I got up this Morning and Scar was gone too! I looked at him and he has WHITE HAIR on him its all over !!!! Any one know what that is? I looked over Mufassa and Scar there are no Ich spots there body's look in good shape. But they have white hair!
I'm really freaked out they were so healthy and happy water is good what happened?!
To top it off the Lawnmower Blenny passed tonight too same thing on him some sort of white hairy thing on him.
What do I do to my tank now? I'm not even sure I want to get another fish but if i do decide to what should be done now? I feel sick over this entire thing. thanks to you all this is an awesome site,
Thanks
Georgia
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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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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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i did a water test the day I lost Mufassa.
Ammo 0
Nit 0
Nitrate minimal to zero
Ph 8.2
Alk 1.7-2.8 normal
SG 1.023
Tonights water readings are higher then Wed but a lot has happened since then too
Ammo .25
nitrite .005
Nitrate 10 Thats higher then it was weds night
Ph 8.2
Alk 1.7-2.8 normal
Sg 1.023
I dont know where the fungus could have come from. What do I do now?
Thanks PP
Ammo 0
Nit 0
Nitrate minimal to zero
Ph 8.2
Alk 1.7-2.8 normal
SG 1.023
Tonights water readings are higher then Wed but a lot has happened since then too
Ammo .25
nitrite .005
Nitrate 10 Thats higher then it was weds night
Ph 8.2
Alk 1.7-2.8 normal
Sg 1.023
I dont know where the fungus could have come from. What do I do now?
Thanks PP
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Well the bad a$$ fungus is cyno. took over my tank, well thats the clostest thing I have found that explaines and describes whagt happened to my tank.
How do I treat that
georgia
How do I treat that
georgia
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If it really is cynobacteria, it is a product of optimum conditions (for the bacteria that is, not your tank inhabitants), meaning too much disolved organics, too much debris in the substrate, not enough water current, and too much light.
There are medications you can use to knock it out, but if the conditions don't improve, it will just keep coming back.
Unless you have a deep sand bed, I'd start by doing some serious vaccuuming and water changes. And maybe dd a powerhead for increased flow.
There are medications you can use to knock it out, but if the conditions don't improve, it will just keep coming back.
Unless you have a deep sand bed, I'd start by doing some serious vaccuuming and water changes. And maybe dd a powerhead for increased flow.
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I have LR in my tank its about 25-30 lbs give or take. I just noticed that I have one polup thingy, its clear with annenomnee tenticles. I have brown and green algae nothing esle. Its been in the tank for 60 days and thats about all I have seen on it. The other item I have seen in the tank besides white hairy stuff on both my fish are pods on the glass. adn these weierd circle with a dark white spot in the center they hang out on the glass. On the out side of the circle are clearish tenticles.
I have good water movement, power head, 3 bubble stones,skimmer and 2 fliters on the tank makes a light current in the tank.
If its a bad fungus I have added Pimafix to the tank lowered the temp, shortened the light cycle and upped the SG for now.
thats about it.
Georgia
I have good water movement, power head, 3 bubble stones,skimmer and 2 fliters on the tank makes a light current in the tank.
If its a bad fungus I have added Pimafix to the tank lowered the temp, shortened the light cycle and upped the SG for now.
thats about it.
Georgia
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