Recent content by keri_75

Re: Tank has Ich again!!! Well happy to say all my fish in 20 gal. are still alive, spot free for a few days and seem happy. Gonna clean the filter today and put in new carbon bag/ clean the sponge and bio bag and let sit out to dry (make sure no buggers are in there) from all that I've read...

Re: Tank has Ich again!!! Sorry to hear about your Ich outbreak!!! Yeah my girl at the pet store I go to said that winter is bad time for Ich because of temps. going up and down more etc. I read an article about carbon and it's not a big deal either way, I'll prob put the carbon in when it...

Re: Tank has Ich again!!! Thank you I fully understand Ich and can not raise my temps. It is day five and it started out on two fish only and now only 1 fish has some spots. So I gather whatever I'm doing is working but just may take a bit longer, they say treat for 2-3 days after spots are...

Re: Tank has Ich again!!! Ok so it's day 3 using half dose of the Ich-X and salt, I've changed some water/vacuum day 2 and 3 now even though I'm sick!!! It looks like only 1 fish has spots on it now and no one else has gotten spots. (FINGERS CROSSED) I guess now I just keep doing??? This fish...

Re: Tank has Ich again!!! My temp is about steady at 70 degrees. The tank has all cold water fish and I don't have an extra heater nor airation to raise it. Raising just a couple degrees isn't gonna make a difference especially when it has been stable. Like I said I added only half the meds...

Tank has Ich again!!! :affraid: :superpuke: I recently lost all my fish to Ich/and probably secondary infections. I did a deep clean on my tank and restarted. I got 7 Danios and 2 reg. Dojos and 1 gold dojo. I woke up today and 2 Danios are covered with spots. I'm not going to screw with temp...

Ok so my tank ran for 2-3 days with filter media from other tank, I got 3 Pearl Danios 2 days ago and added another live plant and a little more filter media. My ammonia,nitrite and nitrate levels still show zero. It's a 20 gal. tank, should I add more fish???

OMG you guys are killin me!!! LOL I ended up getting media from my other tank and buying 3 fish I want to start with!!!! Amazing how many different ways people do things!!!

I think tomorrow I'm gonna go down and get 2-3 rosey barbs. I have a nice live plant I want to put back in to save it. I had an adult rosey barb and a goldfish years ago when I inherited the tank already established. I had them a while and when I finally found out what it was it died.

Re: All fish died from Ich I wasn't in my right mind when I decided to break it all down. I forgot how long it is to cycle. Although I did want to change the color of gravel and do deep clean, etc. I was really attached to my Dojo's. The fish, shrimp and frogs that I have are my pets, it's not...

Um yeah JimA I've had my fish tanks for 6 years and never had Ich, I had gotten some new fish and then we had issues with the weather so I got stuck at home for 5 days. I havn't had to cycle a tank for ages and was confused on a few things. And yes I googled a million sites all with different...

Can I ask how do I cycle my fish tank without fish??? I don't have money to spend on fish that might die and also don't want to put them through that ordeal really if I don't have to!! I have it all set back up and put seeding in from other tank, not sure if enough (I had a 29 gal bio cube...

:affraid: Can I ask how do I cycle my fish tank without fish??? I don't have money to spend on fish that might die and also don't want to put them through that ordeal really!! I have it all set back up and put seeding in from other tank, not sure if enough (I had a 29 gal bio cube cartridge that...

I decided to do this because it made sense, as I do not want to harm other fish. Although when I went down to pet store and talked to my friend, he said just use tap water and seed with my healthy tank. I'm just hoping this doesn't take forever, I miss my fish from that tank already. I've only...

I'm starting my fish tank over after Ich and whatever else was in tank. I'm gonna try the household ammonia method. How much ammonia do I add each day along with my seeding from other tank???