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the salt conversations are very interesting. I think, for me, I'm going to continue salting, just because I've always done it in the past, and it's never seemed to hurt.
I hear what you're saying, but I've tested my water again. I've done repeated water changes. Over and over, I'm getting the same readings, with two different test kits, of two different brands. There's no reason for there to be ammonia. I don't overfeed, my tank is cycled, there's nothing dead hiding in my tank. Further, if I had ammonia in the tank, all of the fish should be acting sick/stressed at the same time, not one after the other. My tiny little koi angel, who's body is the size of a quarter, should be showing major stress if my water params are off, as she/he isn't exactly a hardy fish, yet it's fine. My glowlights should have dropped off first, yet they didn't - I lost one, suddenly, but the others all look just fine.
What I find interesting is that, with the exception of the one glowlight, all losses have been the dwarf cichlids. Granted, my male platy was affected, but seems to now be fully recovered, and one of my loaches is affected, but it's definitely hit the dwarf cichlids hardest. My nannacara are battling it right now, but still eating and hanging in there.
I've resigned myself to finishing this course of meds, keeping up water changes, and letting what will be, be. I'm not going to go spend a fortune on a bunch of different meds, trying to diagnose and cure something that seems to baffle everyone, including me. Hopefully some fish will survive - I'm optomistic that my Angels, platys, and pleco will. Then, I'll keep up the water changes, and quarantine my tank for a couple months, before gradually trying to restock (using my QT tank this time, now that I've replaced the heater!).
I hear what you're saying, but I've tested my water again. I've done repeated water changes. Over and over, I'm getting the same readings, with two different test kits, of two different brands. There's no reason for there to be ammonia. I don't overfeed, my tank is cycled, there's nothing dead hiding in my tank. Further, if I had ammonia in the tank, all of the fish should be acting sick/stressed at the same time, not one after the other. My tiny little koi angel, who's body is the size of a quarter, should be showing major stress if my water params are off, as she/he isn't exactly a hardy fish, yet it's fine. My glowlights should have dropped off first, yet they didn't - I lost one, suddenly, but the others all look just fine.
What I find interesting is that, with the exception of the one glowlight, all losses have been the dwarf cichlids. Granted, my male platy was affected, but seems to now be fully recovered, and one of my loaches is affected, but it's definitely hit the dwarf cichlids hardest. My nannacara are battling it right now, but still eating and hanging in there.
I've resigned myself to finishing this course of meds, keeping up water changes, and letting what will be, be. I'm not going to go spend a fortune on a bunch of different meds, trying to diagnose and cure something that seems to baffle everyone, including me. Hopefully some fish will survive - I'm optomistic that my Angels, platys, and pleco will. Then, I'll keep up the water changes, and quarantine my tank for a couple months, before gradually trying to restock (using my QT tank this time, now that I've replaced the heater!).
