Hi,
I just about a month ago moved my 8" Oscar and 2-7" plecos to a 115gal tank from a 30gal. I bought a salt water tank that came with everything but fish. I cleaned all with plain tap water and let it fully dry. For two weeks all went well until the clown loaches but first...have wet/ dry, I have a skimmer but found that for fresh water does not work well. I did read online that decrease outlet of skimmer and now I do get foam sometimes, I only run the skimmer once a week. I do now add aquarium salt and this helps the skimmer. I also have a UV that I read can work well with freshwater tanks as well so I leave it on all the time. I also have blue black lights 4x and one marine blue light. I have always had a blue black light with my Oscar since 1/2 inch so don't see any harm from the black lights. I now have a timer for my lights which set for only two hours, same money and less stress on the fish?
Yes, up late, please bear with me :coffee2:
So with bigger tank I decided to introduce 5 clown loaches, have many hiding places, and four days later they and my Oscar got Ick. (First time for my Oscar, any trouble) SO, I raised the temp to 89F and started salt for the first time, my salinity is about 1.0011. I also have a power head pump in the tank for water circulation and bubbles, higher temp = less O2 so I keep this on all the time and the fish for the most case do not look like they are having problems breathing (I know not the bubbles but surface tensions is helping) . I read that clown loaches can live normal in a salinity of 1.0011 ( one lady said she has them at 1.003) and that Oscars can live normal at 1.005.
OK I am asking so now at day 8 I no longer have Ick and read that by day 10 that I can start bring temp back down (normally 80F) and bring salt level down as well. Is ten days fine and what I want to do is keep my salinity at 1.0011 and if needed for Ick in the future raise to 1.003 just for ten days a course.
I also just bought online a Texas cichlid and two blue dolphins. All the time I spent online :rant2: I found these two fish do well also Jack Dempsey with Oscars. I will this time first put them in my 30gal time and then move them to my 115gal tank when I feel it is safe/ no ick. What is safe? My chemistry has always been pH 7.6 (high from tap water but Oscar likes), hardness 250, alkalinity 180, Nitrate 0-20ppm, nitrite 0ppm, ammonia 0-0.25(normally 0). I normally do water changes 25% weekly but if not able I think running the skimmer one full day helps?
Well I think I wrote enough for now, thank you for read this long and bad grammar story, Please any input.
I just about a month ago moved my 8" Oscar and 2-7" plecos to a 115gal tank from a 30gal. I bought a salt water tank that came with everything but fish. I cleaned all with plain tap water and let it fully dry. For two weeks all went well until the clown loaches but first...have wet/ dry, I have a skimmer but found that for fresh water does not work well. I did read online that decrease outlet of skimmer and now I do get foam sometimes, I only run the skimmer once a week. I do now add aquarium salt and this helps the skimmer. I also have a UV that I read can work well with freshwater tanks as well so I leave it on all the time. I also have blue black lights 4x and one marine blue light. I have always had a blue black light with my Oscar since 1/2 inch so don't see any harm from the black lights. I now have a timer for my lights which set for only two hours, same money and less stress on the fish?
Yes, up late, please bear with me :coffee2:
So with bigger tank I decided to introduce 5 clown loaches, have many hiding places, and four days later they and my Oscar got Ick. (First time for my Oscar, any trouble) SO, I raised the temp to 89F and started salt for the first time, my salinity is about 1.0011. I also have a power head pump in the tank for water circulation and bubbles, higher temp = less O2 so I keep this on all the time and the fish for the most case do not look like they are having problems breathing (I know not the bubbles but surface tensions is helping) . I read that clown loaches can live normal in a salinity of 1.0011 ( one lady said she has them at 1.003) and that Oscars can live normal at 1.005.
OK I am asking so now at day 8 I no longer have Ick and read that by day 10 that I can start bring temp back down (normally 80F) and bring salt level down as well. Is ten days fine and what I want to do is keep my salinity at 1.0011 and if needed for Ick in the future raise to 1.003 just for ten days a course.
I also just bought online a Texas cichlid and two blue dolphins. All the time I spent online :rant2: I found these two fish do well also Jack Dempsey with Oscars. I will this time first put them in my 30gal time and then move them to my 115gal tank when I feel it is safe/ no ick. What is safe? My chemistry has always been pH 7.6 (high from tap water but Oscar likes), hardness 250, alkalinity 180, Nitrate 0-20ppm, nitrite 0ppm, ammonia 0-0.25(normally 0). I normally do water changes 25% weekly but if not able I think running the skimmer one full day helps?
Well I think I wrote enough for now, thank you for read this long and bad grammar story, Please any input.
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