soliver

Thats the thing about keeping fish, your always learing. Most of the time from mistakes you make. I hope the rest of your fish pull through and sorry for your loss.

I have also had some success with just raising the temperature. I got ich from a plant i bought and i noticed it very early. I cranked the heat up and it was gone in a couple of days. This may or may not work for you, depending on how long it has been since you noticed it. Hope you have success with this problem.

Thanks, i think im going to need it.

I was thinking that since i treated the rest of the tank the first time and they are all still eating and Breeding(have another holding as of yesterday) that i should separate him for the treatment. I will move the fry out of the 10 gallon into the 5 gallon and treat him in there. He has also started to get a few white horizontal lines on him side. Not sure what thats from.

is this someone where I should be putting him in the hospital tank for the treatment?

So i have treated my ruby, and he still isn't eating. I have done a lot of reading and i have read that clout is a good treatment for malawi bloat. I was going to go pick some up tomorrow. I don't want this fish to die. Whats everyone's thoughts on clout?

I had the same problem with my convicts. Everytime i would take the fry out, there would be a period of 2-3 days where the parents would fight. Then they were always back at it a week later haha. She will get over it. Maybe next time you should leave a couple fry(5-10) just so she is happy.

Oh and i have started treatment on the two tanks. hopefully it makes a difference.

Good to know. I knew they were aggressive but i haven't been having any problems with aggression. The demasonies have breed for me already but the female ate the eggs. When the females are holding they will be put into a separate tank for the duration to minimize stress. I will keep a close eye on it and see what happens. Might end up getting a few more females to even out the stress though. I can only imagine how stressed the fish have been in the last while, i have been catching fish to sell as well as moving them into separate tanks. Just to reduce problems in the long run. Its going to be a learning experience for me since this is the first time i have breed fish. Thanks for the input and i will take it into consideration.

Alright thanks again, should have listened to you in the first place. I will treat with Jungle Tank Buddies Parasite Clear. Ill keep everyone updated. Should i separate the 2 fish that are infected?

He is still not eating very much. More mouthing it than anything. Not interested in the pellets at all, but is comes out for the flakes. As i said before, i still don't think its a parasite. I have no clue what to do. I think im going to try treating with melafix and see what happens. One of my female lwandas's has started doing it as well. She is in a different tank entirely. Hope it isn't in the 210. Would be a big dose to treat that tank.

not really. I know i want to get some clowns but other than that i have no clue. Something reef safe.

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So i fed him this morning. He isn't eating the pellets but he is eating flakes. He looks like he is feeling a little bit better. I don't see him having a parasite. I feed them parasite prevented NSL pellets. I don't know whats going on. I think he is just stressed out.

So i just got home, thought i would feed the other fish in the tank one last time before i treat tomorrow. So i fed them flakes. To my surprise, the ruby ate. Im so happy. Im hoping he was really stressed out due to me trying to catch fish in my 210(which is really hard due to the decor) I think im going to hold off on the treatment tomorrow and see if he starts to eat pellets again. I don't want to treat and cause more stress than i have to. Thanks again for all the help. Ill keep everyone updated on the progress tomorrow morning.

Thanks for the advice. Im going to start the treatment tomorrow. Thinking about separating him as all the other fish are fine and just watch them carefully. I never thought of the brine shrimp causing problems. Thanks for the warning. Is there anything other than Krill that i can feed them. Krill is a little too big and i don't see them ripping it apart as much.(The fish aren't full grown) I will try and take a picture of him and post it, not that it will do much good, But you never know.

My Ruby Red has stopped eating. He was in the 210 when i noticed he stopped and i recently moved him into the 55 with his female. He still isn't eating and isn't looking to interested in the food(NLS). He swims around, chases his female, normal fish stuff. But just not eating. I fed them Frozen Brine Shrimp tonight and he mouthed it and spit it out. Im worried about him and he is really coloring up nice so i don't want to lose him. Any suggestions on what to do?

I got duckweed as well as riccia on top of my planted tank. I have to clean it out once a week. I just feed it to my African Cichlids.

I Heard that peppermint shrimp take care of them. Im not sure if this is correct or not

I had one on a piece of rock i picked up. It died. Im going to say my tank isn't exactly ready yet haha.

Looks great. Love the landscaping. Its going to look fantastic once everything fills in

Looks good. Looks even better in person. Great job on the video :thumbs:

I have some snails in my planted tank. As long as there small my rams seem to like them. But since there mouths are small, the snails have to stay small. If i find any bigger ones i throw them in the big tank with the clown loaches.

I do have filters in each compartment. Just small ones to deal with some of the poop. I have about 70 gallons worth of filtration right now. Just can't wait till the wood stops bleeding. I hate the look of it.

Nice tanks, Fish look happy. Might begin to get a little crowded once the the fry start getting bigger