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Hmm. Could be turquoise. Maybe Australian?
I’m not a gourami guy. I usually have too much flow in my tanks for them to be happy. And they can be pricks
I’m not a gourami guy. I usually have too much flow in my tanks for them to be happy. And they can be pricks
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They had a section for Australian rainbows, but I don't think they had any in stock. These are too silvery to be them, IMO. And honestly, I hope they aren't, as they grow to be much larger than anything else in the tank.
Gourami are hit or miss. We've kept many different species of them, and 99% have been peaceful and shy. We did have one who was an absolute terror long ago.
Gourami are hit or miss. We've kept many different species of them, and 99% have been peaceful and shy. We did have one who was an absolute terror long ago.
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Is there any coloring on the dorsal fins? I can’t tell
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It's hard to tell. In some light, I'd say it's faintly blue. They do have that telltale line going through the middle of their body, and I do see a faint dark outline at the ends of their fins.Is there any coloring on the dorsal fins? I can’t tell
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I may have to switch to your QT method, meow. I’m seeing ammonia in the tank, and with cupramine, you cannot add anything else or it becomes toxic. I may continue with one or two more large water changes over the next 2 days and then go 2 weeks using Prime and two meds to complete the cycle.
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@meow: I’m close to giving up, man. All fish looked good in QT, so we added them to the DT. Not even one day later, we start to notice ich on two of the fish. Fast forward a few days, and a few danio, a dwarf gourami, and now our clown pleco all died. One of the bosemani rainbows has one of the worst cases of ich that I have ever seen, yet is acting totally normal. We’ve been treating the tank and raised the temp, to no avail.
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What are you treating with? Ich X has never failed me.
This is a 55, right? Maybe you need to gut it and start anew?
This is a 55, right? Maybe you need to gut it and start anew?
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My wife only had API Super Ick Cure, and we’re waiting for Rid Ich Plus (what I’ve always used) to arrive.What are you treating with? Ich X has never failed me.
This is a 55, right? Maybe you need to gut it and start anew?
It’s a 55, yeah. And if we lose the tank, I’d start over. When we had our floors done, I used that as an opportunity to deep clean on everything. Soaked all plants and items from the tank in hot water and white vinegar, etc.
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I’d recommend Ich X. It knocks it out in 2-3 days. Ich is a stress induced illness. There’s gotta be something going on
Are you buying fish from the same place? Maybe try to simplify and go with one school of a tetra and some corys down low. KISS strategy this thing.
Maybe you need a break from the hobby too. I don’t know man.
Are you buying fish from the same place? Maybe try to simplify and go with one school of a tetra and some corys down low. KISS strategy this thing.
Maybe you need a break from the hobby too. I don’t know man.
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The tank’s doing better now. Our dominant rainbow, whose species I’m not sure of, looks magnificent.
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Still a juvenile, but I’m going with a banded rainbow. Maaaaaybe a western.
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Banded was my guess, as well. Or at least very close to that genus.
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It’s funny, we have 10-11 rainbows, at least 4 different species, and they all school up together and swim about the tank.
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Figured it out - they’re deepwater creek rainbows.Still a juvenile, but I’m going with a banded rainbow. Maaaaaybe a western.
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Those are new to me. We have one silver tip tetra that schools with our rummy nose. There are like 8 or so silver tips and like 30 rummy nose. She just hangs out with the rummy nose and is never with the silver tips
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The kids' Hamster died yesterday. We knew he was going downhill so they all held him Saturday night and we gave him a Strawberry and peanut butter treat that he nibble don a bit.
And then, we unceremoniously threw him away in the trash. The dogs the kids get attached to, luckily the fish and rodents aren't treated the same way.
And then, we unceremoniously threw him away in the trash. The dogs the kids get attached to, luckily the fish and rodents aren't treated the same way.
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Not even one shovel scoop deep of a burial? The cbear fam is tough on the small pets
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In my defense it was trash day, and I held his lifeless little corpse for a good 5 minutes to make sure he was truly a goner.
I thought about the garden burial route, and then I released he's just a cute mouse...
I thought about the garden burial route, and then I released he's just a cute mouse...
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In my defense it was trash day
Man, this got me good for some reason. At least the hamster had the courtesy to die on trash day...I would have given him a proper burial just for that consideration.
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Ouch, yeah. Even my two favorite saltwater fish are buried next to the chestnut tree in my backyard.Not even one shovel scoop deep of a burial? The cbear fam is tough on the small pets
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At least you didn’t put him in your neighbor’s can
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Our family rule is if it had a name, it gets a burial
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Can't remember if I told this here before, but when our cat died a few years ago, my wife and I decided to bury it in the backyard. We didn't really think it through, though. I ended up renting an auger from HD to get the hole deep enough. It was pouring rain on a Tuesday night, all the while my neighbor was looking out his back window wondering wtf I was doing. Must have thought I was one of the Klopecks from The Burbs.
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I was 100% expecting this story to end with 'so anyway, raccoons stole the cat's body'.Can't remember if I told this here before, but when our cat died a few years ago, my wife and I decided to bury it in the backyard. We didn't really think it through, though. I ended up renting an auger from HD to get the hole deep enough. It was pouring rain on a Tuesday night, all the while my neighbor was looking out his back window wondering wtf I was doing. Must have thought I was one of the Klopecks from The Burbs.
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WHAT'S IN THE CELLAR, HERR KLOPEK?!Can't remember if I told this here before, but when our cat died a few years ago, my wife and I decided to bury it in the backyard. We didn't really think it through, though. I ended up renting an auger from HD to get the hole deep enough. It was pouring rain on a Tuesday night, all the while my neighbor was looking out his back window wondering wtf I was doing. Must have thought I was one of the Klopecks from The Burbs.
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