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I have had my Black Skirt Tetras for about 2 weeks my levels are perfect nitrites & nitrates 0,ammonia 0 PH 7.2. But today coming home I have a dead platy and my tetra's one eye is bulging. It has not had any trouble uptil this point. it is a 10 gallon with a filter for a 30.....i have only 5 oops 4 platys and total of three tetras and on smal pleco. I have no idea what it is nor can I find anything on the internet that will give me and ideas. I did pull him from the tank but I don't know how long today this has bother him :help: I am :confused:
 
your fish have a disease, maybe popeye, or some other sickness. to prevent diseases in the tank, use a Quarintine tank, also you might need to do more water changes, and how old is the tank?
just remember that a filter wont keep your tank free of toxins, only water changes do that!
and you do know about cycleing?? do ya?
id seach the noobie forums and research google on starting a fishtank
 
The tank is more than 6 months old...it gets a water change every other week 25% and 50% once a month. And yes like duh! :D I have heard of cycling...I have never had this on any of my fish. My other tank which is 110 has never ever had a problem. This small one was based from the 110 when I had a old crabby angel and just..well I had to let it die a natural death, oops :OT: Anyway, thank you for the info hopefully I can get it fixed...I forgot about popeye...duh!!!!! Thanks lobo :hi: !!!
 
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ok... sry for any belittleing that may have gone on there... but many new people have no clue waht is going on! it seems that all is well, and you even have a spot to place your fish if they grow too large for the 10gallon, something better than a lot of us!
good luck with the treatment!
 
jmdunl43 said:
I have had my Black Skirt Tetras for about 2 weeks my levels are perfect nitrites & nitrates 0,ammonia 0 PH 7.2. But today coming home I have a dead platy and my tetra's one eye is bulging. It has not had any trouble uptil this point. it is a 10 gallon with a filter for a 30.....i have only 5 oops 4 platys and total of three tetras and on smal pleco. I have no idea what it is nor can I find anything on the internet that will give me and ideas. I did pull him from the tank but I don't know how long today this has bother him :help: I am :confused:
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Ummm, I'm no expert but if your nitrates are at 0, then your tank is not cycled. Also what type of pleco do you have? Most will outgrow a 10g in a matter of months. Good luck!
 
:thm: :dance: Again Thanks Lobo...I think I did a major panic...no thinking about it I did. Anyway my tanks have never had anything other than tailrot(years ago) or ich(yuck!) occassionally(sp?) Ran to my fish store @ 8:55 they let me cause I looked desparate got me my stuff, and just over night his eye looks better. You were awesome and thank goodnees you were a little more level headed...I am sure if I typed popeye for fish disease it would have come up, but like I said I did panic :D .
:dance: :dance: :clap: :clap: :clap: Yeah Woo-hoo!!!!
 
earwick said:
I know this is offtopic but your the first other person that has black-skirted tetras ive meet. Weird eh?
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Nah...just shows we got great taste in Fish!!!
 
I have a black skirt tetra. He's ancient... At one time he had two other BS Tetras to school with but they're long gone. Now he thinks he's a silver dollar...

Bitsy - Nitrates at 0 doesn't necessarily mean the tank isn't cycled. It could just mean that someone is keeping up with their water changes and doing a great job...
 
I believe if you read through the cycling article it proves what I'm trying to say. http://www.aquariacentral.com/forums/showthread.php?t=64301

"A second type of bacteria establishes itself to consume NitrIte it then produces waste in the form of Nitrate.
Nitrate by comparison to the first two is benign. Long-term exposure to high nitrate levels is hazardous to your fish’s health, but typical, reasonable levels of Nitrate are not harmful. Nitrate must be removed either via water changes or plant consumption. In most cases water changes are the solution, in planted tanks nitrate is consumed, but water changes are still typically needed to balance fertilizers and reduce other pollutants we cannot test for. So in a nutshell Water changes are almost always needed to keep you tank clean and healthy. Most people who understand the process well target something between 20-40 ppm nitrate in their tanks. They establish a maintenance and feeding routine that keeps the levels where they want them, and keeps their fish healthy long term. There are occasional reasons to keep nitrates much lower, and vice versa, some of these will be covered later in the article so please read on."


"As far as cycling, nitrates indicate the completion of the second stage, so a nitrate test helps in ensuring the cycle is done. Without knowing we have nitrates we cannot be 100% sure we finished our cycle."

This is quoted straight from daveedka, who wrote the article on cycling.

There is other info on nitrates as well, but I guess I'm being lazy, don't feel like quoting it all. I would really encourage you to read through the cycling article though, both for your benefit and the benefit of your fish.

Can anyone else back me up on this please??
 
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