View Full Version : my jardini is prone to illness!!
Hawaiianfishkee
09-17-2009, 5:14 AM
this really sucks.. just last month my aro started getting fin rot in 55 gal. i was planning on putting him in 150 gal but his sickness held it up.. i got maracyn and maracyn 2 and the rot withered away.. i threw him in the 150 and he looked beautiful. i recently(recently) had to remove overflow because of a leak, so i resealed overflow and let dry for a day.. i looked in tank today and noticed that his gills were curling back a little... SO FRUSTRaTED!!! any aro doctors out there.!!?
Hawaiianfishkee
09-17-2009, 11:28 PM
Any pointers? Anyone?
Hawaiianfishkee
09-17-2009, 11:30 PM
Temp is 78-82 water is clean as whistle and plenty of Water movement.
Bderick67
09-17-2009, 11:39 PM
Most common cause of fin rot and gill curl is poor water conditions. Do you test your water parameters, such as ammonia, nitrite, nitrates? How often do you do water changes?
Hawaiianfishkee
09-18-2009, 8:58 PM
It's a newly set up yank that was cycling for about 3 weeks. I did 40percent water change before I threw him in. And I recently just did change. There was hardly any debris in tank. Is therea better way to kill amonia with out doing constant water change?
Hawaiianfishkee
09-21-2009, 12:43 AM
I can see this isn't the most talked about subject. :(
Austin
09-21-2009, 12:47 AM
it's very very talked about. it's called basic aquarium maintinence. water changes do not combat ammonia. google "aquarium nitrogen cycle". change 50% a week. more often if you want. i do all my tanks at 60% 2x a week and have very very few problems if ever.
oHsNaP1337
09-21-2009, 6:12 AM
How long have you had him and how big is he? Also, when you cycled the the tank for three weeks, did you put some cycling fishes in there? Do you use Prime, Amquel or some form of nitrate, nitrite and ammonia remover when you change water?
ausarow
09-21-2009, 6:32 AM
get some active biological filter material from a friend with a tank thats been set up a while.
get some active biological filter material from a friend with a tank thats been set up a while.
I concur
It is the bb in the (old) filters that have fish in them that get rid of the ammonia.
Bderick67
09-21-2009, 5:25 PM
I can see this isn't the most talked about subject. :(
:duh: stop being lazy and research a little bit. Instead of just waiting for someone to feed you answers.
If you really need help on cycling a tank then make a thread about it in the general aquaria discussion forum.
Hawaiianfishkee
09-22-2009, 4:31 AM
wow thanks guys... tough love was all i needed... hmm i didnt know that you needed fish in the tank to cycle it.. and i thought that water changes help out with the nitrate and ammonia levels... hmm i guess i have some researching to do..
Hawaiianfishkee
09-23-2009, 12:33 AM
well i used bio balls from previous tank setup... BUT.. my jardini got fin rot in that tank... maybe high levels of ammonia from not cycling wwel enough..
Austin
09-23-2009, 12:40 AM
i would do daily 25%-50% water changes for a while just to get things straightened out. always works for me. some will say that is too much, but i do daily 50-60% on my orino growout with nothing but good results. i believe in water changes and salt to fix most things. i can't tell you the last time i bought any sort of chemical other than dechlor, specifically prime.