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October 25th, 2007
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Fish Master
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Oh, and Kate, I was researching loaches, and there's a whole bunch that can take, or even like, acidic water.
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October 25th, 2007
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Originally Posted by armadillo
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Thanks for the link! I just checked out the thread. I am interested in checking out the zebra and the polka dot loaches. Nice to see something else that can deal with the low PH. I will goggle them and see what photos come up! 
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October 25th, 2007
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Master Of Fish Poo!
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yea, they are. i've not seen any in person myself but they're such beautiful fish! i know how you feel about shipping, but a good shipper will package them so the trip is as little stress to them as possible. 
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Originally Posted by capekate
The GBRs are beautiful fish, but the cockatoo ram is something else!! And I am seriously giving it a lot of thought to spend the extra money on shipping for a pair of them, since it seems pretty hard to find them locally. I just feel bad about shipping fish. They get tossed and turned upside down in those packages in the total dark for about 24 hours or so. It seems so cruel. I really hate to do it. So I am still searching in my vicinity for them before resorting to shipment.
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October 25th, 2007
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Fish Keeper
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Kate, so sorry to hear you are losing your fish. Thats terrible.
It may be possible that you may have something in the tank that is contaminating the water and over time killing your fish. It may be a chemical of some sort inadvertantly got into the tank, like an air freshener, hair spray, a cleaner, an oil or something like that that is causing your water to foul. If you keep having trouble with this tank, you might have to tear town, cleaning EVERYTHING, really well with a mild bleach solution and rebuild. If you do go this route, I woudnt reuse the substate or anything that you cannot clean without risk of recontaimination. Just remember to rinse, rinse and rinse and then use a really good decloranator when refilling the tank.
I have a 26 gallon bowfront that we just couldnt clear the water in, the water parameters were always ok, but it was always cloudy for some reason. We had to tear it down and rebuild it. Its fine now, but it was very fustrating. I dont know what happens sometimes, its just wierd.
Good luck Kate!
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October 26th, 2007
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Originally Posted by theessigs
Kate, so sorry to hear you are losing your fish. Thats terrible.
It may be possible that you may have something in the tank that is contaminating the water and over time killing your fish. It may be a chemical of some sort inadvertantly got into the tank, like an air freshener, hair spray, a cleaner, an oil or something like that that is causing your water to foul. If you keep having trouble with this tank, you might have to tear town, cleaning EVERYTHING, really well with a mild bleach solution and rebuild. If you do go this route, I woudnt reuse the substate or anything that you cannot clean without risk of recontaimination. Just remember to rinse, rinse and rinse and then use a really good decloranator when refilling the tank.
I have a 26 gallon bowfront that we just couldnt clear the water in, the water parameters were always ok, but it was always cloudy for some reason. We had to tear it down and rebuild it. Its fine now, but it was very fustrating. I dont know what happens sometimes, its just wierd.
Good luck Kate!
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good morning Theessigs,
I had thought at one time to tear it down and start over, but after 7 months I finally lost all the diatoms that usually are present in new tanks and I really didnt want to start a cycle all over again. At one point I thought to tear it down and move the remaining fish to another tank and put this tank away. But decided not to. The fish that I have in there now are doing ok, tho there is only 2 GBRs and one cory cat. I am changing 50% water weekly and doing a thorough vacuuming at that time as well. So far, so good and I cannot believe how white the gravel is once again.
I hope that your tank is doing better now that you tore it down and started again. I realize sometimes that is the only option we have!
Good luck with your tank as well.
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October 26th, 2007
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Fish Keeper
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Glad to hear that things are looking up for your tank Kate! I hope that your success continues.
 Happy Fishkeeping! |
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