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Well, depending on the type of rubber and how long she had it compared to you, it can be different. Generally, rubber will eventually deteriorate and become stiff/brittle over time.
Assuming she has been doing a good job with everything with the tank, it's possible that she just got a bad defective batch of parrots.
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+1 on what Spardas suggested. Also, on the fish, these developed fish are known to have any number of physiological problems. I am with the camp that says one should never buy engineered fish. "Balloon" types is another.
To the new proposed fish, this is not going to work, mixing Oscar and Silver Dollar, or anything else for that matter. One Oscar needs a 75g tank to itself. While fish are gregarious at the juvenile stage, they will eat fishes smaller than themselves as they mature and are often intolerant of tankmates as adults. Should be maintained singly or as a mated pair. Additional fish require very much larger tanks. This is not a community fish for most home aquaria.
Byron.
Byron Hosking, BMus, MA
Vancouver, BC, Canada
Something we all need to remember: The fish you've acquired was quite happy not being owned by you, minding its own business. If you’re going to take it under your wing then you’re responsible for it. Every aspect of its life is under your control, from water quality and temperature to swimming space. [Nathan Hill in PFK]
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Her water supply is suspect. You mentioned that even the Aqueon water changer was more stiff than yours. Something else is in the water supply that you are not testing. I would run something like Chemi-pure Elite to make reduce any potential issues with the water.
Last edited by Rocksor; 09-06-2013 at 03:06 PM.
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 Originally Posted by Gogi
Thanks Bryon. Yea I knew that from the get go, but she wanted them. So i did the next best thing. I convinced her to sell the SD in a few month once the Oscar starts filling in the tank. I told her if she didn't she ll find a crime scene in her tank eventually. Nothing like $$$ and fear to get what you want, the American way lol. But seriously, she is aware of the dangers and will do the right thing when the time comes.
By then it will be too late. I am one who does not believe in subjecting fish to such stress. Tell her it is cruel. The damage done from the outset will harm the fish for life, at least what life is left to it, which won't be much.
Byron Hosking, BMus, MA
Vancouver, BC, Canada
Something we all need to remember: The fish you've acquired was quite happy not being owned by you, minding its own business. If you’re going to take it under your wing then you’re responsible for it. Every aspect of its life is under your control, from water quality and temperature to swimming space. [Nathan Hill in PFK]
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I was thinking something similar to rocksor here. The age of the house and tyoe of plumbing might be contaminating the water with something. The most likely thing with plumbing would be lead, but I have no idea if that would stiffen tubes.
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The storage conditions of the hose might also be at fault, at least partially -- the hose spends most of its time dry and in storage, so storage conditions will affect it quite a bit.
Having said that, however, between the suction cups going stiff and the fish losses, I would agree the water is probably at fault here, and it doesn't necessarily have to be some strange chemical: NitrAtes, for example, CAN have an effect on some plastics like PVC, neoprene and others, so if her tank consistently has higher nitrates than yours it might explain the higher stiffening over time, even if her nitrates are still within acceptable ranges.
Last edited by wgoldfarb; 09-06-2013 at 05:50 PM.
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 Originally Posted by Rocksor
Her water supply is suspect. You mentioned that even the Aqueon water changer was more stiff than yours. Something else is in the water supply that you are not testing. I would run something like Chemi-pure Elite to make reduce any potential issues with the water.
Thats a good idea.
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