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Serious... Respect my MS paint skills!

Haha, I'm pretty sure mine is about that WIDE.

Oh hell no, this thread isn't going even remotely in the direction I wanted. :sick:

I used to play fishing games like you,then I took an arrow in the reel.

Actually, I have 2 kids. One of them threw up on the couch one day so I got sick of them and released them into the wild. They're probably wandering around in the rimutakas somewhere now.

The correct way.

I'd have probably bought one...But I don't have any helium.

That's what tends to happen when you have an extremely air current sensitive craft controlled by absolute noobs. "But moooommmy, it's not working right, I'm pushing left and it's turning right!" That's because it's pointed towards you, moron! :an!gry

So why are they rotters then?

Does it look something like this? It's hair algae. Usually caused by poor water quality such as might be caused by polluting it with a vacation feeding block.

Hard to make them out...Look almost like sponges.

You mean something like...

stupid double posts

Let me help, here is why they died... You stressed them too much with huge changes in water chemistry. Pond fish don't really work any differently than tank fish.

Haha, I made you rub poop on your arm.

Probably would be good to give them a bit of a rub in.

You mean THEN put a 5000lph powerhead on a 4 foot tank. :thup: I used to have a Laguna PJ5000 in my 4X2X2 along with a pair of 3000LPH Seios and 2 CF1200s. So that's ideally a total of about 15,000 LPH. It was a reasonable amount of current, but not overwhelming. I've taken out the pond pump since then, so with just the two seios and 2 CF1200s it's pretty calm. But not stagnant looking like most tanks.

Be nice to know what causes it so you can avoid it rather than just treating the symptoms.

Sounds like a waterboatman. Harmless.

Draw out about half a dozen 1" squares on your arm then pull some riccia and duckweed out of the tank. Rinse it well because you don't want to test the water too. Then rub each firmly for a minute on a square. Then try just straight tank water on another, bloodworms on another and whatever common fishfood you use on another. What's that? Five? Find something else for the last square. And wash your hands/change gloves between them so you don't get any transfer between the tests.

Sorry, can't come into work today, you'll have to find someone to cover for me, I've got a spot on my arm.

Fed bloodworms recently? I know I definitely have a reaction to them, and apparently it's very common.

It's not possible. That's easiest. Also a very good way.

I just rinse off any debris and throw it in.

Kibble, Bits, Tux...