ok... I just went to the bedroom.. time for megatrons dinner. ( megatron is a 2.5" GSP, in a 5 gallon brackish.. his new home is currently being set up.. plants are being ordered ect.)
Hes floating.. and there are, eww.. tiny.. little swimming thingys in his tank.. all lover the place.. they look like sperm.. little tadpole things. All over the glass and swimming in the water. I say hello to megatron everyday.. ive never seen these nasty little dudes before. I did a 30% water change the other day.. I cant find my test kit ( just moved) . AHhHhh...
Megatron is bobbing, floating.. he floating into the waterfall from his filter.. burped and was swimming again.. went to the top.. and hes floating again..
Oh please help... i love my little megatron.. what the heck are these swimmers!!
oh yeah.. i moved Jan 12th.. went on vacation for two weeks and well.. its not the move.. its been too long.
I work at a small pet store.. took home some snails for him, its possible the little parasites hitchiked with the snails..
For water changes i used his marine salt stuff, water conditioner.. thats it. All his plants and hidy things are plastic.
he eats krill and dried shrimp and bloodworms..(sometimes frozen sometimes pre-soaked dried) The snails were offered two days ago, he took no interest in them.. so was the water change... two days ago..
sorry this is so all over the place.. im freakin out.. I took some pictures, but dont know how to make the file smaller.. Eep.
help.. megatron is floating.. icky swimmers in tank..
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Since this board has been up, we have found there are several questions that routinely get asked in order to help diagnose problems. If you can have that information to begin with in your post, we'll be able to help right away (if we can!) without having to wait for you to post the info we need.
1) Your water parameters - pH, Ammonia, Nitrite, Nitrates and salinity (if appropriate). This is by far the most important information you can provide! Do not answer this with "Fine" "Perfect" "ok", that tells us nothing. We need hard numbers.
2) Tank size and a list of ALL inhabitants. Include algae eaters, plecos, everything. We need to know what you have and how big the tank is.
3) Feeding, water change schedule and a list of all products you are using or have added to the tank (examples: Cycle, Amquel, salt, etc)
4) What changes you've made in the tank in the last week or so. Sometimes its the little things that make all the difference.
5) How long the aquarium has been set up, and how did you cycle it? If you don't know what cycling is read this: Fishless Cycling Article and familiarize yourself with all the information. Yes. All of it.
We want to help, and providing this information will go a LONG way to getting a diagnosis and hopeful cure that much faster.
While you wait for assistance:
One of the easiest and best ways to help your fish feel better is clean water! If you are already on a regular water change schedule (50% weekly is recommended) a good step to making your fish more comfortable while waiting for diagnosis/suggestions is to do a large water change immediately. Feel free to repeat daily or as often as you can, clean water is always a good thing! Use of Amquel or Prime as a dechlor may help with any ammonia or nitrite issues, and is highly recommended.
Note - if you do not normally do large water changes, doing a sudden, large water change could shock your fish by suddenly changing their established water chemistry. Clean water is still your first goal, so in this case, do several smaller (10%) water changes over the next day or two before starting any large ones.
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Re: help.. megatron is floating.. icky swimmers in tank..
The little swimmmer are probably planaria. Due to un eaten food left in the tank. Post your test results.
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Re: help.. megatron is floating.. icky swimmers in tank..
i take out his uneaten shrimp.. so his water doesnt spoil.. and definately dont over feed.. lol.. i stand and watch him eat.. and take out whats left after 5 mins..
Re: help.. megatron is floating.. icky swimmers in tank..
Any chance of a picture? Black tadpole looking things remind me of mosquito larvae, but that's just a wild shot in the dark...a very wild shot in a very, very dark room.
Now, bring me that horizon...
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Re: help.. megatron is floating.. icky swimmers in tank..
look here. see if it helps.
http://badmanstropicalfish.com/articles/article1.html
http://badmanstropicalfish.com/articles/article1.html
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Re: help.. megatron is floating.. icky swimmers in tank..
Please post your ammonia, nitrite, nitrate & pH. Don't bother with plants--you're going to wind up rsising the SG way higher than plants can handle. Get that puffer in the larger tank, ASAP. In the meantime, do a good gravel cleaning & a 50% water change today & again tomorrow.
You are getting sleepy... you only hear the sound of my voice... you must do water changes... water changes... water changes... water changes...
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Re: help.. megatron is floating.. icky swimmers in tank..
well.. like i said, i cant find my test kit.. ill see if i can grab one at work today.. i did a 50% water change.. megatron is looking much better, hes not puffing himself up anymore. And i would say about 95% of the little pests seem to be gone.Ill just keep sucking them up untill i find out what they are.
The things in the tank looked like they had a round body with a tail coming off that they wiggle around with like a tadpole. They are white.
The plants are going to be java fern, Anubius, Vallisneria, and havent even been ordered yet. Like i said, his new home is in the process of being set up.. not ready for me to toss him in just yet ( need new heater, substrate ect.. im waiting for my discount to kick in at work) Basicly its just empty tank thats being planned out.
The things in the tank looked like they had a round body with a tail coming off that they wiggle around with like a tadpole. They are white.
The plants are going to be java fern, Anubius, Vallisneria, and havent even been ordered yet. Like i said, his new home is in the process of being set up.. not ready for me to toss him in just yet ( need new heater, substrate ect.. im waiting for my discount to kick in at work) Basicly its just empty tank thats being planned out.