WWELL, I CLEANED ALL THE FILTERS, AND FOUND A COUPLE CRAWLERS CAUGHT BETWEEN A FILTER SPONGE. COULD IT BE EVEN THOUGH I WAS DOING DAILY WC AND THE PERAMEMTERS WERE ON POINT, THE FILTERS COULD HAVE BEEN THE PROBLEM? IT LOOKS LIKE BACTERIA/FUNGUS WAS THE ISSUE. BUT TO KILL THEN SO FAST AND WATER CON. NOT CHANGE, IS THAT POSSIBLE? I LEARNING CURVE TO SAY THE LEAAST. I GUESS FEEDING 3 DOZ. CRAWLERS A DAY THE WET/DRY AND THE CANISTERS WERE SUPER FILTHY. LETS HOPE THATS WHAT IT WAS. THE WORMS AND TICS ARE STILL IMN THERE BUT MY LEO AND 2 MARBLES IN THAT TANK ARE EASTING AND SEEM TO BE BREATHING FINE AGAIN. WOW, WHAT A EXPENSIVE FEW DAYS. NEEDLESS TO SAY, IM LOOKING FIR LOTS MORE MARBLES. LOL
MARBLE MOTORO WITH WART LIKE BUMPS
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I lost my flower ray when my tank broke out. She stopped eating on a friday night and died sunday afternoon. The tank was only set up for a month and I am by no means a power feeder. I would say the bacterial issue is because of the filter. The worm outbreak probably came about because of the stress the bacteria was putting on the rays.
YEAH I TREATED THEM FOR 2 WEEKS WHEN THEY CAME IN. THEY BEEN OUT OF QT FOR WEEKS. I FOUND OUT WHAT HAPPENED THANKS TO EVERYONES ADVICE. IT WAS BACTERIA. AND A BAD ONE AT THAT. LOST A TOTAL OF 4 MARBLES. BUT ALL THAT MADE IT ARE DOING GOOD AND EATING. A GOOD LEARNING CURVE. ALL PARAMETRS WERE GOOD, BUT I HAD NOT CLEANED THE FILTERS IN WEEKS. I GUESS WITH ALL THE FEEDING TCRAWLERS THE FILTERS GOT TO DIRTY. I THOUGHT WITH THE 50 PERCENT WC DAILY I WAS GOOD. BUT I LEARNED THAT NOY ALWAYS THE CASE. NOW I KNOW. IM GLAD I DIDNT LOSE ALL OF THEM. I THINK THAT BY ME KNOWING MY FISHES DAILY HABITS SO WELL THATS WHAT SAVED ME. BUT STILL 4 OUT OF 15 IS ALOT. IT HAPPENS TO THE BEST OF US. THANKS EVERYONE FOR THE HELP. THIS WILL NEVER BE REPEATED I ASSURE MYSELF. HOPEFULLY IF ANYONE ELSE EVER HAS THIS PROB. THIS THREAD MIGHT HELP.
