thanks, im actually looking into buying a really nice camera but i dont have the thousands i would need.
150 gallon african tank
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the camera i use is only 1.3 mp but i have it set to 3 different settings so i take 3 diff pictures at the same time.
Did the sicker rainbowfish look that bad at the store or are the cichlids picking on him? I don't think he's going to make it unless something changes right away. If he looked like that at the store, you should demand a replacement because he was already on his last legs. However, if he looked fine at the store you need to get him out of that tank right now! He'd be better off in a bucket than with fish that are picking on him to such a degree
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they were doing fine until a week ago when the cichlids took notice to them. i had them in a different tank for years with no problems. he will be removed in a day or 2.
I don't think he can make it another day, in fact I'm not sure that he isn't too far gone already. Even floating a bowl in the tank with him in it would be preferable to the current situation. I have never seen a rainbow in such bad shape.
Just saw that you have a 125 with a fei feng, tetras and rasboras. Why not just move the rainbows in there right now?
once he is treated for ick i will move him in. i dont want to bring parasites into another tank. but the tank with the fei feng has a 6.8 ph.
A pH of 6.8 is just fine, right in the middle of their recommended pH range, but to tell you the truth, people worry about pH way too much, the fish can't usually sense the differences in pH that aquarists often worry about. hardness and temperature are much more important parameters to worry about, but rainbows have a wide range of hardness that they can thrive in as well. Are you sure he has ick? He just looks beat up to me, but maybe the picture isn't detailed enough to show the white spots.
