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Which backs reason that overstocked tanks are not a good thing.

I am sure that someone can explain this.. While setting up an active Angelsplus sponge last night, I started wondering about this. When we have a cycled tank that turns everything within 24 hours, what happens to the fish during that 24 hours? Are they at risk? There would have to be...

I am going through a bout of columaris now that killed one of my betta. I found this thread that can be found on this forum. Columnaris Symptoms And Treatment | Freshwater Fish Disease 263058

No they were from a breeder, but I've had them for a while. I'd be inclined to agree with you, but I only discovered the problems with my water when it caused a ph crash about a month ago (because of low kh) which in turn killed the cycle on that tank, which then caused a nitrite spike that...

I found this article, with the following quoted from it. on this forum, stickied Columnaris Symptoms And Treatment | Freshwater Fish Disease 263058 CindiL wrote : "Columnaris is a gram negative aerobic bacterial fish disease. This means that it thrives in well oxygenated, often very...

You want the medium grit.

Tonight, Fish #2 is acting 'normal' other than he is resting somewhat. But he is alert and has ate. The tank that my boy who passed, I ended up trashing it. I didn't like the Fluval Spec V anyway, so I completely tore it down. Threw everything away aside from rocks which I put into bleach...

Here are some pictures that I was able to get after he died. You can see the white patches on his side, as well as where it was starting to look fuzzy around his gill and up towards his mouth. It also looks like the swollen part of his belly had a large fuzzy place as well. Can someone maybe...

He's gone. I ended up euthanizing him. He was such a sweet fish and I am gonna miss him. I was able to get a better look at him after he was gone. He was already starting to pinecone, it was more than I initially thought. I also noticed some white/pale patches around his mouth and gills...

I didn't add chemicals, I added crushed coral. I knew from the ph crash that it was because of the kh of my water, which is at a whopping 2. I was also doing 50-75% water changes weekly on all tanks. I also have Anacharis, anubias, water sprite and water wysteria in the tanks. The only...

I am starting to think he is going to die before the clove oil gets here today. I need to start thinking about what I am going to do with the tanks. They will have to be disinfected and I am gonna assume everything needs to be thrown out, including the plants.

Yes here are the pictures. Fish #1 is the Solid Black Betta Fish #2 is the Black Betta with the white head. Also to note, Fish #2 has had that redness around his gills since the ph crash that nitrite poisoned him. He also seems slightly lethargic and kinda 'swollen'. Pics were taken just...

This happen quick and sudden. I have been trying to come up with a timeline and this is what I have so far. Saturday (one week ago) - Added crushed coral to all tanks to help with low kh (6 tanks in total). I took cycled media from Fish #1's tank and put into Fish #2's tank (Fish #2's tank...

I'm so scared of doing that! I think I'm just paranoid about spreading things between my tanks lol

I'd like to see this as well.