All,
I am hoping someone can help me - I am desperate for help.
About 5 weeks ago I set up a new tank for my kids and I to start with Guppies and a few Catfish.
70 LT tank - planted nicely, rock and nice piece of drift wood - all boiled and cleaned. Filter - outside tank. Nice light.
Tank water in, salts, declorinator, - left for 8 days - tests down with API test kit - Amonia 0, Nitities 0, PH normal, Nitrates good. KH and GH good....Temp 26.5 C
Ok - 6 guppies and 2 small Catfish go in - all good - light feeds. One of the females has babies - all still survive now around 10.
Then - 1 female gets rough cauliflower growth on back. And one other female the same.
From there tests go all over the place - I was doing 50% water changes, each day for 4-5 days, still no change to Amonia, PH then drops dramictally and Nitrites start to blow out.
Vacumed the gravel daily to get all the poo & food - lots of debris in the water - even now. Lost 5 of the 6 guppies - all fry still alive one Guppy still looks fine, Catfish ok
Last week I go to Aquarium in Coburg - tell me to STOP everything - no water changes, no vac, stop feeding, gave me Stability to put in as they say I haven't cycled - not enough bactaria.
Start to put in each night.
Now PH is a touch high but ok around 7.6-7.7, Nitrites were 0 now over last day have started to go up slightly, Nitrates ok, Amonina still OFF THE CHART at 4.
Haven't feed for 3 days - did a very small 15% water change last night. Tested this morning - the same results - M STRESSED and I need someone anyone to help!
Hope someone can right back.
david
I am hoping someone can help me - I am desperate for help.
About 5 weeks ago I set up a new tank for my kids and I to start with Guppies and a few Catfish.
70 LT tank - planted nicely, rock and nice piece of drift wood - all boiled and cleaned. Filter - outside tank. Nice light.
Tank water in, salts, declorinator, - left for 8 days - tests down with API test kit - Amonia 0, Nitities 0, PH normal, Nitrates good. KH and GH good....Temp 26.5 C
Ok - 6 guppies and 2 small Catfish go in - all good - light feeds. One of the females has babies - all still survive now around 10.
Then - 1 female gets rough cauliflower growth on back. And one other female the same.
From there tests go all over the place - I was doing 50% water changes, each day for 4-5 days, still no change to Amonia, PH then drops dramictally and Nitrites start to blow out.
Vacumed the gravel daily to get all the poo & food - lots of debris in the water - even now. Lost 5 of the 6 guppies - all fry still alive one Guppy still looks fine, Catfish ok
Last week I go to Aquarium in Coburg - tell me to STOP everything - no water changes, no vac, stop feeding, gave me Stability to put in as they say I haven't cycled - not enough bactaria.
Start to put in each night.
Now PH is a touch high but ok around 7.6-7.7, Nitrites were 0 now over last day have started to go up slightly, Nitrates ok, Amonina still OFF THE CHART at 4.
Haven't feed for 3 days - did a very small 15% water change last night. Tested this morning - the same results - M STRESSED and I need someone anyone to help!
Hope someone can right back.
david