Tropheus problem

[cu0ngsayz]

Alright. I'll be taking out the alpha male which is the biggest male in the tank

[Kiko]

After treating... and water try adding epsom salt in your tank... 1 tablespoon eversy 10 gallon... it works for me

[eklikewhoa]

with the higher temps make sure you have enough oxygen going through the tank.
also try and feed whatever is eating metro soaked foods to prevent any further problems.
If you are gonna use epsom use 1tbsp/5g any less you are just wasting epsom so save till you have a problem to use it.

what are you feeding and how frequent/how much?

[cu0ngsayz]

i added a air pump in the tank when i started treating the tank but usually my tank is around 80-82 my heater is set at 79 but water is always around 81-82 on both my digital/floating thermometers. at night it drops to around 81ish mornings/afternoon its around 81.5-82

i add 1.5 cup of epsom salt when i do a 60-70% wc.

feeding dainichi fx baby pellet out of the eheim feeder(2 clicks open) i think i have it set for 8x a day.

[eklikewhoa]

Might wanna cut back on the feeding till all is better and they've grown accustomed to it, really high flow, lighting and temps need to be in order for high metabolism and power feeding.

[cu0ngsayz]

ive had the muzi a little before i got the 150g tank.

with the flow i got the eheim 1262, K4, aqueon 1250, maxi1200, and a oddy350 and the mag9.5 before i got the mag18

lighting i have it on from 11a-7-8pm

when you say temp has to be in order you mean stable?

[eklikewhoa]

When I was powerfeeding my old ilangis I kept temps about 80-82 but massive amount of flow through the tank with a really mean surface ripple.

It kept the fish in movement as if they never left the lake. Lighting I tried to mimic as well with the halides so I fed small amounts but several times a day to keep them constantly eating as if they were grazing throughout the day. I made sure there was an hour or two of no foods before the lights went out though

Stable is good but sometimes not too controllable, the old tank of mine had the heaters ran off controllers and a fan to induce evaporation and lower temps when the halides came on. Don't think a few degrees makes that much difference but warmer waters will help with metabolism.

[cu0ngsayz]

so you think what i have for water movement is good? what did you have in your old tank for movement?

[cu0ngsayz]

heres the picture of the gill... looks pale
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[eklikewhoa]

Old tank ran...
2x2262
MagDrive 12b return
2x Mp40w

[cu0ngsayz]

well cant beat the MP hahah but im hoping to get at least one soon

[eklikewhoa]

just a personal observation but appetite, activeness and growth seem to be much better with high flow rates.

The Silverdollars I got are straight beast when it comes to eating now from when I first got them.

I went through a 600g jar of shrimp sticks in like two weeks!

[cu0ngsayz]

600G IN 2 WEEKS?!?!?!? thats SUPER BEAST MODE

[sunkenmetal]

holy heck that is a ton of food

[cu0ngsayz]

sure is... little over a LB of food in 2 weeks!!!! you sure youre feeding your fish Q?!?!?! hahaha you sure your bulldog isnt getting to the bucket of fish food? lol