Hi all,
A number of weeks ago my neon tetras started dying. My water parameters were 0 ammonia, 0 nitrite, and 0-5 nitrate. Half my tetras died. Symptoms were listless then bloated belly and graying of color and then death.
I began using melafix and pimafix and doing more frequent water changes (twice a week) and the tetras stopped dying. I did lose one cory right before the melafix and pimafix though, so it wasn;t specific to the tetras.
Now, I have a cory who either never recovered or is now sick. He is listless with very very red gills. His whole head is red and he is very pale and doesn;t want to do much of anything except hang around at the bottom of the tank. I really don't want to lose him and it's sad watching him because he is usually so frisky and silly and I feel horrible that I don't know what the problem is or what to do.
Current parameters
0 ammonia
0 nitrite
0-5 nitrate (bright yellow with a tinge of orange)
pH 7.6 (awfully high? What can be done?)
I use the API master test kit. I have sand substrate with some eloda which is growing like crazy despite low wattage. I do use plant food. tetra flora pride 0-0-3. I have an air pump and a whisper 40i.
What can I do? What are the possibilities of what the red gills and listlessness might be? please help. I love my cories.
A number of weeks ago my neon tetras started dying. My water parameters were 0 ammonia, 0 nitrite, and 0-5 nitrate. Half my tetras died. Symptoms were listless then bloated belly and graying of color and then death.
I began using melafix and pimafix and doing more frequent water changes (twice a week) and the tetras stopped dying. I did lose one cory right before the melafix and pimafix though, so it wasn;t specific to the tetras.
Now, I have a cory who either never recovered or is now sick. He is listless with very very red gills. His whole head is red and he is very pale and doesn;t want to do much of anything except hang around at the bottom of the tank. I really don't want to lose him and it's sad watching him because he is usually so frisky and silly and I feel horrible that I don't know what the problem is or what to do.
Current parameters
0 ammonia
0 nitrite
0-5 nitrate (bright yellow with a tinge of orange)
pH 7.6 (awfully high? What can be done?)
I use the API master test kit. I have sand substrate with some eloda which is growing like crazy despite low wattage. I do use plant food. tetra flora pride 0-0-3. I have an air pump and a whisper 40i.
What can I do? What are the possibilities of what the red gills and listlessness might be? please help. I love my cories.