Fiin rot help?

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Post by LoachOrgy » Thu Feb 19, 2009 9:00 pm

tank tds 267 another 5 percent water change tonight.
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Post by LoachOrgy » Sun Feb 22, 2009 12:06 pm

ive done 2 days of 20% water changes. all fish are taking it well. tank tds is 219. im shooting for 150. my qtank is right around 150-160. ill keep taking some measurements with the tapwater with water conditioner. but it seems to stay consistently around 130-150 with added conditioner.

the cory's are now showing better signs of recovery. 3 have all of their barbels regrown. one is showing signs of growth but slower than the others. the fin rot is still present but it doesn't seem to be getting any worse.

the fish are all super energetic.

thanks guys! things are starting to look great so far.
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Post by shari2 » Sun Feb 22, 2009 12:24 pm

glad to hear it, LO. 8)
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Post by chefkeith » Sun Feb 22, 2009 1:55 pm

That's great news.

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Post by LoachOrgy » Mon Feb 23, 2009 2:57 pm

tds is 208 today.

shooting for 140-150.
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Post by LoachOrgy » Thu Feb 26, 2009 9:15 pm

tds is at 190.
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Post by LoachOrgy » Fri Feb 27, 2009 10:26 am

tds 183.
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Post by chefkeith » Fri Feb 27, 2009 10:48 am

It's going down nice and slow and steady.

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Post by LoachOrgy » Sun Mar 01, 2009 3:27 pm

td 170.

the cory's fins are starting to get better. all the barbels are growing or grown back now as well.
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Post by LoachOrgy » Tue Mar 03, 2009 11:58 pm

tds is at 160. woke up yesterday to find a cory struggling. his fins were ripped and he had bruises everywhere. i think he may have hit the jethead stream and it crashed him into some ornament or he got stuck somewhere in a filter. poor guy. ive seen the jet take him fast and he was real clumsy then.

it definitely looked like a ripped fin not any kind of rot.

he died this morning. so now i have one albino cory left.

on a side note i made up a bunch of martins gel loach food. im going to feed them after a day of fasting.
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Post by LoachOrgy » Fri Mar 06, 2009 9:19 pm

tank has been staying steady at 168 to 170 ish for a few days now. its getting harder to lower it. seems like its going up about 10ppm at a time.

the last cory ripped his fin too. i think they keep getting launched by the jethead at the top of the tank and being albino can't really see where they are swimming too well. poor guy. he will be ok though.

its definitely a similar injury that the other cory sustained so im thinking that was the case.
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Post by chefkeith » Sat Mar 07, 2009 12:02 pm

Sounds like the water is hitting a plateau.

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Post by LoachOrgy » Sun Mar 08, 2009 11:09 pm

well tds is at 164 today. the cory with injured fin is already showing signs of healing. the entire tank is showing signs of healing in the fin department.

even all cory's.
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Post by LoachOrgy » Wed Mar 11, 2009 1:26 pm

tds is 155. i think im right where i need to be now.
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Post by LoachOrgy » Sun Mar 15, 2009 3:59 pm

tds staying consistently at 155.
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