I think everything should be fine, I would treat as said above. However, I would put my money on "leaky" being a female! I seem to see a bit of solid coloring in the dorsal, I think it might be a female, still young and I may very well be wrong lol.
I've had several leaky bags from Dan. Not his fault the currier was just rough. His fish have been in such great shape that they rebounded in a day. Same with rapps.
Acclamation wise I just add prime to my tank and into the bag. Get the fish out and toss it in no worries. Your tank should be warmer than the bag.
Nice pickups
Acclamation wise I just add prime to my tank and into the bag. Get the fish out and toss it in no worries. Your tank should be warmer than the bag.
Nice pickups
Thx for the advice. I did notice quite a bit of black in the dorsal. I'm not so concerned with sex at the moment but ultimately I wanted a pair for obvious reasons. I have to work all day but I did a feeding this morning..... Breidohri pigging out again and this time the Escondido was in on the festivities but the others still no dice. I'm hoping when I get home that all is still going ok. I'm going to research exactly how to treat and pick up what I need in the afternoon.
Ok so i read RD's post and the treatment is very simple for Hex. what do you guys think about the white specks on the tips of the fins? I see no specks on the body's or even on other parts of the fins, only the tips. Does anyone have thoughts or concerns about that?
I have the epsom salt. I've mixed a teaspoon into roughly 2 cups of water. I then saturated NLS thera+ or whatever it's called and dumped it in the tank. I've done 3 feedings so far. The silver dollars are pigging out per usual and the Breidohri has no issues but the others are not eating well...... I can see that they want it and they will grab a few as it's sinking but once it hits the gravel, they will not go digging for it...... I also observed them looking up for more, clearly they are accustomed to eating floating pellets but due to the overflow's that I have, I cannot feed floating pellets. I tried and the current is just too strong, I lose way too much into the overflow.
What should I do??
What should I do??
Turn off the pumps and feed floating pellets. Turn the pumps back on after feeding. You will only have to do this during the epsom salt soaked feeding. You can also make a DIY floating feeding ring for the floating pellets.
It's kinda hard to say with new fish in a tank. They might be slow to eat because they're in a new tank and just skittish. OR, they might be slow to eat because they have Hex. Hex is kinda subtle (although the white stringy poop is a dead giveaway), so it's real hard to know if your fish have it until you've watched it happen in your tank for a week or two. But if the female Festae has white stringy poop and isn't eating well--that's pretty definitive for Hex.
As for the white dots on the fins, I'd live with that for a few months and see if/how fast it spreads. When my fish had it, a white dot would grow on one fish's fin, then go away. Then a different fish would get one or two. They'd heal on one fish and pop up on another fish. Annoying, but the fish didn't care.
Hex takes a LONG time to really kill a fish, so there's no big hurry to cure Hex quick. Watch the fish as much as you can to be sure they have it, which ones have it, etc. Feed the epsom food every day maybe even twice a day, make SURE they're ALL eating some.
You could divide off the sick fish with eggcrate, that'd help things I think. Especially if it gets so bad you have to net the fish to syringe Epsom juice into their stomach--but that's later. Wait a week before you start that. No big rush.
As for the white dots on the fins, I'd live with that for a few months and see if/how fast it spreads. When my fish had it, a white dot would grow on one fish's fin, then go away. Then a different fish would get one or two. They'd heal on one fish and pop up on another fish. Annoying, but the fish didn't care.
Hex takes a LONG time to really kill a fish, so there's no big hurry to cure Hex quick. Watch the fish as much as you can to be sure they have it, which ones have it, etc. Feed the epsom food every day maybe even twice a day, make SURE they're ALL eating some.
You could divide off the sick fish with eggcrate, that'd help things I think. Especially if it gets so bad you have to net the fish to syringe Epsom juice into their stomach--but that's later. Wait a week before you start that. No big rush.
