i immediately took him out and put him in a small 2 liter tank, at first he started freakin out, swimming crazy but now he's just really still.
i swear ill burn down that tarp petstore that sold me those drops if he dies
AHHHH!!!!
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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.
AHHHH!!!!
i just put some drops in my tank called Green X to get rid of algae that were in the tank but when i did my arrowhead just turned on his side =( like he was dying
i immediately took him out and put him in a small 2 liter tank, at first he started freakin out, swimming crazy but now he's just really still.
i swear ill burn down that tarp petstore that sold me those drops if he dies
i immediately took him out and put him in a small 2 liter tank, at first he started freakin out, swimming crazy but now he's just really still.
i swear ill burn down that tarp petstore that sold me those drops if he dies
this is your life and its ending one minute at the time
i've been running into people at the LFS that i work at who've had tank crashes from the use of a algicide. i dont recomend them anymore instead i try to get them to break the cycle by cutting light or removing nutrients before they break down and try the chemicals. i'm not a big fan of chemicals in tanks though, i wish all products would list the active ingredients though.
jason
PS i hope you're puffer comes around, that just sucks
jason
PS i hope you're puffer comes around, that just sucks
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yeah ill definitely think twice before using some chemicals in my tank again.Jason wrote:i've been running into people at the LFS that i work at who've had tank crashes from the use of a algicide. i dont recomend them anymore instead i try to get them to break the cycle by cutting light or removing nutrients before they break down and try the chemicals. i'm not a big fan of chemicals in tanks though, i wish all products would list the active ingredients though.
jason
PS i hope you're puffer comes around, that just sucks
my puffy seems to be doing fine. so i dont have to go and buy 20 gallons of gasoline as for now. thank God
this is your life and its ending one minute at the time
no story. im just fond of violencekimmers318 wrote:Chump...just curious...what is with the avatar? With all of the violence in the media, esp. in schools the last few years it kinda freaked me out, thought maybe there might be a story behind it
this is your life and its ending one minute at the time
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For alge I just use good old fasioned elbow grease......when we do a water change I just take a scrubber and scrape the front and sides of the tank so we can still see the little critter. Algea isn't *bad* just unsightly....Algea is acctually a good thing because it absorbs the extra co2 in the tank (great if you dont have live plants, we dont) and also phosphates and nitrates as well....