water temp

[rjorgen]

Would it be a bad idea to set a heater at the lowest setting at 69deg F. just to maintain a constant temp. Right now temp can vary from 58- 66 deg f. There are a blugill, perch. and something that looks like a spekled trout. he was in with the sucker bait. The blugill still have a couple of worm like things attached to the pectoral fins. I did salt and methyl blue. It just turned them blue

[sandtiger]

That temp would be fine, be carefull with the heater though and make sure it won't get too warm in there. The worm-like things are probably anchor worms. To get rid of them you will need to gently remove them from the fish with tweezers, like you would a tick. That will only kill the ones attached to the fish. To get rid of my anchor worms I used a product called Dimilin...worked great and was very cheap.

[guppy]

I probably wouldn't bother with the heater but if it stays at 69 it should be fine. I would love to see a picture of the trout looking fish

[stingray4540]

Yes I would also love to see pics of all the fish, especially the "trout". If indeed you do have a trout, 69F would be too warm.

[ewurm]

Those fish can take much lower temps. I keep my MN natives at 72-74 deg F.

[rjorgen]

I pulled off the worms like a 1 in white leach, didnt want to come off. Fish weren't to happy either. Funny they were stained green and blue. Hope there aren't more. The put in heater last night at lowest setting and it was at 72 F this morning. sticker thermometer and is about 3 in from heater itself. It was about 71 when i went to bed last night. Bluegill loves worms wouldn't touch minnows. perch ate minnows and worms. won't touch flakes or dried blood worms. 2 3in blue gill 1 1in blue gill 4 3 in perch 1 8in pleco and the 6in trout looking fish. 55 gal is too small but i just bought it, and have to plan it out when the lady leaves for a few days to do a switch. No use talking about it answer is always no.

[rjorgen]

It is a trout perch I have no pics maybe someday how do you do it

[sandtiger]

You will still have to treat the tank with medication. The ones attached to the fish are the adults, the young are still in the tank water even if you cannot see them.

[stingray4540]

to post pics:
get a free account at www.photobucket.com then upload your photos there. underneath the photo you will see a couple of addresses, copy and past the IMG address to the body of your post and the picture will show up once you post it.

[rjorgen]

the trout perch scuffed his nose and white cooton loke formed on his nose, and started to lose color. The perch didnt seem to like the 72 deg water so I shut it off and kept lights off for a few days. The bluegill now has a white spot on his eye and a perch hanging around top of tank with fin rot. I have added lots of salt, water change every 4 days. And coppersafe. What are the signs of too much salt, and could the fish be stressed from each other?