Phoenix2016
New member
Hi again! I noticed D’Artagnan has a little fungus in his frills. His appetite is fine, but there are those little white fluffs in his frills- which are still super fluffy (I love his fluffy frills!).
I watched “Girl Talks Fish” and learned that I need to quarantine him on his small plastic tub (shoe box sized I guess), and give him 10 min salt baths twice a day, 3-4 days, and once a day for a few more. She also says I should still quarantine him for a whole additional week. Is that the case if he is alone on his tank? Won’t he be miserable in that tiny space?
I wish an expert could come help me double check everything because I feel like I’m doing things the right way, changing water, checking parameters and temp, I have an adjustable filter on low but I also attached a small plastic drawer from a small craft thing to disperse the flow.
I tried a sponge filter but it did not seem to clean the tank at all.
He seems reasonably happy and social, he’s out of direct light - in a darkish corner even, and has a good sized hide that he spends a little time in but not all of the time.
I feed him a mix of frozen bloodworms and live earthworms from the pet store with an occasional treat of freeze dried brine shrimp. He comes immediately when I have food and eats it pretty adorably aggressively. I was feeding him half a pouch of bloodworms twice a day bc he would spit out any earthworms I tried. Once he started accepting earthworms I would do that once a day and some bloodworms at night, but my daughter whose best friend has 2 says I’m over feeding him. When I try to feed him less often he just waits for me at the front of the tank- sometimes even in the little food dish where I put leftovers. I remove the leftovers by the end of the day.
How do I know how much to feed him?
Does it sound like the filter system I have is ok? There’s no current and he spends time in all corners of the tank.
Is quarantining him necessary and will it stress him out?
I watched “Girl Talks Fish” and learned that I need to quarantine him on his small plastic tub (shoe box sized I guess), and give him 10 min salt baths twice a day, 3-4 days, and once a day for a few more. She also says I should still quarantine him for a whole additional week. Is that the case if he is alone on his tank? Won’t he be miserable in that tiny space?
I wish an expert could come help me double check everything because I feel like I’m doing things the right way, changing water, checking parameters and temp, I have an adjustable filter on low but I also attached a small plastic drawer from a small craft thing to disperse the flow.
I tried a sponge filter but it did not seem to clean the tank at all.
He seems reasonably happy and social, he’s out of direct light - in a darkish corner even, and has a good sized hide that he spends a little time in but not all of the time.
I feed him a mix of frozen bloodworms and live earthworms from the pet store with an occasional treat of freeze dried brine shrimp. He comes immediately when I have food and eats it pretty adorably aggressively. I was feeding him half a pouch of bloodworms twice a day bc he would spit out any earthworms I tried. Once he started accepting earthworms I would do that once a day and some bloodworms at night, but my daughter whose best friend has 2 says I’m over feeding him. When I try to feed him less often he just waits for me at the front of the tank- sometimes even in the little food dish where I put leftovers. I remove the leftovers by the end of the day.
How do I know how much to feed him?
Does it sound like the filter system I have is ok? There’s no current and he spends time in all corners of the tank.
Is quarantining him necessary and will it stress him out?
