Ok I'll give a go with what I have currently (gdex) and move to exit/2000 when that arrives
I'm just thinking now and wondering if the carbon pad I thought was inactive may have been removing the meds or there is a tray of white chips I assumed to be cirax, but what if it is something else.. this is the problem with a secondhand tank and media I guess.
The qtank will probably tell me this and I'll need less drops for meds too
Praecox rainbows.. what is going on!?
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Any carbon may adsorb meds, get rid of it.
Not many meds don't break down within 48 hours any more, so carbon is even less necessary in an average community tank nowadays.
If there is some new left then keep it just in case.
Not many meds don't break down within 48 hours any more, so carbon is even less necessary in an average community tank nowadays.
If there is some new left then keep it just in case.
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Oh great, bet the rainbows heal up straight away in the qtank!
I just thought the carbon pad stopped doing anything after a few months and the guy had the tank since who knows... We shall see...
What about the box of white chips? Any reason to remove?
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I would never have used a used second hand carbon pad.......
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Well my Esha gdex dosing messed up, I thought it was day 1,3,5 for meds but it's 1,2,3... Not sure it's doing anything anyway
Here's a new weird hanging globule thing...
Here's a new weird hanging globule thing...
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Cherry shrimp
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80L 'stairway'
4x Cherry Barb
10x X-ray tetra
4x Amano
1x Dwarf Neon Rainbow
20L Qtank
just java moss
4x xiphophorus pygmaeus
Cherry shrimp
2x assassin snail
80L 'stairway'
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that fish is really not well is it :'(
Small tank - 125L - 7 Corydoras sterbai, 2 Melanotaenia herbertaxelrodi
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Unfortunately not.. there's also a small rip in its tail now..
Think I'll steer away from these rainbows in future, all but one seems to have had the same problem
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20L Qtank
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She doesn't look good at all.
I've been scouring the web and it looks like my thoughts about their own type of iridovirus may be on the right track....but I still can't find out which farms they're mainly coming from.....
I've been scouring the web and it looks like my thoughts about their own type of iridovirus may be on the right track....but I still can't find out which farms they're mainly coming from.....
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No indeed... The male is probably headed that way if the lump on his fin is the same
Thanks for looking around, I could make an enquiry with Reefkeeper? They are a side shoot of MA, mainly doing marine
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Cherry shrimp
2x assassin snail
80L 'stairway'
4x Cherry Barb
10x X-ray tetra
4x Amano
1x Dwarf Neon Rainbow
20L Qtank
just java moss
4x xiphophorus pygmaeus
Cherry shrimp
2x assassin snail
80L 'stairway'
4x Cherry Barb
10x X-ray tetra
4x Amano
1x Dwarf Neon Rainbow
20L Qtank
just java moss
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The lump on the male has erupted at the tail end as of today... Any further clues?
I was planning on 50% water change this eve
Is it worth a second run of Esha gdex or move on to something else?
I was planning on 50% water change this eve
Is it worth a second run of Esha gdex or move on to something else?
40L nano
4x xiphophorus pygmaeus
Cherry shrimp
2x assassin snail
80L 'stairway'
4x Cherry Barb
10x X-ray tetra
4x Amano
1x Dwarf Neon Rainbow
20L Qtank
just java moss
4x xiphophorus pygmaeus
Cherry shrimp
2x assassin snail
80L 'stairway'
4x Cherry Barb
10x X-ray tetra
4x Amano
1x Dwarf Neon Rainbow
20L Qtank
just java moss