Supportive care is sometimes a lot more than half the battle to save sick or hurt animals. It's nice to see someone like you advocate major water changes, something I've long believed can be critically important for fish health.
I really appreciate how you don't jump to using medications immediately, but instead point out that water quality is the best way to start. Using medication preemptively is something I see happening alot, even from bigger youtubers, which has a tricle-down effect on their viewers. It only takes a quick search on forums and facebook groups to see that people pour in medications without really knowing what is going on. Personally, I _always_ consult my aquatic veterinarian before doing any type of medication, to avoid unnecessary stress on my fish. Really well done saving your fish and informing us how you do it. It's inspiring.
Is it bad that your 'dead fish' vid and this one are what made me subscribe? They're the only ones I've watched at this moment but your compassion and care for the fish, your explanations and descriptions are so helpful that I was like "I gotta have more of this lady!" Keep on rockin', fish-momma
Dear Rachel, is this a fresh water from your waterpipe or do you have some kind of clean aquarium / cycled water? what do you add to the fresh water to treat your tanks? only Water Treatment or something else? Best greetings from Europe =) Tamara
I've been listening to aquascsping podcast for the past 2weeks and I had a HUGE smile come across my face when I saw your name :). Thanks for all you do, thanks for the inspiration-
I agree with the water quality and food. I see so many people who are treating their fish for various things end up having them get worse and die and I normally just up their heat, do daily water changes, and feed some live food and they come right around in less than a week. Never had near as many issues as so many other people have with sick fish dying. I rarely have issues with fish in general with my rigid water changing scheduled and naturally planted tanks.
I really appreciate your thoroughness and dedication.. That's a lot of water you've changed this week! No wonder the fish are doing so well, you are definitely a guru!
Water changes are the best advice I have came across that works for so many issues. Without going into specifics, I was having trouble with my new neons. They still may have to be medicated, but big frequent water changes have helped (though I don't have your magic well water LOL!). I have stopped having losses. They are active and feeding great.
I'm delighted to learn that the fish and shrimp are doing so phenomenally well. And the "Mystery Fish" danios are pretty darned cool. But I cannot get over how well those hillsteam loaches have bounced back. You've done an incredible job with them.
So glad to see they're bouncing back. Great tip on the macro photography. I'm actually visually impaired so I rely heavily on photo's and videos of my fish to monitor them.
How are you heating the water without shocking the fish with cold water from the hoze? We have a declorinator cylinder on our hoze and trickle fill our two 3ft, one 5ft and one small cube tanks... This enables the heater thermostat to heat the water as it goes into the tank... No shocked fish. I do have a question about water changes for illness in bigger tanks.... 3-4 50% changes would be extremely difficult as a 50% change on the 5ft tank can take most of the day to do once. Any suggestions welcome. FYI we don't have in line heaters... Most places don't sell them anymore due to how often they stop working. So trickle fill or heating a bucket of water in a sink of hot water (so that the heat outside the bucket heats the bucket water) are the only heating options we have xx
My sister had a betta that she was keeping in an unfiltered .5 gallon "tank". Other than over feeding the fish, she hadn't done a water change in over two months. Its fins were almost completely gone and it could barely move. To be honest, I was surprised it hadn't died. When I found out what was going on (we go to colleges two hours away from eachother) I convinced her to give him to me since he was about to die anyway. I've had him for little over a week and he's doing so much better! He's swimming normally and his fins are starting to grow back. Pristine water and high quality food has been what I'm "medicating" him with and he's healing wonderfully!
Did this betta live? I'm struggling with mine and don't know why... sudden ammonia spikes out of the blue. He looks bad, with skin shedding off like a sunburn, but I'll take it day by day with multiple water changes with salt.
I really enjoy watching your vids! I've always been a lover of things in the water. I am a novice, but find your vids inspiring. I am beginning to become a "fangirl"!! Thanks
Hello Rachel, I've really been enjoying, and learning quite a bit through your videos. Back in the day I had to get a job in the trade to pay for my fish habit. I was able to work the import/export trade in SoCal for about 10yrs, including retail along with all the wholesale time I did. I would like to share a tip with you that we would use when we got in really stressed organisms (very regular occurrence during my time). If the organism in question is in need of a quick O2 boost, 5mls of 3% H2O2 per gallon will do the trick. Obviously it needs to be mixed into another container of water before adding to the tank the organisms are going into. If you wish to keep the O2 boosted, you can easily cut that rate by 50% and just keep adding to every water change. I found this was quite effective for bringing back stressed corals and echinoderms (starfish & urchins), became a regular tool for all incoming. Your shipping disaster video totally brought back memories. I won't say fond memories, no one enjoys receiving in a shipment of cold, dead fish, like... EVER. But it brought back other good memories. Ain't nothin' like bein' in that fishroom, is there?! Much love to you and keep on crankin' 'em out. And always remember, I had to get a job in the trade to pay for my fish habit! Marina
I got a pair of Kribensis, and from what I read they usually don't dig in sand. They ha e plenty of rock hides and spots under driftwood, but now the male is digging a cave under the driftwood and spitting sand out in a pile. A-There was already a cave under the driftwood. B-There is 2 rock/caves. C-Its a heavily planted tank. I know other Cichlids dig, but wasn't expecting Kribs to do so?
they are just preparing a surface to spawn. They don't dig all over the tank, but its not uncommon for apistos or kribs to do a little minor excavation in preparation of spawning. Generally speaking, they are more leaf litter spawners than anything else, laying on the underside of fallen leaves.
Rachel O'leary The female has just started helping the male dig. The make spits the sand out in a random pile, while the female is specifically spitting the sand out on Plants leafs. She just being wierd or?
Good to see that some of these little guys have pulled through and seem to be doing great. I totally agree with you. In my experience, a weakened fish isn't going to get better by medicating straight away. A lot of the time, the stress needs to subside before there's any point. Adding meds straight away (unless you have to) just adds another thing for the fish to deal with on top of the other problems. Unless its potentially fatal, get them settled in nice clean water.
My niece had rescued a double tail betta from school suffering from ammonia burn. Apparently it ewas a class experiment and she says it was the only survivor. Poor guy I set him up some nice dechlorinated water and added some aquarium salt and a bit of malachite green I think it's called? I've been feeding him some flakes and black worms. Poor think was eating from some peace lily roots and rotten banana peels. I have the school a ranting because it's cruel! It's been two weeks and lil guy survived. The black from the ammonia burn is going away thankfully. Ur video has been helpful Rachel 😄❤️👍
hi, I have a betta fish and noticed that when it flares its gills have lost red color ... his body has got black marks and tail was melted but it is active and eats good
Sorry if I sound dumb, but I am always just baffled when I see people doing water changes and when adding water back into the tank it is just from a hose? I wished I could do that to mine , god would that be so much easier. But my tap water is full of chlorine.... am I missing something.
I have a well, so I don't have to dose with dechlorinator. If you use city water with chlorine, you dose for the volume of the tank before refilling (not for the volume you are replacing) and you can refill with a hose like that. Pythons are very popular for this reason, as they replace buckets and hook to your sink.
Rachael just wanted to ask about the opaque bodied shrimps tank.. Did you does anything or was it simple as changing water 60-80% everyday few days till look conditions have improved . Cheers
Rachel O'leary thank you HEAPS SO SO SO MUCH FOR YOUR REPLY and POST SAVING HEAPS SHRIMPS LIFE,FUTURE coming SHRIMP (lastly pocket size, then again I would not need to buy any shrimp replacements using this method of keeping things stupidly simple LiFESAViNG TiPS!!) VERY MUCH MUCH APPRECIATED HEAPS YOU HAVE NO iDEA, how many I've lost pass few years due to this..
I'm glad you hadn't lost a fish. Unfortunately I lost one today. When you do multiple water changes through out the day, do you keep adding prime with each water change?
Rachel, when you do these frequent water changes in a situation like this, do you feel it's necessary to add any additional bacteria to the water/filter or do you feel that your sponge filters are sufficiently seeded to handle it?
Hey, sorry if i sound completely dumb.. i have never kept fish so i don't know how these things work.. and i was just wondering how do you avoid getting fish in your pipe while draining the tank.. especially when the fish are so small.
Hi Rachel , awesome very instructive video... Just some questions about your water change qualities , is the water straight from the tap , or it is filtered water? Do you store the water in a special tank to get the right temperature and treatments?...What would be the best method to prepare your own water before using it ? .. Thanks ahead.. (and a millions thumbs up ).....
Thank you for the video❤ I have a white oranda, I think it has amonia. Burns because it has some darker brown on it’s fins? Fixed the issue but will the color of the fish go back to normal ?
makes sense to make water changes but your tanks are a lot smaller so its easy to do multiple changes a day.... what would someone with a 60+ gallon tank do... I'm currently doing 30 to 50% water change either every day or every other day and I am using Prime.
Love those pearl danios (mystery fish), the way they school, and move so quickly is so eye catching!! Will they eventually come up for sale? I have a fully planted 125 gallon, 6ft long show tank in my living they would look amazing in. Have a great day, glad most of the fish have made it.
nice video as always glad every thing is going pretty good the fish look so nice i cant wait to see what they look like after a full recovery have a great day
what if quality water changes aren't an option (if my tap water has over 1ppm ammonia)? I use prime to neutralize it, but water changes don't seem to help because of all the ammonia :c
when u were filling up your tank after water change i noticed your not using anything for chlorine in ur water...do u have an inline carbon filter on your hose line or something or do you just dose the tanks after adding the new water? just curious as to how you go about de chlorinating ur new water?
Rachel O'leary awesome thats very lucky indeed. Do you have a product you reccomend for those with tap water? Thanks for the reply before really appreciate it.
I know it's a little bit off topic, but i just watched you species spotlight on Apistogramma cacatuoides and i was wondering if it's the same procedure with kribensis fry, to remove them when they turn into food seekers?
Glad things turned around for you. I've gotten late fish and shrimp and wasn't pretty. Just got some Brachygobius xanthomelas and praying i got some super nice fish loving UPS person.
I love you! Just your attitude and advice (as well as your awesome hair) Is just kinda the quirky awesomeness that I look for in a fishtuber ^_^ your content is really good & you've answered A LOT of questions about various species that I've had- So thank you! I'm glad you managed to save all of the Borneo's they're awesome little fish! I had some in with my goldfish for a while in an understocked tank ('cause it had the high flow & oxygen levels that they like)I really love the little guys! It's a shame that they don't live all that long :( I totally agree with you about the clean water though, It's the most simple and effective treatment for ammonia burns and whatnot!
I have some of those Danios everyone kept telling me I wouldn't like them but I love their movement. I had 6 but have since dropped to 3 due to not having a well secure tank lid and they kept jumping out! Fixed the issue and no more issues but I am planning to get some more.
So glad to see everyrhing is working out with the shipment now. question: at about the ten minute mark you are talking about your WC and you mention starting to drain and then beginning to add fresh in until about 80% has been changed. Do i understand correctly that fresh water is being added at the same time old is draining? If so , how do you gauge the percentage changed.....really intrigued by this.
well, the drain hose I have set for that tank does about 25% at a time without refill, I know about how long it takes for me to drain and refill that much, so I just do some basic math and guesstimate. You cannot really do too big of a water change.
Rachel O'leary sweet...totally makes sense to me now. really cool method. i had not heard of or considered this before. Aside from expedience and ease...is there any other benefits to this method?
No, I just do it because i can set it to drain and refill and walk away without risk of flooding my fishroom while I tend to other tanks (for close siphoning, maintenance, photography, etc)
With doing daily 50% water change, does it mess with your tanks cycle... I have a flowerhorn I'm battling with ammonia burn, I messed up my cycle, mistakenly did 80% change and it crashed...now he's a mess.. I got his tank cycle back with Dr. Tim's One and Only... If you would decide to use meds what would you use,? In case I need to go buy something...
hi, i am new to watching you but i like your style and sense of caring. i just lost a family of juvenile bushy nose, and last night the moma. the popa suvived and im desparate to save him. The city water here is very high in ch;orine and chloramine and i have to add more condiioner to rid the smell. Maybe they changed water treatments because of covid? I am not sure how to keep up the water changes i fear i might cause more problems, buying water is out of my price range. i could get well water from the country but it is high ph... can you help me save my popa?
Thank you for the update on the fish shipment. I was wondering if you use RODI water. I am contemplating getting an RODI unit and wonder what you use? Love your videos btw!
Hey Rachal, how do manage temperature when filling tanks? I'm convinced that's why my neos's died.Any tips to make it easier would be greatly appreciated. :)
Lucky you Rachel ! :) : my tapwater is hard (dH 18 tot 30 dH ; fH 32 tot 55 fH salts 80-120 mg/l ) .... and my groundwater is even harder then my tapwater... and I'm still doubting to change my system to rainwater, ... but I live in the most airpolluted area of Europe.
I'm new to your channel and I've checked out your website, do you ship to Canada? Because I would love some White Cloud Mountain fish I have 3 in my 20 gal but the pet store doesn't have them in stock I wanna buy a few more. And some dwarf gourami if you have any.
I recently got a rubbernose pleco from petco n he was so burnt... Im so worried for him, hes not respirating rapidly anymore n hes out n eating the moment i go lights out in the tank but hes still got pinkish patches all over n hes been in my tank for almost a week now. Im just curious to know if theyre is anything i can do to help him??
Thank Goodness most of the fish survived. I'm looking forward to your review of Dario hysginon. I love Dario dario but have never been able to get them to eat non-live food.
im glad for you for the good news and i have a question...in one of your video i saw you have a cobalt canister. would you recomanded it for a 55 gallon? (i already have 2 c4 and i would switch one for a colbalt so i can use it in a nano tank
I'm glad that the frequent water changes helped the fish, it's a good thing for us to know so thanks. I do have a question about it though. it seems like you were changing A LOT of water. the water that went back in to the tanks, was it straight from the tap? did it need to be dechlorinated? or do you have an alternative source for acquiring large amounts of safe water for your water changes?
Just brilliant. RachelLooksAfterTheWater :o) :o) :o) You have so much to share with the world, and you do it so well. PS - Don't the giant danios tie in well with what you were saying just the other day about schooling and shoaling?
I noticed that your incoming water goes in pretty quick. I've always added new water to my tanks at a pretty slow rate. I'm not really sure what my logic for this is... maybe to give the water conditioner more time to work? Maybe a fear that a blast of water might injure the fish? Have I been overthinking it? Should I take the kid gloves off? I wouldn't mind it if water changes took less time.
at what point of the wc do you add conditioner? it looks like ur just hosing it in from the tap. do you have some kind of water source set aside thats already conditioned?
ok i see you commented on another thing that youre on a well. that must be so convenient omg, no mixing and buckets. how do you avoid accidentally siphoning out fish though? those fish are so tiny! and u keep so many other little tiny fishes
Did any of the bag where thought none would make it and you said in the earlier video you put it in a net near the filter to give them the best chance make it? Congrats on bringing so many back with the hard work.
Supportive care is sometimes a lot more than half the battle to save sick or hurt animals. It's nice to see someone like you advocate major water changes, something I've long believed can be critically important for fish health.
+Karen J Gray dilution is the solution to pollution, lol
I really appreciate how you don't jump to using medications immediately, but instead point out that water quality is the best way to start. Using medication preemptively is something I see happening alot, even from bigger youtubers, which has a tricle-down effect on their viewers. It only takes a quick search on forums and facebook groups to see that people pour in medications without really knowing what is going on. Personally, I _always_ consult my aquatic veterinarian before doing any type of medication, to avoid unnecessary stress on my fish. Really well done saving your fish and informing us how you do it. It's inspiring.
Love the pop up of the name of the fish that you keep saying! Please keep doing that.
+Kosin Trouble In The Tank you got it
Kosin Trouble In The Tank I agree
Is it bad that your 'dead fish' vid and this one are what made me subscribe? They're the only ones I've watched at this moment but your compassion and care for the fish, your explanations and descriptions are so helpful that I was like "I gotta have more of this lady!" Keep on rockin', fish-momma
Thanks and welcome!
"That's my kittens" .... What are you keeping, lions?. LOL. Another great vid!
+AEvolution they think so! ! Reality is they are 6# of adorable
Thought this was a tiger king reference but this is too old of a comment
Rachel you are the bomb! I look forward to your videos. Love your practical advice. Keep on keeping on.
thanks Scott!
Dear Rachel, is this a fresh water from your waterpipe or do you have some kind of clean aquarium / cycled water?
what do you add to the fresh water to treat your tanks? only Water Treatment or something else?
Best greetings from Europe =)
Tamara
I have a well, so don't need to use water conditioner. It is straight from my tap.
awesome! Allright thanky you :)
I've been listening to aquascsping podcast for the past 2weeks and I had a HUGE smile come across my face when I saw your name :). Thanks for all you do, thanks for the inspiration-
I agree with the water quality and food. I see so many people who are treating their fish for various things end up having them get worse and die and I normally just up their heat, do daily water changes, and feed some live food and they come right around in less than a week. Never had near as many issues as so many other people have with sick fish dying. I rarely have issues with fish in general with my rigid water changing scheduled and naturally planted tanks.
I prefer my unnaturally planted tanks tbh :P
+Ash Jenkins there is room for that as well lol
I really appreciate your thoroughness and dedication.. That's a lot of water you've changed this week! No wonder the fish are doing so well, you are definitely a guru!
Water changes are the best advice I have came across that works for so many issues. Without going into specifics, I was having trouble with my new neons. They still may have to be medicated, but big frequent water changes have helped (though I don't have your magic well water LOL!). I have stopped having losses. They are active and feeding great.
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Great job! It was touch and go for a bit for you! Just proves how well you know your hobby! Very glad I found you on here! 💕💕🦋🦋
I'm delighted to learn that the fish and shrimp are doing so phenomenally well. And the "Mystery Fish" danios are pretty darned cool. But I cannot get over how well those hillsteam loaches have bounced back. You've done an incredible job with them.
Proof positive that water changes can be better than meds. Great videos.
So glad to see they're bouncing back. Great tip on the macro photography. I'm actually visually impaired so I rely heavily on photo's and videos of my fish to monitor them.
How are you heating the water without shocking the fish with cold water from the hoze?
We have a declorinator cylinder on our hoze and trickle fill our two 3ft, one 5ft and one small cube tanks... This enables the heater thermostat to heat the water as it goes into the tank... No shocked fish.
I do have a question about water changes for illness in bigger tanks.... 3-4 50% changes would be extremely difficult as a 50% change on the 5ft tank can take most of the day to do once. Any suggestions welcome. FYI we don't have in line heaters... Most places don't sell them anymore due to how often they stop working. So trickle fill or heating a bucket of water in a sink of hot water (so that the heat outside the bucket heats the bucket water) are the only heating options we have xx
My sister had a betta that she was keeping in an unfiltered .5 gallon "tank". Other than over feeding the fish, she hadn't done a water change in over two months. Its fins were almost completely gone and it could barely move. To be honest, I was surprised it hadn't died. When I found out what was going on (we go to colleges two hours away from eachother) I convinced her to give him to me since he was about to die anyway. I've had him for little over a week and he's doing so much better! He's swimming normally and his fins are starting to grow back. Pristine water and high quality food has been what I'm "medicating" him with and he's healing wonderfully!
+thisisthehelen great news!
Did this betta live? I'm struggling with mine and don't know why... sudden ammonia spikes out of the blue. He looks bad, with skin shedding off like a sunburn, but I'll take it day by day with multiple water changes with salt.
I'm so glad the fish hat survived are recovering! The more i see those kubotais, the more sure I am I want them someday!
I really enjoy watching your vids! I've always been a lover of things in the water. I am a novice, but find your vids inspiring. I am beginning to become a "fangirl"!! Thanks
Hello Rachel,
I've really been enjoying, and learning quite a bit through your videos. Back in the day I had to get a job in the trade to pay for my fish habit. I was able to work the import/export trade in SoCal for about 10yrs, including retail along with all the wholesale time I did.
I would like to share a tip with you that we would use when we got in really stressed organisms (very regular occurrence during my time). If the organism in question is in need of a quick O2 boost, 5mls of 3% H2O2 per gallon will do the trick. Obviously it needs to be mixed into another container of water before adding to the tank the organisms are going into. If you wish to keep the O2 boosted, you can easily cut that rate by 50% and just keep adding to every water change.
I found this was quite effective for bringing back stressed corals and echinoderms (starfish & urchins), became a regular tool for all incoming.
Your shipping disaster video totally brought back memories. I won't say fond memories, no one enjoys receiving in a shipment of cold, dead fish, like... EVER. But it brought back other good memories. Ain't nothin' like bein' in that fishroom, is there?!
Much love to you and keep on crankin' 'em out. And always remember, I had to get a job in the trade to pay for my fish habit!
Marina
I got a pair of Kribensis, and from what I read they usually don't dig in sand. They ha e plenty of rock hides and spots under driftwood, but now the male is digging a cave under the driftwood and spitting sand out in a pile.
A-There was already a cave under the driftwood.
B-There is 2 rock/caves.
C-Its a heavily planted tank.
I know other Cichlids dig, but wasn't expecting Kribs to do so?
they are just preparing a surface to spawn. They don't dig all over the tank, but its not uncommon for apistos or kribs to do a little minor excavation in preparation of spawning. Generally speaking, they are more leaf litter spawners than anything else, laying on the underside of fallen leaves.
Rachel O'leary
The female has just started helping the male dig. The make spits the sand out in a random pile, while the female is specifically spitting the sand out on Plants leafs. She just being wierd or?
All in all its turned out not too bad considering. You did what you could for them. Your a pretty dedicated fishkeeper! And deserve respect! Thanks.
Good to see that some of these little guys have pulled through and seem to be doing great. I totally agree with you. In my experience, a weakened fish isn't going to get better by medicating straight away. A lot of the time, the stress needs to subside before there's any point. Adding meds straight away (unless you have to) just adds another thing for the fish to deal with on top of the other problems. Unless its potentially fatal, get them settled in nice clean water.
My niece had rescued a double tail betta from school suffering from ammonia burn. Apparently it ewas a class experiment and she says it was the only survivor. Poor guy I set him up some nice dechlorinated water and added some aquarium salt and a bit of malachite green I think it's called? I've been feeding him some flakes and black worms. Poor think was eating from some peace lily roots and rotten banana peels. I have the school a ranting because it's cruel! It's been two weeks and lil guy survived. The black from the ammonia burn is going away thankfully. Ur video has been helpful Rachel 😄❤️👍
Is that jut tap water you are re-filling the tanks with?
Yes, I have a well.
hi, I have a betta fish and noticed that when it flares its gills have lost red color ... his body has got black marks and tail was melted but it is active and eats good
good job on saving all those fish Rachel ! that was a lot of hard work but your passion is amazing :)
What siphon are you using it looks easy to use im a new tank owner
Sorry if I sound dumb, but I am always just baffled when I see people doing water changes and when adding water back into the tank it is just from a hose? I wished I could do that to mine , god would that be so much easier. But my tap water is full of chlorine.... am I missing something.
I have a well, so I don't have to dose with dechlorinator. If you use city water with chlorine, you dose for the volume of the tank before refilling (not for the volume you are replacing) and you can refill with a hose like that. Pythons are very popular for this reason, as they replace buckets and hook to your sink.
so you dont worry about temperature when doing 50% WC's with a hose??
+Shelley :) I try and keep it no colder than 70, but for the most part no
Shelley G. I’m so glad you asked this! I was wanting to ask the same thing!
I noticed you added water, but what about the water conditioner?
I have a well
You're like a better Doctor oz for fish
would you add the Giant Pearl Danios to your mountain stream tank? Or are they/will they be too large for your set up?
+Shaden0040 I am not sure, they are pretty boisterous
Fun times to be had in the Pimp's fish room!
What that green floating algae called in your bottom tank ?
Rachael just wanted to ask about the opaque bodied shrimps tank..
Did you does anything or was it simple as changing water 60-80% everyday few days till look conditions have improved .
Cheers
just water changes
Rachel O'leary thank you HEAPS SO SO SO MUCH FOR YOUR REPLY and POST SAVING HEAPS SHRIMPS LIFE,FUTURE coming SHRIMP (lastly pocket size, then again I would not need to buy any shrimp replacements using this method of keeping things stupidly simple LiFESAViNG TiPS!!)
VERY MUCH MUCH APPRECIATED HEAPS YOU HAVE NO iDEA, how many I've lost pass few years due to this..
I'm glad you hadn't lost a fish. Unfortunately I lost one today. When you do multiple water changes through out the day, do you keep adding prime with each water change?
If you are using puic water-yes. I have well water which does not require conditioner
I'm amazed you've saved as many as you have. Are the animals' gill permanently damaged from the ammonia, or can then heal back to fully functional?
+Anthony Ragan they will heal
Rachel, when you do these frequent water changes in a situation like this, do you feel it's necessary to add any additional bacteria to the water/filter or do you feel that your sponge filters are sufficiently seeded to handle it?
+Lelani Dixon my tanks have been running a decade so I dont, but one certainly could
Hey, sorry if i sound completely dumb.. i have never kept fish so i don't know how these things work.. and i was just wondering how do you avoid getting fish in your pipe while draining the tank.. especially when the fish are so small.
I watch closely and some of my suctions tubs have strainers to keep critters out
Oh okay! 👍
Hey Rachel I have a glow light tetra whose body has turned milky white, I can't find solutions on the internet, any thoughts?
Hi Rachel , awesome very instructive video... Just some questions about your water change qualities , is the water straight from the tap , or it is filtered water? Do you store the water in a special tank to get the right temperature and treatments?...What would be the best method to prepare your own water before using it ? .. Thanks ahead.. (and a millions thumbs up ).....
+Robert Benzekri I have a well, so don't have to use any treatment and set temp at the tap.
So sin a few words, " how do you treat goldfish for ammonia poisoning???? I already put them in good treated water but he still not doing good?
are u usin tap water
Thank you for the video❤ I have a white oranda, I think it has amonia. Burns because it has some darker brown on it’s fins? Fixed the issue but will the color of the fish go back to normal ?
what type of water are you using to replace with? Tap water or something else that is dechlorinated?
I have a well, so no dechlorinator is needed- just straight old tap water
makes sense to make water changes but your tanks are a lot smaller so its easy to do multiple changes a day.... what would someone with a 60+ gallon tank do... I'm currently doing 30 to 50% water change either every day or every other day and I am using Prime.
+Nicole Jenkinson my tanks are 75g, 55g, 20g racks
BTW! love the videos girl! always very very informative and an enjoyment to watch! :-) thanks for all you do for the hobbyist!
Love those pearl danios (mystery fish), the way they school, and move so quickly is so eye catching!! Will they eventually come up for sale? I have a fully planted 125 gallon, 6ft long show tank in my living they would look amazing in. Have a great day, glad most of the fish have made it.
+Durango Aquarium Girl yep, once qt is done
do you ever get histonotus aky in stock?
+untipable rarely
Rachel O'leary How much are they when you do get them in?
Hallo from Germany,I am a Woman from Germany and I Love your Videos.You are very sympathetic 👍🦀🦑🐙🦐🐠🐟🐡🐳🦈🐋
+Fisch Liebe hello!
What were the other mystery fish that all died or don't you want to say?
+Stephen Bamber I want to try and get them in alive. I have plans for videos
reassuring to hear everyone's doing fine great update
My molly has ammonia burns in her face :( what can I do to help her I've done water changes but she's not healing
Ms. Jinkz, what about the species that you had in that top aquarium and you kept them in a net? The species you were most excited to share with us.
+Dan Johnson they were all dead
That stinks. Sorry to hear that.
I was/am pretty bummed, as the entire order was done so I could get that fish. I will try again though
nice video as always glad every thing is going pretty good the fish look so nice i cant wait to see what they look like after a full recovery have a great day
My fishes gills isn’t moving ;-;
how do you tell if a fish has ammonia burns?
what if quality water changes aren't an option (if my tap water has over 1ppm ammonia)? I use prime to neutralize it, but water changes don't seem to help because of all the ammonia :c
when u were filling up your tank after water change i noticed your not using anything for chlorine in ur water...do u have an inline carbon filter on your hose line or something or do you just dose the tanks after adding the new water? just curious as to how you go about de chlorinating ur new water?
+Wesley Hamilton I have a well
Rachel O'leary i wish I had a well I live in new jersey and the water is anything but pristine haha
do you sell to the uk?
+Classical Piano no, sorry
no problem
wow i actually really love the mystery fish. it's really beautifully and shimmery
Watching you water change here do you add a declorine additive when you water change
+Jackie Browne no. I have a well
Rachel O'leary awesome thats very lucky indeed. Do you have a product you reccomend for those with tap water? Thanks for the reply before really appreciate it.
How do you disinfect your fish nets?
Bleach 'n' water.
How long do you give water changes to work before you know it's time to switch to something more aggressive when treating illness?
+Gaina until I see obvious signs of secondary infection, wasting away, or have deaths without explainable cause
Rachel O'leary thanks. 😊
I know it's a little bit off topic, but i just watched you species spotlight on Apistogramma cacatuoides and i was wondering if it's the same procedure with kribensis fry, to remove them when they turn into food seekers?
+Brontes God yes
would it be save to through a piece of aloe vera leave in
I'm glad all your new fish doing better. :)
Do you top up with cool water and do you declorien the water .love your video. In U.K.
+David Perrin I have a well, so no dechlor and yes, cool water
Glad things turned around for you. I've gotten late fish and shrimp and wasn't pretty. Just got some Brachygobius xanthomelas and praying i got some super nice fish loving UPS person.
Love your videos and info!!
Where does the water come from? Just Tap? or do you have a reservoir of RO water or something? (sorry, new to the channel)
I have exceptional tap water, we have a well :)
Ugh Lucky. My city Tap water is a pH of 7.91, KH of ~15 degrees. Elevated chlorine and ammonia in the spring/summer months too :-(
glad all is doing well
awesome video as usual!
Do you keep helenas on all your tanks?
+b.a. Warman no, that is the main assassin tank
love your fish room and your channel.
+Majid Razaq thanks!
I love you! Just your attitude and advice (as well as your awesome hair) Is just kinda the quirky awesomeness that I look for in a fishtuber ^_^ your content is really good & you've answered A LOT of questions about various species that I've had- So thank you!
I'm glad you managed to save all of the Borneo's they're awesome little fish! I had some in with my goldfish for a while in an understocked tank ('cause it had the high flow & oxygen levels that they like)I really love the little guys! It's a shame that they don't live all that long :( I totally agree with you about the clean water though, It's the most simple and effective treatment for ammonia burns and whatnot!
I have some of those Danios everyone kept telling me I wouldn't like them but I love their movement. I had 6 but have since dropped to 3 due to not having a well secure tank lid and they kept jumping out! Fixed the issue and no more issues but I am planning to get some more.
So glad to see everyrhing is working out with the shipment now.
question: at about the ten minute mark you are talking about your WC and you mention starting to drain and then beginning to add fresh in until about 80% has been changed. Do i understand correctly that fresh water is being added at the same time old is draining? If so , how do you gauge the percentage changed.....really intrigued by this.
well, the drain hose I have set for that tank does about 25% at a time without refill, I know about how long it takes for me to drain and refill that much, so I just do some basic math and guesstimate. You cannot really do too big of a water change.
Rachel O'leary
sweet...totally makes sense to me now. really cool method. i had not heard of or considered this before. Aside from expedience and ease...is there any other benefits to this method?
No, I just do it because i can set it to drain and refill and walk away without risk of flooding my fishroom while I tend to other tanks (for close siphoning, maintenance, photography, etc)
Rachel O'leary
Again make perfect sense... cool...thanks for taking the time to respond...i dig this idea a lot.
With doing daily 50% water change, does it mess with your tanks cycle... I have a flowerhorn I'm battling with ammonia burn, I messed up my cycle, mistakenly did 80% change and it crashed...now he's a mess.. I got his tank cycle back with Dr. Tim's One and Only... If you would decide to use meds what would you use,? In case I need to go buy something...
Cindy Lu Roman how did it work out for you? I’m currently battling ammonia burn with my flowerhorn
hi, i am new to watching you but i like your style and sense of caring. i just lost a family of juvenile bushy nose, and last night the moma. the popa suvived and im desparate to save him. The city water here is very high in ch;orine and chloramine and i have to add more condiioner to rid the smell. Maybe they changed water treatments because of covid? I am not sure how to keep up the water changes i fear i might cause more problems, buying water is out of my price range. i could get well water from the country but it is high ph... can you help me save my popa?
I agree 100% too many meds are used without knowledge behind them.. Great video, thanks
Thank you for the update on the fish shipment. I was wondering if you use RODI water. I am contemplating getting an RODI unit and wonder what you use? Love your videos btw!
+jimbodapimp I have amazing well water so ro is not necessary
Great care. Learned a lot. Thanks,
Hey Rachal, how do manage temperature when filling tanks? I'm convinced that's why my neos's died.Any tips to make it easier would be greatly appreciated. :)
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Welcome!
Great video Rachel just wondering what type of water you use. You know is it RO-water - well water or city water. Thanks
Well water- i like to say its magic water
Rachel O'leary i think that's a relatively good question. Are you using remineralized RO/DI water?
if you read any of the comments, I have answered a million times :) I have well water, low tds- very dilute.
Lucky you Rachel ! :) : my tapwater is hard (dH 18 tot 30 dH ; fH 32 tot 55 fH salts 80-120 mg/l ) .... and my groundwater is even harder then my tapwater... and I'm still doubting to change my system to rainwater, ... but I live in the most airpolluted area of Europe.
I'm new to your channel and I've checked out your website, do you ship to Canada? Because I would love some White Cloud Mountain fish I have 3 in my 20 gal but the pet store doesn't have them in stock I wanna buy a few more. And some dwarf gourami if you have any.
+Aqua • Passionate I don't, sorry. Pretty sure white clouds have legality issues in a lot of canada
How much did it cost for all the fish
more than you would probably like to think about lol
Excellent info as always Rachel 🤗
I recently got a rubbernose pleco from petco n he was so burnt... Im so worried for him, hes not respirating rapidly anymore n hes out n eating the moment i go lights out in the tank but hes still got pinkish patches all over n hes been in my tank for almost a week now. Im just curious to know if theyre is anything i can do to help him??
Clean water and good food is the best medicine
Thank Goodness most of the fish survived. I'm looking forward to your review of Dario hysginon. I love Dario dario but have never been able to get them to eat non-live food.
Would the Devario chrysotaeniatus work in your hillstream tank? Or are they too large to be compatible with the current inhabitants?
+neufy123456 I thibk they are a bit big for my tastes
im glad for you for the good news and i have a question...in one of your video i saw you have a cobalt canister. would you recomanded it for a 55 gallon? (i already have 2 c4 and i would switch one for a colbalt so i can use it in a nano tank
no, they are not powerful enough for a 55
Rachel O'leary :( ok thk for the quick reply
I'm glad that the frequent water changes helped the fish, it's a good thing for us to know so thanks. I do have a question about it though. it seems like you were changing A LOT of water. the water that went back in to the tanks, was it straight from the tap? did it need to be dechlorinated? or do you have an alternative source for acquiring large amounts of safe water for your water changes?
I have a well, so don't require dechlorinator
We need TH-cam streams too :).
baby steps, lol
Rachel O'leary patiently waiting....👍🏻
Rachel O'leary your sexy lol
I keep watching this video over and over.I go to meds way to much. Love good clean water!!!!
Just brilliant.
RachelLooksAfterTheWater :o) :o) :o)
You have so much to share with the world, and you do it so well.
PS - Don't the giant danios tie in well with what you were saying just the other day about schooling and shoaling?
+ilookafter thewater yes!
I noticed that your incoming water goes in pretty quick. I've always added new water to my tanks at a pretty slow rate. I'm not really sure what my logic for this is... maybe to give the water conditioner more time to work? Maybe a fear that a blast of water might injure the fish? Have I been overthinking it? Should I take the kid gloves off? I wouldn't mind it if water changes took less time.
+Jay Workman I bounce it off the wall of the tank, I only do it slowly in tanks that are aquascaped.
at what point of the wc do you add conditioner? it looks like ur just hosing it in from the tap. do you have some kind of water source set aside thats already conditioned?
ok i see you commented on another thing that youre on a well. that must be so convenient omg, no mixing and buckets.
how do you avoid accidentally siphoning out fish though? those fish are so tiny! and u keep so many other little tiny fishes
+Meowmeow Meow I watch very carefully or use mesh screen on my tubes
+Meowmeow Meow I have a well, if I didbt, I would add conditioner for the column before refilling
uhh you know that some actually turn brighter before they die, which happens to shrimp and neon tetras, cardinals, and the simulans too.
+Sean Liang days later, no losses ;)
oh, oops ... wait howd you get my name?
Did any of the bag where thought none would make it and you said in the earlier video you put it in a net near the filter to give them the best chance make it? Congrats on bringing so many back with the hard work.
+Joseph Krug not a single one
Sorry to hear that, but glad the rest are doing so well.