I need soooo much help!

Thank you. You have encouraged me regarding the frustrating pH level. I won't make that mistake again.

I just finished doing a 25% water change. We'll see what happens....

Thanks to all of you for your help! :girl:
 
good luck, and please, never use those PH buffers again. they are useless and make stuff like this happen. I hope your fish survive.
 
In response to your PM, I have some viewpoints and questions. While trying to keep things in sequence with how I review your thread, there may be some questions that need to be answered before a conclusive course of action may be determined. Alot of it will be based on the timeline of the issues you are having.

Your initial post causes the following items to come to mind...

What kind of test kit are you using? Test strips or liquid?
What are the ammonia, nitrite, nitrate and pH of your replacement water?
Are you using tap water or bottled/RO water?
What kind of water conditioner are you using?
When did you begin these weekly water changes and gravel vacs?
What was your routine before then?
You had OTS? How did you fix it? When did that cure end?
How many fish have you lost since the "cure"?
What kind and how many fish do you have in the tank right now?
What kind and how many fish have you been losing?


pH swings are worse than a theoretical pH that some one states you need. It is a moving target, that most will never achieve. Stop using the pH buffers.

Until we know what fish you have in there, keep you tank at 78-80.
Is there any driftwood in the tank?
What kind of substrate?

Until we know your tap parameters, keep your water changes to 10% twice a day, with minimal temperature differences. Use a properly dosed water conditioner for chlorine and chloramine removal. Gravel vac, deeply, at least 1/4 fourth of your tank at each water change.

Do you QT your new fish?

Please post as soon as you can with answers. Hang in there...you can do this!
 
ooooo ph lower meds.
baaaad baaaad baaaaad..... :D

IME, i killed many fish without noticing... and my pH was over 8.0! I guess it happens to everyone who started their tanks...

just wait a month, don't do med, do 20~30% water changes (most preferably distilled. if not, check the pH over a day...)... then it'll go down.

btw, water hardness increases pH and pH lowering stuff doesn't seem to work on it...

i mean, i added a piece of driftwood and it stayed 7.2 pH constant!
 
rbishop said:
What kind of test kit are you using? Test strips or liquid?
I'm using liquid, not strips.

What are the ammonia, nitrite, nitrate and pH of your replacement water?
I never thought to check it before putting it in the tank (good grief!).

Are you using tap water or bottled/RO water? Tap water

What kind of water conditioner are you using? I use Chlor Out made by Wardley.

When did you begin these weekly water changes and gravel vacs? I guess for a month now.

What was your routine before then? No real set routine. I wasn't the least bit educated about it. I think about 10% every 2 weeks?

You had OTS? How did you fix it? When did that cure end? I guess I figured if the numbers were okay, I had taken care of it. Maybe I still have it?

How many fish have you lost since the "cure"? Countless!!

What kind and how many fish do you have in the tank right now?They ar listed in my signature, minus one gourami.

What kind and how many fish have you been losing? I have lost neons, a gold barb, a platy, a mollie, and I can't even remember the rest!

I have one piece of driftwood and some rocks in there. I have a pebble type rock in the bottom (purchased at the pet store along with my tank set up). No real plants, just 2 artificial ones.

Thank you ever so much,
very humbled and embarrassed,
Tina :o
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ah yes. driftwood. from lfs or wild? how did you cure it? I mean, driftwood can kill...

rotting driftwood would make living in the tank hell...
 
I lost a Gourami today and I Params were near perfect. 0 ammo, 0 nitrIte, 10 nitrAte, 6.4 PH. Found the guy on his side having a very hard time with life.
 
whats prolly happening is a ph Flux Shock.
 
Ghost_knife said:
whats prolly happening is a ph Flux Shock.
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you hit the nail on the head, GK, but we've already arrived at this conclusion, I think.:D anyway.... tinajo, do your fish look any better?
 
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