bananafish
Aquarium Advice Apprentice
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- Mar 12, 2020
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hi! i’ll have a sitter looking after my aquariums while i’m away for a week and am trying to figure out the best plan for my planted 55 gallon that i believe has ich. i have a suspicion though that it might be neon tetra disease but can’t confirm. fish have had symptoms for about 2 weeks now.
stocking:
7 colombian tetra
7 neon tetra
6 cardinal tetra
4 corydora
1 clown pleco
i’ve kept the temp at 80° for about a week now (raised from 74° over a few days) and dosed a full dose of paraguard everyday. carbon carts were removed and replaced with poly filters. i have the hob and sponge filter both running full speed. i’ve been supplementing with frozen bloodworms since i usually only feed flakes and wanted to give them something healthier, but the greedy colombians don’t leave any for the rest.
i’m going to do one large water change tomorrow before i take off. i wanted to get opinions on if i should crank the temp up to 82° and/or dose salt before i leave or wait in case the fish don’t handle it well. i want to make this as easy as possible on the sitter as she has little aquarium knowledge. i won’t be having her do any water changes or medicating the tank while i’m away either; she’ll just be feeding once a day.
any advice is really appreciated!
stocking:
7 colombian tetra
7 neon tetra
6 cardinal tetra
4 corydora
1 clown pleco
i’ve kept the temp at 80° for about a week now (raised from 74° over a few days) and dosed a full dose of paraguard everyday. carbon carts were removed and replaced with poly filters. i have the hob and sponge filter both running full speed. i’ve been supplementing with frozen bloodworms since i usually only feed flakes and wanted to give them something healthier, but the greedy colombians don’t leave any for the rest.
i’m going to do one large water change tomorrow before i take off. i wanted to get opinions on if i should crank the temp up to 82° and/or dose salt before i leave or wait in case the fish don’t handle it well. i want to make this as easy as possible on the sitter as she has little aquarium knowledge. i won’t be having her do any water changes or medicating the tank while i’m away either; she’ll just be feeding once a day.
any advice is really appreciated!