Hi folks.
I'm Glenn living in Leicestershire UK and have just found this site.
I got a new Fluval 125 litre tank 7 weeks ago. I have a sand substrate with vaious live plants and wood decoration.
I have been using Hagen test kits and so far the levels have constantly recorded the following figures with no change
Ammonia 0.1
Nitrite 0.1
Nitrate 5.0
Phosphate 0.25
pH 7.6
dGH 13.44
I had gradually built up to 10 Neon Tetras, 6 Black Neons, 6 Platys, and 6 harlequins. They seemed to be OK until last week when the Platys started to die. Last weekend i did a water change and then noticed that one of the Neon Tetras had whitespot. I did put some treatment in for that as dictated on the bottle (Protozin). Since then i have lost all the neon tetras and am currently left with just 2 Platys, 4 Black Neons and 3 arlequins.
This afternoon one of the remaining harlequins seeme to be having difficulty swimming and has since completely dissapeared. I have taken out the wood to give me a better chance of find it - to no avail, but dont want to remove the plants if possible as they are just taking root nicely.
Can anyone give me any advice what to do? I dont really want a rotting dead fish in the tank if i can help it.
Thanks:help:
I'm Glenn living in Leicestershire UK and have just found this site.
I got a new Fluval 125 litre tank 7 weeks ago. I have a sand substrate with vaious live plants and wood decoration.
I have been using Hagen test kits and so far the levels have constantly recorded the following figures with no change
Ammonia 0.1
Nitrite 0.1
Nitrate 5.0
Phosphate 0.25
pH 7.6
dGH 13.44
I had gradually built up to 10 Neon Tetras, 6 Black Neons, 6 Platys, and 6 harlequins. They seemed to be OK until last week when the Platys started to die. Last weekend i did a water change and then noticed that one of the Neon Tetras had whitespot. I did put some treatment in for that as dictated on the bottle (Protozin). Since then i have lost all the neon tetras and am currently left with just 2 Platys, 4 Black Neons and 3 arlequins.
This afternoon one of the remaining harlequins seeme to be having difficulty swimming and has since completely dissapeared. I have taken out the wood to give me a better chance of find it - to no avail, but dont want to remove the plants if possible as they are just taking root nicely.
Can anyone give me any advice what to do? I dont really want a rotting dead fish in the tank if i can help it.
Thanks:help:
