PICS! 105 custom tall: aquabee's exit from the world of nanos

[aquabee]

So I picked up some PE mysis today (Piscine Enterprises), which is supposed to be really super high quality freshwater mysis collected from cold waters in Canada and then immediately flash frozen. I got it because my sick female was looking raggedy again and was acting lethargic, not eating. So I thawed the new mysis and poured it right on top of her, and she went nuts eating it!! I was so happy! She didn't even touch the frozen mysis/spirulina/brine mix that I tried to feed her yesterday.

Totally recommend this stuff.

[aquabee]

sleep not the only thing you've been lacking...

Wanna bet? Hahahahahaha leemee alone.

[eklikewhoa]

In the midnight hour! She cried, MOAR MOAR MOAR (fishes).

sleep not the only thing you've been lacking...

[aquabee]

Yeah I'm pretty sure the ich came from stress of shipping and of transport back and forth between my place and the store twice. They're hangin on tho.

[aquabee]

In the midnight hour! She cried, MOAR MOAR MOAR (fishes).

[eklikewhoa]

You could be a noob and had no idea what you were getting into, threw them into a 20g, let them get sick and just let them die.


The sexing thing is a simple fix, get moar! Also an easy mistake to be made by anyone.
Ich, could have totally been from stress of shipping weakening the immune. Which is given.

[aquabee]

You're a BEAST!

Fish are lucky to have you.

Wha? So far I've screwed up their ratio and gave them ich. Beast mode FAIL.

[eklikewhoa]

You're a BEAST!

Fish are lucky to have you.

[aquabee]

the siphoning is to remove any free swimming parasite and/or eggs

Yep.

[aquabee]

I would have taken vids of them tearing it apart!!!

either way, awesome circle of life! I want to add small fish to my tank to see the hierarchy

You're evil.

[eklikewhoa]

I'm going to treat for 7 days after all the white spots are gone from every fish. Then my plan is to siphon the substrate as much as possible (though the geos and corys are sifting it like crazy) and treat again for 3 days with once daily treatments, since it's the organic stuff and doesn't require water changes. Then I'll add the Purigen back and let it do its thang.

the siphoning is to remove any free swimming parasite and/or eggs

[aquabee]

Oh btw... they were all behaving female and fighting with each other, so I peered at the bottoms to semi-vent them again... lo and behold, 5 females. The prettiest of 'em all, which I thought for sure was a male and didn't vent, turned out to be female on venting. Argh. I'll see if I can get a hold of a male if there's any of 'em left.

[eklikewhoa]

I would have taken vids of them tearing it apart!!!

either way, awesome circle of life! I want to add small fish to my tank to see the hierarchy

[aquabee]

Keep the treatment going for at least a week or till the bottle is done on that big tank.

You want to make sure you get all the free swimming. Do water change and treat for a few more days after all that and try to siphon against the substrate.

I'm going to treat for 7 days after all the white spots are gone from every fish. Then my plan is to siphon the substrate as much as possible (though the geos and corys are sifting it like crazy) and treat again for 3 days with once daily treatments, since it's the organic stuff and doesn't require water changes. Then I'll add the Purigen back and let it do its thang.

[aquabee]

You need to have the camera posted on this tank to capture these moments!!!!!!!!!

BTW, I got those LEDs in and mounted, going to be retrofitting Kiko's lights today. LMK when you wanna peep the set up.

Coo, thanks. I'll let you know when I get my life back. I couldn't capture the moment cuz it happened overnight!! I just saw the aftermath right now cuz I happened to come home early today for the first time all month.