Romeo the polyodon petro

[fshfrk]

He died this morning. He was doing the death spiral. I noticed he did not eat last night. I guess it was bloat. I don't know for sure though.

This guy fathered about 400 polyodon fry in 2 years so he will be missed. I do have a back up male so we will see how he does. A female all ready took Romeos spot so I guess I will have to remove all the rocks for a couple of weeks till they settle out.

[FrontosaurusRex]

That sucks man.

[myjohnson]

Sucks to hear John.

I have notice this with petros....they are all crazy.

Granted that's not news, but even we think they have settled down and form a colony....someone goes nuts and kills someone else.

I think by nature they are solitary animals so they don't coexist in the artificial colony we try to impose on them.

[mgarrido]

Sorry John that sucks.
Romeo RIP

[Gene D]

Unbelievable, he was a breeding fool. Let's see how the backup does, hopefully my red rainbows didn't turn him into a punk

[fshfrk]

No one EVER messed with him. He either killed or I had to pull all the other males. There is one other fish in the tank bigger than he was. I thought it was a female but know I am starting to wonder. Maybe this fish got him with the old air bladder hit? He was spinning like a top when I found him this morning. But I have water problems over here so who knows. I will check with Ceser about the services of SLIM JIM.

[Nickintex]

Sorry for your loss.

[myjohnson]

John, you still only using the carbon bottle?

[fshfrk]

John, you still only using the carbon bottle?

No I got a carbon bottle last week. Spent $400.00 on a new one with catalytic carbon. I also use safe at 1 teaspoon per 40 gal so I added 5 teaspoons of it. Since the bottle only knocks the ammonia down by 1/2.

[mgarrido]

No I got a carbon bottle last week. Spent $400.00 on a new one with catalytic carbon. I also use safe at 1 teaspoon per 40 gal so I added 5 teaspoons of it. Since the bottle only knocks the ammonia down by 1/2.

John the correct dose of safe is 1tsp per 200gl, becareful man

[myjohnson]

Yeah, safe is a beast.

Are you dosing that much due to Ammonia?

[cichlid1409]

this sucks to hear john that boy was a beast.

where are pics of this carbon bottle?

[jhenry]

John the correct dose of safe is 1tsp per 200gl, becareful man

From what I remember is that 1 tsb for 200 g is for chlorine but the dosage John is using is for ammonia. John sorry for your lose Romeo was a beast of a breeder RIP Romeo the great

[myjohnson]

At this rate it seems cheaper to age the water outside in the 300g.

[mgarrido]

From what I remember is that 1 tsb for 200 g is for chlorine but the dosage John is using is for ammonia. John sorry for your lose Romeo was a beast of a breeder RIP Romeo the great

Somebody correct me if i'm wrong but if the dose for remove chloramines (Chlorine+Ammonia) is 1 tsp / 200gl, why you need to use the dose for remove ammonia (5 x Chloramine dose). What i read is that safe help to reduce ammonia and speed your nitrate cycle but John's tank is a very well stablished tank with a massive wet/dry and the bacterias can easily break the ammonia, sorry but i don't understand ???