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Moved the tank to my new house
Key moment
I moved the tank to my new house, cleaned out the rocks, decorations, and prefilter, changed out most of the water and safely transported all the fish.
Solution
Eye and fins
I treated the tank with antibiotics and a bacterial bloom is here. Gonna try and water change my way out of this one with some slime coat medicine too. Water parameters all seem to be ok so I'm not sure what's going on here. The eye is already cleari…
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Problem
New eye and fin problem
Woke up yesterday and the goldfish's eye was fogged over?! One only so the thought is damage from decorations. I put food in the decorations for the plecos and she must have gotten hurt trying to get to it.
Observation
Egg laying behavior note for Finn
The goldfish will lay eggs whenever the tank gets any warmer than 72 degrees farenheit because she thinks it's summer. This trashes the water quality and spikes the ammonia. I keep the tank cooler to prevent this, as the risk of the ammonia spike is…
Milestone
Keeper History
Key moment
Sushi is my first fish, I got her in January 2022, and I did the feeder goldfish in a small tank thing a lot of beginners do. I realized how wrong this was and got a bigger tank, starting with a 10 gallon. As she grew, I never gave up on her througho…
Observation
Temperature note for Finn
My house stays at a consistent temperature that keeps the tank at 72 degrees farenheit. No heater needed when the ambient temperature regulates the tank!
Solution
Fin tear all healed up!
Aquarium salt and time did the trick!
Problem
Fin tear?
New as of this week. Gonna put in some aquarium salt to help with the process.