Well, I am now. My 40breeder has been running without any fish losses or stress systoms or anything for up along 4 months now, if not longer. The filters have been running for about 12 months. Yet, somehow, SOMEHOW, my parms aren't right. I noticed my Pearl Gouramis was sitting on the bottom of the tank, he's fine, but I was concerned. I fed them and all was well. He then went back down. My cories weren't active like they normally are, and I still can't find my bolivian ram! I also noticed a white rim on my Serpae Tetras, not sure if that's natural or a symtom. The rim looks very pretty BTW, so I'm confused about that too. But moving on, I do a parm check. Here is what came out of a 4 month old tank with 2 6-12 month old marineland penguin 350's and a slightly heavy bio-load:
Ammonia: .25-.50ppm
Nitrate: 0ppm
Nitrite: 0ppm
Ph: 7.8
So now I have to ask some questions:
1) WTH is up with my parms? In a tank this mature they should be perfect, and I do 50% WC's twice (or even three times) a week.
2) Besides ammonia, what could be causing the white rim on the serpae tetras fins?
3) Besides ammonia, what could be causing my Pearl Gourami to hide like it was, all still and in the shadows?
4) Besides ammonia, what could cause my cories to be sleepy and sluggish (until food hit the water)?
5) When do test kits expire, because mine is 3 years old now?
6) Will the new Eheim Classic Canister 2217 be enough to rectify the parm problems and get my tank active again?
Thanks, and please do help, I'm concerned for my fish. Until I get the tank back in order and this sorted out there will be no progress made on my 75gal tank.
Ammonia: .25-.50ppm
Nitrate: 0ppm
Nitrite: 0ppm
Ph: 7.8
So now I have to ask some questions:
1) WTH is up with my parms? In a tank this mature they should be perfect, and I do 50% WC's twice (or even three times) a week.
2) Besides ammonia, what could be causing the white rim on the serpae tetras fins?
3) Besides ammonia, what could be causing my Pearl Gourami to hide like it was, all still and in the shadows?
4) Besides ammonia, what could cause my cories to be sleepy and sluggish (until food hit the water)?
5) When do test kits expire, because mine is 3 years old now?
6) Will the new Eheim Classic Canister 2217 be enough to rectify the parm problems and get my tank active again?
Thanks, and please do help, I'm concerned for my fish. Until I get the tank back in order and this sorted out there will be no progress made on my 75gal tank.
