R.I.P. Beani's
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very sorry to hear of your loss. personally I"d add a powerhead or 2. i don't know what type of aeration you have on the tanks but my experience with haits is that they require highly oxygenated water. i'd add powerheads and do very frequent water changes.
I wish you all the best with your hait and surviving beani.
I wish you all the best with your hait and surviving beani.
no signs of stress or bloat.
i've had bloat in all my beanis before. the 'secret' formula i used is as follows:
- high temps. i was doing like 86-88F
- massive water changes at the same temperatures
- epsom salt
- lots of filtration and aeration
it will take them a few weeks to get themselves sorted out, but keep it up. they will make it through.
- high temps. i was doing like 86-88F
- massive water changes at the same temperatures
- epsom salt
- lots of filtration and aeration
it will take them a few weeks to get themselves sorted out, but keep it up. they will make it through.
I bought 10 fish at the ACA convention this weekend, and the lone Beani I bought was the only one that didn't make it home alive. 
ewok;3331624; said:
Thanks. I have tried high and lower temps. right now my tank is at 80, epsom, aeration, filtration and water changes every other day. i have her and a male haitiensis in the tank with divider and so far so good. i always thought higher temps but i did some research and they're natural habitat doesnt always get that high and only in the shallows so im hesitant and tend to think higher temps increase stress.
I have never experiance bloat with any of my cichlids, and I had 56 wild beani, and many f1's. its no secret, but what I do, is use crushed coral instead of gravel. CA cichlids are hard water fish, just like most Africans. They are NOT like South American cichlids. I only feed Hikari pellets. nothing else. Hikari CICHLID: Bio-Gold+ and Excel. No live or frozen foods. I ONLY feed ONCE/day, and after a few days I skip a day or 2! Fish dont have a Bonanza of food available in the wild, so they are not full or bloated all the time. I think some hobbyists tend to overfeed their fish, maybe feed too much or feed several time a day?? What I do is NOT the rule, just want to pass along what I do, as it works near perfect for me. After all my wild male breeder beani is now 10" from the 2.5" he was when I fished him out of the river, last September, so he should be roughly 1 year old, and my female is about half that size, and the have spawned twice and are getting ready for a 3rd spawn. Good luck!
Hey Joe, did you take any temperature samples when you collected the beani? It would be interesting to see what temp they're at in the wild compared to what people keep them at when they bloat. I personally think anything over 80 degrees constantly is too much, but I don't have beani.
I honestly did not take temp. I can tell you though, that it was a running river, and although warm, I am pretty sure it was not 80. But I am not certain. I try to keep my fish around 78, but of course, in summer the outside temp dictaes that, especially in my garage. I do try and keep garage door open in summer, so water not get so hot. It is about 80-82 these days, as L.A. is kinda hot now.
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