1. Water params : Don't have exact readings at the moment, just split with the bf and took the puffer tank, he kept the kit. I'll be getting a new one once the stores open back up. When I left they were 0,0, ~20 the filter media has remained wet through the transfer
2. 10 gal with 2 fully freshwater bumble bee gobies and Miss Rosie the DP
3. The tank has been fed once, they were fasted for 4 days prior. 3 days before the move and the day of the move.
4. The tank has been moved from Raleigh NC to Vermilion OH. The fish and plants were packed in a cooler and driven in the heated cab of a truck to Ohio. The tank was empty save substrate, which froze during the trip.
5. The tank had been set up for 6 months prior to the move.
Ok so here's the issue...
I got up for presents with the family at about 8am, after that I came up to check the tank and didn't see Rosie in there. I immediately checked the filter and she came tumbling out. This was at about 9:30am. All of her fins are in once piece, but she is extremely lethargic and is just kinda floating around. The skin near her tail is cut up. She can still swim if she needs to, but prefers to just lay around. I attempted a spot feed because she is horribly thin from the fasting but she just swam off. She can control her movements in the water unless she is in the filter current, it just buffets her around.
I am planning to do a good WC and keep the tank clean. Any other suggestions would be appreciated.
Filter chewed up my DP, she's still alive. Advice please.
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Read this before posting!!
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.
Read this before posting!!
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: Filter chewed up my DP, she's still alive. Advice please.
metflex(sp) and clean water
RTR wrote:Fahakas do not have tank mates, they may have swimming food reserves.
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Re: Filter chewed up my DP, she's still alive. Advice please.
Melafix. I hope she recovers.
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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"The solution to pollution is dilution!"
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Re: Filter chewed up my DP, she's still alive. Advice please.
one of these days im going to remember how to spell that lol
RTR wrote:Fahakas do not have tank mates, they may have swimming food reserves.
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ballyhoo
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Re: Filter chewed up my DP, she's still alive. Advice please.
Thank you everyone.
I'll have to get some tomorrow, nothing is open today.
I'll have to get some tomorrow, nothing is open today.
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Re: Filter chewed up my DP, she's still alive. Advice please.
Sorry she died.
I had my little female get sucked up and run through an Aquaclear 20. She was stuck between the basket and the bottom of the filter box when I found her. Amazingly; I mean absolutely amazingly she showed no injury and survived just fine. We got lucky I guess.
I had my little female get sucked up and run through an Aquaclear 20. She was stuck between the basket and the bottom of the filter box when I found her. Amazingly; I mean absolutely amazingly she showed no injury and survived just fine. We got lucky I guess.
There are many knowledgeable fish keepers on this forum willing to help and give great advice...The advice is free; What you choose to do with it gives it value.
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ballyhoo
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Re: Filter chewed up my DP, she's still alive. Advice please.
I don't know where in the filter Rosie was. I pulled out the cartridge and the intake tube and she came tumbling out.