Hi All
Firstly, my details:
Level of Experience: Beginner with plenty theoretical knowledge, unfortunately read from various sites on the net, with many contradictory pieces of advice. So basically, Im not stupid, just misinformed. Hehe.
I have a 2 month old setup. Small tank - 25 litres of water.
2 Rams
5 Neons - 1 Died this morning
1 Angel (He/she killed the other Angel I also had)
1 Kissing Gourami
2 Male Dwarf Gouramis
3 Guppy Females - My Male died this morning
About 20 Guppy fry - One female popped last week in a trap, got them in breeding net at the moment.
Normal corner filter with air pump. Filter has charcoal and floss. About 1 inch of gravel with one live "potted plant" - ie not planted in gravel. Heater with temp set at 25-27 degrees celcius usually, but raised to 27-29 at the moment due to treatments as advised.
First thing all of you are going to say is that this tank is overpopulated. I know that, Only too late unfortunately. The pet shop where I bought everything from, should have warned me. They suggested every fish I have and had in this tank, and they sold me the tank! Needless to say, I already talked to them, explained why I was unhappy, and I do not support them anymore.
My problem is my current situation. I will be getting a 2nd tank very soon, just finances does not allow me getting it as in NOW. So I have to do the best I can with what I have.
About 3 days ago, the female guppy that gave birth last week, got bad fungus over her body - a whitish cottonish appearance. I immediately did a 20% water change and added Anti-Ick as it was all I had access to. The next day (yesterday) I got a bottle of AQUADENE Nr 3 "General Aid Special" and added that as per bottle instructions. (By the way, the bottle only states how much to add per gallon. They do not give any directions on what to do afterwards for example, water changes, treatment repeats etc. Please help here?).
This medication turned the water an UGLY green, but I suppose it should be like that, as it is green in color. The shop where I got the medicine (by the way, they also sell excellent fish there, breed themselves, and is a well-known Koi breeder in South Africa) said I should also add 1 gram of salt per litre of water. I got the salt from them and also did that. I previously had NO salt.
This morning, the guppy male was swimming upside down, and died a few hrs later. A neon tetra also died during the night.
The fungus on the female that was infected, is gone, however, look like "scars" still there. That must be a good sign??? I can also now see that her fins are damaged (wasnt sure before due to fungus), so could it be fin rot too? Will it grow back?
After removing the dead male (and earlier the dead neon) (BTW, I sorta grew attached to this male - I hated loosing him SO much), I did about a 40% water change, ensuring I add the same temp water than what is in the tank, replaced 40% salt, and added medication the the 40% new water to the amount prescribed for that amount of water.
They all look happy now. What next? Have I done enough?
Oh yeah. A uninformed friend, gave me two of these yellow-orangish-decoraitve but alive snails thingies for the tank. OK, snails, ugly things, but it was a gift and I couldnt get rid of them. I read that their presence might be dtremential to my tank? Should I keep them? Get rid of them?
Thanks guys!
HappyLoner
PS: Water PH is on 7 - I check it at least weekly. I also do about 20% water changes twice a week.
Firstly, my details:
Level of Experience: Beginner with plenty theoretical knowledge, unfortunately read from various sites on the net, with many contradictory pieces of advice. So basically, Im not stupid, just misinformed. Hehe.
I have a 2 month old setup. Small tank - 25 litres of water.
2 Rams
5 Neons - 1 Died this morning
1 Angel (He/she killed the other Angel I also had)
1 Kissing Gourami
2 Male Dwarf Gouramis
3 Guppy Females - My Male died this morning
About 20 Guppy fry - One female popped last week in a trap, got them in breeding net at the moment.
Normal corner filter with air pump. Filter has charcoal and floss. About 1 inch of gravel with one live "potted plant" - ie not planted in gravel. Heater with temp set at 25-27 degrees celcius usually, but raised to 27-29 at the moment due to treatments as advised.
First thing all of you are going to say is that this tank is overpopulated. I know that, Only too late unfortunately. The pet shop where I bought everything from, should have warned me. They suggested every fish I have and had in this tank, and they sold me the tank! Needless to say, I already talked to them, explained why I was unhappy, and I do not support them anymore.
My problem is my current situation. I will be getting a 2nd tank very soon, just finances does not allow me getting it as in NOW. So I have to do the best I can with what I have.
About 3 days ago, the female guppy that gave birth last week, got bad fungus over her body - a whitish cottonish appearance. I immediately did a 20% water change and added Anti-Ick as it was all I had access to. The next day (yesterday) I got a bottle of AQUADENE Nr 3 "General Aid Special" and added that as per bottle instructions. (By the way, the bottle only states how much to add per gallon. They do not give any directions on what to do afterwards for example, water changes, treatment repeats etc. Please help here?).
This medication turned the water an UGLY green, but I suppose it should be like that, as it is green in color. The shop where I got the medicine (by the way, they also sell excellent fish there, breed themselves, and is a well-known Koi breeder in South Africa) said I should also add 1 gram of salt per litre of water. I got the salt from them and also did that. I previously had NO salt.
This morning, the guppy male was swimming upside down, and died a few hrs later. A neon tetra also died during the night.
The fungus on the female that was infected, is gone, however, look like "scars" still there. That must be a good sign??? I can also now see that her fins are damaged (wasnt sure before due to fungus), so could it be fin rot too? Will it grow back?
After removing the dead male (and earlier the dead neon) (BTW, I sorta grew attached to this male - I hated loosing him SO much), I did about a 40% water change, ensuring I add the same temp water than what is in the tank, replaced 40% salt, and added medication the the 40% new water to the amount prescribed for that amount of water.
They all look happy now. What next? Have I done enough?
Oh yeah. A uninformed friend, gave me two of these yellow-orangish-decoraitve but alive snails thingies for the tank. OK, snails, ugly things, but it was a gift and I couldnt get rid of them. I read that their presence might be dtremential to my tank? Should I keep them? Get rid of them?
Thanks guys!
HappyLoner
PS: Water PH is on 7 - I check it at least weekly. I also do about 20% water changes twice a week.
