Recent content by BarbaraLocke

Wow! You sure can grow fish coralbandit! Here’s a few pix of ‘Superman’ showing his ‘Y’ stress bar that’s still real visible on one side, but the ’Y’ has split on the other side. Still trying to figure out what his underlying color is, as it changes from a very pale brown to almost silvery...

Thanks so much jmaldo ! And yes, I am certainly still learning all the time!

That’s great, 86 ssinit! Glad that the rest of the family didn’t get sick - your area stil looks pretty dangerous! And yes, the dwarf lilies are from you! They’re spectacular! I got the Madagascar lace at my lfs as an iffy looking 50% off plant, and it really took off in the tank! Now I’m...

Hi everyone! I feel like I’ve been gone forever, and so glad to see the activity on this thread! The last month or so was rough with a severe case of tendontis turning me into a one-armed paper hanger, then losing 5 of the 6 Santerams I got from coralbandit a week after moving them into the...

Yeah, my other tanks, except for the QT and the Turqs’, are all planted and have mystery snails. But, I will certainly do fish that have an infected wound/tail issue from fighting in my QT tank. The PP water does change color as it’s used up! It stays purple, then goes to pink, then yellow...

Sure hope your son doesn’t have any complications 86 ssinit! Things are pretty grim there where you are! I had read the warnings about feeding bloodworms (to Discus especially) before I even got my first 4, so they’ve never had any. I do have some Hikari frozen blood worms that I give to my...

Thanks jmaldo!! I am, slooowwly! Great info! Just finishing my first time treating with PP, with the help of coralbandit, and it’s going well! I’m very concerned about our guys in NY! coralbandit, 86 ssinit and acerrato, hope you and your families are all safe and well!

Welcome acerrato ! Beautiful fish, and tank! I’m down with a severe case of tendonitis in my left hand/arm, and can’t have steroids because it would be deadly should I get the virus. Really hard doing everything one-handed, and now I’m getting twinges in my right hand Will only be...

Well, gang, I did it! The Santerams are now in The Big House! With the possibility of losing power tonight due to the snow storm, according to the weather forecasters, I figured they’d be safer in the 75 gallon which will hold heat longer, and has more oxygen than the 10g. As you can see in...

Oh, no...so sorry for your losses, Jack! Please get some more metroplex, if you can’t get the pure metro, and dose the tank *hard*. If possible, put the 2 juvies in a 10 gallon tank to get the most out of the meds (I think you get 8 packets that are good for 10 g’s each).

I haven’t gotten notified more than a few times since the site was upgraded! Thanks 86 ssinit ! The iFish Discus range in size from around 4” down to the runt, which is a little over 2” (which is the size of the Santerams now!) - so size-wise, the group in the 75 gallon would be more...

Sorry to hear this JackFrost .... wish you could have gotten pure Metronidazole. Did you double dose the metroplex for 14 days? This white stuff on your Turqs head could be Hexamita (hole-in-head) - which can ooze white stuff. Have you raised the temp in your tank? Getting it up to at least...

Exactly jmaldo - about all they can do is go up, down, or in circles. It would be bad at feeding times, too, because everything (even the cubed blackworms (when they break off) floats, and the little ones still need to be fed often. I think my only options are to either move the Santerams...

Lol! The Hans Turqs are so big that I’ve thought about putting them in the 75g, and moving the 6 fromiFish out of the 75, and into the 50! The 50 is an old hexagon shaped cornet tank that is 24” high, and only 30” across at it’s widest point (See below). It isn’t densely planted, but it does...

Putting them in the 50 with the Hans would be my first choice, too, for the main reason that there has never been a sign of illness in the 2 Turqs, and your parent Santerams are Hans (if I remember right). when talking about size, though, as a possible issue - my Turqs are closer to 8” now, and...