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Qattarra

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  1. I do think the fish may acclimatize to lower oxygen levels, I would be concerned that this might keep them under some constant stress. Are they looking like they are still mouth breathing? If not you might be just fine and things settled down for you.

    As for returning fish to a tank that might be a bit warmer, IMO it's fine. Where I've seen problems is when introducing them to colder water. When I transport fish I want to get them out of the bags asap. I add them straight to the tanks if their bag water is a bit cooler, no floating either. I haven't lost any fish doing this.

  2. ACE Fall Auction

    Sunday October 25th, 2009

    Deliveries: 09:00 AM - 10:00 AM

    Viewing: 10:00 AM - 11:00 AM

    Auction: 11:00 AM - FINISH

    High Park Community Hall

    11032 154 Street NW, Edmonton

    20 lot limit for each member. Visit home site for rules.

    http://www.fish-club.org/index.php

    There will be a draw for , I'm sure< an awesome prize. It'll be drawn at the end of the auction , winner MUST be present. Tickets will be free, ONE per person.

  3. I have no interest in them for myself , my daughter wanted them . They are cute little things though lol . I'm by no means a purist, I do however generally keep non hybrids ( at least not known to me). I don't really care that much about the issue, I simply would prefer closer to wild type fish. And yes I do like my big nasties and I'm aware I really don't know if some of those are "hybrids", don't care lol .

    It's a shame that fish would be chemically treated, I suppose they are a "product" for market, it's business.

  4. :welcome: to AA :)

    I'm inviting you to take a trip to our fair city for our ACE club auction on October 25th.

    I'll be posting more info possibly tomorrow. You'll meet awesome people, get to bid on great fish and all around have a good time. I guarantee you there will be africans and very spectacular specimens, always are. There are usually a few salty related things, equipment and all sorts of freshwater fish. I hope to see you there. Sue

  5. I picked up those two blood perrots from MOP. After their QT period I moved them to my community tank (malekrib., loaches, plattys, couple of blue firemouths,severums.etc), I know odd mixes lol . Well these two picked out and claimed a cave. Low and behold they've laid eggs. I don't expect fry but who knows, weirder things have happened. BTW, my daughter named them Spike and Gizmo.

  6. Are they out of their shipping bags? If not , switch them over to clean water. You could always put them in a bowl/container and float that in their new tank . The temp will even out itself. You may want to add salt to their new tank to try and prevent ICH.

  7. What color was the purigen? Was it cleaned with bleach before? Could it have still contained bleach? Did you clean out your filter?

    It does sound like your filter had a crash , tank going through a cycle again. I'd add some good bacteria from another healthy tank to help reestablish your bacterial colony.

  8. Def. QT those tanks , do not use the same nets etc. between tanks.

    It is best IMO to do a large water change and start the salt/heat treatment. This will treat the fish as well as it's environment . The ich. isn't killed while on the fish it is killed while in it's free swimming stage. There are likely several generations in your tanks. The clean water and the salt will help the fish.

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