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Why? Why do they like to give me heart attacks?

One of my first fish after cycling my new tank. I saw some weird blister like things on my firefish (his name is guy)
It’s a 36 gallon tank in planning to be a reef tank.
I’m feeling slightly discouraged from him falling ill so fast. It seems the bumps came off during the very stressful dip. He was still eating and hanging out. He’s in QT right now, 5 gallons bc I don’t want to try and catch him again. I’m looking for a UV sterilizer to run. I think a lot of it fell off during the dip.
Sorry for the awful pictures. My phone doesn’t like to take fish tank pics.

These guys gave me a heart attack and made me almost poop my pants today. FX6 was making sounds so I opened it to clean it. The horror when I saw these guys (tray had been sitting for 5 minutes with no water on them)
They actually have been breeding in here I guess. I have more than I originally bought and these bandeds are TINY compared to my others.
Still pretty shocked they even managed to stay alive in there. Lmao

I literally just almost pooped my pants when I went to clean my FX6. I found like 10+ kuhlis in there. I thought they were dead but nope, alive and well and some are so small I do not believe I bought them. The filter was making a weird noise so I took it apart to clean it.

A couple weeks ago my cats chews my hoses on my FX6. I turned it off for about ten minutes while cleaning up the mess (but it was the middle of the day?) then took out and disconnected the hoses while I ran to the store to get new ones.
How? Literally how? They have never done this and I they cannot get into my intake due to it not having big enough holes. I’m stumped, shocked and impressed.

I love them but when they all meet me at the corner of the tank with empty snail shells in their mouths like a dang golden retriever with a toy… I question their morals. 🤣

Tired of well water. Going to get a sediment filter, water softener & commercial rodi to make this hobby easier.

Water is literally un-drinkable, no RO or RODI can handle it without exhausting the resin immediately even after going through 2 RO/sed carts. Figured I’d get a nice unit but was wondering if anyone has used this brand.

I guess irs time to get some more plants and decor, their tank looks sooooo empty now!

Now he’s fat, kinda sassy and has learned how to swim. He’s grown in every way other than brain cells. He’s still stupid but that’s ok.
It’s insane to see how a good life can liven and color up a fish.

I love these guys so much. They really just make me so happy everyday. Vivian (largest oranda but a model on the side) has been with us for over 6 years. 3 different states, selling and buying homes, grieving/losses, gains, hard times and happy times.
Please enjoy these precious pics of the little pit bulls of the fish world.

Fish are so pretty, especially Congo tetras. . I changed the placement of my fx6 output and they always play in the flow for a day or two. Everyone is all colored up!

Located in the US (Oklahoma)

Have seen a good amount these guys in the house lately. Typically try to put them outside but this guy was sparring with my cat.

Must’ve been real hungry. I only see my two clown plecos on full moons occasionally a Wednesday.

They look pretty plump from the sides but the tank is big enough it makes it hard to get a good pic. They have some stone/rock caves we’ve made for them and feed them in. They’re always eating the abundant biofilm instead though lol. There’s only 3 in there and there’s a lot of surface area. (We bought 4 but lost one the day after we brought it home).

Why do they mouth breath like they’re dying! They go back to normal and scavenge for more food while doing this.
They only don’t do this after they eat Repashy. It scares me everytime. Do anyone else’s do this? I test water every time it happens. No ammonia, no nitrite.
It scares me every single time lol.

I just got some rabbit snails a month or 2 ago, haven’t done a deep look on the tank in a week or 2. Is this what I think?

I am having the most difficult time finding good info on how to dose ammonia to cycle a tank.

I dosed Tim’s ammonia and bacteria to what it said last night and I’m only at about .25-.50 this evening. Am I supposed to dose everyday or? I have been on my phone all day trying to find an exact answer and cannot find one. Idk if I’m supposed to keep dosing or wait.
I did use live rock but that’s it.

I have not cycled a tank in a long time. I have 10 freshwater tanks running currently and I have always used media from one to set up another.