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Tristan
12-24-2002, 10:33 AM
hey guys...
I have a serious problem... my fish have been at the surface all day...
I did 2 water changes and it didn't really help... my filter outlet is also above the water surface so the aereation should be quite good...
There is some peat in my tank... maybe it's decomposing...
but the peat has been there for ages...
so... what could be wrong?
tia
wishmaster
12-24-2002, 11:53 AM
How warm is your tank water. The warmer the water the more you'll want to aeriate it.
Cichlid Woman
12-24-2002, 12:00 PM
How new are the fish? If you just got them, it could be ammonia poisoning before they went into your tank (unforunately, I've had to do some research on that lately.) Hopefully that's not the problem.
-- Pat
Tristan
12-24-2002, 12:48 PM
The fish have been there for about a month...
the water temperature is about 29C...
Very strange. This has never happened to me before... the aquarium and fish and plants have been doing very well up till now... all of a sudden...
My shrimp will all be dead by tomorrow if I don't get this fixed...
Do rasboras mind? I think they live in peat swamps right?
AnthonyNYC
12-24-2002, 1:17 PM
Go to the LFS and get yourself a $20 powerhead. I have 2 powerheads for circulating the water as well as aeration.
Anthony
Tell us about your substrate and its maintenance? Is the tank planted?
And measure ammonia and nitrites (not nitrAtes).
Cichlid Woman
12-24-2002, 7:24 PM
Your heat is really up there ...
-- Pat
Tristan
12-24-2002, 11:50 PM
The substrate is gravel and some peat mixed into it... about 2 inches thick in front and 5 inches at the back....
The tank is planted with low light plants... crypts and ferns and moss... I don't inject CO2...
I've drained out some water from the tank... so the filter outlet it much higher than the water surface and there's water splashing about... that seemed to solve the problem... I'll refill it tomorrow and see if the problem comes back.
Thanks for all the help...
btw is 29c too warm? sometimes the water temperature can reach 31c... it's really warm in Singapore so... not much I can do about it. My bettas and gouramies seem to like it...
Serrateeth_2002
12-25-2002, 6:15 AM
tropical fish like tropical temperature,very high nitrates can kill but i doubt that happened,probably your water parameters.
Tristan
12-25-2002, 8:36 AM
Actually I went out to measure the temperature of the water where the fish in my tank thrive in nature. It's quite cool... 24c...
I just remembered... about a week ago... I poured some green tea into my tank and lots of finely powered leaves passed though the strainer... clouded up my tank badly... the filter cleared it up...
Maybe the tea leaves are starting to decompose... hmmmm... that's where the oxygen is going...
nuts.
I hope they fully decompose by tomorrow... too lazy to clean my filter...
wetmanNY
12-25-2002, 1:21 PM
...and I'm too lazy to post a recommendation...
JamisonBWolsh
12-25-2002, 1:33 PM
I would suggest some help, but being lazy is contagious.
Tristan
12-26-2002, 4:37 AM
hehehe.. okay.. I'll clean my filter...
*sigh*...
Okay.. opened up my canister... the fluffy stuff was surprisingly clean... the tea leaves must have been fine enough to pass through it... and settled at the bottom of my tank... ahh.. well..
anyway thanks for all the help:)