, my betta tank is SO close to being done cycling! I'm waiting for my husband to get home from work to show him the red salamander halfmoon plakat I want to buy. He's a gorgeous little fish!

Do you have live plants? Live plants are great at competing with algae. Otherwise, brown algae is a sign of lights being to low, green algae is more common in tanks with higher lighting. Try adding some low-light loving plants like wisteria, anubus, lace java fern, or moss balls.

You can't really stress the biological filter. =) Its very common for discuss to be kept in grow out tanks by breeders with 100% water changes everyday, but they still manage to have a completely cycled tank. Removing water does not to the bacteria as long as is kept moist and warm.

No plants yet. I have been wanting to do so, though. I'll see about increasing the water changes to four times a week then, and see if that helps. The darn stuff is driving me insane!

[KittyCatKita]

One of my bettas is starting to get mild fin rot (I caught it early cause I check them all carefully every day) and I have been doing 50-60% water changes with stress coat+ and aquarium salt. Is there anything else that I can do to help him out or is what I am doing enough to start the healing?

[Dakotak]

One of my bettas is starting to get mild fin rot (I caught it early cause I check them all carefully every day) and I have been doing 50-60% water changes with stress coat+ and aquarium salt. Is there anything else that I can do to help him out or is what I am doing enough to start the healing?

What is the temp at? I like to keep the temp around 80F when im dealing with bacterial infections. As far as i know you are doing good.

[KittyCatKita]

One of my bettas is starting to get mild fin rot (I caught it early cause I check them all carefully every day) and I have been doing 50-60% water changes with stress coat+ and aquarium salt. Is there anything else that I can do to help him out or is what I am doing enough to start the healing?

What is the temp at? I like to keep the temp around 80F when im dealing with bacterial infections. As far as i know you are doing good.

My temperature is always at 80F cause bettas need it between 78-82 ^^ and I washed out my filter. I just wanted to know if there were any other things I might be able to do to help him XD if I am doing alright then that is good *relieved*

[CSF]

Okay, so I now have 5 neon tetras but my black Molly sometimes chases them around. Also one of the 5 likes to stay in one place and isn't nearly as active as the others, does it just need time to adjust? Also for my khuli loach, is the darker it's color the healthier it is? He's a really dark coffee brownish/black color. He started out a light milk chocolate color. The change in color is good I presume?

[עורב לבן]

Yeah, higher temperatures are good for treating fin rot. 80*F is a nice, comfortable temp for a betta, anyway.

Whee! I just ordered my new betta! He's a young red salamander half moon plakat. I'm completely in love! He's going to be stunning when his fins fully develop! Both parents are big-ears, and he definitely looks to be big-ears as well.

[Dakotak]

Yeah, higher temperatures are good for treating fin rot. 80*F is a nice, comfortable temp for a betta, anyway.

Whee! I just ordered my new betta! He's a young red salamander half moon plakat. I'm completely in love! He's going to be stunning when his fins fully develop! Both parents are big-ears, and he definitely looks to be big-ears as well.

Very nice! Congrats!!

[sarcasteil]

Argh. Last night it was raining torrential rainstorms!! This morning, just before I went to school, I noticed the water level's almost as high as the rim of the pond! And my fish seems to be in heat again! The water's covered most of my water bamboo, so my goldie can lay her eggs and *hopefully* not get eaten by her or any other fish. Ah.. Except none of that's ever gonna happen. Came back, the waters gone down by al least a hundred gallons. Urgh. Urgh. Urgh. Urgh. Urgh. Make matters worse, my mom said the manure she put in the bamboo (goat poo, is your interested to know) had floated to te surface. Luckily I wasn't wearing my glasses that morning so I wouldn't be haunted by visions of floating poo the whole day.

Good news!! Luckily my girl Sue hadn't laid ger eggs yet!!