She has had two solid meals and she is past her quarantine period so I figured it’s time to move her into her bioactive home. I really hope I don’t regret it since it’s going to be a pain finding her.
My poor guy has some sort of injury to his mouth! I found the glass thermometer I had in there broken so I’m wondering if maybe he tried to peck at it? I haven’t been able to get my hands on prawns or crayfish so it’s not an injury from his food.
His 40 gallon tank is pretty planted and has three forms of filtration(canister, HOB, sponge). The only reason there is so much filtration is because I needed the HOB to run purigen to reduce the tannins and the sponge as back up for when I have to quickly cycle a tank(for his live food or what ever). What would you do to treat his injury? I increased his heat thermostat from 78F to 80F.
I’m getting a BRB this coming week and I’ve been tinkering with different set ups and settled on a terrarium with a modified lid. I don’t feel confident keeping her in a small box with a heat mat so this is the best temporary set up rn. She will be upgraded to a 40g bioactive/planted terrarium after I am confident in her care and know her habits better.
Anyways, the circled green probe is under the hot hide on top of freshly made substrate so that’s why it is 85F. It will cool down in a few hours. What are your thoughts on the ambient temps? Humidity is still being worked on so disregard that for the time being. I have plants I plan to move in as well as another hide and decor.
This guy is from Petsmart. He had stringy white poop so I treated him with metroplex as directed. He was still lethargic so I went ahead and treated him with kanaplex just to be safe. He was still lethargic and his dorsal stays down so I went ahead and added aquarium salt after both treatments were complete. Poor guy is just not thriving. What else should I try??