i kinda want a tank that is just hair algae and some stones i find it very beautiful. has anyone ever seen this before & have recommendations / warnings. i think it would only be for snails & maybe shrimp so small 5 gallons or so.
my other thought was a stone and java moss tank but the hair algae seems less boring. idk.
My tank has a planeria infestation, i am treating and ive noticed that my thick lipped red sunset gourami is acting strange. he kinda floats and zones out. comes back when i put food in nd poke him. but now im worried he actually had a parasite that i didn't notice until this treatment.
i feel stupid, and am looking for advice on how to move forward with removing planaria while also treating him. I know there are some common ones, like Camallanus, but i haven't seen red worms at his vent. I have done a 30% water change to reduce the panacur which was at .1g for every 10 gallons protocol. he's in a 20 long planted etc. i haven't added more to the clean water bc I got worried it would kill him.
hes just kinda floating and sometimes rests on the botttom of the tank but comes up for food & air randomly. mostly hides under floating plants. usually hes very explorative and pushy towards my other fish which is fine lol, not fighting them just territorial and assertive around baby brine shrimp feedings. which js probably why i didnt know he might have actually been sick.
20 gallon long, 0 nitrates, 0 nitrites, 0 ammonia, ph 7.2. i need to retest gh & kh but i do dose equilibrium for gh every water change.
stocked with female mollies, ember tetras, shrimp and scuds, and dying planeria.
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I have Black Velvet & Dalmatian in gendered tanks for over 3 months.
This all started when I started going to the doctor. Actually when I started going to my therapist. I restart a therapy for the fifth time or something in my life because of a bad relationship. That started and evaluation process that led to the diagnosis of bipolar disorder. Now 5 years later I've been diagnosed with bipolar, anxiety, ptsd, adhd, and autism. Cool great whatever. I go to the doctors and the psychiatrist every 4 to 6 weeks. And I thought the bulk of my issues was mental, until I started talking to my doctor about the back pain that I have, and the wrist pain that I have, and the forearm pain that I have. Our most recent follow up she informed me that no it is not normal to constantly be in pain. Constant level of soreness, tension and needing to stretch your body every other day unless you can't do anything. No it is not normal that I can't put weight on my left wrist for the past 4 years. Off and on. She took a bunch of blood, and it doesn't look like I have any autoimmune or arthritis, but she did bring up fibromyalgia. I do feel like it fits a lot of my symptoms but I'm just tired of being diagnosed with things all the time. Sometimes I just feel like I should have never gone to the doctor in the first place because I just keep wanting me to come back and test and ask me questions. And with this new potential illness or whatever like cut all my other issues have been misdiagnosis. That's what I think every time that a doctor or a psychologist brings up a thing that they are curious about. I'm like well maybe I'm not ill. Maybe I'm just a regular person. I mean maybe I'm lazy or I'm making it up. It feels like I'm an imposter but also like just confusing. Who do I believe you know, myself my doctors or people who maybe don't believe me. I haven't had anyone say they don't believe me besides my family, I don't know sorry.
dont let anyone tell u you need aqua soil lol.
but no seriously isn't this growth insane for red tiger lotus from just sand.
maybe not idk.