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[ryanoh]

I'm going to guess that it's not ich because I think ich is too small to see swimming around.

 

[aakaakaak]

I'm going to guess mites because as soon as they start to swim a little philbert pounces on them like a hungry cat....I wonder if this is why he likes eating floating fish flake to anything that hits the ground? Silly fishie.

 

[Sluder4]

I have a plyoff game today against Cedar Ridge Highschool.... We are gunna kill em! Oh and my tank is so dang clear after I got rid of most of my fish :]

 

[bassbonediva]

Wow, Sluder, your tank is...um...well...incompatible and overstocked, to say the least.

Anyway, I'm considering either odessa barbs or rummynose tetras for when I redo the 46gal (going to be swapping the 46gal and the 29gal).

Oh! And I can't find Indiana Jones, my ryukin goldfish.

 

[aakaakaak]

I'm hoping I'm wrong, but have you looked outside the tank?

Also, I'd go with the barbs over the tetras. That's just a personal preference. I was never impressed by the rummy nose look.

 

[Newman]

yes those sound like mites to me because they arent ich lol.
i find that fish dont really like to eat them...=/ too bad for us huh.
I hope you find Indie, bass!

 

[bassbonediva]

Great news! Indie just swam out of the cave made by the driftwood (the bottom of the driftwood arcs and creates a natural cave). YAY! He went right back in, but at least he's still alive!

 

[Dylandrewsdad]

WA WHO! (Said jumping up and down in envy)

Well my last Discus passed last night. I came home from soccer practice and as always the first thing I did was look at my tank. He was floating....... My oldest son (11) came over and gave me a hug and made sure I was OK. He said "Dad, it's OK, he was probably just old"

I checked the water and it was 0-0-10, PH a rock steady 7.4. The temp was a little high however......

So now I have to figure out what I am going to add to the tank, I am thinking of a large school of tetras. I like neons.....I will bring my wife to my LFS and see what she likes too.

 

[aakaakaak]

Sorry to hear about your discuss. How old was it?

 

[bassbonediva]

Awwww...*HUGS* Dylandrewsdad! Sorry you lost your discus. That was sweet of your son, though.

 

[Dylandrewsdad]

@Paige-Yeah...he is a good kid.

@Aak-Not that old, maybe a year.

The wife wants more angels, I need to find some vail tails. What do you think in a 55...8-10?

 

[lauraf]

8-10 angels will outgrow that 55g eventually, but if you don't mind rehoming some in a year or so . . . .

 

[aakaakaak]

I think I'd go with 8 instead of 10 if those are my choices. I'm not really sure though.

Again, sorry about your discuss.

So here are my mites. I think they're Copepods? Some form of zooplankton? Rock crawlies. If I'm super lucky they're daphnia?

Pics, they're the little white spots on the rocks. Not the chips, the white flecks. They move and interact. That's the best pic I could get.

Would some endlers or baby platys eat em up? Salt?

 

[Dylandrewsdad]

Thinking of going with just 6 in hopes I get a pair....Going to LFS today to get 2 Vail Tails.......

 

[aakaakaak]

Good luck. I'll probably be going to the LFS today to see what I can do about mites. Kuhli loaches?

 

[ryanoh]

Unburied my UGJ again. Damn.
Any ideas on how to keep it down?
I think I may just add another half inch of sand so its less of an issue.
I know if I ever have to break this tank down again I'll be siliconing it to the bottom or the tank.

In good new though, my and my friend were able to go the leveling cardboard under my tank without any issues.

 

[aakaakaak]

Guess what I found while changing water?

BABIES!...or tadpoles....or very small broken pencil leads...lol

I'm thinking Leopard Danio fry.

I wish cameras would work better on small things. I'm just not that skilled. There's three little black spots. Those are babies.

 

[Dylandrewsdad]

Snails maybe??

 

[aakaakaak]

Snail fry are free-swimming and shaped like a tadpole?

 

[OrangeCones]

Unburied my UGJ again. Damn.
Any ideas on how to keep it down?

Umm...what is "UGJ"?